Line #41 Characters/CHERUBSeries


1	Characters who appear in Robert Muchamore's Literature/CHERUBSeries.
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3	!CHERUB
4	[=CHERUBs=] (Charles Henderson's Espionage Research Unit B) are a group of highly-trained intelligence agents (child spies essentially) who are recruited by the British Government to go undercover in dangerous operations and pose as regular children in order to gain access to remote areas of the operations. These missions can include gang infiltrations, befriending the children of big time drug lord or crime boss or simply posing as orphans in homes to recruit new members.
5	[[AC:Agents]]
6	[[folder:In General]]
7	* ChildSoldiers: CHERUB agents can be any age up to 18 years old, and certainly do some dangerous missions that can involve class A drugs, guns and explosives. They're also trained in advanced combat, modern weaponry and survival tactics, all under military-like training.
8	* IHaveManyNames: They change their name upon joining CHERUB, and all of them have different cover names for every mission.
9	* PressurePoint: They get taught it in the Dojo.
10	* TeenGenius: They're all very highly intelligent, one of the criteria for being a CHERUB agent. For example, James is a child prodigy at maths.
11	[[/folder]]
12	[[folder:James Adams]]
13	!!James Robert Anthony Adams (ne James Choke)
14	The protagonist of the first series. A brash, impulsive boy who eventually matures.
15	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Kerry announces she's pregnant at the end of the series.]]
16	* BigBrotherInstinct: He loves his sister very much and freaks out when he thinks he could lose her.
17	* BrotherSisterTeam: Quite a few times.
18	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Technically, all his relationships, given that he's a teenager in most of the books, but especially Kerry.
19	* DisappearedDad: He initially doesn't know who his father is, but [[spoiler:they do eventually meet.]]
20	* {{Expy}}: A hard-drinking, womanising British spy named James? [[Franchise/JamesBond Where have we heard that one before....]]
21	* GoodWithNumbers: James doesn't like school work, but he's really good at maths, having something like a calculator in his head.
22	* HeroProtagonist: The protagonist and a heroic guy, though he does have his anti-heroic moments.
23	* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Gets back together with Kerry at the end of the series.]]
24	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Lauren is usually the responsible one, because she's not as impulsive as James. Not always, though.
25	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a serial cheater with a violent temper and a criminal streak who occasionally crosses into PoliticallyIncorrectHero status, but he's also a very loyal friend and fiercely protective of his little sister.
26	* MissingMom: She dies at the start of the first book.
27	* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With Kerry.
28	* SerialRomeo: He has quite a few girlfriends, and is known to cheat.
29	[[/folder]]
30	[[folder:Lauren Adams]]
31	!! Lauren Zoe Adams (nee Lauren Onions)
32	James little sister, also a CHERUB agent.
33	* AbusiveParents: Lauren's father is at the very least neglectful, and hit her at least once.
34	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: James often treats her as such, but it's clear that they actually love each other very much.
35	* AttemptedRape: In ''The Fall''. She stabs the guy instead, but is quite horrified by the experience.
36	* BrotherSisterTeam: Quite a few times.
37	* DontSplitUsUp: How she ends up at CHERUB: she wanted to be with James, so when he wasn't at the orphanage she was send to after her abusive father lost custody she raised hell until she was brought to CHERUB.
38	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Lauren is usually the responsible one, because she's not as impulsive as James. Not always, though.
39	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's mostly a nice person, but she's definitely inherited some of James's anger issues and has a scheming ManipulativeBitch side that even James isn't always safe from.
40	* MissingMom: She dies at the start of the first book.
41	* MoralityPet: She's usually the person to bring out James's more caring side.
42	* {{Polyglot}}: She's fluent in Spanish and Russian and knows some Greek.
43	[[/folder]]
44	[[folder:Kerry Chang]]
45	!! Kerry Chang (nee Ling Chang)
46	A fellow CHERUB agent, James' partner in basic training.
47	* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Kerry's Asian and awesome at karate. Justified, though, given that every child at CHERUB is taught martial arts so that they can defend themselves should a situation ever require it.
48	* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: [[spoiler: Kerry announces she's pregnant at the end of the series.]]
49	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Technically, all her relationships, given that she's a teenager in most of the books, but especially James.
50	* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Gets back together with James at the end of the series.]]
51	* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With James.
52	* YankTheDogsChain: She goes through basic training with James because she'd attempted it several times before, but kept getting injured badly enough that she had to withdraw.
53	[[/folder]]
54	[[folder:Kyle Blueman]]
55	!! Kyle Blueman
56	A fellow CHERUB agent who recruited James.
57	* BigBrotherMentor: To younger CHERUBs, who are seen to go to him for advice.
58	* GayBestFriend: He's James' best friend, and he's gay. James is a bit freaked out by the latter at first, but gets over it.
59	* NeatFreak
60	* ParentalAbandonment: He was abandoned at birth and grew up in a number of foster families before joining CHERUB.
61	[[/folder]]
62	[[folder:Bruce Norris]]
63	!! Bruce Norris (nee Aled Thomas)
64	A fellow CHERUB agent, goes through basic training with James and Kerry.
65	* BloodKnight: He very much enjoys fighting.
66	* PintSizedPowerhouse: He's small, but very strong and agile.
67	[[/folder]]
68	[[folder:Greg "Rat" Rathbone]]
69	!! Greg "Rat" Rathbone (nee Rathbone Regan)
70	A fellow CHERUB agent, joins after the cult he grew up in is infiltrated by Lauren and James.
71	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He grew up in a cult. As one of the children of the cult's founder, he was considered royalty, but because he didn't actually believe in the cult's teachings- and was vocal about it-, he was alienated by the majority of the cult.
72	* BadassBookworm: Loves to read.
73	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: He chose the name Greg because it's an actual first name, but everybody still calls him Rat.
74	* UnfortunateNames: ''Rathbone''. And he knows how bad it is.
75	[[/folder]]
76	[[folder:Dana Smith]]
77	!! Dana Smith
78	A fellow CHERUB agent.
79	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: She didn't have many friends before going on missions with James and later dating him.
80	* BadassBookworm: Likes reading.
81	* YankTheDogsChain: She went on a lot of missions, but they all were either minor or failed. She took a lot longer to get her navy shirt than most agents, and was afraid that she might never get one.
82	[[/folder]]
83	[[folder:Amy Collins]]
84	!! Amy Collins (nee Jennifer Amy Pegg)
85	A fellow CHERUB agent.
86	* AndThenWhat: After she leaves CHERUB she has a hard time initially to figure out what to do with her life now.
87	* BigSisterInstinct: She's not actually James' sister, she just pretends to be for the mission, but she still treats him as her little brother.
88	* NiceGirl: She is kind and patient with James when teaching him to swim and mentoring him on his first mission.
89	* MsFanservice: James develops a PrecociousCrush on her, and states that there are very few people in CHERUB who don't find her attractive.
90	[[/folder]]
91	[[AC:Staff]]
92	[[folder:Terence "Mac" [=McAfferty=]]]
93	!! Terence "Mac" [=McAfferty=] (nee Terence Henderson)
94	The chairman of CHERUB in the early books.
95	* BigGood: As the head of CHERUB, he's responsible for all of the children and approves their missions.
96	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's usually stern but fair with the kids under his care.
97	[[/folder]]
98	[[folder:Zara Asker]]
99	!! Zara Asker
100	A CHERUB mission controller who later replaces Mac as chairman.
101	* BigGood: Takes on the role of chairman after Mac's retirement.
102	* IconicSequelCharacter: She isn't introduced until the second book, but later becomes the BigGood.
103	[[/folder]]
104	[[folder:Norman Large]]
105	!! Norman Large (nee Eric Norman)
106	The former head training instructor at Cherub. A large tough man, and a nasty piece of work.
107	* DrillSergeantNasty: A former solider, he still has this persona when training young children.

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