Characters from the Goosebumps: Series 2000 novel Creature Teacher
Paul Perez
The protagonist of Creature Teacher, a joker who is transferred to Caring Academy.
- Alliterative Name: Paul Perez.
- Class Clown: What got him kicked out of his old school. He tries to be this at Caring Academy, but the students aren't as amused by his antics as the ones at his old school - and for good reason.
- Only Friend: Marv considers him this, saying he was the only one who sat with him at lunch and was nice to him, which is why he helps Paul defeat his mother, Mrs. Maaargh.
- Sad Clown: He adopted a prankster personality to cover up his fears. He also mentions that he jokes around whenever he's nervous.
- Stepford Smiler: Again, he became an upbeat prankster to hide his fears and nervousness.
- Super Gullible: He used to be this when he was younger, believing in monsters. He eventually grew out of it.
Agatha Maaargh
The titular Creature Teacher, an unimaginably disgusting creature working as a teacher at the Caring Academy, a Boarding School of Horrors. In order to make her students do the best they can, she implements a "Food Chain" performance chart in her class where she will eat the student who is at the bottom at the end of the semester.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the mobile game Goosebumps Horror Town, she's still a monster but is more neighborly and is more interested in scaring genuinely bad kids rather than eating any kid at the bottom of the food chain.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: When she's with the parents of her students she pours on the charm.
- Child Eater: In both of her appearances.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She has a son, Marv, in the original Creature Teacher book.
- Evil Teacher: An actual monster one.
- Humanoid Abomination: She can make herself look like a normal human when she wants to fool parents, but drops the facade when around her students.
- Sadist Teacher: One who invokes the fear of being killed to implant distrust in her class. She also really loves seeing the fear in those who fail.
- The Social Darwinist: She invokes a "Survival of the Fittest" policy in her classroom, forcing the students to constantly outdo each other to avoid getting eaten.
- Named by the Adaptation: Goosebumps Horror Town reveals that her first name is Agatha.
- Weaksauce Weakness: In the first Creature Teacher book it's her own laughter, which will put her into hibernation for six months (if not longer), which Paul triggers by tickling her disgusting toes. In the Final Exam sequel it's hot sauce due to her sensitive tongue.
