Minor Characters
Minor characters of the book.
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Students
Levi
Levi Thomas
A kind swimmer and Leesa's third Love Interest."That Mr Friar wouldn't notice a massacre if it happened in the classroom."
- Nice Guy: Levi is nicest of the boys Leesa falls for throughout the book.
- Love Interest: He is Leesa's third love interest for one episode.
- Pretty Boy: He is described as having a "round, pretty face".
- Two First Names: Thomas can also be a first name.
Tiffany
Tiffany Fox
A student who had a fight in the girl's bathrooms and lost.- Swirlie: She is mentioned as having a fight in the girl's bathrooms and losing by getting her head stuck in the toilet. It is implied that this is part of what happened.
Justin
Justin Crawley
A classmate of the group's and admirer of Raven."Great. I wanna ask her out. Is she single?"
- Hidden Depths: He's a dancer and is good enough to teach Raven how to do so.
- Nice Guy: Raven outright calls him this but it isn't enough for her to want to go out with him.
- Remember the New Guy?: The episode he's introduced in is treated as if he's always been known, however, he only really becomes relevant in this episode because of his attraction to Raven.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He's described as being tall, he's black and Greg says that he "has the face of an angel".
Alex
Alex Penske
A drama club student.- Deadpan Snarker: He snarks that they need to take a "five year break" before rehearsing again because Leesa keeps flubbing her lines.
- Drama Club: He is there with Leesa and Suzie, having a role in the talent show in "Examinations of Talented Individuals".
- The Living Dead: He plays a dead character in the scene in the talent show and is adamant on sticking his tongue out to prove to the audience that he's dead. No one likes it.
Martin
Martin Bao
A transfer student who spends the day at Pine Hill and ends up being a potential new member of the group."Okay, I don't really know the rules around here, so, are we just gonna keep this up until she gives it to him?"
- Character Development: After seeing the group stand up for the school despite it's flaws, he decides to help Greg get his vaccine and hold him down.
- Chick Magnet: He attracts a lot of the girls on the one day he's at the school, even more than Vance to point where it makes him jealous.
- Deadpan Snarker: A nicer version, more of the playful kind, especially with Leesa.
- Hidden Depths: He mentions not having met his grandmother and, before he's cut off, it looks like he's going to say "parents".
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He starts off as an innocent Nice Guy until the cafeteria scene in which he reveals that he's counting on being allowed into Pine Hill because of it's weird history, but at the same time...
- Jerkass Has a Point: Pine Hill is definitely a weird school and was able to let a horse onto school grounds, their email system get shut down and a sexist teacher force students out of their classes for a day, it's no telling that Martin will get into the school. He might as well have stayed at home instead of going in.
- New Transfer Student: He is one for the episode he appears in, then disappears but it is mentioned he is only there for a day.
- Ship Tease: Has this with Leesa throughout his episode.
- Sixth Ranger: The purpose of his character. He's introduced as being a potential new member of the group. Vance, Luke and Raven say no while Leesa, Greg and Melanie say yes. It is left ambiguous on whether or not he will join the group.
- The Slacker: At first, unintentionally, Martin says that people have always handed him things, once he realised this, he made it a part of his lifestyle, which is why he thinks Pine Hill will accept him anyway.
Gabriel
Gabriel
A drama club student and friend of Alex's.- Drama Club: He is mentioned creating a devised piece for it with Alex that involves "vehicles growing arms and stuff" and was seen having a cardboard sword fight with him in the parking lot.
Tony
Tony
One of the five other friends Vance made that he tattled to about his girlfriend trying to cheat on him.- Character Development: As a result of his girlfriend almost trying to cheat on him with Vance, he decides to wear cowboy boots and a snake earring which Vance says that he rocks well.
Faculty
Ms Harper
Ms Harper
A History teacher at Pine Hill."There's leftover cake in the teacher's lounge if you want it."
- Foreshadowing: In "Creative Control", Luke mentions her having a pet mouse, which foreshadows a subplot in "Photographic Fury" in which Leesa, Melanie and Raven have to look after him.
- Raised by Grandparents: It is implied that she is close to her grandparents as she tries to email them pictures of her pet mouse, Ham.
Mrs Friar
Mrs Friar
A half-blind, half deaf Spanish teacher at Pine Hill."Since it's your first day I'm going to ask you to copy out some Spanish words from pages forty and forty one."
- Blind Mistake: She appears to be this way even with her glasses on. In her one and only appearance, she's replies to Raven even though Melanie was on the one who spoke to her.
- Happily Married: To Mr Friar, to the point where they were the "Cutest Couple" in the yearbook.
Ms Butterbons
Ms Butterbons
A Home Economics teacher at Pine Hill who has a mild favouritism for Greg."I know it's a little early to be thinking about this but I recommend that you go into this field of work in the near future."
- Cool Teacher: She seems to be okay with Greg and Rivera having a baking competition in her lab at lunch and Greg visiting it for his own needs various times over the school year. This could also be a part of what life is like at Pine Hill.
- Meaningful Name: Ms Butterbons is the Home Economics teacher, teaching students bakery.
- Teacher's Pet: She tries to make this of Greg and her, praising his skills in and outside of his class.
Mr Dawson
Mr Dawson
A Music teacher at Pine Hill.- The Ghost: He is mentioned in the first episode and onwards throughout the book but is never seen.
- Cool Teacher: He has no problem with Vance, Luke and Greg using his room and music equipment during and after school hours.
Mrs Wiggles
Mrs Wiggles
A Maths teacher at Pine Hill.- Scratchy-Voiced Senior: She is described as having a rough voice.
Professor Corrigan
Professor Corrigan
A Health Education Professor at Pine Hill."Choose? What is this, a free country?"
- Egg Sitting: He sets up the entire plot of "Experimental Parenting".
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He makes a class of freshman do a five-day class project looking after plastic babies that cause them stress and keep them awake at night. For nothing.
- Nerd Glasses: His glasses are a prominent part of his characterisation.
- Teacher's Pet: Averted. He doesn't have much of a care for any of his students, pairing the "most annoying students" and the "least annoying students" for the baby doll project.
Mr Friar
Mr Friar
A half-blind, half-deaf Geography teacher at Pine Hill."That's okay."
- Blind Mistake: He appears this way during the finals when the group are discussing the Christmas party.
- Happily Married: To Mrs Friar, to the point where they were the "Cutest Couple" in the yearbook.
Mr Schluter
Cecil Schluter
A Woodworking teacher at Pine Hill who wants to be an actor."I've always wanted to be an actor but as you can see I got stuck with this."
- Chain of Deals: In "Pricey Camaraderie", he is the one who starts this off by asking Mr Garrick to be in his next big production.
- Hidden Depths: He has a desire to be an actor despite teaching woodworking.
- Hot Teacher: He is described as having a "rugged, handsome" face.
- Shop Class: The class he teaches but it is referred to as "Woodworking".
- Teacher's Pet: He cares a lot about his students, getting annoyed at Mr Dunn for making fun of the students in his classes.
Ms Axworthy
Ms Axworthy
A Law teacher at Pine Hill who wants to learn ceramics."Because he's a weirdo. If Mr Garrick wants to learn law, then he can go on the internet."
- Chain of Deals: In "Pricey Camaraderie", she becomes a part of it by asking for Ms Green to teach her ceramics.
- Hidden Depths: She has a desire to learn ceramics despite teaching law.
- Statuesque Stunner: She is described as being attractive and tall, which is partially why many of the female students at the school look up to her.
Ms Green
Mr Lewis
Mr Lewis
A new PE teacher at Pine Hill after Mr Falk gets fired."In all honesty, I wasn't listening either. I usually block out my mother's rants too."
- Contrasting Replacement Character: He is a lot nicer than Mr Falk, the previous PE teacher.
- Hot Teacher: He is described as being a teacher most of the freshmen girls find attractive. Raven is one of the few who doesn't.
- Stern Teacher: Whilst he tells off Raven for leaving badminton practice, he only does it because he sees her potential on the badminton team.
Principal Pattinson
Principal Pattinson
The Principal at Pine Hill. He has an admiration for how the school looks on the outside and hopes to project it in a positive light regardless of what's happening inside."I care about this school and it's reputation and I will do everything in my power to make it look good."
- Dean Bitterman: He's the Principal of the school and has a specific hatred for freshmen.
- I Did What I Had to Do: He has this viewpoint on framing Kent to put an end to the Purple Prankster fiasco.
- Momma's Boy: He described as having a temper for people he doesn't like, which is everyone except his mother.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: He believes Apple Valley is this for Pine Hill.
Families
Vance and Leesa's family
Erin
Erin Buckley
Vance and Leesa's mother who supports them in everything they do."I'm saving these seats for them. So I would appreciate it if you moved."
- Big Beautiful Woman: She is described as being a widely, curvaceous woman.
- Doting Parent: She appears to be this way when describing Vance and Leesa to Mr Dunn.
- Foreshadowing: Before Mr Dunn figures out who her children are, her personality is not too different to Vance and her looks aren't too different to Leesa.
- Professional Maiden Name: She is a nurse and uses her maiden name, Buckley, instead of her husband's name, Jones. Although it could be that she uses it due to him no longer being in her life.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She is described as looking and acting similar to the twins; "brown hair" (Vance), "light cardigan" (Leesa) and "over-possessive in small situations" (Both).
