This page lists characters that make their first appearance in Web Series Aim High.
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Nick Green
Nick Green/Agent 18
Jackson Rathbone
"Killing is easy. High School is hard."
Portrayed By: Jackson Rathbone
Appearances: Aim High 2011
A sixteen year student of Fairview High and an government operative of the Department of Education Pilot Program.
- Anti-Hero: Nick has no qualms in killing his targets at the beginning of the series, as he was trained to.
- Assassin Outclassin'': Defeated Dakota when she came to kill him. He reminds her of this in Season 2.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Nick is a charming young man who is also trained assassin.
- Catchphrase: “Killing is easy. High school is easy” is repeated a lot.
- Chick Magnet: Nick was able to attract the attention of Amanda, Dakota, a bunch of sorority girls, the cheer-leading squad, and after its discovered that he had abs, the rest of the female population at Fairview High.
- The Charmer: Nick can be this at times. He even somehow got the cheer-leading squad to go and cuddle up with the chess club.
- Child Solider: Was recruited by DEPP after winning a fitness competition back in the 7th grade.
- Cute but Troubled: Implied. He was told that he was recruited by DEPP because his psychological profile showed that he has issues with aggression.
- Consummate Liar: Comes up with plausible explanations on the fly. Justified since he is secret agent.
- Establishing Character Moment: His first scene is him tricking and then taking out a whole bunch of bad guys, showing that he is a resourceful badass.
- Combat Pragmatist: If Nick is about to be outmatched in a fight (and thus be killed), he will find whatever he can get his hands on to win. He seems to prefer a pen to the ear or neck.
- Good is Not Nice/Good Is Not Soft: If you are a unrepentant bad guy who is going to do very bad things and has threatened innocent lives, Nick will not hesitate to end you.
- Guile Hero: Nick uses his wit and whatever resources he has to win a fight.
- Hyper-Awareness: Is able to look at his surroundings to find the most effective weapon.
- Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Implied. [[with Dakota and himself in the Yakuza assignment.]]
- Living Lie Detector: Nick was trained to see if a person is lying or not. He did this with Marcus.
- Made of Iron: Takes on multiple beatings and still manages to walk away.
- Dented Iron: Its takes time to heal though, as he comes to school with bruises and bloody lips; also shown in the beginning of the injuries he had gotten over the years.
- Nice Guy: Can be polite and considerate, and is able to befriend people.
- Omniglot: Speaks multiple languages, but unfortunately it doesn’t help him in Spanish class.
- One-Man Army: Can take on multiple opponents, as seen in the first episode.
- Thou Shalt Not Kill: In Season 2, he takes assignments that don’t involve killing people. Subverted in that he was able to make this arrangement with DEPP by partnering with Dakota, and she does the killing.
- Would Hit a Girl: Considering that said girls are assassins sent to kill him...
Marcus Anderson
Marcus Anderson
Jeremy Pemberton
Devon Bostick
"Nobody messes with the Nightly Intruder."
Portrayed By: Johnny Pemberton S01; Devon Bostick S02
Appearances: Aim High 2011;2013
Nick's friend and student at Aim High and the Nightly Intruder blog.
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- Computer Whiz: In Season 2, he has a HQ of sorts that can be described as "Best Buy and the Pentagon had a baby."
- Deadpan Snarker: Has many of these moments.
- Intrepid Reporter: He’s the Nightly Intruder and cannot let a story get away from him.
- I Just Want to Be Special: Marcus trains with Dakota so he can be a more efficient sidekick to Nick.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Marcus goes into people’s personal lives and exposed their secrets on his blog. But he does care about Nick and Dakota, keeping their secret and helps them out.
- The Lancer: He's Nick's confidant.
- Lovable Coward: Marcus is not a killer, but he tries since he wants to be Nick’s sidekick.
- Morality Pet: He’s this for Nick.
- Muggle Best Friend: Marcus is normal student. Well for a rich kid who can find out everything about everyone and is a Compter Whiz.
- Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Has more of these moments.
- Secret-Keeper: For Nick and Dakota.
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The Other Darrin: Was portrayed by Jeremy Pemberton in S01, and then by Devon Bostick in S02. - What the Hell, Hero?: Is very disapproving of Nick’s nonchalance killing.
Dakota O’Neil
Dakota O’Neil
Natalie Dreyfuss
Portrayed by: Natalie Dreyfuss
Appearances: AimHigh 2013
"Bullets are like tranq darts. Just more permanent."
A cheerleader recruited by DEPP. In S02, she is new operative that is partners with Nick.
- Cute but Troubled: She is quite trigger happy, but is nice to Nick and Marcus.
- Dark and Troubled Past: She witnessed her mom’s murder and had been in multiple foster homes.
- Genre Blind: Dakota was assign to kill and replace Nick, freshly recruited by Agents Deuce and Terry. She charges at him with a samurai sword. Too bad she didn’t take into account that Nick has been in the business a lot longer than her.
- Like Brother and Sister: Marcus and her discovered that was their relationship after an awkward kiss.
- Love Triangle: Between her, Nick and Amanda.
- The Lancer: Shares this role with Marcus in Season 2.
- What the Hell, Hero??: When Nick suspects that she went rogue and killed a fellow agent, he scolds her for not fully understanding the situation and that everything can solved by a gun. Averted because Nick was mistaken and Dakota was innocent in the hit.
Fairview High
Amanda Miles
Amanda Miles
Aimee Teegarden
Portrayed By: Aimee Teegarden
Appearances: AimHigh 2011
A student at Fairview High and Nick’s Love Interest
- Aspiring Musician: She's a singer with a punk rocker style who was to make a music video and won a contest.
- Cast Show Off: Amanda is a singer, like Aimme Teegarden.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Played with; Amanda is singer while her sister is running for Student Council. But her sister got pregnant and Amanda makes the choice to let everyone believe it was her.
- Love Triangle: Between her, Nick and Dakota. Except while she and Dokota are aware of it, Nick isn’t until the end.
Derek
Derek
Portrayed By: Jonathan Mc Daniel
Appearances: Aim High 2011
Amanda’s boyfriend and captain of the swim team.
- Bullying the Dragon: Derek had no idea how close he came to getting killed when he picked on Nick. Later in the series, his assumptions on Nick are quickly corrected.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: He bullies Nick because he likes Amanda. He later believes that Amanda got pregnant by Nick.
- Jerk Jock: Is captain of the swim team and beats up on a guy who has a crush on his girlfriend.
Mrs. Tudball
Mrs. Tudball
Portrayed By: Stephanie Mc Vay
Appearances: Aim High 2011
Faculty member of Fairview High, working in the main office.
- The Pollyanna: Is always portrayed very cheerful and smiling.
- Sleeping with the Boss: Its revealed that she’s having an affair with VP Ockenhocker.
Ms. Walker
Ms. Walker
Rebecca Mader
Portrayed By: Rebecca Mader
Appearances: Aim High 2011
Nick’s physics teacher, whom he is convinced is hitting on him.
- Hot Teacher: She dresses rather proactively at times.
- Hot for Student: Averted. Nick is very uncomfortable by her flirtations. Its all an act. She’s using the sexy teacher act to get her students to pay attention and get better test scores.
VP Ockenhocker
VP Ockenhocker
Portrayed By: Greg Germann
Appearances: Aim High 2011
Vice Principle of Fairview High. He’s also Nick’s Tough As Nails handeler.
- Clear My Name: He was accused of stealing a large amount of gold, even demoted to being Nick’s handler and undercover at Fairview High. He hates this and works diligently to prove his innocence.
- Hidden Heart of Gold: Ockenhocker is not a pleasant man by any means, but he does care about his country and Nick by extent, letting him get away with a lot of trouble, and granting him favors in regards to his work and Amanda.
- Jerkass: His first scene is favoring Derek over Nick after the former bullied the other. And when Nick tried to leave, he posted the untrue story about Amanda and called DEPP that had them send in another spy who would assassinate Nick.
- Laser-Guided Karma: This happened at the end of S01. He messed with Marcus’ blog and posted the story on Amanda being pregnant. In retaliation, Marcus revealed his affair with Mrs. Tudball. Moral of the story: Don’t mess with Marcus’ blog.
Coach Mabe
Derek
Portrayed By: Geoff Stults
Appearances: Aim High 2013
Coach Mabe is a faculty member at Fairview High. Also Nick’s new handler.- Butt-Monkey: Somewhat. Mabe is constantly going out of his way to be a jerk to Nick, but Nick always has the last word and has no respect for him at all.
- Insult Backfire: For every insults Mabe shoots at Nick, Nick twists it and get back on him.
- Jerk Jock: Mabe is almost a parody of it.
- Jerkass: He constantly insults all his students and especially picks on Nick.
Department of Education Pilot Program
Agent Deuce
Agent Deuce
Portrayed By: Nick Swardson in 2011; Tony Cavalero in 2013
Appearances: Web Series/{{Aim High 2011; 2013}}
A secret operative for DEPP and recruiter for the operation.- Alas, Poor Villain: Well, he’s more of a jerk than a villain, but he really didn’t deserve getting shot and killed by Commander Harris.
- Butt-Monkey: Nick and Dakota loves insulting him and his partner Terry.
- Red Herring: Ockenhocker believes that he was the one that stole the gold in Jarkata. Turns out this wasn’t the case.
- Those Two Guys: Him and Agent Terry are always seen together and seem to be the ones to be recruiting as seen with them recruiting Nick and Dakota.
Agent Terry
Agent Terry
Portrayed By: Chris Wylde
Appearances: Web Series/{{Aim High 2011; 2013}}
A secret operative for DEPP and recruiter for the operation.- Those Two Guys: Always seen with Deuce. They get Lady Gaga tickets together.
Other
Boris
Boris
Portrayed By: Clancy Brown
Appearances: Aim High 2011
A Russian terrorist that Nick is assign to take out.- And Your Little Dog, Too!: Promises to kill Nick’s family and Amanda after killing him. So Nick blew him up.
- Big Bad: Somewhat. He’s the biggest and most obvious threat for the first season.
- Casual Danger Dialogue: Does this with Nick. It goes away at the end.
