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| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | !Classmates |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:Devin [=LeSeven=]]] |
| 8 | !!Devin [=LeSeven=] |
| 9 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JuneDianeRaphael |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ->''"Well, I'm sorry you're all such beta bitches. And for your 4-1-1-formation, you don't know how tough it is to be in charge!"'' |
| 12 | |
| 13 | The most popular and self-acclaimed prettiest girl in school. Devin is a somewhat bitchy girl who dates [=DeVon=] and is best friends with Lola. |
| 14 | ---- |
| 15 | * AlphaBitch: She is the most popular girl in their grade and is prone to making fun of others, as well as being terribly self-centered. |
| 16 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Impulsively kisses Ali in "Rankings" (under the assumption that Ali's pansexuality makes her up for anything) and calls Missy's performance in the musical "hot" in "Disclosure: The Movie: The Musical!". |
| 17 | * BreakTheHaughty: In Season 2, she gets her ass kicked by Gina after she slut-shames her both behind her back and to her face and then Lola, arguably her only friend, breaks away from her and unfollows her on every social media platform, and it's implied that Lola had been the only one who watched all of her Youtube videos. |
| 18 | ** [[spoiler:Come Season 4, [=DeVon=] finally breaks up/divorces her after realizing how awful a person she is, and the news is made public throughout the school, and nobody really pities her and instead views it as something scandalous, and rightfully so.]] |
| 19 | * ControlFreak: She likes being in charge and tends to try to hold power in all relationships, including asking her boyfriend [=DeVon=] to go by "Devin" so they can be called "The Devins", when he complains about it, she posts their name as that anyway. |
| 20 | * DemotedToExtra: Devin gradually loses relevance in favor of her sidekick Lola. Given her nasty attitude, it's likely because nobody wants to hang out with her anymore. |
| 21 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Devin may be a horrible AlphaBitch, but even she shows disgust at Andrew trying to pull Lars out of his chair in "My Furry Valentine". |
| 22 | * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: She's described as the prettiest girl in the grade, and several boys (Nick and [=DeVon=], for instance) are interested in her. But Lola is implied to harbor a degree of attraction as well. |
| 23 | * FemaleMisogynist: Devin is a bully toward everyone, but she reserves her most extreme vitriol for other girls, whom she holds to standards she doesn't meet herself. |
| 24 | * GivenNameReveal;: Or rather, surname reveal. Season 4 reveals her last name is [=LeSeven=]. |
| 25 | * GreenEyedMonster: She's horribly jealous of Gina for the attention she gets from the boys. |
| 26 | * HateSink: In Season 2, her unpleasantness is upgraded into being a complete bitch. Her abuse of Lola is ramped up and she gleefully slut shames Gina whenever she can to make up for [=DeVon=] breaking up with her, despite that she was a terrible, controling girlfriend all along. She doesn't get as much focus in Season 3, but it's still made clear that she's still a vile, hateful human being. |
| 27 | ** Season 5 keeps up her awful behavior, having her shame Jessi for having hairy legs and Lola for having "camel toe". |
| 28 | * {{Hypocrite}}: She accuses Jessi of being un-supportive to her fellow women. Jessi rightfully calls her out on the fact she was the ringleader of the whole situation, and the others were just going along with her. |
| 29 | * AnIcePerson: [[spoiler: In the Season 3 finale where everyone at school gains superpowers she's shown having ice powers while being fused with [=DeVon=] to contrast his fire powers, this is all revealed to have been just Caleb's imagination though.]] |
| 30 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Devin tends to make every situation about herself and isn't above putting down other girls if it means feeling better about herself. She's arguably the only character whose even worse than Nick in terms of ego and self-centeredness. |
| 31 | ** [[spoiler: This is ultimately the reason why [=DeVon=] finally breaks up with her in Season 4, having put up with her cruel, selfish and awful personality.]] |
| 32 | * {{Jerkass}}: Devin is an enormously unpleasant person: she's a smug, manipulative, self-absorbed bully who gets her fun by making fun of others. She is somewhat nicer to Jessi, but not enough to be even remotely genuinely nice. By Season 2, she got upgraded from a jerkass secondary character to a minor villain. |
| 33 | * KickTheDog: When she gets the whole school to slut-shame Gina for no reason. |
| 34 | * LackOfEmpathy: She has no sense of decency or compassion for other people, and in general seems incapable of empathizing and understanding other people, and would much rather prefer to instead go on and on about herself and how she feels about things. |
| 35 | * TheSociopath: She seems to exhibit several trait of one including having no empathy for anyone including her [[spoiler:ex]] boyfriend [=DeVon=], has a high opinion on herself, manipulates people into doing what she wants, is only interested in supporting her own needs, and has a constant need to bully people to amuse herself. Ali even calls Devin this when she tries to kiss her |
| 36 | * SlutShaming: [[spoiler:She's very critical of Gina allowing Nick to get to second base, and quickly spreads horrible rumors.]] |
| 37 | [[/folder]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:Lola Ugfuglio Skumpy]] |
| 40 | !!Lola Ugfuglio Skumpy |
| 41 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NickKroll |
| 42 | |
| 43 | ->''"That's funny! We can say terrible things to each other because we are '''so''' close!"'' |
| 44 | |
| 45 | Devin's close friend and her right hand woman. She is always following Devin and hates when she hangs out with other people or seeks other friends. |
| 46 | ---- |
| 47 | * AffectionateNickname: After they start dating, Jay frequently calls her "babe". |
| 48 | * AgeGapRomance: |
| 49 | ** She has romantic subtext with [[spoiler: Mr. Lizer, the ephebophile director of Bridgeton Middle's school play]], and even [[spoiler: gives him a footrub at one point. That being said, they don't get very far in the relationship before Lola realizes how messed up it really is.]] |
| 50 | ** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Jay, where she reveals to him that she's actually six months older than him due to her being held back in kindergaten. Despite it not being that much (and Jay considering it hot), it makes Lola terribly self-concious, especially with Nick and Andrew dating a pair of seventh-graders. |
| 51 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Despite being clearly interested in boys, she shows a degree of attraction towards Devin. When their friendship crash and burns, in the middle of her anger and rant, Lola kisses Devin before unfollowing her in all social media they have. Lola is also excited when Ali puts her on her list in ''Rankings.'' |
| 52 | * AxCrazy: Before she broke away from Devin, Lola was essentially her attack dog and she's prone to violence. She even sprained Andrew's wrist when he tried to break up with her. In Season 3 she is shown having a total meltdown in a Series/JudgeJoeBrown video where after being found guilty, and even attacks the police guard that attempted to pin her down only for her to take his billy club and threaten to bludgeon him. |
| 53 | * BerserkButton: Other people attempting to be close to Devin is this for her. She's ''very'' protective of her status as the popular girl's best friend. |
| 54 | * BetaBitch: Takes pride in this position. At one point, Devin outright calls her a beta bitch during Jessi's sleepover. |
| 55 | * BigBreastPride: Played with. She's further along in puberty than most of the girls in her grade - an attribute she appears to be proud of - but when Devin scrutinizes having a prominent chest, she quickly announces that she almost got a breast reduction in order to win back Devin's favor. |
| 56 | * BreakoutCharacter: Started out as Devin's sidekick, but has well and truly upstaged her after Season 2. |
| 57 | * BreakTheHaughty: Less "haughty" than straight-up mean, but the constant ridicule she faces from Devin, her turbulent home life and [[spoiler: being groomed and sexually taken advantage of by Mr. Lizer]] has made her increasingly miserable. |
| 58 | ** [[spoiler: In season four, she hooks up with Jay due to their mutual loneliness.]] |
| 59 | * ClingyJealousGirl: To anyone who talks to Devin. |
| 60 | * CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Lola makes such a threat at the bailiff of the ''Series/JudgeJudy''-esque show she was on after being found guilty. |
| 61 | --> "I will smash your brain into a smoothie and drink your thoughts!" |
| 62 | * TheDogBitesBack: Devin clearly holds no respect for Lola and often humiliates her when bored, which Lola takes in stride. After the sleepover, however, she can no longer handle Devin's treatment and abandons the position of BetaBitch, unfriending and unfollowing her in all social media sites. While she appears to have made amends with her in season 3, she's nowhere near as loyal to her as before. |
| 63 | * DomesticAbuse: She's emotionally abusive to Andrew, and crosses the line into physical abuse when he breaks up with her. She breaks his freakin' wrist! |
| 64 | * {{Expy}}: She's essentially a miniaturized version of Kroll's character Liz from the "[=PubLIZity=]" sketches on ''Series/KrollShow''. |
| 65 | * FemaleMisogynist: She seems to have a very negative opinion towards feminism and women in general. |
| 66 | * FreudianExcuse: It seems that a lot of her anger issues and insecurity stems from her unstable home life. |
| 67 | * FriendsWithBenefits: She is a PG 13-rated version of this with [[spoiler: Andrew]]: namely, they make out, but neither of them seems to be interested in each other beyond that. |
| 68 | * HairTriggerTemper: It's not difficult to anger her, especially if you're Andrew. |
| 69 | * HasAType: She admits this about herself upon confessing a crush on Nick, stating a preference for small, non-confrontational guys: |
| 70 | --> '''Lola:''' I like a little rascal I can bat around. |
| 71 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Two instances. |
| 72 | ** First is her friendship with Devin. Lola is fiercely devoted to her, but is completely unaware of how much she took her for granted and talked shit about her behind her back. That is, until Season 2. |
| 73 | ** Then you have her crush on Mr. Lizer, who is a misogynistic {{Jerkass}} and Hebephile that takes sexual advantage of her. |
| 74 | * {{Hypocrite}}: After she and Devin hear about Nick's intimate moment with Gina from Jessi, she's the first to start spreading it among their classmates and resulting in Gina getting slut-shamed, and yet afterwards she goes over to Gina and has the gal to convince her that they are similar enough to be friends, despite the fact that she's the one who fanned the flames to Gina getting slut-shamed. |
| 75 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: Lola appears to be desperate for validation, being obsessive over her friendships with Devin and [[spoiler: Gina]]. Not to mention her aggression when [[spoiler: Andrew]] breaks up with her. |
| 76 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Implied that this is the reason behind her violent attitude. |
| 77 | * InsecureLoveInterest: Due to her experiences with love, she doesn't reciprocate Jay's LoveConfession because she was afraid that he'd ditch her eventually. |
| 78 | * InvisibleParents: Although Lola mentions her mother frequently, she is never seen. Likewise, Lola has said that her relationship with her father is hostile, perhaps explaining why he is not seen. |
| 79 | * {{Jerkass}}: Though not as bad as Devin, Lola is loud, aggressive, and pretty violent to put things mildly. |
| 80 | * JerkassHasAPoint: When Jessi tries to apologize for SlutShaming Gina, Lola, through very convoluted metaphors involving Creator/BillCosby, rightfully calls her out on being a hypocrite for preaching about feminism and then turning her back on any girl she feels threatened by. |
| 81 | -->'''Lola''': You tell all of us young black men to pull up our pants, and then you, like, ''rape'' everybody. |
| 82 | * KillAndReplace: In Season 1, she displayed a bizarre desire to someday kill Devin, wear her skin as a human jumpsuit and take her life. Devin actually found that very flattering. |
| 83 | * LovableAlphaBitch: Though initially starting off as Devin's BetaBitch, Lola would prove herself to be a far more redeeming and sympathetic character than Devin, while having moments of insecurities and kindness. |
| 84 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has this reaction after exposing Jay's secrets (and penis) to the entire school in season 5. |
| 85 | * OddFriendship: She and Gina bond over their heartbreak and Devin's meanness. At the end of the sleepover, they turn their backs on the people who hurt them and seem to have forged an awkward but healthy friendship. |
| 86 | ** She also hits it off intermediately with Andrew's dad, Marty, after meeting him, and attends his father's funeral to support him. |
| 87 | * OurCentaursAreDifferent: Her power is becoming a bull-like centaur in ''Super Mouth''. |
| 88 | * ParentalNeglect: Lola, a 13 year old, seems to very frequently be left alone at home while her mother is away for days, or even weeks, pursuing her own interests. |
| 89 | * PinkMeansFeminine: She's a popular, boy-obsessed girl who's often shown to be wearing purple or pink. |
| 90 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Lola insults Jessi for being Jewish and has some disdain for women, crowing "Boo, feminism!" before revealing she's some shade of Trump supporter. |
| 91 | * PrecociousCrush: She has one on Mr. Lizer. The worst thing about it is that he's sort of into it. |
| 92 | * StoutStrength: Has a bulky physique and can break a lunch table with a single blow. |
| 93 | * VocalDissonance: She has a rather deep voice for a little girl and is clearly voiced by a man. |
| 94 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: She used to be Devin's attack dog. However, nearing the end of Season 2, she realizes just how much Devin takes her for granted and eventually turns on her. |
| 95 | * WomanScorned: After learning that Jay cheated on her with his pillows during the Season 4 finale, she yells to him that ThisMeansWar and promises him that he's going to get so fucked in [[NoFourthWall Season 5]]. She makes good on this promise, even going as far as ''revenge porn''. |
| 96 | * {{Yandere}}: A more platonic example when it comes to Devin, as she reacts violently at the idea of anyone trying to steal her. Then you have her brief relationship with Andrew. When he breaks up with her, she responds by breaking his wrist. |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Caleb Linden]] |
| 100 | !!Caleb |
| 101 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Joe Wengert |
| 102 | |
| 103 | ->''"Hi. You're looking at me. How tall are you? There's a monster next to you."'' |
| 104 | |
| 105 | Caleb is one of the members of the jazz club and is usually seen with Missy and Lars. He also carries around a yellow roly backpack and also works with Matthew as cameraman for his School News channel. |
| 106 | ---- |
| 107 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: A minor case, as the only implications that make Caleb fall into this trope are the facts that his name is a Hebrew masculine given name, his hook-ish nose and his slightly dark skin tone (which is notable in some places). So far though, he hasn't exhibited any other characteristics of this trope, but the aforementioned three facts still place him in it. |
| 108 | * AscendedExtra: Caleb goes from being a background character in the first 6 seasons to being a supporting character in season 7, eventually becoming the protagonist of the A-plot in "Panic! At the Mall”. |
| 109 | * BadassAdorable: He's an innocent looking boy who beats up Andrew when the latter is holding his backpack, showcasing [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength his possible strength]] and later knocks Guy Bilzerian into the pool full of penis worms. |
| 110 | * BerserkButton: Caleb does '''NOT''' like anyone else touching his roly backpack. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Andrew learned that one the hard way.]] |
| 111 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: He's the one to give Guy Bilzerian his comeuppance, out of nowhere, by ''knocking him into an infested pool'' just for trying to steal school property. |
| 112 | * CaptainObvious: His constant expositions lean into this at times. One of his running gags is to pull out his cheat sheet depicting a guide to human facial expressions and inform someone how they're feeling. |
| 113 | * CuteBruiser: Caleb's proven himself to be the most capable of beating up someone when he really wants to and his innocent outlook gives him a certain adorability. |
| 114 | * TheCutie: Caleb is very innocent looking while his obliviousness and childlike outlook on life makes him very adorable. |
| 115 | * ADayInTheLimelight: "Panic! At the Mall" gives Caleb greater focus. We get confirmation that Maury is indeed his Hormone Monster and his psyche is occupied simultaneously by Pete the Logic Rock and Tito the Anxiety Mosquito. He also considers Matthew his best friend. |
| 116 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Caleb may have NoSocialSkills and is friends with Matthew, but even he recognizes Matthew's attempts to ruin Coach Steve's birthday in ''A Very Special 9/11 Episode'' and finds it inappropriate. |
| 117 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Caleb is the only one who sees Maury the Hormone Monster while Maury recognizes and greets Caleb, which foreshadows the revelation in Season 7’s “Panic! At the Mall” that Maury is also Caleb’s Hormone Monster. |
| 118 | * GeniusBruiser: Caleb is an extremely intelligent boy with an encyclopedic knowledge in various subjects while being strong enough to beat up people like Andrew with relative ease. |
| 119 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 120 | ** Caleb's a really good superhero comic artist. |
| 121 | ** He went to a coding camp over a summer and made an app for the school ranking list. He also offscreen explained the algorithm to Matthew. |
| 122 | ** Caleb's just as horny as the other boys, but he has far more self-control. Maury can't get through to him until 8:30pm. |
| 123 | * IDontLikeYouAndYouDontLikeMe: Andrew clearly doesn't like him at all, as demonstrated in ''My Furry Valentine'' and ''Super Mouth''. |
| 124 | ** Caleb doesn't like Aiden, saying this trope exactly by name and by monotone in ''Rankings''. |
| 125 | * LiteralMinded: A common trait of autism. In "Four Stories About Hand Stuff", when [=DeVon=] asks him "How did [Devin] take it", in reference to [[spoiler:their divorce]], Caleb replies, "With her right hand." |
| 126 | * MoralityPet: He's one for Matthew, being the only person Matthew never makes snide remarks while bringing out Matthew positive qualities. |
| 127 | * MrExposition: He sometimes mentions things the rest of the students don't pay much attention to, but considering it's Caleb, they're probably used to it and he's still well-liked... well, mostly. |
| 128 | * MrImagination: [[spoiler:Caleb is the one behind everybody gaining superpowers as "Lord Infinite", by drawing the real-life drama out as superheroes in ''Super Mouth''.]] |
| 129 | * NiceGuy: He's a friendly boy who tries to get along with other kids. |
| 130 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Gives one to Andrew when he catches him fondling with his roly backpack. |
| 131 | * NoIndoorVoice: Mostly due to having NoSocialSkills but Caleb always speaks in a loud monotone. |
| 132 | * NoSocialSkills: Maurice refers to Caleb as the kid who lacking any understanding of social cues. That does not stop him from trying to socialize, though. |
| 133 | * NotSoStoic: While Caleb normally doesn't emote, in "Panic! At the Mall" he suffers anxiety after his backpack breaks and he can't find an exact replacement, with various other factors further overwhelming him. |
| 134 | * OddFriendship: Despite having NoSocialSkills, Caleb seems to be good friends with the snobbish CampGay Matthew. The two work together in the school news, get along well and Caleb is one of the few people Matthew never makes any snide remarks about. Matthew also happens to be one of the few people Caleb will show any physical contact with. Caleb even considers Matthew to be his best friend and the feeling is mutual with Matthew. |
| 135 | * SecurityBlanket: Caleb is highly attached to his roller backpack. Not for superficial reasons, but because it's got a comforting texture and is well-organized. This becomes a plot point in "Panic! At the Mall" when the backpack breaks and Caleb struggles to find a new one. |
| 136 | * TheStoic: While he's very expressive in his first appearance, Caleb becomes much more stoic later on in the show and mostly speaks in monotone. |
| 137 | --> '''Caleb:''' I'm happy, too. |
| 138 | * TheStoolPigeon: He has shades of this when mentioning to Lizer that Missy's not wearing her uniform in ''Girls Are Angry Too''. |
| 139 | * TrueCompanions: He and Matthew broadcast the school news together, while Caleb considering Matthew his best friend and Matthew returning the sentiment. |
| 140 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: He can also see Maurice, so he's clearly not bothered much by him. It later turns out that Maury is Caleb's Hormone Monster too, which could be interpreted as making Caleb's ability to see Maury in-universe foreshadowing. |
| 141 | [[/folder]] |
| 142 | |
| 143 | [[folder:[=DeVon=]]] |
| 144 | !![=DeVon=] |
| 145 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Jak Knight |
| 146 | [=DeVon=] was Devin's trophy boyfriend in Season 1, but splits up with her for Gina in Season 2. Despite being 13, he suffers from arthritis. |
| 147 | ---- |
| 148 | %%* CelebrityResemblance: When he applies white face to avoid racial profiling from the cops, they mistake him for Conan O'Brien. |
| 149 | * ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Despite being in 7th grade, [=DeVon=] seems to have access to a ''lot'' of money to spend on his relationship with Devin. In ''My Furry Valentine'' he keeps buying increasingly expensive gifts for Devin, culminating in an ''engagement ring!'' At their (in no way legal) "wedding" in ''Rankings'', the whole event, while held in Nick's back yard, has all the trappings of a real wedding, including catering! |
| 150 | * AwfulWeddedLife: His "marriage" quickly suffers because of Devin's personality, and the two separate in Season 4. [[spoiler: They get back together in Season 5 as a social boost, despite both knowing how miserable they are together.]] |
| 151 | * ADayInTheLimelight: He gets his own character arc with Missy in "A Very Special 9/11 Episode" where he teaches her about code-switching, complete with a musical number. |
| 152 | * HenpeckedHusband: He's unhappy with Devin, but can't handle being alone and feels like he's the only one who notices that Devin isn't very nice. |
| 153 | * HiddenDepths: Season 4 shows he's very skilled at code switching and is actually aware of how unpleasant Devin is. [[BlackComedy It also takes him just few seconds to apply white makeup when the cops storm into his class.]] |
| 154 | * {{Jerkass}}: While not nearly as bad as Devin, he still laughs at Nick when he's pantsed in front of everyone. |
| 155 | * PlayingWithFire: He gets fire powers in ''Super Mouth'', while being fused with [=DeVon=] to contrast her ice powers. |
| 156 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Downplayed, as his typical outfit includes a purple T-shirt and he's the most popular (and probably rich) kid at school. |
| 157 | * RunningGag: During Season 2, he's repeatedly called an 'old man' on account of his arthritis, although no one seems to know of his condition. In Season 4, you can see a medicine container with the days of the week next to his bed, presumably arthritis medication. At one point it seems like he's going to confess that he's secretly old. |
| 158 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: He gets little characterization outside of being someone's boyfriend. |
| 159 | * SelectiveObliviousness: [=DeVon=] is shocked when Nick informs him that the whole school thinks that Devin is a bitch. [=DeVon=] thought he was the only person who noticed that she was, despite her being a consistent horrible monster to everyone around her. |
| 160 | * SlaveToPR: Despite being a friendly guy, [=DeVon=] really wants to be popular, to the extent of code switching through multiple facets and [[spoiler: getting back with Devin in Season 5 finale]]. |
| 161 | * TokenMinority: Deconstructed. He's the only black guy in the school, and Lena accuses him of being a phony because he has to repress his black identity around his white classmates to be popular. |
| 162 | * TookALevelInKindness: In season 4 he befriends Missy and dumps Devin, showing a more mature side of himself. [[spoiler:Alas, the improvement seems to have become moot by the end of season 5.]] |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | |
| 165 | [[folder:Lars]] |
| 166 | !!Lars |
| 167 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NeilCasey |
| 168 | |
| 169 | ->''"It's not all bad. We can do Disney World in like, an hour and a half."'' |
| 170 | |
| 171 | A handicapped boy who hangs out with Missy and Caleb. |
| 172 | ---- |
| 173 | * TheAlcoholic: Is noted to be drunk more than once during Season 1. He freely admits that he is only at Jessi's bat mitzvah for the open bar (keep in mind that he's a 7th grader) and is shown being passed out in his wheelchair. |
| 174 | * ArchEnemy: He gains two in Nick and Lola at the end of Season 3. |
| 175 | * AxeCrazy: He outright wanted to ''kill'' Nick after hearing from Andrew that he kissed Missy. |
| 176 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: When he's first introduced, he appears to be a fairly NiceGuy who gets along with everyone. However, his characterization in Season 3 reveals that underneath it all he's extremely controlling and callous. |
| 177 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He's completely absent in Season 4. |
| 178 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Turns out he and Andrew really aren't that different at all in some sense, in regards to Missy. |
| 179 | * DemotedToExtra: He doesn't have any speaking lines in Season 4 and only has one brief line in Season 7. |
| 180 | * DisabledSnarker: Every line of dialogue from him is dripping with a resigned sense of snark. |
| 181 | * DoggedNiceGuy: Gains this after ''My Furry Valentine'' as a result of him falling in love with Missy. |
| 182 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Lars can be rather charming toward Missy, but at his core he's even more possessive than Andrew and shows far less inner turmoil about it. Once he's in a relationship with Missy, he doesn't hesitate to order her around. |
| 183 | * GeniusCripple: He's in the jazz band, so he's clearly got some talent to him. |
| 184 | * IfICantHaveYou: He pulls this on Missy in ''Super Mouth'', but she rebuffs him. |
| 185 | * {{Jerkass}}: It seems like he's ''always'' been one, but once Season 3's changes started happening and Missy becomes more confident in herself, it sticks. ''Super Mouth'' adds a bit of {{Troll}} to it due to both himself and Andrew invoking EnemyMine towards Nick as well. |
| 186 | * SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: He actually has hazel eyes, but he's technically qualified for this trope. |
| 187 | * {{Yandere}}: He wanted to straight up murder Nick after he hears that he kissed Missy and then attempted to pin her down and threatened to destroy her if she didn't go back to him. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder:Gogurt Burglar]] |
| 191 | !!Gogurt Burglar |
| 192 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Joe Wengert |
| 193 | A kid who runs around in the background sucking on a tube of gogurt. |
| 194 | ---- |
| 195 | * AnimalMotifs: He scurries around wearing a domino mask, giving off the impression of a raccoon. |
| 196 | * GagPenis: He, of all the male students in the school, has this, as shown in the Season 5 episode "The Shane Lizard Rises". |
| 197 | * InformedAttribute: He's never shown stealing anything. The "burglar" part of his name seems to tie into his domino mask. |
| 198 | ** It's revealed in the graduation episode that his last name is "Burglar". For some reason, his first name is Gogurt. |
| 199 | * {{Troll}}: His sneaking around with a Gogurt tube is mainly to upset Coach Steve's lactose intolerance. |
| 200 | * TheVoiceless: Says nothing outside of giggling. He can, however, be seen participating in the ''Disclosure'' musical. |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Lump Humpman]] |
| 204 | !!Lump Humpman |
| 205 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Joe Wengert |
| 206 | |
| 207 | A dim-witted boy with a deep voice and an "ugly attitude" according to his mother. |
| 208 | ---- |
| 209 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: None of the girls like it when he tries to flirt with them. Subverted in Season 4 when he gets together with the Jansen twins. |
| 210 | * AllMenArePerverts: He's the first guy to openly harass Gina by asking to touch her chest, as well as the first guy to say something unsavory when the girls attempt to protest Lizer's dress code by doing a Slut Walk, and the first guy to harass Ali about being pansexual. |
| 211 | * SimpletonVoice: Comes with being dim as a bulb. |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:Charles Lu]] |
| 215 | !!Charles Lu |
| 216 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoelKimBooster |
| 217 | |
| 218 | A rather quiet classmate that many of the girls consider one of the most attractive boys in the grade behind [=DeVon=]. |
| 219 | ---- |
| 220 | * AsianAirhead: Downplayed, but some of the other characters imply that a lack of knowledge is the reason behind his quiet demeanor. |
| 221 | * AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler:Claims to be straight to Jay after he states to be attracted to him in Rankings and later starts dating Gina, but in season five after Jay teaches him wrestling moves the two kiss and Jay later becomes his "side piece"]]. |
| 222 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Seemed like a NiceGuy in Season 3, [[spoiler:only to have no problems cheating on Gina with Jay]]. |
| 223 | * BetaCouple: In the "Rankings" episode, he becomes this with Gina. |
| 224 | * CatchPhrase: As Andrew points out, he is a man of ''one'' word, which is "dude". In the one instance where he speaks a complete sentence, "dude" is still included. |
| 225 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Even though Jay breaks things off with Charles, the latter's infidelity is never discovered by Gina, and is still dating her.]] |
| 226 | * MrFanservice: He's incredibly buff for a 13-year-old--[[TruthInTelevision which is not uncommon for most middle schoolers]]. |
| 227 | * NiceGuy: According to Gina, he's a decent guy. When the two of them slow-dance, Charles doesn't try anything perverted. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} in season 5 where Charles cheats on Gina with Jay]]. |
| 228 | * TheQuietOne: Lack of screen time aside, the boys note that he seldom talks. |
| 229 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Despite his seemingly nice attitude, [[spoiler:not only did he cheat on Gina with Jay, he seems to either not notice or not care how obviously upset Jay is about being a side piece]]. |
| 230 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Comes out of nowhere in Season 3, yet everyone acts as if he has been in their class all along. |
| 231 | [[/folder]] |
| 232 | |
| 233 | [[folder:Samira]] |
| 234 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Fran Gilesspie |
| 235 | |
| 236 | Ali's ex-girlfriend. |
| 237 | ---- |
| 238 | * BreakTheCutie: Samira is not liking the way Ali had been hanging with Jessi more often, so she breaks off their relationship in a broken way. |
| 239 | * TheQuietOne: Her voice is really soft and quiet. |
| 240 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: Downplayed. While Samira did appear before Ali, she was little more than a background character until they started dating. |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Gina]] |
| 244 | !!Gina Alvarez |
| 245 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gin.png]] |
| 246 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Please do not bring up science. That class is killing me! Ugh, I'm like a full C."'']] |
| 247 | ->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/GinaRodriguez |
| 248 | |
| 249 | ->''"He told me I was a slut. In fact, [[SlutShaming you all did]]."'' |
| 250 | |
| 251 | A classmate who developed earlier than the other girls. |
| 252 | ---- |
| 253 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's dark-haired, mature for her age, and more physically developed than her peers to boot. |
| 254 | * AmicableExes: Downplayed. Despite going through a ''very'' messy breakup with Nick, things seemed to have smoothed out and they appear to be on speaking terms in Season 3. |
| 255 | * BerserkButton: When Devin calls her a 'slut' she delivers the first punch and engages in a full on cat-fight out of anger, and makes sure to angrily remind the other kids that they called her the same thing. |
| 256 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She's a really nice girl, but is far from a pushover as Devin, Jessi and Nick learned. |
| 257 | * DCupDistress: Gina's early development ended up earning the guys attention, much to her embarrassment and discomfort. |
| 258 | * DeadpanSnarker: Turns out she has a pretty good sense of humor and enjoys making playful banter with Nick. |
| 259 | * DemotedToExtra: After Nick's relationship with her went nowhere, in season three, she did not have much to contribute to the story, save for calling out Mr. Lizer's attitude towards non-white girls and even then Ali had a handle on that. |
| 260 | * HairTriggerTemper: Downplayed, but Gina can be angered somewhat easily as she despises being called a 'slut' to the point of becoming aggressive. However, it's also justified as she's recently become the main victim of bullying, slut-shaming and harassment from girls and boys alike. |
| 261 | * MaleGaze: The boys initially only see her as a pair of boobs until being told by Nick's family that they need to see her as a person. |
| 262 | * NewTransferStudent: Subverted. Though she's new to the cast of Big Mouth (and Jay makes a comment referring to her as the "new girl"), Jessi quickly points out that she's been going to school with them since the ''first grade''. The only reason more attention is paid to her now is her developing figure. |
| 263 | * NiceGirl: Gina's an overall friendly girl. She's close to her family and is one of the only students who doesn't laugh when Nick gets pantsed in front of everyone and even tells the ones laughing at him (Devin, [=DeVon=] and Lola) to not be assholes. |
| 264 | * OddFriendship: After Gina gets her heart broken by Nick and Lola gets the same treatment from Andrew, and both are on the receiving end of Devin's bitchiness, they find a lot of common ground to become friends. Gina also feels sorry for how Devin mistreats Lola and that Lola thinks that this treatment is perfectly okay. |
| 265 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Jessi tries to apologize for spreading rumors about her and Nick, Gina calls her out on her bullshit and rightfully calls her a hypocrite. |
| 266 | * RejectedApology: After being slut shamed by Devin, she refuses to accept Nick or Jessi's apology, claiming that they don't get to ask forgiveness and have everyone else act like nothing happened. |
| 267 | --> '''Gina:''' You can't just do something awful and then say you're sorry and then expect, like, make up make outs! |
| 268 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Lampshaded by Jessi. She's been in the kids same class since 1st grade, but the boys never noticed her until she grew breasts. |
| 269 | * RubberMan: Gains the ability to stretch her body like elastic in ''Super Mouth''. |
| 270 | * SlutShaming: Ever since she grew her breasts many of the jealous girls began to slut-shame her out of envy despite her never having actually been close to any other guy except for Nick. |
| 271 | * SoBeautifulItsACurse: Her development has made her feel bad about herself since the boys objectify her and the girls give her a hard time. |
| 272 | * SpicyLatina: Averted. She's not overly promiscuous (she's only seen that way after [[spoiler: Lola spreads a rumor that she let Nick touch her boob]]) and she's only aggressive when something ''really'' angers her. |
| 273 | * WhatTheHellHero: After Nick and Jessi end up spreading [[spoiler:gossip of letting Nick touch her breasts,]] Gina is understandably pissed off at both of them. |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:Mila and Lotte Janssen]] |
| 277 | !!Mila and Lotte Janssen |
| 278 | |
| 279 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Nick Kroll |
| 280 | |
| 281 | A pair of identical Dutch twins. |
| 282 | ---- |
| 283 | * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: When one of them cuts and dyes her hair to set herself apart, the other one follows. |
| 284 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Season 4 shows that when they smile, they have devilish eyes and razor sharp teeth. Combined with their lust for human flesh, it calls into question how human they really are. |
| 285 | * BraidsOfAction: Downplayed. They both sport blonde pigtails (at least until [[spoiler: one of them dyes her hair in season three, and the other promptly follows suit]]) and are implied to have murderous or cannibalistic tendencies. |
| 286 | * CreepyTwins: They're gradually revealed to be quite sinister. |
| 287 | * TheDividual: Being identical twins and all. One of them feels self-conscious about it, while the other apparently goes out of her way to keep them looking alike. |
| 288 | * ForeignFanservice: Their first appearance is during a spin the bottle game that Nick possibly came up with for an excuse to make out with one of them. This gradually slides into FanDisservice as the twins' creepiness is amplified. |
| 289 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: |
| 290 | ** In "A Very Special 9/11 Episode", after lamenting how unfortunate 9/11 was [[SkewedPriorities due to all the flesh that was wasted]], they talk directly to the viewer; talking about how helpless the viewer must feel knowing they can't protect any of their beloved characters from falling prey to their cannibalistic tendencies. [[NothingIsScarier However, they don't actually end up eating anyone by the end of the season]]. |
| 291 | ** In-universe, they tell the other kids the story of Vader Johann, a demon who kidnaps children during Christmas. The story then ends with them cheerfully singing that now they know about Vader Johann, they must tell the story to other kids or suffer his wrath. |
| 292 | * IdenticalTwinIDTag: Mila wears blue clothes, while Lotte wears green in Season 2 and red in the following seaons. |
| 293 | * ImAHumanitarian: They have a conversation in season 3 that implies they want to kill and eat their classmates. The camera does a double take from panning over the crowd to focus on them for it. |
| 294 | * VocalDissonance: Have very deep voices for 13-year-old girls. |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder:Ali]] |
| 298 | !!Ali |
| 299 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ali_039.jpg]] |
| 300 | %% [[caption-width-right:301:some caption text]] |
| 301 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AliWong |
| 302 | |
| 303 | A new student who is pansexual. |
| 304 | ---- |
| 305 | * AsianAndNerdy: Downplayed. She's an Asian girl with chunky glasses who's at least nerdy enough to mention ''Literature/HarryPotter'' in her class introduction. |
| 306 | * ButNotTooBi: Despite being openly pansexual, most of her crushes are female. The only guy she mentions being attractive is Matthew, who is gay. |
| 307 | * ClosetKey: She was [[spoiler:Jessi]]'s first crush on a girl. |
| 308 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: She's rumored to have transferred after fingering a nun, but the truth is actually more believable and realistic. [[spoiler: After coming out as pansexual, Ali told her best friend that she liked her, [[WithFriendsLikeThese who then called her a "lesbo"]]. This led to her being ostracized by her homophobic peers.]] |
| 309 | * GirlOnGirlIsHot: She comes out as pansexual - a decision that appears to have been hard for her [[spoiler: given her past]] - only to get fetishized by the male students. Only Jay appears to be somewhat nice about it. |
| 310 | * {{Hipster}}: She's got the glasses, faux-poor backpack, ripped stockings. Not to mention she brags about her sexuality. |
| 311 | * InformedAttribute: Thus far, Ali's pansexuality has only been depicted as interest in girls. In "Rankings" the only non-girl on her list was Matthew, who she readily acknowledged is gay. |
| 312 | * InkSuitActor: She is basically based on how Wong looked in both of her standup specials, including the glasses, but, of course, without her trademark visible baby bump. |
| 313 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While she ''is'' a bit stuck up about her sexuality, most of that can be attributed to being thirteen. She supports Jessi in protesting the sexist school musical and the school mascot and is one of the only students who supports Jay when he comes out as bisexual. |
| 314 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: With regards to sexuality. While Ali acts like being pansexual makes her the definitive expert on all matters pertaining to sexuality, her speech on the topic is shot through with the kinds of fallacies that one would expect from a 13 year old who most likely hasn't even ''had'' sex yet (much less had sex with all the different types of people she claims to be attracted to). |
| 315 | * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Despite (or perhaps due to) being pansexual, she's dismissive of bisexuality as being too binary. She does warm up to Jay, though. |
| 316 | * SirSwearsALot: If she can get away with cussing, she'll go wild with it. |
| 317 | * TwoferTokenMinority: Asian and pansexual. |
| 318 | [[/folder]] |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[folder: Elijah]] |
| 321 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianTyreeHenry |
| 322 | |
| 323 | A new Christian student that catches Missy's eye. |
| 324 | ---- |
| 325 | * CelibateHero: Downplayed. While he's asexual, he's not aromantic, which means he can have a steady romantic relationship with Missy. |
| 326 | * OppositesAttract: Missy has a high sexual libido, while Elijah is asexual. Despite this, they love each other anyways. |
| 327 | [[/folder]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | !One-Shot Students |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Daniel]] |
| 332 | !!Daniel |
| 333 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ZachWoods |
| 334 | |
| 335 | The star of the school's drama club. Daniel is an eccentric and upbeat man who easily charms Nick's older sister Leah at a party. |
| 336 | ---- |
| 337 | * AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:He has a history of pushing women into giving him blowjobs. When they refuse, he spreads rumors that they did and attempts to slut shame them.]] |
| 338 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Comes off as a friendly CoolBigBro and Leah's new crush, he is sweet, interesting, fun and smart and he is always very nice to Nick. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he has been spreading terrible rumors about the women who refuse his terribly aggressive tactics of getting a blowjob]]. |
| 339 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:The final Series/{{Seinfeld}} [[InTheStyleOf spoof]] of the episode has Jessi saying that Daniel died a while after the party. Jay expands that the Cotton Candy Brandy that Nick threw up in his hat entered his brain and gave him cancer.]] |
| 340 | * HateSink / {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:He has pushed several women into giving him blowjobs, pressured them into it and spread rumors about the ones that escaped, saying they did and slut shaming them, even getting Tallulah the title of "Blowjob Machine" when she refuses his advances. When he gets cornered, he refuses to accept his fault, calls the party out for slut shaming him and leaves with an air of superiority saying that party culture is to be blamed by what happened there]]. |
| 341 | * HumiliationConga: At the end of "Head Pusher". [[spoiler:After his actions are outed, he leaves the party with everyone hating him. Nick goes to return his hat just to puke Cotton Candy Brandy in it, then Leah puts the puke-filled hat in his head, Jay flips the bird to him and Judd pokes his tires (along with everyone's). If the final Seinfeld-like spoof is canon, he's also dead of Cotton Candy Brandy-induced brain cancer]]. |
| 342 | * LargeHam: He takes his over dramatic acting from the drama club to anywhere he goes and social outings, meaning he will talk in parties as if he was still in a play, by projecting when the situation doesn't call for it and speaking with in an exaggeratedly eloquent way. |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder:Tallulah Levine]] |
| 346 | !!Tallulah Levine |
| 347 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaeWhitman |
| 348 | |
| 349 | A high school freshman who hits it off with Nick. She is rumored to have amazing oral skills. |
| 350 | ---- |
| 351 | * BoyishShortHair: It's more "edgy" than "boyish", but her hair is shorter than some of the boys's in the show. |
| 352 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She has yet to make any more appearances. |
| 353 | * MaliciousSlander: Thanks to Daniel, who tried to force her to give him a blowjob and when she rejected the act, he spread a rumor about how she loves giving blowjobs. |
| 354 | * TemporaryLoveInterest: To Nick. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | [[folder:Misha and Izzy]] |
| 358 | !!Misha and Izzy |
| 359 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MayaErskine (Misha) Anna Konkle (Izzy) |
| 360 | |
| 361 | A pair of seventh-graders that Nick and Andrew try to date. |
| 362 | ---- |
| 363 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Misha looks noticeably exotic, but it's not entirely clear what her ethnicity is. She could be Euro-Asian like her voice actress, but her dark complexion could be interpreted as indigenous American. |
| 364 | * InkSuitActor: They look exactly like their voice actresses as they appear in the comedy series ''Series/{{PEN15}}''. |
| 365 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: Deconstructed. Nick and Andrew try switching partners when they realise they're not compatible, which the girls take offense to. They then point out that they're already the protagonists of their own animated series, in which Nick and Andrew are just one-shot characters. |
| 366 | * ShowWithinAShow: They are the stars of their own Netflix series, ''Cafeteria Girls'', which is filmed before a StudioAudience, has its own theme song, stars Coach Steve as Lunchlady Eve, and includes a Fuck Gremlin instead of a Hormone Monster with her own CatchPhrase ("I'm a handful!"). |
| 367 | * VerbalTic: Izzy sings her words at times. |
| 368 | [[/folder]] |
| 369 | |
| 370 | !Faculty |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder:Coach Steve]] |
| 373 | !!Coach Steve |
| 374 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2019_02_06_big_mouth_coach_steve_youtube.png]] |
| 375 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I can't believe you're putting me in the Friend-Zone! That's like the Number 1 zone!"'']] |
| 376 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NickKroll |
| 377 | ->''"I'm what's known in the medical community as a man baby."'' |
| 378 | |
| 379 | The loud, bumbling, but [[NiceGuy well-meaning]] gym teacher. Even after getting fired at the end of Season 2, he continues to interact with the main cast. |
| 380 | ---- |
| 381 | * BigDamnHeroes: He manages to distract the Shame Wizard long enough for the kids to realize the latter’s intentions. |
| 382 | * BreakTheCutie: He's absolutely distraught when he finds out what happened on his birthday, which is September 11th. |
| 383 | * BuriedAlive: Was thought to be dead after eating a wheel of cheese. The credits show his hand bursting out of the ground holding a milkshake. |
| 384 | * CoolTeacher: Though portrayed as a loser, he's usually there for the kids if they have a problem. |
| 385 | * CharacterTic: He tends to do stretches from time to time. |
| 386 | * CloudCuckoolander: Steve is a weird dude, to put it mildly. |
| 387 | * DemotedToExtra: His appearances decrease every season from Season 3 onward, with him usually just making cameo appearances. He gets a focus episode in Season 4, but nothing but a few jokey appearances in Season 5. He does return to prominence, however, getting a small arc in Season 7. |
| 388 | * TheDitz: Steve isn’t very bright at all. |
| 389 | * {{Expy}}: He's a lot like Borat, if his extreme social awkwardness came not from being a clueless foreigner, but from having some sort of condition. |
| 390 | * FamousAncestor: The episode "Duke" implies that he's a descendant from {{UsefulNotes/Theodore Roosevelt}}. |
| 391 | * {{Flanderization}}: During the first episode, Steve's eccentries are considerably downplayed compared to how out in the open they are in later episodes. |
| 392 | * FriendToAllChildren: Oh, he wishes he was this, at the very least. He acts more like a friend and ally to the students way more than any other teacher at their school. Truth is he's ... |
| 393 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: People only hang out around him when they absolutely have to, like at work. However this is later [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as the more they hang out with him, the more they find themselves somewhat charmed by his naive goodness. [[spoiler:Jay and the Shame Wizard wind up becoming genuine friends with him.]] |
| 394 | * ForeignCussWord: At a bar he "works" at (he actually just bartends for free... ''despite'' management constantly telling him to leave), the staff calls him ''pendejo''[[note]] A strong swear word in Spanish, literally means a single pubic hair, but when used as an insult, it's a rough equivalent to "asshole" or "dumbass"[[/note]]. He doesn't know what it means, so he just happily assumes it's a nickname. When he [=DJs=] at Jessi's Bat Mitzvah, he adopts it as his stage name, ''DJ Pendejo''. |
| 395 | * FreeingTheGenie: Attempts this on his hormone monster, Rick, after losing his virginity. Even Rick, who's normally just as stupid as Steve is, lampshades how ridiculous this is. |
| 396 | --> '''Rick:''' I love this guy, but he thinks I'm a genie! |
| 397 | * GagPenis: In season 2, Maurice guesses Steve has a "big, meaty horse cock". |
| 398 | ** In season 4's "Nick Starr", we find out that in the future, Steve is in a coma after getting into a dick-measuring contest with a horse, and ''the horse'' got jealous, and kicked him in the head! [[spoiler:This episode was [[AllJustADream just Nick's dream]] however, so it's unknown what the real Steve has.]] |
| 399 | * HeCleansUpNicely: He actually looks pretty decent after the makeover [[Series/QueerEye2018 the Fab Five]] give him. Although it doesn't stay through season 4. |
| 400 | * HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: After getting fired from the school, he tells people to call him by his real name... which is still Coach Steve. |
| 401 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Steve makes it no secret just how much he craves companionship. And whenever someone reciprocates, you can't help but feel happy for the guy. |
| 402 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: While he's friends with pretty much all of the main cast, he seems to bond the most with Jay since they've both led (and continue to lead) desperately sad lives and are stuffed full of delusion. Also Steve has the maturity of a child Jay's age or younger. |
| 403 | * KindheartedSimpleton: Steve is short more than a couple of chromosomes, but his heart is always in the right place. |
| 404 | * {{Manchild}}: Steve is incredibly immature and socially disadvantaged, which helps explain why he gets along with the kids so well. |
| 405 | * NeverLearnedToRead: Despite working ''in a school''. He does, however know the alphabet, but just barely, and he doesn't actually know the names for the letters. He instead has nicknames for them. |
| 406 | * NiceGuy: Despite his weirdness, Steve is a very good-natured and friendly guy who doesn't hold any real malice towards anyone. |
| 407 | * NotGoodWithRejection: Inverted. Steve is turned down by Ms. Benitez, claiming she only likes him as a friend. This leaves Steve overjoyed to finally have someone acknowledge him as a friend. |
| 408 | * PlotAllergy: He's ''severely'' lactose intolerant and doesn't realize that things like cheese and milk count as dairy. |
| 409 | * ThePollyanna: PlayedStraight. No matter how pathetic his life seems, Steve is almost always cheerful and optimistic. |
| 410 | * PornStache: Has one up until getting a makeover courtesy of the Fab 5. It comes back in Season 4. |
| 411 | * RepetitiveName: His grave says both his first and last names are Steve. |
| 412 | * SelfAppliedNickname: Refers to himself, Nick, Andrew, Jessi and Jay as the Fab Five. |
| 413 | * SignificantBirthDate: "A Very Special 9/11 Episode" reveals the titular day is his birthday. |
| 414 | * StatusQuoIsGod: His makeover doesn't carry into Season 4. |
| 415 | * ThirdEye: Claims to have had eyes on his ''pener'' that the doctor removed when he was four. |
| 416 | * WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: He outright says in season 3 that he'll have a new job in each episode. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[folder:Mr. Lizer]] |
| 420 | !!Mr. Terry Lizer |
| 421 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobHuebel |
| 422 | |
| 423 | A much less awkward teacher. |
| 424 | ---- |
| 425 | * ArcVillain: The closest that Season 3 has to one anyways. Much of the problems that the kids are facing in school can all be traced back to his actions and decisions. |
| 426 | * AscendedExtra: Only appeared in a few episodes of Season 1, and was even more absent in Season 2, before coming front and center as the main antagonist in Season 3. |
| 427 | * AnimalMotifs: In Missy's daydreams, he's presented as a lizard-like alien creature, which fits with his name and his creepy behavior. |
| 428 | * BerserkButton: Any woman who talks back to him or disagrees with him. |
| 429 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: He presents himself as a CoolTeacher, but underneath him is a misogynistic and arrogant jackass. |
| 430 | * ChildHater: He despises his students and goes out of his way to make their lives very difficult. |
| 431 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To the Shame Wizard. The Shame Wizard is a supernatural monster that forces adolescent kids to endure shame so that they would hold themselves for their their own bad behavior, while Lizer is a regular human being who would pin blame on all his students to avoid facing consequence for his own actions. The Shame Wizard starts off dark and menacing but reveals himself to have sympathetic and well-intentioned motives near the end, while Lizer starts off productive and well-meaning only to reveal himself to be selfishly vile without any redeeming qualities. |
| 432 | * CoolTeacher: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. He's obviously trying to cultivate this image, and his students like him for it, but he's mostly just a pretentious tool. Plus, Jessi got a ''very'' creepy vibe from him after wearing a new push-up bra. Come Season 3, his darker side comes to the surface more and more to the point where ''everyone'' starts to see through his facade. |
| 433 | ** As a further subversion, it's implied Rick is his Hormone Monster. |
| 434 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: While technically the closest thing season 3 has to an ArcVillain, Lizer disappears after meeting his downfall in the season's penultimate episode. The main conflict in the finale is driven by the kids themselves. |
| 435 | * EvilCounterpart: He's this for Coach Steve. Both are teachers that interacts with the main casts of children, but while Steve is a naive but well-meaning CoolTeacher who [[FriendToAllChildren loves his students]], Lizer is a pretentious and selfish SadistTeacher who [[ChildHater despises them]]. |
| 436 | * {{Expy}}: A SadistTeacher who despises his student and torments them, especially the female ones whom he sexually harasses, it would not be surprising if Lizer was based off of Kamoshida from ''VideoGame/Persona5''. |
| 437 | * {{Foil}}: To Coach Steve. He's less bizarre and clearly a functioning adult, but Steve is a humble and helpful man while Mr. Lizer is a quietly creepy douche-bag. |
| 438 | * HateSink: This guy has absolutely no redeeming qualities to speak of. He's arrogant, hypocritical, a bully, self-absorbed, and to top it all off, he's a closet misogynist and [[spoiler:hebephile, as he attempts to groom Lola while she's working for him as assistant manager]]. |
| 439 | * TheHeavy: Unlike most of other antagonists who are monsters serving as manifestations of the kids behavior rather than genuine forces of evil, Lizer is a real malicious human being that deliberately drives the plot of season 3 with his actions. |
| 440 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: While the monsters might not be the best role models for their kids, they at least try their best to guide them to the right path. By contrast, Lizer manipulates and abuses them for his own selfish desires, making him stand out as arguably the single most vile being in the show, even more so than the actual monsters. |
| 441 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's a rude and condescending misogynist who has nothing but contempt for his students. |
| 442 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:He ends up falling through the trap door of the stage musical he was directing and having his sharp feet slice through his penis. Previously he'd begun grooming Lola by getting her to give him foot massages, so it's a ridiculously on-point punishment.]] |
| 443 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Despite his pretensions to being a feminist, he might give Guy Bilzerian a run for his money when it comes to hatred of women. He puts the responsibility of curbing sexual assault solely on the girls because he - a teacher - can't be bothered teaching the boys to respect personal boundaries. His stage play of ''Disclosure'' also shows his inherent misogyny as the female cast are all subservient to men, save for Meredith, who is Tom's superior and a ManipulativeBitch. Lizer also starts muttering under his breath in Season 3 about how much he hates Jessi for being the one who stands up to him much of the time, and in general any woman talking back to him sets him off. |
| 444 | ** He also casts Gina and Ali as racial stereotypes in the Musical: Disclosure, and denies Matthew a leading role on account of him being gay. |
| 445 | * PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: The first time we see him, he's complaining about the patriarchy in a know-it-all tone. |
| 446 | * SadistTeacher: By season 3 his contempt for most of his students is clear and mutual. |
| 447 | * {{Slimeball}}: It's strongly hinted, and later confirmed, that he's into underage girls. He gets wandering eyes when Jessie turns up to school in a red bra, makes Lola demonstrate what clothes are too provocative to wear on school grounds, orders the girls who start a slut-walk to go to detention while still in their "slut-clothes" and has Lola give him foot massages. Coach Steve also notes that he masturbates in the school showers. |
| 448 | * TheSociopath: Even more so than [[AlphaBitch Devin]]. To start, Lizer cares for no one but himself and shows no remorse that his actions could potentially harm his students. Lizer is a liar who manipulates his students into doing what he wants even exploiting his female students to sexually harass them for his own hedonistic desires. He never gives his students any support, emotional or otherwise, unless he can gain from it. Lastly, he's incapable of accepting any fault of his own and always blames the problems he caused on his students. |
| 449 | * VillainousBreakdown: He has one when the students reveal his sexual harassment towards Lola. |
| 450 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity / NoTrueScotsman: When we first see him, he's popular with the female students for being a liberal teacher who lectures the class about the patriarchy. By the time he'd crossed the final line, his [[VillainBall zeal for enforcing a sexist dress code]] at Guy Blizerian's behest, along with his increasingly apparent creepy manner, had already eliminated any positive feelings any student except Lola used to have and he'd traded "woke" speeches for bitter rants about feminists through the season and stereotyped roles for minority students in his play. |
| 451 | [[/folder]] |
| 452 | |
| 453 | [[folder:Ms. Benitez]] |
| 454 | !!Ms. Benitez |
| 455 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RosaSalazar |
| 456 | |
| 457 | The 7th grade science teacher. |
| 458 | ---- |
| 459 | * HotTeacher: When Andrew has a sleep-deprived sex fantasy during class, he fantasises about Ms Benitez as a scantily-clad Dominatrix. |
| 460 | * NiceGirl: Offers to teach Coach Steve and manages to gently put him down when he starts showing interest in her. |
| 461 | * OnlySaneMan: The only member of faculty that can actually be trusted around kids. Too bad she's ignored most of the time. |
| 462 | [[/folder]] |
| 463 | |
| 464 | [[folder: Principal Baron]] |
| 465 | !!Principal Baron |
| 466 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MayaRudolph |
| 467 | |
| 468 | The principal who has less than a year left until retirement. |
| 469 | ---- |
| 470 | * ApatheticTeacher: More Apathetic Principal, mostly due to how close she is to retirement. |
| 471 | * BigGood: As cynical and apathetic as she is, she's still a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who does use her position and power for good, its just that she frequently doesn't care to. She's also debatably the most understanding to the students, such as when she specifically abolishes the dress code because she knows Middle School is already miserable enough, the students don't need adults making it any harder for them. |
| 472 | * DeanBitterman: She clearly hates working at the school and outright states she would expel a student if they talked to her at one point. Although she's more apathetic than anything, and doesn't seek to cause the students any misery. |
| 473 | * EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:She might be apathetic and bitter about her job, but clearly cares enough to fire Mr. Lizer after she hears about his harassment of Lola. And later gives Coach Steve his job back after hearing how much he cares for the school and students.]] |
| 474 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While she's very apathetic about her job and just wants to retire, she still manages to be there for the students and manages to put Lizer in his place several times. |
| 475 | * PutOnABus: Doesn't appear in season 4 due to having retired. |
| 476 | * RunningGag: In all of her appearances, she counts down how many days she has until retirement. |
| 477 | * [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Teachers Who Actually Do Something]] [[spoiler: Doesn't hesitate to fire Mr. Lizer when she hears about him and Lola.]] |
| 478 | [[/folder]] |
| 479 | |
| 480 | [[folder:Mr. Keating]] |
| 481 | !!Mr. Keating |
| 482 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AdamScott |
| 483 | A substitute drama teacher who Andrew becomes too attached to. |
| 484 | ---- |
| 485 | * CoolTeacher: Or at least he was until Andrew destroyed him. |
| 486 | * FiredTeacher: Becomes this due to launching a profane-filled tirade against Andrew when the latter won't leave him alone. |
| 487 | * InkSuitActor: He looks exactly like Adam Scott |
| 488 | * LargeHam: He's has a flair for the drama. |
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