Characters / Hidden Talents

These are the characters from Hidden Talents. Characters from the sequel, True Talents, are listed there.

Main Characters

In General

Tropes that apply to the main six characters.

• Expelled from Every Other School: All of them got booted out of the conventional school system due to their unrealized Psychic Powers.
• Limited Social Circle: Nobody in the main group is ever seen having any friends outside of that group, not even the more outgoing people like Flinch and Torchie who you'd expect to have other friends.
• Meaningful Name: All of the boys sans Martin have Nicknames that relate to what they were sent there for and incidentally, their powers.
• Power Incontinence: All of the boys have this, though all but Lucky get better at controlling their powers. See below for specific examples.
• Psychic Children: The main characters are 13-14 and have psychic powers.
• Psychic Powers: All of the group except Martin have these in some form or another. Turns out later, however, that Martin has been unknowingly using his power all along.
• Punny Name: They call themselves the "Psi Five" to rhyme with "high five".
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Torchie, Trash and Cheater are Sensitive Guys, Lucky, Flinch and Martin are Manly Men.
• Theme Naming: All the guys except Martin are named after the reason they were sent to Edgeview.
• Tiny Schoolboy: Cheater is this when he’s at Edgeview, since he’s the shortest of the boys. Martin is one as well, the average weight for a boy his age is around 100 lb ^note 45 kg but Martin jokes that he'd need to be weighed down with rocks and wet clothes just to get to 90 lb. Trash probably also counts because he's said to be about the same height and weight as Martin.
• True Companions: By the second book, it’s made abundantly clear that all six boys are very close friends.
• Unhappy Medium: The main characters are at Edgeview because of their Power Incontinence causing them problems at school, leading to them being expelled on multiple occasions. They all learn to deal with their powers better by the end of the book and start to turn their lives back around.

Martin Anderson

The narrator of the story. He’s a young boy with an attitude problem and has a penchant for pissing off the wrong people, hence why he’s at Edgeview.

• Abusive Parents: Martin’s dad seems to be of the verbally abusive variant. His mom isn’t as bad, but she’s rather easily cowed by her husband. Martin gets so overwhelmed by it in the second book that he runs away. It’s also heavily implied that his father’s horrible treatment of him is due to Martin’s Power Incontinence (not that this excuses it.)
• Affectionate Nickname: The other guys sometimes call him "coach" because he helps them learn to control their powers.
• Character Development: He starts off being a Jerkass but over time, he gets a lot better at considering other people's feelings.
• Deadpan Snarker: He’s sarcastic to basically anyone, and only curbs it when it could end up getting him physically harmed, such as when talking to Bloodbath.
• Embarrassing Nickname: Flinch suggests that they should all call Martin "Squirt", but to Martin's relief it doesn't stick. He was possibly also called "Fartin' Martin" at some point in the past.
• The Empath: His powers are like this in some way, as he’s able to read another person’s soul and discover their deepest insecurities and wishes.
• First-Person Smartass: He's the narrator of the first book and he does it with a boatload of snark.
• Foil: To Trash. Martin is a extroverted Deadpan Snarker who makes friends very easily, while Trash is a loner who has no friends and sits alone at lunch, only making friends when Martin reaches out to him. Even their powers are contrasts: Martin has the ability to cause emotional damage with his empathy powers, while Trash can cause physical damage with his.
  • He is also this to Torchie; the two are roommates and become friends right away, but Martin is a smart and sarcastic cynic while Torchie is a Good Is Dumb Pollyanna.
  • He is also one to Bloodbath. Both have their own group of friends, but while Martin got his through commonality and friendship, Bloodbath only seems to have his through fear and the common desire to hurt others. Both boys also tend to not consider others’ feelings, but Martin grows out of it whereas Bloodbath does not.
• Friendless Background: He mentions that his friends at Edgeworth are the first true friends he's had, probably because he's angered people at his old schools by pressing their Berserk Buttons.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: It’s pretty easy to piss Martin off, though it’s also downplayed; he has a habit of verbally lashing out and hitting below the belt, but never gets physically violent, unlike Bloodbath.
• Hidden Depths: Martin has shown an unexpected sense of perceptiveness, being able to recognize that the other boys have psychic powers. He has also shown to be incredibly smart, studying different psychic abilities and being able to pinpoint that Cheater was actively trying to manipulate the mind reading test in their science class.
• I Just Want to Be Special: Martin has this reaction when he finds out that he's the only one out of his friends who doesn't have a psychic power. When he finally learns about his power, he flips right around to I Just Want to Be Normal instead.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Martin is a sarcastic and rude person, but most of his worse words seem to be the result of Power Incontinence. As the story continues, Martin becomes kinder and openly empathetic. Mr Briggs even says that he can sense something good inside Martin, despite Martin's hostility towards him.
• The Leader: He’s the “coach” to his friends to help with their Psychic Powers.
• Manipulative Bastard: Defied. Martin notes that he could use his powers to manipulate people into doing whatever he wants, but he doesn't want to be that sort of person
• Naïve Newcomer: Inverted. He’s new, but he’s also arguably one of the most cynical of the cast.
• Obliviously Superpowered: Martin believes he's The Team Normal until his friends clue him in that he's actually The Empath. His social problems stem from intuitively lashing out at people's vulnerabilities when he feels threatened, but he becomes The Heart to his friends.
• Odd Name Out: He's the only member of his group who's not Only Known by Their Nickname.
• Power Incontinence: Martin is unaware of his power throughout the first book, accidentally looking into other people’s souls and picking out their worst insecurities. Interestingly, his sarcastic and nastier words seem mildly involuntary, which Martin seems to chalk up to slips of the tongue.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red to Trash’s Blue. Martin is very sarcastic and quick to frustration. Trash, on the other hand, is relatively subdued and a thoughtful artist. This contrast becomes more apparent with the sequel and comparing Trash’s prose with Martin’s.
  • He’s also the Blue to Torchie’s Red, who contrasts Martin’s downer nature and cynicism with upbeat friendliness.
• The Social Expert: Oddly enough for someone so abrasive, he displays a lot of empathy and an almost uncanny ability to read other people. These traits are both aspects of his power to sense people's emotional weaknesses. He can see and empathise with the areas where people are vulnerable, but he can also use that information to attack their biggest insecurities.
• The Team Normal: Martin, who sometimes feels left out because of this. He makes up for it by helping the others with their powers and eventually discovering his own, which he'd been unknowingly using throughout the whole story.
• The Unfavorite: Martin’s parents favor his sister more, though Martin loves her as well since she treats him the best out of everyone.
• Team Mom: takes on this role when he helps the others to discover and hone their psychic powers. Flinch jokingly calls him "Dad".

Philip “Torchie” Grieg

Martin’s roommate and friend. He’s notorious for mysteriously starting fires, which he will vehemently deny doing at all.

• Berserk Button: He doesn't like being called stupid, though being a Nice Guy it takes a lot to actually get him to act out in anger.
• Catchphrase: "I didn't do nothing!". Martin suggests that he should get a sign with those words on it.
• Dreadful Musician: His attempts to play the harmonica come out as a bunch of random notes.
• Elemental Hair Colors: He has red hair and fire powers.
• Fiery Redhead: Inverted; Torchie is a redhead, but also a Nice Guy.
• Geek Physique: Torchie is described as pudgy, and seems to be a fan of comic books.
• Giftedly Bad: He has no idea how bad he is at the harmonica.
• Good Is Dumb: Torchie is a sweet kid who likes making others happy, but is pretty slow to the punch.
• The Heart: Torchie is the nicest out of all the boys, and Martin insulting him resulted in being ostracized from the group temporarily.
• How Do I Shot Web?: He can start fires at random times, but not when he actually tries to do it. After practising he gains the ability to start them on command and even put them out.
• Kindness Button: Torchie makes up with Martin after Martin gifts him a harmonica, since he's always wanted one.
• Meaningful Name: Torchie is notorious for lighting fires. He’s also able to light fires with his mind.
• Morality Pet: He’s one to Martin, as the one person Martin doesn’t want to insult. He’s also this to the others, as insulting him is a mild Berserk Button for the rest.
• Nice Guy: Torchie is a genuinely nice and pleasant character whose the first to make friends with Martin.
• Personality Powers: As The Heart he brings light and warmth to the group, and also literally creates light and warmth with his fire.
• Playing with Fire: Torchie is telepyric and is capable of starting fires by complete accident, seemingly unprovoked by any outside factors. He’s also shown the ability to shut off fires.
• The Pollyanna: It’s hard to get Torchie mad. Even when Martin insults him, he seems to try his hardest to not yell or get angry, instead sitting while pretending to read a comic. In True Talents, he goes around town playing his accordion and none of the neighbors have the heart to tell him how awful it sounds.
• Power Incontinence: Torchie accidentally starts fires with his mind, which results in a lot of fire damage to his room. His improvement over this is demonstrated when he’s able to shut a fire off.
• Pyromaniac: Everyone thinks he is one because he constantly starts fires for no apparent reason. While his fire-starting is actually due to his Power Incontinence, he might actually still be a straight example. He carries around a bunch of empty lighters just so he can watch the sparks.
• Signature Scent: He always smells like smoke.
• Thought-Controlled Power: He can start fires simply by thinking about it, although he has to practise before he can do it intentionally.

Dennis “Cheater” Woo

A friend of Torchie and Martin. A small boy whose at Edgeview for cheating off of other students.

• Asian and Nerdy: He’s Chinese, and knows a variety of trivia facts. It’s uncertain, however, how much of this is from accidental mind reading and how much he learned on his own.
• Awesome, but Impractical: Cheater knows a ludicrous amount of trivia facts, but literally none of them come in handy and he doesn’t usually apply them to a situation he’s living.
• Bad Liar: Cheater seems incapable of lying convincingly, and crumbles very quickly when called out on it. When Martin asks what they do on Fridays, Lucky insists that they play games in his room. Cheater, trying to play along, isn’t quite as convincing. This also can play into his inability to cheat convincingly when he actually tries, as shown with the poker game in the sequel.
• Bully Magnet: He notes that he's one of Bloodbath's favourite punching bags.
• Crippling Overspecialization: Cheater is very book smart, but misunderstands sarcastic comments, says things that are inappropriate, and despite being able to mind read, is incredibly bad at cheating when he actively tries to do it.
• Deconstructed Character Archetype: Cheater is a deconstruction of the Asian and Nerdy trope, more specifically the "smart Asian" subtype. He feels that he should be intelligent due to his ethnicity, which has led to him developing an Inferiority Superiority Complex which makes him desperate to prove his intelligence. He wears Purely Aesthetic Glasses because he thinks they make him look smarter, and he also calls attention to his race quite a bit in an attempt to invoke the Asian and Nerdy stereotype. Despite all this, he's not The Smart Guy and he is sometimes even acts a little bit stupid, such as when he doesn't understand Martin's sarcasm and when he fails at cheating when he actually tries to. It's also unclear how many of his trivia facts he actually knows and how many he's pulling from other people's brains.
• Geek Physique: He’s a nerdy boy whose incredibly short.
• Inferiority Superiority Complex: He's always trying to show off how smart he is and how much he knows, and gets quite upset whenever his intelligence is called into question. This is because he never gets any credit from his teachers as they always assume that he's cheating.
• Insufferable Genius: He constantly tries to prove his intelligence to other people by getting them to ask him trivia questions.
• Ironic Nickname: He's called Cheater despite never having cheated in his life.
• I Just Want to Be Normal: Out of all the boys, Cheater seems to dislike his powers the most initially, and starts crying because he wants to be normal. He eventually grows out of this with the reassurance of his friends.
• Meaningful Name: Cheater is at Edgeview for getting in trouble for cheating on tests. This also sort of becomes somewhat of an Ironic Nickname, since Cheater later demonstrates that he is abysmal at cheating when he actually tries to do it on purpose.
• The Napoleon: On some level. Cheater is the shortest out of all the boys, and prioritizes his pride and intelligence the most.
• Power Incontinence: Cheater can read minds, but is unable to distinguish the thoughts of others from his own, which results in him perfectly copying someone else’s essay or test answers.
• Purely Aesthetic Glasses: Cheater wears these to make himself look smarter.
• Sarcasm-Blind: He seems to be CONSTANTLY believing all of Martin’s sarcastic comments, much to the latter’s amusement.
• Shorter Means Smarter: Cheater is the shortest of all the boys and is the most studious. That being said, out of all the boys, he lacks common sense the most, and is prone to embarrassing himself or putting himself in danger due to missteps.
• Smart People Wear Glasses: Invoked. Cheater purposely wears glasses to look smarter, and is not very dependent on them.
• Telepathy: Cheater is able to do this, although doing it purposefully takes some practice.

Willis “Flinch” Dobbs

Another member of the main cast. Flinch was sent to Edgeview for being a disruptive student and excessive energy.

• The Ace: The biggest reason he went to Edgeview is due to his general jumpiness and interrupting classes, but aside from that he’s a nice kid whose very well rounded, and in the second book, he takes up baseball, basketball, fencing, and later comedy.
• Ambiguously Brown: While Flinch’s race is never specified, he’s described in the book as having “dozens of tiny braids,” (It's common for African descended people to braid their hair) and his real name, Willis, is a common African American name, hinting that he is.
• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: He comes off as distracted most of the time because his precognition shows him things which are just about to happen, so he reacts to them prematurely.
• Black and Nerdy: Downplayed: he’s Ambiguously Brown and notably likes similar things to Cheater and Torchie, but also likes sports.
• Brutal Honesty: He’s the quickest out of the boys to accept his powers and tells a crying Cheater to do the same. He’s also very upfront with information the entire book.
• Class Clown: He keeps interrupting the teachers with jokes.
• Deadpan Snarker: Not to the extent of Martin, (and certainly not as cruel) but he can be quite sarcastic. This aspect of him is played up more in the sequel, where he uses it to come up with witty comebacks as a comedian.
• Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Flinch seems to have this the most out of anyone, since he searches for a bunch of hobbies (basketball, baseball, fencing) that can keep his attention and curb his mind from racing. He seems to have found it by being a comedian.
• Improbable Sports Skills: Flinch is insanely good at dodgeball, to the surprise of Martin. it turns out his ability to see the future enables him to do this.
• It's All My Fault: In the sequel, Flinch accidentally punches Juan, a smaller nerdier kid, in the face, when it was supposed to be a rather toothless round. This leads to him quitting boxing and going into comedy.
• Meaningful Name: Flinch is brought to Edgeview because he’s jumpy, disruptive, and interrupts teachers. He’s also precognitive, so he prematurely “flinches” at things before they happen.
• Mundane Utility: He’s the biggest example of this, as he uses his powers to kickstart a career in comedy, in which he comes up with comebacks to respond to hecklers with.
• Seers: He has a variant of this where he sees that something is going to happen a few seconds before it actually happens. This gives him extra time to react, but also makes him seem jumpy and disruptive in school.
• Spider-Sense: Flinch’s power seems to manifest in this way, as he’s able to dodge people’s punches to the degree that he’s never been punched in the face, and can tell when Bloodbath is at the window about to push the ladder he’s climbing up.
• Out of Character Is Serious Business: Flinch switches from his usual jovial self to complete panic when he sees Bloodbath at the window, about to push the ladder he’s climbing.

Dominic “Lucky” Calabrizi

Another student brought to Edgeview due to stealing. His name is ironic.

• And I Must Scream: A downplayed example in the second book. Lucky heard the voices from dozens of toy soldiers stuck in the cement, and starts tearing apart the floor to get to them. Unfortunately, there’s dozens of them, buried in the cement, and he’s unable to get to them all, while they just keep getting louder...
• Berserk Button: He hates calling people crazy due to his own fears of being labelled as crazy. He also doesn't like being called a thief because being falsely accused of stealing is the reason he ended up in Edgeview. Also, don't mention his bedwetting.
• The Big Guy: He's the biggest and the most imposing person in the group, and he's the first to get into a physical fight with the Edgies.
• Big Ol' Unibrow: He has the beginnings of one. It's supposed to make him appear tough.
• Blessed with Suck: Lucky has the worst luck out of all his friends; his powers manifest in him hearing voices from lost objects. Even worse, they get louder if he leaves them alone. In the second book, he can’t even embrace or enjoy his powers, and ends up using the disruptor to silence them.
• Deadpan Snarker: While mostly quiet, he’s sometimes this.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: At the beginning of the first book, he’s skeptical of Martin and doesn’t trust him (justifiably, since Edgeview IS a school for delinquents.) by the end of the second book, he treats Martin like a true companion.
• Ironic Nickname: Lucky is called by his nickname ironically, since people don’t believe him when he happens to “find” things people had recently lost. The name is really ironic since he has the most useless, least fun, and most troublesome power out of all of his friends.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While very quiet and aloof, Lucky really does care about his friends and warns Martin to not mess with them.
• Kindness Button: He becomes more friendly towards Martin after he saves Cheater from being beaten up.
• Mistaken for Thief: People always accuse him of stealing because of his mysterious ability to "find" things that people have recently lost. As it turns out, due to his power he genuinely does find things lying about.
• Odd Name Out: He's the only one in the group with an Ironic Nickname rather than a meaningful one.
• Out of Character Is Serious Business: When he doesn’t come by Torchie and Martin’s room, Martin notes that something must be wrong.
• Power Incontinence: Lucky probably gets the most self-destructive version of this out of everyone. He hears the “voices” of lost things, and if he doesn’t pick them up, they slowly get louder. Unlike everyone else, he’s unable to fix this by the end of the first book, and the second book resolves this by using the disruptor, effectively being Brought Down to Normal.
• Sticky Fingers: Subverted. His powers let him locate lost objects, but everyone thinks that he steals them.
• Team Dad: he’s very protective over his friends and initially distrustful of Martin when he first shows up.
• The Quiet One: Lucky is usually quiet and in the corner, preferring to keep to himself, even when hanging out with his friends.

Eddie “Trash” Thalmeyer

A loner at Edgeview who becomes part of the main group. He’s admitted for being a vandal and throwing things. He’s also the protagonist of the sequel.

• All of the Other Reindeer: The entire school considers Trash to be weird, leaving him alone and friendless. To be fair to them, they have a point. From their point of view, Trash violently throws random objects at them with no provocation, so it's not hard to see why they wouldn't want to spend time with him.
• Apologises a Lot: He constantly apologises for the problems his Power Incontinence causes, and he even starts his "Why I like being me" assignment with "I'm sorry". Martin eventually gets fed up with this and tells him to just make a blanket apology at the start of each day.
• Beware the Quiet Ones: Trash is a quiet, artistic kid who's a known vandal. That last part may not be true, but he’s got some Psychic Powers that are very deadly. Thurston learned this the hard way.
• Blue Oni, Red Oni: The blue to Martin’s red. He’s calmer, more thoughtful, and less impulsive than Martin.
• Can't Take Criticism: Downplayed. Martin tells Trash to stop apologising every few seconds and he takes the criticism without complaint, however Martin describes him as looking like a scolded puppy.
• Contrasting Sequel Protagonist: Trash’s prose is more analytical and less witty than Martin’s, fitting the darker tone of the sequel.
• Does Not Know His Own Strength: His problem is that he applies far too much force to the objects he lifts, which makes them smash into the walls. After practising, he's able to control objects with more finesse.
• Eccentric Artist: He initially comes across as one, since the entire school considers him to be weird for randomly throwing things.
• Embarrassing Nickname: His name ostensibly refers to how he breaks things, but considering his social status it's likely intended to be an insult as well.
• Foil: As mentioned above, he's one to Martin. Trash is introverted, thoughtful and doesn't make friends easily, while Martin is extroverted, snarky and makes friends immediately. They also have opposite powers, as Trash causes physical damage while Martin causes emotional damage.
• Friendless Background: He finds it hard to make friends due to his Power Incontinence and his shy personality, and was completely alone until Martin reached out to him.
• Hidden Depths: Trash has a fairly good artistic ability, which is one of the first signs to Martin that he’s not as bad as he seems.
• How Do I Shot Web?: He struggles to activate his powers on command rather than just at random. He gains more control over them after practising.
• I Just Want to Have Friends: Trash is lonely and miserable due to his Power Incontinence driving people away from him. Once he's accepted into Martin's friendship group he becomes a lot happier. Notably, he hands in his "Why I like being me" assignment late because he "didn't feel like doing it before", implying that before he joined Martin's group he didn't like being himself.
• Insult of Endearment: Martin's group is so used to calling him "Trash" that they carry on calling him that even after they befriend him.
• Meaningful Name: As insulting as his name sounds, it really calls out the fact that he’s a vandal and “trashes” every room he’s in.
• Loners Are Freaks: Trash is isolated from the rest of the school, who find his habit of throwing things without warning unsettling. Even Martin’s friends badmouth him.
• Loners Will Stay Alone: He's trapped in a cycle where his isolation marks him as being an outcast, so nobody tries to befriend him and he remains an outcast. And if anyone does try to talk to him, his Power Incontinence quickly drives them off. The cycle is eventually broken when Martin's group accepts him in.
• Mind over Matter: Trash can lift stuff with his mind. This presents in a slightly unusual way, instead of just levitating things he flings them with enough force to knock plaster out of the walls. Once he gets some control over his powers he's capable of manipulating objects more gently.
• The Not-Love Interest: in a way, to Martin. He kickstarts Martin’s discovery of his friends abilities and acts partly as motivation for uncovering the truth. He’s also given a lot of attention from the story in comparison of Martin’s other friends, even being the protagonist in the sequel.
• Nominal Importance: He’s the last person at the school Martin befriended, and is treated as having more impressive feats than the rest of the cast.
• Power Incontinence: Trash arguably gets the most socially detrimental type, as his powers randomly going off and causing insane amounts of damage makes everyone wary of him.
• Power Stereotype Flip: His destructive powers contrast sharply with his creative personality.
• The Quiet One: He's the least likely to speak out of all the main characters. Sometimes he doesn't say a single word for an entire chapter.
• Shrinking Violet: Trash's isolation is partially due to his powers, but it's also due to this. Despite wanting friends, he never attempts to even talk to Martin when he sits at his table. At first, Martin has to come and invite Trash to spend time with the group every night because he lacks the confidence to come and join them himself. Even afterwards, he still remains The Quiet One who Apologises a Lot. This becomes clearer when you compare Trash to Torchie, who has similarly destructive powers and yet is outgoing and well-liked by his friends.
• Sixth Ranger: He's the last to join the main group and his arrival marks a change, as it's when they all accept that they have powers.
• Thought-Controlled Power: His telekinesis seems to be activated purely by thought. He seems to need eye contact to use it properly, but that may just be so that he can see what he's doing.

Other Edgeview Students

Bloodbath

The biggest bully at Edgeview. Virtually every other student is afraid of him.

• Barbaric Bully: He bullies people in a variety of ways, from punching them to taking their money to drawing on their faces with marker pen, but it's all physical.
• Beauty Is Bad: Martin describes him as quite handsome, and he’s the meanest student.
• Berserk Button: He hates people calling him by his first name or laughing at him.
• Book Dumb: He's been held back several times, but he displays a surprising amount of subtlety in his bullying in that he only picks on people when the teachers aren't watching. He's even able to convince the teachers that he's a good guy who the other students admire. His plan to blow up the school is also fairly complex, though it could have been another member of his gang who came up with it.
• Do Not Call Me "Paul": As mentioned above, being called "Lester" is one of his Berserk Buttons.
• Embarrassing First Name: His is Lester.
• Held Back in School: Bloodbath is in eighth grade despite being almost sixteen, implying that he's been held back multiple times.
• His Name Really Is "Barkeep": Martin initially assumes that "Bloodbath" is a nickname, but it turns out to be his real surname.
• Mysterious Past: Martin has no clue what turned Bloodbath into the person he is, but whatever it was, it caused him to hate being the target of ridicule.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: His last name isn't Bloodbath because he’s a nice guy.
• Paper Tiger: despite how every student is scared of him, Martin takes him out in one punch.
• Teens Are Monsters: The biggest example out of all the kids.
• The Sociopath: A disturbing one, in that, despite being only a teenager, he demonstrates no real remorse for harming other students, including his own gang, such as Lip, and has no qualms about blowing up the school with explosives or breaking Flinch’s arm. On the other hand, he seems like he knows well enough to curb this behavior around the adults unless it benefits him.
• You Need a Breath Mint: According to Martin, Bloodbath has bad breath.

Lip

Bloodbath’s sidekick.

• Ambiguous Innocence: Its unclear whether Lip actively enjoys bullying other kids, or he’s merely tagging along to appease Bloodbath.
• Foil:in contrast to Bloodbath, he’s quite ugly and physically unimposing. He also acts purely as a sidekick to Bloodbath, never bullying people outside of what they do in tandem.
• Gonk: He's described as a rather ugly kid.
• The Quiet One: Lip hardly ever speaks on his own.
• Side Kick: He backs up Bloodbath when he needs it in order to avoid becoming a target himself.
• Tiny Schoolboy: He barely comes up to Martin's shoulders.

Hindenburg

• Fartillery: When locked in a closet with Torchie, a massive explosion occurs.
• Flat Character: His only trait is that he's flatulent.
• Gasshole: His thing is that he farts a lot.
• Tiny Schoolboy: He's described as being small.

Edgeview Faculty

General

• Dean Bitterman: Principal Davis serves this role, being a stickler for rules and even enacting a mild form of electro-shock therapy onto Martin.
• Cool Teacher: Mr. Briggs is this, and Miss Nomad and Ms. Crenshaw are normally this, but getting their Berserk Button pressed makes it harder to see.
• Fired Teacher: Mr Briggs reveals that he's been fired from many schools due to not staying in line with their policies, which is why he feels sympathetic towards the students at Edgeworth. Most of the other teachers have also been fired, though the reason isn't revealed.
• Giftedly Bad: Miss Nomad has boxes of poetry that she's always trying to get published. So far, she hasn't managed a single one.
• Nice Guy:
  • Mr Briggs wants to Save Our Students and even turns down a job at a prestigious chemical company so he can try to help the kids who are in need. He's also the only teacher to see some good in Martin and repeatedly tries to offer him support, even after having his Berserk Button pressed.
  • Miss Nomad similarly wants to help the students out, though she doesn't react so well to having her button pressed.
• Sadist Teacher: Justified and downplayed. None of the teachers are necessarily bad (most are just odd) but they appear to be this trope.

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