History Characters / DrakeAndJosh

* PetTheDog: When Drake is cleared of putting her car in the classroom, she does (reluctantly) admit to him that she was wrong and apologizes.

* BareYourMidriff: Her swimsuit in "Go Hollywood".

* JerkassHasAPoint: While it was a jerk move of him to hide Josh's Miss Nancy dress from him, he does rightfully point to Josh that he didn't need the dress to give good advice. Josh even comes to understand this.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While it was a jerk move of him to hide Josh's Miss Nancy dress from him, he does rightfully point to Josh that he doesn't need the dress to give good advice. Josh even comes to understand this.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While it was a jerk move of him to hide Josh's Miss Nancy dress from him, he does rightfully point that Josh did not need the dress to give good advice. Josh even comes to understand this.

* MrFanservice: Why else would we see [[http://www.foroswebgratis.com/imagenes_foros/2/2/6/0/2/830114merry-xmas-josh-drake01.jpg this]] in the Christmas movie?

* FormerlyFat: Josh has noticeably lost weight by the third season and became slightly skinnier by the fourth season.

[[folder: Drake Parker]]

[[folder: Walter Nichols]]

[[folder: Mrs. Alice/Linda Hayfer]]

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Taken UpToEleven. She's not just annoying to her two titular brothers, she's ''[[CainAndAbel evil]]!''

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: UpToEleven in Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh.

'''Josh:''' [[RantInducingSlight Raaaaaaaaaaah!]] Come here! Come here, you wanna tussle!

-->'''Drake:''' It says here they're only available in South A-mar-ee-ka.
-->'''Josh''': South ''America''!

-->'''Josh:''' ''(points at Drake)'' [[YouExclamation You!]]\\

-->'''Josh:''' ''(actually deadpan)'' Drake...\\

'''Drake:''' Ok, I will. ''(he tries to walk through where the doorhole was supposed to be, and hits the wooden wall, then looks around himself panicked)'' [[LateToTheRealization ...I see the problem.]]\\
'''Josh:''' ''(with no more patience to spare)'' '''''OH, DO YA!'''''

* {{Keet}}: Sure, Josh is smart and reasonable, but he's often very excitable, neurotic, loud, and overemotional.

-->'''Megan:''' Look, Mommy, I knitted you a sweater!
-->'''Megan:''' [[CrocodileTears (fake crying)]] Mommy, they knocked my poster down!
-->'''Megan:''' [[HypocriticalHumor Why do people have to be bad?]]

** When Drake and Josh were arrested for stealing Grill/MP3 hybrids endorsed by Gary Coleman (they had merely been selling them, and had no idea the grills were stolen), they each got a phone call. When Drake made his call, he phoned home & told Megan he was in jail, who laughed it off as a prank, but when Josh phoned seconds later, there was a noticeable look of concern on her face when she realized that they were in jail, and helped the FBI arrest the real thieves.

---> '''Megan (disgusted):''' You know, that wasn't nice.
---> '''Pete (nonchalant):''' Who said I was nice?
---> ''(Megan shrugs as though to say "true")''

-->'''Mrs. Hayfer''': Wait, you're the boy who's been dating my daughter?
-->'''Drake''': You're Kelly's mom?!
-->'''Mrs. Hayfer:''' I think I'm gonna be sick...
-->'''Drake:''' I'm right there with you...

-->'''Mrs. Hayfer:''' I hate you.
-->'''Drake:''' I know.

-->''' Gerald Hayfer''': I'm Gerald Hayfer; my wife is your English teacher.
-->'''Drake:''' Right.
-->'''Gerald Hayfer''': She hates you.
-->'''Drake:''' ...I know.

-->'''Mrs. Hayfer:''' The Iliad and the Odyssey were originally written in what language? Drake.
-->'''Drake:''' Uh, Greek.
-->'''Mrs. Hayfer:''' Wrong! Mark.
-->'''Mark:''' Greek?
-->'''Mrs. Hayfer''' Correct.

-->'''Josh''': You hired a guy named "Crazy Steve"?
-->'''Helen''': I had to. Long story. Ain't pretty.

** While Drake can be an unmotivated student at the best of times he's downright terrified of the Remedial English class at their school which is filled to the brim with oddballs that make his misbehavior look downright normal and he does whatever he can to avoid being sent there.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: At the start Drake was much more cool headed and solidly BrilliantButLazy, more than capable of being TheSocialExpert to get on by. As the show went on his stupidity and laziness came to the forefront a lot more and he became more prone to the kinds of freakouts you would expect from Josh.

* EveryoneHasStandards: While Drake has hooked up with girls who have boyfriends, usually unknowingly, he draws the line at hitting on the girlfriend of his brother.

* JerkassToOne: She acts sweet to everyone... except Drake and Josh.

* ThePrankster: She pranks Drake and Josh [[PunctuatedForEmphasis all. The. Time.]]
* PrinceOfPranksters: Megan pulls pranks on her brothers every other week and {{Flanderization}} has turned them from harmless whoopee cushion style antics to freakily sociopathic pranks (she puts explosives in their room in one episode).

[[folder:Drake Parker]]

* BeautyIsBad: PlayedWith. He may be good looking, but he's very self-centered, lazy, and jerkish.

-->'''Josh:''' You really think we can ride the Demonator and be back before Mom and Dad get home?

* DisappearedDad: It's never revealed who his and Megan's biological father is--all we can gather is that Audrey was apparently raising him and Megan as a single parent before marrying Josh's dad, Walter.

* DumbassTeenageSon: He's teenager whose BookDumb traits are played up and flanderized over the years.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish (BookDumb and reckless) to Josh's Responsible (reasonable and and a good student).
* GirlsLikeMusicians: One of the reason Drake is so popular with girls is that he's a talented guitarist with his own band, and thus he's able to woo with his music in addition to his looks and charm.

* TheMillstone: "Josh Is Done" showed that Drake is really this in regards to Josh. Without having to worry about Drake's selfishness, Josh would be able to enjoy a very good life. Conversely, without Josh, Drake would fall apart. So really, Drake needs Josh more than Josh needs Drake.

** In "Grammy", he's uncomfortable with going to the Rock Shock concert when his parents and Josh's grandmother told him he couldn't go, and had to be pressured by some of his bandmates to go there. This comes off as rather odd considering how Drake's shown himself to be absolutely fine with disobeying his parents behind their backs, both before and after the episode.
** At the end of "Believe Me, Brother", after Drake's girlfriend, Susan, was exposed flirting with Josh via videotape for a school project, Drake and Josh confront Megan, and the former even scolds Megan for almost ruining their grade. Drake cares very little about grades, and he would be the ''last'' person to get on anyone's case about his own grade.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: At his most self-centered and jerkish, Drake can become ''very'' hard to root for. Though, despite this, he's clearly meant to be entertaining.

-->'''Walter:''' Why didn't you tell us?!

* BornUnlucky: The universe is out to cause him as much pain and suffering and humiliation as possible, even though he's not the one responsible for the {{Zany Scheme}}s that lead to it. The only way he can apparently escape it is by avoiding Drake.
* BosssUnfavoriteEmployee: Helen does not care for him -- despite that he's the most hardworking employee of the Premiere.
* ButtMonkey: He has horrible luck, gets taken advantage of by Drake quite a lot, and is the butt of many jokes, and on some occasions Megan or Helen will say that he has a huge head -- when in actuality there's nothing wrong with his head at all. Also, his boss Helen hates him for no reason. In one episode, he's literally assaulted in the streets several times. He has been arrested several times, in fact. If he were to stop hanging around with Drake, the universe would practically smile his way all the time.

* TheChewToy: His status as a ButtMonkey is clearly meant to amuse the audience.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In "Movie Job", he decides to hold a contest at the Premiere by hiding a golden ball in several popcorn buckets and promised the customers free movies for a month if they happen to find it. Of course, he failed to see beforehand that their eagerness for the golden ball can start a ruckus.

* TheDogBitesBack: He has plenty of moments where he retaliates against Drake for exploiting him. Best shown in "Josh Is Done", when he cuts Drake out of his life after making him miss an important chemistry exam.

* HeavySleeper: Josh claims he's not a heavy sleeper, but a video shows he really is. Megan and her friend take advantage of this and host a web show featuring them "Doing Stuff To Josh While He Sleeps".

* InelegantBlubbering: Tends to pulls these a lot due to being ProneToTears.

* JerkassBall: Grabs it in "Megan's New Teacher". While acting as a student-teacher for Megan's 5th grade class, Josh forces the kids to learn from a ''college-level'' textbook and refuses to ease up on them once it's clear that the material is too difficult for them to grasp.
* {{Keet}}: Sure, Josh is smart and reasonable, but he's often very excitable, neurotic, loud and overemotional.
* LargeHam: '''Definitely.''' He always acts so dramatic and over-the-top and is prone to a lot of [[NoIndoorVoice unnecessary yelling]].

* MissingMom: It's never revealed who Josh's biological mother is -- all we can gather is that Walter was apparently raising Josh as a single parent before marrying Drake and Megan's mom, Audrey.

* NiceGuy: He's more sensible than Drake and usually has a good moral-compass.

* NoIndoorVoice: Josh is very obsessed with emphasis on his delivery.
* NoRespectGuy: Neither Drake nor Megan give him any sort of respect.

'''Megan:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, yeah. I'd hate to be sent all the way back... there.]]

* SelectiveEnforcement: In "Dune Buggy", Drake just does whatever we wants without consequence while he gets reprimanded for every ''slight'' he causes.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Unlike Drake, Josh actually managed to [[spoiler:settle with a healthy relationship with Mindy, unlike Drake's constant switching on girls]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: A mundane take on this trope in "Megan's New Teacher." He assigns a 5th grade classroom work that's geared toward college level students because he genuinely believed that the challenge would've been good for them, had they applied themselves, and refuses to believe the work could actually be too difficult for them to grasp. Not to mention ignoring whatever their current curriculum was, something that would get a real teacher fired.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: In ''Pilot'', Josh wears a woman's dress as "Miss Nancy" in order to give sound advice in a school paper column.

** In "My Dinner With Bobo", when she learns that Drake and Josh sold their newly bought orangutan named Bobo for $100,000 to a stranger without doing a background check on him, she gets worried. After she runs the background on the man, and learns he likes to eat primates, she goes to the police and is happy to see Bob is okay.
** In "The Great Doheny", when Henry Doheny does a magic where finds a bunny named Cookie, who she finds adorable, and asks to keep the rabbit, which Henry Doheny agrees to.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Megan is shown to genuinely care about Drake and Josh, a feeling that, for all the misery she causes them, is fully reciprocated. They were rightfully pissed off when they found out that Megan's first boyfriend was cheating on her and resolved to get back at him for it.
* BadassAdorable: She is very strong for her size, and she's portrayed by at-the-time preteen Creator/MirandaCosgrove, so of course she's pretty darn adorable. [[EnfantTerrible On the outside, anyway.]]

* BrainyBrunette: Her schemes are pretty darn genius, and she's pretty tech savvy, too.

* CheshireCatGrin: It's the only kind of smile she ever does, really.

* CreepyChild: Her behavior sometimes borders on [[ComedicSociopathy sociopathic.]] Plus, some of the things she says to Drake and Josh are really creepy!

* EnfantTerrible: She is an evil, conniving brat (to almost kid supervillain levels) to the titular characters, but acts sweet and adorable to everyone else.

** When Drake and Josh were arrested for stealing Grill/MP3 hybrids endorsed by Gary Coleman (they had merely been selling them, and had no idea the grills were stolen), they each got a phone call. When Drake made his call, he phoned home & told Megan he was in jail, who laughed it off as a prank, but when Josh phoned seconds later, there was a noticeable look of concern on her face when she realized that they really were in jail, and helped the FBI arrest the real thieves.
** There's another time in "Number 1 Fan", after Drake-idolizing girl Wendy gets angrily told off by Drake to stay away from him and one of the boys Pete jokes "So, when's the wedding?"causing the Campfire Kids (sans Megan) to laugh at her. This in turn, makes Wendy run off devastated causing Megan to call him out.

** In the same episode after locking Josh in a tent, Megan tells the kids that they're gonna have a real camp out and organizes the kids to make some s'mores, break out some movies and video games and order pizzas. Once they disperse, Megan notices the still-heartbroken Wendy sitting at the table. Rather than ignore her or make a snarky comeback (which wouldn't be too OutOfCharacter), Megan approaches Wendy [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness gently asking if she wants to help make s'mores and saying Drake didn't mean what he said. When Wendy says she wants to be left alone, Megan bummed that she didn't cheer Wendy up, walks away]].

* {{Flanderization}}: She went from just a typical mischievous younger sister occasionally pulling harmless pranks on her brothers, to a totally sadistic demon child who believes she was put on Earth to make their lives miserable. Her "pranks" also went from just simple antics like [[BucketBoobyTrap putting a bucket of water over an open door]] to [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys having a full arsenal of high-tech gadgets and weapons that would make any CIA operative jealous]]. She also seemed to be willing to go to further extents to cause them misery; in one episode, the writers imply she was willing to put a whole crowd of people in danger of kidney failure, just so she could beat Drake and Josh in a salsa contest.

* InvincibleVillain: Drake and Josh almost never get the upper hand on her.

* JerkassToOne: She acts sweet and adorable to everyone... except Drake and Josh.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Not that there hasn't been times where she had at least ''one'' other reason, [[PetTheDog whether she just felt like it]] or [[EvenEvilHasStandards if it was something worse than what even she would have done.]]

* KarmaHoudini: One of the most blatant in television. In fact, the one time she gets punished by her parents, it's not even her fault and she ends up getting revenge anyway.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: When Drake and Josh start working at the movie theater, she blackmails Drake into letting her and her friends see a PG-13 horror film called ''Monsters from the Drain''. She winds up traumatized and scared of drains, much to the brothers' amusement.

** When Josh is picked to go to work as an assistant weatherman to his dad for the day instead of Megan, Megan psyches him out by reminding him of how many people are going to be watching him in order to make him nervous so that his nervous twitch would be projected on television.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Sometimes, the only reason she decides to help her brothers out is because she believes that she's the only one allowed to cause them suffering.

** Drake & Josh Go to Hollywood: Megan is basically a hero in this one, as she saves her brothers from some criminals (and apparently, death because the criminals planned to kill them once they got away).

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Let's be honest. {{Jerkass}} or not, some of her schemes are rather brilliant for a 7 and later 13 year old girl.

* NeverMyFault: PlayedWith. In the end of ''Steered Straight'', she does not seem apologetic for having Drake and Josh arrested and getting them involved with real criminals. On the other hand, she rightfully points out that she and Walter never expected them to have been roped in by criminals in the first place when the boys were just supposed to be in a ScareEmStraight program.
* ParentalNeglect: Downplayed. She's far from the worst mother ever, but doesn't ever seem to care too much about Drake doing absolutely awful in school. And ''something'' had to go wrong to end up with a child like Megan.

* UnnamedParent: She's never addressed by name once in the entire series. It's understandable that Drake, Josh, and Megan would call her "mom", but it's rather odd that her husband Walter never says her name once in the entire series.
* WomenAreWiser: Compared to her husband Walter, though she is also naïve about Megan's schemes.

[[folder:Walter Nichols]]

* ButtMonkey: He's treated like crap by Drake, mocked by everyone, and his own step-daughter doesn't even acknowledge his existence as her father. To say nothing of the physical pain he endures in some episodes.

* MistakenForCheating: He was involved in an episode where his son and stepson believed he was doing this. Towards the end of the episode, it's revealed that the woman he was "seeing" was working with a weather channel, which could potentially pay him more than what he currently makes. The only reason why he refused to tell his family anything was because he didn't want to get their hopes up if he didn't get the job. Considering what happens in the end, he ''should'' have told his family.

* TookALevelInDumbass: At first Walter was a normal every day father but by the end of the show, he's a complete idiot. Easy to tell how hard he fell in intelligence when you compare the respect his family gave him in the first season compared to later episodes when his stupidity is constantly taken advantage of by his children.

* SassyBlackWoman: Best illustrated in ''Girl Power'', after some {{Jerk Jock}}s are hassling Drake, Josh and Drake's GirlOfTheWeek.
-->'''Jock:''' This isn't over!\\

[[folder:Mrs. Alice/Linda Hayfer]]

* {{Foil}}: To Helen, interestingly--Helen is [[BigBeautifulWoman heavy-set]], strict but generally fun-loving and favors Drake while dismissing Josh. Mrs. Hayfer is [[LeanAndMean thin]], strict and harsh and favors Josh while hating Drake.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Her hatred of Drake stems from the fact that he is an awful student who thinks that his looks alone will help him succeed in life. He puts no effort into anything school related (other than talking to his female classmates). Despite this, she, as a teacher, has no right to treat him with such [[SadistTeacher hostility and unfairness]], even going so far as to ignore the moments where he actually ''does'' apply himself.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While a teacher has no right to openly hate and mistreat a student, no matter how bad he is, her main problem with Drake, being a terrible student who doesn't bother putting in any effort, is rather understandable. However this excuse rings hollow as even when Drake does try and put in effort she still treats him unfairly, thus implying the problem is with her.

-->'''Gerald Hayfer''': I'm Gerald Hayfer; my wife is your English teacher.

* SadistTeacher: Mainly to Drake. She tells him he's wrong when he answers ''what his personal favorite book is''.

* ShoutOut: Her last name is based from Steve Hoefer, also one of the show's directors.

A High School student who likes to compete a lot against Josh with their grades. She later on develops a crush on Josh until they start dating.

* BirdsOfAFeather: Despite having very little one-on-one screentime with her, Mindy is this with Megan in a non-romantic way. Both girls are {{Brainy Brunette}}s and {{Insufferable Genius}}es , they both have a fondness for science and inventing, they both have ([[HeelFaceTurn or had in Mindy's case]]) a rivalry with both brothers, and one a minor note both their first names start with an "M". However, this becomes downplayed (almost becoming a Foil) later in the series as while Mindy retains her love of science and inventing and still isn't very fond of Drake, she TookALevelInKindness, prefers to use her inventing skills for school assignments and possibly for the good of humanity to a degree (like [[NoodleIncident the time she cloned her dog]]) and her dislike for Drake very rarely extends to VolleyingInsults with him with dashes of FloweryInsults (with the exception of the time she happily approved to Megan trying to do something bad to Drake). Whereas Megan TookALevelInJerkass, and while she still invents things, she prefers to use her brains to torture Drake and Josh. However, Mindy and Megan still get along well in spite of this.

* {{Expy}}: A loose one of Sandy Dennis' character Gwen Kellerman from ''The Out-of-Towners'' due to them being brunettes who each has a tendency to react with a DeadpanSnarker, though Mindy is more of a {{Tsundere}} then the simply mousy Gwen. It even hits home that she starts to date Josh, who himself is an {{expy}} of Dennis' said film's co-star Jack Lemmon's character Felix Ungar from ''{{Film/The Odd Couple|1968}}'' film.
* HeelFaceTurn: She wasn't outright evil towards Josh [[spoiler:except for when she tried blaming Drake for driving Mrs. Haifer's car in the classroom and let her competitiveness take the better of her]]. Much later on, the two start dating and become a couple, which is ironic considering Drake never gets a single girl to stay with him.

* LovingBully: She gives Drake and Josh hell in her first few appearances. While she does legitimately hate Drake, she teases Josh because she likes him. The two become a couple after that, and a pretty stable one at that.

* TeenGenius: She beats Josh in a previous science fair by ''cloning her own dog'' and [[spoiler:frames Drake for driving Mrs. Hayfer's car into the classroom by taking it apart and putting it back together in said classroom.]]

** They are basically the GenderFlip version of Cecily and Gwendolyn Pigeon from ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', their names even get mixed up by the slob of the main protagonist pair (Drake/Oscar).

* JerkassBall : In “Eric Punches Drake” Eric becomes popular by lying that he punched Drake for making fun of his sister, and doesn’t care that everyone in school is making fun of Drake because of it.

--> '''Crazy Steve:''' Because, with all the pain, hunger, and disease in the world, there's really no better use of my time than to make sure that every ''blessed'' cup holder '''[[SuddenlyShouting IS ROCK-SOLID STEADY!!]]''' So that little whiny punk-holes like ''you'' don't have to worry about your precious little LEMONADE being a teeny-bit unBALANCED!!

* MoodSwinger: Steve's psychiatrist actually set up a schedule as an attempt to control his emotions.
* NervousWreck: Given, Crazy Steve hardly handles ''anything'' well, but he's still an absolute mess when he gets nervous. He really just gets louder and more chaotic than usual.

* UltimateJobSecurity: Apparently Helen has a damn good reason to keep him around.

** For all his idiocy, he is pretty intelligent with regards to music and knows at least the basic technical terminology. One episode shows him acing a test when Josh explains the material to him using a music metaphor.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Her hatred of Drake stems from the fact that he is an awful student who thinks that his looks alone will help him succeed in life. He puts no effort into anything school related (other than talking to his female classmates). Despite this, she, as a teacher, has no right to treat him with such [[IrrationalHatred hostility and unfairness]], even going so far as to ignore the moments where he actually ''does'' apply himself.
* IrrationalHatred: Most of her character is centered around hating Drake. While she has a sound reason for disliking him, she has, at times, [[SadistTeacher gone too far with it]].

* FrediansExcuseIsNoExcuse: Her hatred of Drake stems from the fact that he is an awful student who thinks that his looks alone will help him succeed in life. He puts no effort into anything school related (other than talking to his female classmates). Despite this, she, as a teacher, has no right to treat him with such [[IrrationalHatred hostility]] and unfairness, especially when there have been moments where he would apply himself.

* CharacterDevelopment: Initially, he was a weird and awkward fat kid. As the show progressed and his career took off, his character became much more down-to-earth.

->Portrayed by: Nancy Sullivan

->Portrayed by: Jonathan Goldstein

->Portrayed by: Creator/YvetteNicoleBrown (most episodes), Frances Callier (episode ''Little Diva'')

->Portrayed by: Julia Duffy

->Portrayed by: Alec Medlock (Craig) and Scott Halberstadt (Eric)

* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Believe Me, Brother", when Drake accuses Josh of hitting on his girlfriend Susan, he tells Josh that "brothers don't try to steal each other's girlfriend." However, in other episodes, Drake himself has knowingly hit on girls who already have a boyfriend.