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* BadBoss: He doesn't care about the school's well-being and its educational system seeing as he threatened the board of directors to close Titan Academy if they do not make significant profits by the end of the year.
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* TheDreaded: To put it in perspective, he's this to Alan who's been TheDreaded himself to the students all this time.
* EvilCripple: He's probably older than the already old Alan, hence why he uses a cane to walk around.
* EvilCripple: He's probably older than the already old Alan, hence why he uses a cane to walk around.
* HiddenVillain: The true leader of The Organization was kept away from the audience all the time up until the premier of Season 8.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: He's the one who's truly in charge, and lords over Alan.
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* EvilerThanThou: He successfully intimidates even Alan, the guy whose mission is to smugly intimidate the students as much as possible.
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* BigBad: Background-wise, he is just CoDragons with Regna for the Organization. However, narrative-wise, he's responsible for almost all of the dark plots for the Academy and somehow lords over Regna, making him more Dragon in-name only, he's the guy in charge of the bad deeds.
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* {{Expy}}: In consideration of the show making {{Shout Out}}s to Disney-based franchises, one of them being ''Franchise/StarWars'', Alan might be based on [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]], as the [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] BigBad who mostly plots from behind the scenes and making as few on-screen appearances as possible, although Alan is technically TheDragon for the Organization (as opposed to Palpatine being actually the Emperor), in the current arc, he's closer to a BigBad.
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* {{Expy}}: In consideration of the show making {{Shout Out}}s to Disney-based franchises, one of them being ''Franchise/StarWars'', Alan might be based on [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]], as the [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] BigBad who mostly plots from behind the scenes and making as few on-screen appearances as possible, although Alan is technically TheDragon for the Organization (as opposed to Palpatine being actually the Emperor), in the current arc, he's closer to a BigBad. [[spoiler:With the introduction of the Leader, it turns out that he's more like a Palpatine who is positioned like Darth Vader instead rather than being the true mastermind]].
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* BigBad: The true BigBad of the whole series as the true leader of the Organization. Turns out Alan is just [[CoDragons one of his dragons after all.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Based on his voice and walking with a cane, this guy is much more senior than the already old Alan himself. And as the true leader of the Organization, he's bad news.
* {{Expy}}: The way he's the true leader of the Organization and not even making an appearance until 8 seasons in makes him the closer comparison with [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]].
* UnseenNoMore: PlayedWith. Throughout the time Alan was the BigBad, he's almost non-existant, making people believe that Alan was the one truly calling the shots. In his debut appearance, he appears and affirms his leadership, but his face is not seen, all that's seen are his yellow clothes and how he walks with a cane.
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[[folder:The Leader '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
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* BigBad: The true BigBad of the whole series as the true leader of the Organization. Turns out Alan is just [[CoDragons one of his dragons after all.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Based on his voice and walking with a cane, this guy is much more senior than the already old Alan himself. And as the true leader of the Organization, he's bad news.
* {{Expy}}: The way he's the true leader of the Organization and not even making an appearance until 8 seasons in makes him the closer comparison with [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]].
* UnseenNoMore: PlayedWith. Throughout the time Alan was the BigBad, he's almost non-existant, making people believe that Alan was the one truly calling the shots. In his debut appearance, he appears and affirms his leadership, but his face is not seen, all that's seen are his yellow clothes and how he walks with a cane.
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* TheDragon: DeadpanSnarker: He can be condescending towards the students when they display a virtuous trait.
* DragonInChief: Technically, Alan isn't even the CEO of the Organization, but he's close enough as the Organization's representative. Should he get taken out, that doesn't mean the Organization will be truly gone. However, in all story technicalities, he could as well be the BigBad.
* DragonInChief: Technically, Alan isn't even the CEO of the Organization, but he's close enough as the Organization's representative. Should he get taken out, that doesn't mean the Organization will be truly gone. However, in all story technicalities, he could as well be the BigBad.
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** He didn't [[spoiler: expel Cleverly without giving him a TraumaticHaircut first, purely to fuel his own sadism]].
** He became deadset on [[spoiler:expelling Denise, the top student of the academy, simply because she embarrassed him in the assembly]].
** He didn't [[spoiler: expel Cleverly without giving him a TraumaticHaircut first, purely to fuel his own sadism]].
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* ManipulativeBastard: Can be said that his sweet-talking with Vicky is to manipulate her to favor him more than Soot Beng (though he ended up revealing himself when Milly popped in). Even Soot Beng described him as 'manipulative' to a bank customer service.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Debbie and Vicky walk in on James holding Debbie's mother from behind. He was helping her using the heimlich maneuver because she was choking on a cookie she made.
* NothingPersonal: For the whole class members, James holds nothing of sentimental value, so he doesn't really intend to manipulate them, only displaying a 'slightly friendly, but extremely distant' director personality.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Debbie and Vicky walk in on James holding Debbie's mother from behind. He was helping her using the heimlich maneuver because she was choking on a cookie she made.
* NothingPersonal: For the whole class members, James holds nothing of sentimental value, so he doesn't really intend to manipulate them, only displaying a 'slightly friendly, but extremely distant' director personality.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Debbie and Vicky walk in on James holding Debbie's mother from behind. He was helping her using the heimlich maneuver because she was choking on a cookie she made.
* NothingPersonal: For the whole class members, James holds nothing of sentimental value, so he doesn't really intend to manipulate them, only displaying a 'slightly friendly, but extremely distant' director personality.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Debbie and Vicky walk in on James holding Debbie's mother from behind. He was helping her using the heimlich maneuver because she was choking on a cookie she made.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: DoubleSubverted. At one point, she did question Alan on how some changes might affect the students, but that was only a fleeting moment, she quickly falls back to going along with the manipulative persona of the two. However, she does [[spoiler:eventually develop VillainRespect for Class [=T1T5=] and consider them perhaps worthy of being guided.]]
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** Double subverted: At one point, she did question Alan on how some changes might affect the students, but that was only a fleeting moment, she quickly falls back to going along with the manipulative persona of the two. However, she does [[spoiler:eventually develop VillainRespect for Class [=T1T5=] and consider them perhaps worthy of being guided.]]]]
** Played straight later: While she tried to remind Alan about expelling Denise for the school's prestige as PragmaticVillainy, when she finds out that Alan sends Teverly to make her fail, even Regna tries to object that plan.
** Double subverted: At one point, she did question Alan on how some changes might affect the students, but that was only a fleeting moment, she quickly falls back to going along with the manipulative persona of the two. However, she does [[spoiler:eventually develop VillainRespect for Class [=T1T5=] and consider them perhaps worthy of being guided.
** Played straight later: While she tried to remind Alan about expelling Denise for the school's prestige as PragmaticVillainy, when she finds out that Alan sends Teverly to make her fail, even Regna tries to object that plan.
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James Ng is the father of Vicky and Madam Soot Beng's former husband, he is also the CFO of Q&Q Holdings, but... He becomes the head of department for Titan Academy and The Organiasion.
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James Ng is the father of Vicky and Madam Soot Beng's former husband, he is also the CFO of Q&Q Holdings, but... He something happened. After enrolling in the Night School and failing to reconcile with his daughter, he becomes the head of department for Titan Academy and The Organiasion.Organization.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's sweet mannered and nice to Vicky, using words that endear her to him when Madam Soot Beng usually defaulted to being a strict EducationMama to her. However, in the face of his new lover, James immediately drops his nice attitude to Vicky and becomes more or less uncaring to his own daughter. This is surprisingly averted when he's being the director: He does not cover his intention to be an overly strict and overbearing director to the students with sweet words anymore, but generally acts more nothing personal against those under him.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: At first, he's depicted as an uncaring and manipulative man towards his family, then he enrolled in night school and seems more genuine about reconciling with Vicky, while also acknowledging his past wrongdoings. Now, he's been hired by the Organization as a director as the antagonist of the Study Buddies arc.
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**Additionally, in the night school group project episode, he He gives Jack valid advice about growing a spine and standing up to his domineering wife.wife.
** He tries to save Chelsea from choking on her own cookie, although it leads to NotWhatItLooksLike moment when Vicky comes to the scene.
** In his tenure as director, he's more than willing to give [=JianHao=]'s group extra time out to prepare for the SAT Test rather than sandwiching them together with the school exam. Unfortunately, Ren Yi Xiang runs his mouth to insult him, so he takes it back.
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* SympatheticPOV: His appearance in Night Class showcases the conflict between him and Madam Soot Beng from his side. There, James is portrayed as an estranged father who knew he made a big mistake in the past, [[InsufferableGenius still has his personality flaws]], and yet still tries to make up for it by reconciling with his daughter, even if he will face constant reminders of how horrible he was in the past.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's sweet mannered and nice to Vicky, using words that endear her to him when Madam Soot Beng usually defaulted to being a strict EducationMama to her. However, in the face of his new lover, James immediately drops his nice attitude to Vicky and becomes more or less uncaring to his own daughter.
* TheBusCameBack: After only appearing in ''I Am a Teacher'' and flashbacks, James is back for a serious amount of screen time as one of the students in Night Class. ''Then'' he becomes part of the BigBad organization.
* TheCasanova: He's a playboy and serial cheater, and this was one of the reasons why Madam Soot Beng filed a divorce. Milly learned it the hard way in the end of ''I am a Teacher''.
* InsufferableGenius: During night classes, he gives off this aura. He's smug and intolerable with his bragging about owning a company and the skills he acquired from it, but he really is that good.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While he really doesn't have the best interest of Vicky at heart, James certainly made a good point that these all stemmed from how much Madam Soot Beng invested in her {{Pride}} as a teacher that she's having a hard time after being fired from the academy. His mistake is not realizing that Soot Beng undergoes CharacterDevelopment to fix her issues while he doesn't.
** Additionally, in the night school group project episode, he gives Jack valid advice about growing a spine and standing up to his domineering wife.
* ManipulativeBastard: Can be said that his sweet-talking with Vicky is to manipulate her to favor him more than Soot Beng (though he ended up revealing himself when Milly popped in). Even Soot Beng described him as 'manipulative' to a bank customer service.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Debbie and Vicky walk in on James holding Debbie's mother from behind. He was helping her using the heimlich maneuver because she was choking on a cookie she made.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: When James was in school age, he was a normal, sweet and diligent boy that only had Soot Beng in his mind. Somewhere in the future, however, he changed into a shameless womanizer (and a show-off, as shown in the Night Class) that Soot Beng rightfully filed a divorce. It's still not known if he was already a womanizer when he flirted on Soot Beng.
* TheBusCameBack: After only appearing in ''I Am a Teacher'' and flashbacks, James is back for a serious amount of screen time as one of the students in Night Class. ''Then'' he becomes part of the BigBad organization.
* TheCasanova: He's a playboy and serial cheater, and this was one of the reasons why Madam Soot Beng filed a divorce. Milly learned it the hard way in the end of ''I am a Teacher''.
* InsufferableGenius: During night classes, he gives off this aura. He's smug and intolerable with his bragging about owning a company and the skills he acquired from it, but he really is that good.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While he really doesn't have the best interest of Vicky at heart, James certainly made a good point that these all stemmed from how much Madam Soot Beng invested in her {{Pride}} as a teacher that she's having a hard time after being fired from the academy. His mistake is not realizing that Soot Beng undergoes CharacterDevelopment to fix her issues while he doesn't.
** Additionally, in the night school group project episode, he gives Jack valid advice about growing a spine and standing up to his domineering wife.
* ManipulativeBastard: Can be said that his sweet-talking with Vicky is to manipulate her to favor him more than Soot Beng (though he ended up revealing himself when Milly popped in). Even Soot Beng described him as 'manipulative' to a bank customer service.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Debbie and Vicky walk in on James holding Debbie's mother from behind. He was helping her using the heimlich maneuver because she was choking on a cookie she made.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: When James was in school age, he was a normal, sweet and diligent boy that only had Soot Beng in his mind. Somewhere in the future, however, he changed into a shameless womanizer (and a show-off, as shown in the Night Class) that Soot Beng rightfully filed a divorce. It's still not known if he was already a womanizer when he flirted on Soot Beng.
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* AbusiveParents: James deeply loves his daughter "Vicky", however, he tries to put out his thoughts in a respectful manner, but... Unless something causes him to lash at someone, when she describes him as ‘very manipulative’. He thinks he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants with money, being disrespectful and demeaning, and on top of it, he is very selfish, only caring about himself and nobody else. He may have also applied to spoil his daughter Vicky, his girlfriend Milly and his other girlfriend, so that he could take advantage of them, with them being the victims.
* ArchEnemy: He becomes this to his ex-wife "Madam Soot Beng" after their divorce, and also, don't forget that she saw him as the head of department during at the School Assembly.
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* HiddenDepths: The "Types of Students During The Holiday" shows that [[NotSoAboveItAll she has a more lighthearted side]] outside the academy.
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* TheHeavy: She's lower in rank than Alan is, but has more screentime than him, thus she directly interacted with the students and faculty a lot more.
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* BadBoss: He reveals himself to be not above berating his own underlings, as shown [[spoiler:with Teverly, whom Alan chastise after the assembly for failing his job to find out the crew behind the heist, then promptly tells him to get Denise expelled by any means necessary, purely out of his ego being hurt by her. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Teverly is appalled]]]].
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* NotSoStoic: NotSoStoic:
** When [[spoiler:Cleverly]] speaks up against him, he actually yells at him to bequiet.quiet.
** He can barely contain himself after [[spoiler:Denise saves Jianhao by lying that she participated in the heist, to the point of ordering Teverly to get her expelled despite her usefulness to the reputation of the academy]].
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** He can barely contain himself after [[spoiler:Denise saves Jianhao by lying that she participated in the heist, to the point of ordering Teverly to get her expelled despite her usefulness to the reputation of the academy]].
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* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: Even after being reminded by Regna about Denise's top student status, Alan still speaks to Teverly in private and tells him to get Denise expelled by any means necessary, all because she embarrassed him in front of everyone by standing up for Jianhao]].
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:He takes Denise's stand against him to save [=JianHao=] poorly. While he still keeps his composure until James' speech is over, when he prepares to go home, he ends up ranting and berating Teverly for failing his task and eventually resorts to ordering Teverly to ruin Denise's reputation, without any care that the Titan Academy's reputation will be destroyed because of Denise's fall, [[ItsPersonal he just needs a payback for his humiliation]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Teverly is visibly startled with Alan's order that can cost the whole Academy and money for the Organization.]]]]
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* PragmaticVillainy: After discovering that Jianhao is the mastermind behind the heist, Alan intends to expell him after getting the accomplices' names out of him. When [[spoiler: Denise unexpectedly lies that she was complicit, Alan is about to expel her when Regna reminds him how bad it would be for the academy's reputation, considering Denise is TheAce]].
