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* DrillInstructorNasty: A former solider, he still has this persona when training young children.

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* DrillInstructorNasty: DrillSergeantNasty: A former solider, he still has this persona when training young children.
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!! Norman LargeLarge (nee Eric Norman)
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!! Norman Large
The former head training instructor at Cherub. A large tough man, and a nasty piece of work.
* DrillInstructorNasty: A former solider, he still has this persona when training young children.
* {{Jerkass}}: There is nothing pleasant about Mr Large. He actually enjoys watching children suffer.

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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Named himself after Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris.
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* {{Expy}}: A hard-drinking, womanising British spy named James? [[Franchise/JamesBond Where have we heard that one before....]]
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!! Terence "Mac" McAfferty (nee Terence Henderson)

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!! Terence "Mac" McAfferty (nee Terence Henderson)
The chairman of CHERUB in the early books.
* BigGood: As the head of CHERUB, he's responsible for all of the children and approves their missions.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's usually stern but fair with the kids under his care.
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!! Zara Asker
A CHERUB mission controller who later replaces Mac as chairman.
* BigGood: Takes on the role of chairman after Mac's retirement.
* IconicSequelCharacter: She isn't introduced until the second book, but later becomes the BigGood.

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* MsFanservice: James develops a PrecociousCrush on her, and states that there are very few people in CHERUB who don't find her attractive.

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* MsFanservice: James develops a PrecociousCrush on her, and states that there are very few people in CHERUB who don't find her attractive.attractive.
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* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: [[spoiler: Kerry announces she's pregnant at the end of the series.]]

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* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Kerry announces she's pregnant at the end of the series.]]



* [[spoiler:FirstGirlWins]]: [[spoiler:Gets back together with Kerry at the end of the series.]]

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* [[spoiler:FirstGirlWins]]: FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Gets back together with Kerry at the end of the series.]]



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a serial cheater with a violent temper and a criminal streak who occasionally crosses into PoliticallyIncorrectHero status, but he's also a very loyal friend and fiercely protective of his little sister.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's mostly a nice person, but she's definitely inherited some of James's anger issues and has a scheming ManipulativeBitch side that even James isn't always safe from.



* MoralityPet: She's usually the person to bring out James's more caring side.



* [[spoiler:FirstGirlWins]]: [[spoiler:Gets back together with James at the end of the series.]]

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* [[spoiler:FirstGirlWins]]: FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Gets back together with James at the end of the series.]]



* AndThenWhat: After she leaves CHERUB she has a hard time initially to figure out what to do with her life now.



* AndThenWhat: After she leaves CHERUB she has a hard time initially to figure out what to do with her life now.

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* AndThenWhat: After she leaves NiceGirl: She is kind and patient with James when teaching him to swim and mentoring him on his first mission.
* MsFanservice: James develops a PrecociousCrush on her, and states that there are very few people in
CHERUB she has a hard time initially to figure out what to do with who don't find her life now.attractive.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Kerry with Dana and a few other girls.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Kerry with Dana and a few other girls.



* YourCheatingHeart: Kisses Dante while drunk despite being in a relationship with Rat. She realizes she likes Rat better, however, and stays in the relationship with him.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Kisses Dante while drunk despite being in a relationship with Rat. She realizes she likes Rat better, however, and stays in the relationship with him.



* YourCheatingHeart: James cheats on Kerry with her, later she cheats on him with Michael Hendry.

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* YourCheatingHeart: James cheats on Kerry with her, later she cheats on him with Michael Hendry.
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* DisappearedDad: He initially doesn't know who his father is, but they do eventually meet.

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* DisappearedDad: He initially doesn't know who his father is, but they [[spoiler:they do eventually meet.]]
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* NeverLiveItDown: In universe. He chose the name Greg because it's an actual first name, but everybody still calls him Rat.

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* NeverLiveItDown: In universe. OnceDoneNeverForgotten: He chose the name Greg because it's an actual first name, but everybody still calls him Rat.

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* IHaveManyNames: They change their name upon joining CHERUB, and all of them have different cover names for every mission

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* IHaveManyNames: They change their name upon joining CHERUB, and all of them have different cover names for every missionmission.



* TeenGenius: They're all very highly intelligent, one of the criteria for being a CHERUB agent. For example James is a child prodigy at maths.

!!James Robert Anthony Adams (nee James Choke)

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* TeenGenius: They're all very highly intelligent, one of the criteria for being a CHERUB agent. For example example, James is a child prodigy at maths.

!!James Robert Anthony Adams (nee (ne James Choke)



* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: [[spoiler: Kerry announces she's pregnant at the end of the series]]

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* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: [[spoiler: Kerry announces she's pregnant at the end of the series]]series.]]



* BrotherSisterTeam: Quite a few times
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Technically, all his relationships, given that he's a teenager in most of the books, but especially Kerry
* DisappearedDad: He doesn't know who his father is.
* GoodWithNumbers: James doesn't like school work, but he's really good at maths
* TheHero: The protagonist
* [[spoiler:FirstGirlWins]]: [[spoiler:Gets back together with Kerry at the end of the series]]

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* BrotherSisterTeam: Quite a few times
times.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Technically, all his relationships, given that he's a teenager in most of the books, but especially Kerry
Kerry.
* DisappearedDad: He initially doesn't know who his father is.
is, but they do eventually meet.
* GoodWithNumbers: James doesn't like school work, but he's really good at maths
maths, having something like a calculator in his head.
* TheHero: The protagonist
protagonist, though he does have his anti-heroic moments.
* [[spoiler:FirstGirlWins]]: [[spoiler:Gets back together with Kerry at the end of the series]]series.]]



* MissingMom: She dies at the start of the first book
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With Kerry
* SerialRomeo: He has quite a few girlfriends, and is known to cheat
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Kerry with Dana and a few other girls

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* MissingMom: She dies at the start of the first book
book.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With Kerry
Kerry.
* SerialRomeo: He has quite a few girlfriends, and is known to cheat
cheat.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Kerry with Dana and a few other girls
girls.



James litte sister, also a CHERUB agent.

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James litte little sister, also a CHERUB agent.



* AttemptedRape: In The Fall. She stabs the guy instead, but is quite horrified by the experience
* BrotherSisterTeam: Quite a few times
* DontSplitUsUp: How she ends up at CHERUB: She wanted to be with James, so when he wasn't at the orphanage she was send to after her abusive father lost custody she raised hell until she was brought to CHERUB

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* AttemptedRape: In The Fall. ''The Fall''. She stabs the guy instead, but is quite horrified by the experience
experience.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Quite a few times
times.
* DontSplitUsUp: How she ends up at CHERUB: She she wanted to be with James, so when he wasn't at the orphanage she was send to after her abusive father lost custody she raised hell until she was brought to CHERUBCHERUB.



* MissingMom: She dies at the start of the first book
* Polyglot: She's fluent in Spanish and Russian and knows some Greek.
* YourCheatingHeart: Kisses Dante while drunk despite being in a relationship with Rat. She realizes she likes Rat better though and stays in the relationship with him.

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* MissingMom: She dies at the start of the first book
book.
* Polyglot: {{Polyglot}}: She's fluent in Spanish and Russian and knows some Greek.
* YourCheatingHeart: Kisses Dante while drunk despite being in a relationship with Rat. She realizes she likes Rat better though better, however, and stays in the relationship with him.



* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Kerry's asian and awesome at karate. Justified, though, given that every child at CHERUB is taught martial arts so that they can defend themselves should a situation ever require it.
* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: [[spoiler: Kerry announces she's pregnant at the end of the series]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Technically, all her relationships, given that she's a teenager in most of the books, but especially James
* [[spoiler:FirstGirlWins]]: [[spoiler:Gets back together with James at the end of the series]]
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With James

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* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Kerry's asian Asian and awesome at karate. Justified, though, given that every child at CHERUB is taught martial arts so that they can defend themselves should a situation ever require it.
* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: [[spoiler: Kerry announces she's pregnant at the end of the series]]
series.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Technically, all her relationships, given that she's a teenager in most of the books, but especially James
James.
* [[spoiler:FirstGirlWins]]: [[spoiler:Gets back together with James at the end of the series]]
series.]]
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With James
James.
* YankTheDogsChain: She goes through basic training with James because she'd attempted it several times before, but kept getting injured badly enough that she had to withdraw.



A fellow CHERUB agent, recruits James
* ParentalAbandonment: He was abandoned at birth and grew up in a number of foster families before joining CHERUB

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A fellow CHERUB agent, recruits James
* ParentalAbandonment: He was abandoned at birth and grew up in a number of foster families before joining CHERUB
agent who recruited James.



* GayBestFriend: He's James best friend, and he's gay. James is a bit freaked out by the latter at first, but gets over it.

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* GayBestFriend: He's James James' best friend, and he's gay. James is a bit freaked out by the latter at first, but gets over it.




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* ParentalAbandonment: He was abandoned at birth and grew up in a number of foster families before joining CHERUB.



A fellow CHERUB agent, goes through basic training with James and Kerry
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Named himself after BruceLee and ChuckNorris
* BloodKnight: He very much enjoys fighting

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A fellow CHERUB agent, goes through basic training with James and Kerry
Kerry.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Named himself after BruceLee Bruce Lee and ChuckNorris
Chuck Norris.
* BloodKnight: He very much enjoys fighting
fighting.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: He's small, but very strong and agile.



* NeverLiveItDown: In universe. He chose the name Greg because it's an actual first name, but everybody still calls him Rat

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He grew up in a cult. As one of the children of the cult's founder, he was considered royalty, but because he didn't actually believe in the cult's teachings- and was vocal about it-, he was alienated by the majority of the cult.
* BadassBookworm: Loves to read.
* NeverLiveItDown: In universe. He chose the name Greg because it's an actual first name, but everybody still calls him Rat
Rat.
* UnfortunateNames: ''Rathbone''. And he knows how bad it is.



A fellow CHERUB agent
* YourCheatingHeart: James cheats on Kerry with her, later she cheats on him with Micheal Hendry

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A fellow CHERUB agent
agent.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: She didn't have many friends before going on missions with James and later dating him.
* BadassBookworm: Likes reading.
* YankTheDogsChain: She went on a lot of missions, but they all were either minor or failed. She took a lot longer to get her navy shirt than most agents, and was afraid that she might never get one.
* YourCheatingHeart: James cheats on Kerry with her, later she cheats on him with Micheal Hendry
Michael Hendry.



A fellow CHERUB agent
* BigSisterInstinct: She's not actually James sister, she just pretends to be for the mission, but she still treats him as her little brother
* AndThenWhat: After she leaves CHERUB she has a hard time initially to figure out what to do with her life now

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A fellow CHERUB agent
agent.
* BigSisterInstinct: She's not actually James James' sister, she just pretends to be for the mission, but she still treats him as her little brother
brother.
* AndThenWhat: After she leaves CHERUB she has a hard time initially to figure out what to do with her life nownow.
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CHERUBs (Charles Henderson's Espionage Research Unit B) are a group of highly-trained intelligence agents (child spies essentially) who are recruited by the British Government to go undercover in dangerous operations and pose as regular children in order to gain access to remote areas of the operations. These missions can include gang infiltrations, befriending the children of big time drug lord or crime boss or simply posing as orphans in homes to recruit new members.

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CHERUBs [=CHERUBs=] (Charles Henderson's Espionage Research Unit B) are a group of highly-trained intelligence agents (child spies essentially) who are recruited by the British Government to go undercover in dangerous operations and pose as regular children in order to gain access to remote areas of the operations. These missions can include gang infiltrations, befriending the children of big time drug lord or crime boss or simply posing as orphans in homes to recruit new members.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Chose Greg because it's an actual first name, but everybody still calls him Rat

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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Technically, all his relationships, given that he's a teenager in most of the books, but especially Kerry



* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With Kerry
* SerialRomeo: He has quite a few girlfriends, and is known to cheat



* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Technically, all her relationships, given that she's a teenager in most of the books, but especially James




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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With James

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* IHaveManyNames: They change their name upon joining CHERUB, and all of them have different cover names for every mission



* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: [[spoiler: Kerry announces she's pregnant at the end of the series]]



* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Kerry with Dana

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* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Kerry with Dana
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* AttemptedRape: In The Fall. She stabs the guy instead, but is quite horrified by the experience


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* BloodKnight: He very much enjoys fighting
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A fellow CHERUB agent, goes through basic training with James and Kerry

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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Named himself after BruceLee and ChuckNorris

!! Greg "Rat" Rathbone (nee Rathbone Regan)
A fellow CHERUB agent, joins after the cult he grew up in is infiltrated by Lauren and James.
* NeverLiveItDown: Chose Greg because it's an actual first name, but everybody still calls him Rat

!! Dana Smith
A fellow CHERUB agent
* YourCheatingHeart: James cheats on Kerry with her, later she cheats on him with Micheal Hendry

!! Amy Collins (nee Jennifer Amy Pegg)
A fellow CHERUB agent
* BigSisterInstinct: She's not actually James sister, she just pretends to be for the mission, but she still treats him as her little brother
* AndThenWhat: After she leaves CHERUB she has a hard time initially to figure out what to do with her life now

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* GoodWithNumbers: James doesn't like school work, but he's really good at maths



* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Kerry

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* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Kerry
Kerry with Dana




!! Kerry Chang (nee Lin Chang)

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\n* Polyglot: She's fluent in Spanish and Russian and knows some Greek.
* YourCheatingHeart: Kisses Dante while drunk despite being in a relationship with Rat. She realizes she likes Rat better though and stays in the relationship with him.

!! Kerry Chang (nee Lin Ling Chang)



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!! Kyle Blueman
A fellow CHERUB agent, recruits James
* BigBrotherMentor: To younger CHERUBs, who are seen to go to him for advice.
* GayBestFriend: He's James best friend, and he's gay. James is a bit freaked out by the latter at first, but gets over it.
* NeatFreak

!! Bruce Norris (nee Aled Thomas)
A fellow CHERUB agent, goes through basic training with James and Kerry

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The protagonist of the first series. A brash, impulsive boy who eventually matures.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He loves his sister very much and freaks out when he thinks he could lose her.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Quite a few times
* DisappearedDad: He doesn't know who his father is.
* TheHero: The protagonist
* [[spoiler:FirstGirlWins]]: [[spoiler:Gets back together with Kerry at the end of the series]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Lauren is usually the responsible one, because she's not as impulsive as James. Not always, though.
* MissingMom: She dies at the start of the first book
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Kerry

!! Lauren Zoe Adams (nee Lauren Onions)
James litte sister, also a CHERUB agent.
* AbusiveParents: Lauren's father is at the very least neglectful, and hit her at least once.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: James often treats her as such, but it's clear that they actually love each other very much.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Quite a few times
* DontSplitUsUp: How she ends up at CHERUB: She wanted to be with James, so when he wasn't at the orphanage she was send to after her abusive father lost custody she raised hell until she was brought to CHERUB
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Lauren is usually the responsible one, because she's not as impulsive as James. Not always, though.
* MissingMom: She dies at the start of the first book

!! Kerry Chang (nee Lin Chang)
A fellow CHERUB agent, James' partner in basic training.
* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Kerry's asian and awesome at karate. Justified, though, given that every child at CHERUB is taught martial arts so that they can defend themselves should a situation ever require it.
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!!James Robert Anthony Adams (nee James Choke)

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ChildSoldiers: CHERUB agents can be any age up to 18 years old, and certainly do some dangerous missions that can involve class A drugs, guns and explosives. They're also trained in advanced combat, modern weaponry and survival tactics, all under military-like training.
PressurePoint: They get taught it in the Dojo.
TeenGenius: They're all very highly intelligent, one of the criteria for being a CHERUB agent. For example James is a child prodigy at maths.

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* ChildSoldiers: CHERUB agents can be any age up to 18 years old, and certainly do some dangerous missions that can involve class A drugs, guns and explosives. They're also trained in advanced combat, modern weaponry and survival tactics, all under military-like training.
* PressurePoint: They get taught it in the Dojo.
* TeenGenius: They're all very highly intelligent, one of the criteria for being a CHERUB agent. For example James is a child prodigy at maths.

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[[folder:CHERUB Agents]]
CHERUBs (Charles Henderson's Espionage Research Unit B) are a group of highly-trained intelligence agents (child spies essentially) who are recruited by the British Government to go undercover in dangerous operations and pose as regular children in order to gain access to remote areas of the operations. These missions can include gang infiltrations, befriending the children of big time drug lord or crime boss or simply posing as orphans in homes to recruit new members.

ChildSoldiers: CHERUB agents can be any age up to 18 years old, and certainly do some dangerous missions that can involve class A drugs, guns and explosives. They're also trained in advanced combat, modern weaponry and survival tactics, all under military-like training.
PressurePoint: They get taught it in the Dojo.
TeenGenius: They're all very highly intelligent, one of the criteria for being a CHERUB agent. For example James is a child prodigy at maths.
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