Beakman
Played by: Paul Zaloom
Voiced by: Juan Alfonso Carralero [Mexican Spanish] and Flávio Dias [Brazilian Portuguese]
- Labcoat of Science and Medicine: He wears a green lab coat to let the audience know he is a Man Of Science.
Lester the Rat
Played by: Mark Ritts
Voiced by: Salvador Delgado [Mexican Spanish] and Carlos Silveira [Brazilian Portuguese]
- Becoming the Mask: In early episodes, he resented having to wear the rat costume as he was a professional actor whose agent booked him a crummy role on a kids' edutainment show. As Flanderization kicked in, he apparently began to actually identify himself as a man in a rat suit as if it were his species (as well as the fact that friends and family members inexplicably became people in rat suits as well).
- Classically-Trained Extra: Started out this way when the show began.Lester: "To be, or not to be?" That is the question, not "what is snot?"!
- Deadpan Snarker: He would be one if he wasn't constantly proven wrong.
- Extreme Omnivore: Right along with Big Eater.
- Flanderization: As the series progressed, the disgruntled-actor-in-a-rat-suit bit was dropped in favor of Lester's more disgusting traits.
- The Lab Rat: Subverted, despite being the guy in the lab in the rat suit.
The Assistants
- Audience Surrogate / The Watson: Beakman's assistants help think through the answer, ask the obvious questions, and generally keep Beakman moving toward a response to the readers' questions.
- Genki Girl: All three were highly energetic, particularly when rushing in from off-screen or during the intro to Beakmania.
Josie
Played by: Alanna Ubach
Voiced by: Laura Torres [Mexican Spanish] and Marli Bortoletto [Brazilian Portuguese]
- Awesome Moment of Crowning: The last segment of Josie's last episode shows kids how they can do their own research (using the question "How do fireworks make those neat colors?" as an example). Beakman points her to resources, but Josie does most of the legwork and provides the final answer herself.
- Precocious Crush: Josie is often awe-struck by Beakman's knowledge.
Liza
Played by: Eliza Schneider
Voiced by: Rocío Prado [Mexican Spanish] and Marli Bortoletto [Brazilian Portuguese]
- Hospital Hottie: The "Dr. Liza" segments.
Phoebe
Played by: Senta Moses
Voiced by: Rocío Prado [Mexican Spanish] and Márcia Regina [Brazilian Portuguese])
- Rapid-Fire Interrupting: At least a couple of times per episode, which only added to her "bratty know-it-all" status.Beakman (after two of these interruptions back to back): Okay, Phoebe: Since you know everything...
- School Nurse: Nurse Phoebe. Most definitely the Western version.
Don and Herb
Voiced by: Alan Barzman and Bert Berdis [original], Alejandro Villeli and Octavio Rojas [Mexican Spanish], Amaury Costa and Paulo Porto [Brazilian Portuguese]
- Book Ends: Each episode begins and ends with a scene of them.
- Reaction Shot: Often get one when a piece of information given in the show relates to them somehow.
