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Main Trio
Brendon
Brendon Small
Played By: Brendon Small
The star of the show and writer/director/lead actor in most of his movies. Brendon acts out his anxieties and problems through his movies. He has had his trusty camcorder since just after toddlerhood, and has been making films incessantly ever since, perhaps because he started around the time his parents got divorced. Though well-meaning, logical, and surprisingly witty, he is consistently dogged by apathy, oversight, and occasional egotism; he is usually surprised, confused or hurt when his work is criticized. Despite his questionable wisdom and intelligence in other parts of life, he is surprisingly knowledgeable about films and filmmaking; his first film was an homage to Easy Rider called Eazy Trikers. Brendon is apathetic toward his schoolwork and consistently gets bad grades, most likely because he is preoccupied with making movies.
- Anti-Hero: Brendon can be quite stubborn and brash, but he’s a decent person underneath.
- Berserk Button: Brendon hates to be called girl names.
- Blatant Lies: Pretends not to be crying during the aftermath of Loni's breakup with him. Melissa even calls him out on it.
- Book Dumb: He appears to be much smarter than your average 4th grader and talks like a miniature adult, but he performs terribly in school, and has no real motive to do better.
- Bratty Half-Pint: Can be quite bratty, but not as bad as Fenton, that's for sure.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: He intentionally gets horrible grades so he can focus more on his movie-making career.
- Cannot Talk to Women: Excluding Melissa of course, Brendon tends to be very awkward around girls, especially Cynthia.
- Can't Take Criticism: His big ego makes him overly defensive whenever his work gets criticized.
- Control Freak: He's bossy to his friends when it comes to directing movies.
- Deadpan Snarker: Brendon has a dry wit.
- Did Not Get the Girl: Brendon confesses to Cynthia in "Pizza Club", but he had already driven her away by that point.
- Dirty Kid: Brendon thinks very little of the woman his father is marrying, but definitely appreciates how attractive she is and doesn't shy away from ogling her.
- Dogged Nice Guy: His interactions with Cynthia make it clear that she isn't as interested in him as he is interested in her.
- Entitled to Have You: When Brendon "interviews" Cynthia in "Pizza Club", his behavior becomes confrontational when he asks her why she won't give him the time of day. This is what ultimately drives her away from him.
- "Eureka!" Moment: In the final episode, he realizes that he really didn't care that much about his movies — he did it because he enjoyed doing them with his friends. One he realizes this, his videocamera breaks — and he gets over it quickly, because he's with his family, his friends, and McGuirk.
- Gag Nose: Has a big, pointy nose.
- Iconic Item: He owns a camcorder which has remained his most prized possession ever since he was 3.
- Idiot Hero: He's the main character and his academic intellect is bad to say the least.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Brendon is smug and mean, though his heart is still in the right place.
- Not Good with Rejection: In "Yoko", when Loni breaks up with him, Brendan does not take it well to say the least.
- The Pollyanna: Despite his hardships, Brendan keeps his life in line by acting out his impulsiveness through his movies.
- Small Name, Big Ego: He's arrogant about how good his movies are.
- The Stoic: He tends to speak in a monotone voice and exhibits limited facial expression.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: He's only in his pre-teens and yet has a savant-like knowledge in film culture.
Melissa
Melissa Robbins
Played By: Melissa Bardin Galsky
Brendon's friend and co-star, who is often more sensible than Brendon or Jason. However, when it comes to very personal issues (such as her mother's whereabouts, family history and boyfriends), she becomes very frantic and overly sensitive. Melissa is also the daughter of a single father, Erik. At the beginning of season three she is shown to be a bit of a tomboy, but throughout season four she appears much more feminine. Melissa suffers from allergic bronchoconstriction if she eats kiwi, and carries an EpiPen as such. She was also, at one point, aquaphobic, but she overcame the fear when she rescued Coach McGuirk from drowning. She is a straight A student and often feels left out when she is not told about what the boys are planning.
- Action Girl: Her role in some of the movies, such as the Susie B. Anthony film.
- Ambiguously Brown: Has a darker skin tone than her friends.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Melissa is the moral center of the group but as seen in "Shore Leave", "Renaissance" and "Curses", she is not one to be crossed.
- Bratty Teenage Daughter: Plays one in the movie "Who's Your Daddy?"
- Break the Cutie: Many of McGuirk's interactions with Melissa consists of him berating her.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: With her dad. The mere idea he's been with a woman causes her to stay with the Smalls for weeks on end.
- Daddy's Girl: Her father cares for her a lot, and vice versa.
- Girly Girl: In the final episode, she aspires to be this — and really, really overdoes it on makeup.
- The Heart: She tends to be the trio's moral compass.
- Missing Mom: Only her father is shown.
- The Noseless: Has no visible nose.
- Uncanny Valley Makeup: She wears this kind of makeup in the finale.
- Shipper on Deck: In later seasons, she wants her dad Erik to marry Paula, because she has no female role models.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Is terrified of going into the water during "Camp".
Jason
Jason Penopolis
Played By: H. Jon Benjamin
Brendon's friend and co-star who is noticeably more emotionally stunted, but can be much more aware of his surroundings and situations than others. Subtle irony throughout the series suggests that, while his parents are never introduced, they are wealthy, but never around or aware of Jason's pastimes, including the fact that he is always hanging out with Brendon and Melissa making films, though he himself is at least partially unaware that they tape them and while being friends with Brendon and Melissa, he never once told his parents about them. He has suffered dangerous and extreme attacks of sugar addiction on several occasions that Melissa usually helps him overcome. Jason also has numerous infections and diseases such as pinkeye, urinary tract infection, and eczema. His feelings for Melissa are often very mixed—at one time, he told Brendon his view that she's a good person, but a terrible actress; at another time, he was more than eager to participate when Brendon suggested he and Melissa kiss.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Has shades of this. In the first season, for example, he seems ignorant of the most basic hygienic considerations, but in the next breath demonstrates considerable knowledge of acting and filming techniques and famous movie directors.
- Childhood Friend Romance: Plans to invoke this trope on Melissa. In one episode he explains his incredibly detailed marriage proposal he's planned.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: As the show progresses, Jason and Brendon become best friends, to the point that Jason was devastated in "Bad Influences" when Brendon decides to end their friendship due to health reasons.
- I'll Tell You When I've Had Enough!: He eats candy like a pig and doesn't cease until his appetite has been fulfilled.
- No Listening Skills: Sometimes. In the Season 4 episode "The Heart Smashers", after Brendon told him and Melissa how he's going to avoid Fenton after firing him and ending their friendship, Jason admits he wasn't listening. When Jason and Melissa are talking to Brendon about rehiring Fenton again, Jason thought they were going to hire Walter and Perry until Melissa corrects him.Melissa: You have to pay attention better, Jason. Okay?Jason: Um... what?
- The Pig-Pen: He initially lacked hygiene, though this was largely downplayed after season 1.
- Spell My Name With An S: A Running Gag on the show is that his family name is spelled differently everytime it's shown on-screen. "Penopolis" was the first spelling used (excluding an earlier episode where it was spelled as "Panopolis" in closed captions), followed by "Popodopolis" and "Penopopolis".
- Suddenly Shouting: On the rare occasion that he gets mad, he starts yelling.
Other Main Characters
McGuirk
John "Coach" McGuirk
Played By: H. Jon Benjamin
Brendon and Melissa's incompetent, acerbic soccer coach; an overweight, alcoholic Scottish-American who constantly gives Brendon bad advice. McGuirk considers Brendon, Melissa and Jason his friends and will usually help them out or stick up for them even though he is often rude to them (especially Melissa).
- The Alcoholic: He has a drinking addiction. He even brings a canteen full of beer to the camping trip in "Yoko".
- The Alleged Car: Drives a badly beaten up Pontiac Firebird Expy that should have been scrapped ten years ago.
- Berserk Button: He does NOT take kindly to being called fat.
- Breakout Character: He was only a recurring character during the show's initial run, but positive reception to him turned him into what is practically the secondary protagonist of the series.
- Brutal Honesty: "Life sucks Brendon. That's your lesson. Enjoy it."
- Butt-Monkey: He gets provoked and called names by his students quite frequently, most notably in "Yoko" when it's revealed that he accidentally drank pee.
- Conspiracy Theorist: In "History" when he tries to teach Brendon about history.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: His coaching style revolves around standing on the sidelines shrieking insults at the children.
- Dub Name Change: In the Japanese dub, his last name was slightly altered to "McGuire"
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He's seldom not addressed as "Coach".
- Fat Bastard: An overweight, self-absorbed individual who berates others for no reason and looks down upon the interior.
- Fiery Redhead: Though it does kind of border on strawberry-blonde. Still, it's easy to see it as a Conan O'Brien-esque shock of red hair that complements his regularly occurring bouts of rage.
- Hard Head: Completely averted in one episode when he hits his head during lifeguard training. He is later seen bleeding from his skull and suffering several symptoms of a severe concussion, such as confusion, nonsensical speech (even more so than usual), extreme agitation and possible paranoia, outbursts of anger with copious profanity and uncontrollable volume, and sudden lack of consciousness.
- Hidden Depths: Was / is a legitimately talented Scottish highland dancer, hindered only because of his short legs.
- I Ate WHAT?!: In "Yoko", Eugene urinates in Coach McGuirk's canteen, with the latter accidentally drinking it only to spit it out in disdain immediately.
- Intergenerational Friendship: He genuinely views Brendan, Melissa, and Jason as his friends, which they reciprocate.
- Insufferable Imbecile: Subverted; he's certainly an imbecile, and quite the Jerkass to boot. Somehow, though, he's far, far too pathetic to be insufferable, as 100% of the actual harm he causes is to himself, and his self-esteem is regularly shown to be festering in the toilet (which he doesn't exactly try to hide).
- It's All About Me: Quite self-serving.
- Jerkass: He gives horrendous advice, yells at his charges, and in general possesses little redeeming qualities.
- Jerk Jock: A soccer coach who is rather mean.
- Jerkass to One: Of the "Crueler To One" variety. He's pretty abrasive as a whole but Melissa gets by far the worst of it from him.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Can be compassionate towards the kids every now and then.
- Know-Nothing Know-It-All: He thinks of himself as a wise, responsible adult, but he's really a childish idiot. He tends to give Brendon terrible life advice, such as how, if you end up in prison, you have to act crazy so that the other inmates will leave you alone.
- Large Ham: His soccer team can bring out his hammiest.
- Last-Name Basis: The only person who calls him by his first name is Paula.
- No Indoor Voice: He yells a lot whenever he's riled up.
- Parental Substitute: Sees himself as a father-figure to Brendon. One gets the impression that McGuirk's fatherly advice, while almost always deeply flawed, is the best that the guy can come up with.
- Pet the Dog: Despite being a terrible person in general, he has a minor soft spot for Brendan and his friends.
- Top-Heavy Guy: "The Heart Smashers", to the point it looks like he has two massive breasts when he has his shirt on.
Paula
Paula Small
Played By: Paula Poundstone (first five episodes), Janine Ditullo (sixth episode onward)
Brendon's single mother, a (temporarily unemployed) creative writing teacher (apparently having taught in her younger days, as mentioned in "Method of Acting") and author. She is usually supportive of Brendon's filmmaking, but sometimes sees it as a nuisance or unhealthy. She talks very frankly with Brendon about life issues, and they both make age-inappropriate jokes, thereby creating much more of a friendship between them than is usual.
- Amicable Exes: With Andrew. Despite being divorced, the two appear to still have a strong friendship and get along well.
- Deadpan Snarker: Never talks down to her son and generally responds to his precociousness with witty quips.
- Nice Girl: She is a well-meaning person and loving mom.
- Out of Focus: She's less developed as a character in the later episodes.
- Parental Substitute: Serves a a sort of mother-figure to Melissa at times, most blatantly in "Focus Grill".
- Parents as People: As supportive as she is of Brendon's film-making and as much as she loves her kids, she's quite tired and overwhelmed, having to deal with being unemployed (for much of the show) and keeping the kids out of trouble.
- Temporary Bulk Change: The episode "Bad Influence" is the only episode where she put on a few pounds in her tummy, but loses the extra weight by the end of the episode and remained skinny for the rest of the series.
- Weight Woe: Paula has this in the episode "Bad Influence" when not only did Brendon points out that she has put on a few pounds, but when she notices those extra pounds in the mirror, forcing her to join a gym.
Recurring Characters
Lynch
Mr. Ronald Lynch
Played By: Ron Lynch
Brendon and Melissa's teacher.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: Borders on being a male Crazy Cat Lady at times.
- Last-Name Basis: Always called "Mr. Lynch". Justified though, as he is a teacher. McGuirk notably always calls him Lynch out of a lack of respect.
- Older Than They Look: He looks good for somebody who's in his fifties.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: He's often exasperated by his students' antics, but he's also very patient and tries to help them work through their problems.
- The Stoic: Completely unfazed by the numerous odd things around him.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: McGuirk seems to consider him his best friend, despite not liking him very much. Lynch just rolls with it usually.
Walter & Perry
Walter & Perry
Walter (left) and Perry (right)
Played By: H. Jon Benjamin & Brendon Small
Two hyper best friends with high-pitched voices and matching attire. They are always together, usually holding hands, and are adamant about never leaving the other's side.
- Ambiguously Brown: Perry. He's noticeably less white than Walter.
- Ambiguously Bi: They seem to like each other as more than friends, hugging affectionately and holding each other's hands. With that said, they're both very interested in seeing Fenton's mom naked.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Despite their cutesy attitude, later episodes consistently reveal them to be surprisingly rude to people outside of each other, and also establish them to be petty criminals who frequently engage in things like cheating and shoplifting when they think no one is looking.
- Character Tic: Walter has a tendency of tugging downward on his hair tufts when excited (which is all the time).
- Cheerful Child: Most of the time they're happy-go-lucky.
- Cute and Psycho: Revealed more and more as the series goes on, especially in season 4.
- The Dividual: Walter has curly red hair and light skin, Perry has glasses and dark skin. Outside of this, the two speak, dress, and act exactly alike and are never seen apart, making them virtually the same character. It reaches a point where their voice actors can't remember who voices who, leading to them occasionally trading voices between episodes.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Their names were switched around during their first appearance.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: Assuming their relationship isn't outright
romantic, then they're inseparable best friends.
Dwayne
Dwayne
Played By: Brendon Small
A metalhead of few words, whose band Scäb writes and performs the music for most of Brendon's movies.
- Ascended Extra: Started as an unintelligible background extra who did music for Brendon's movies. Eventually became a character in his own right, with a few episodes focused on him.
- Book Dumb: He's an incredibly talented guitarist and wrote a compelling movie script in "Director's Cut", but is apparently bad at his high-school studies. It doesn't help that he has no real interest in school.
- Eyes Out of Sight: His eyes are always hidden behind his hair.
- Garage Band: His band Skab, who provide the music for Brendon's movies.
- Hulk Speak: To quote:
- "Don't care about report card!"
- Weirdly, he's more eloquent when he sings.
- Intergenerational Friendship: He's a teenager who has no problem hanging out with and collaborating with the eight-year-old Brendon and his friends. The same goes for his three bandmates.
- Only One Name: His last name is never revealed.
- Ship Tease: With Clarice in Season 3. Unlike the other people she interacts with, he seems to have no problem with her...tendencies.
- Spell My Name With An S: Sometimes his name is spelled "Duane"
Fenton
Fenton Mulley
Played By: Sam Seder
A spoiled, annoying classmate with the tendency to call Brendon "Bren-Bren," and ask to be in one of his "video-films."
- Abhorrent Admirer: Becomes obsessed with Brendon albeit in a non-romantic way.
- Bratty Half-Pint: Extremely spoiled and mean to everyone.
- Brutal Honesty: In "Focus Grill". He's harsh, but he's right.
- Character Development: From your standard Jerkass in season 2 to a lonely, awkward and clingy (albeit still abrasive and self-centered) kid in seasons 3 and 4.
- Jerkass: He's bratty, obnoxious, and brutally honest.
- Spoiled Brat: Especially in his first appearance. Once his mom starts to discipline him this does change at home, but not at school.
Erik
Erik Robbins
Played By: Jonathan Katz
Melissa's father, a real estate agent. Erik is one of Paula's few close friends, and occasionally hints at being attracted to her.
- Actually Pretty Funny: He tends to chuckle whenever one of the kids back talks or another adult is rude to him.
- Ambiguously Brown: Like his daughter, his skin's a bit dark.
- Demoted to Extra: Zig-zagged. Made regular appearances in seasons 1 and 3, but only appeared in one episode each in seasons 2 and 4.
- Nice Guy: One of the most mild-mannered and good-natured characters on the show.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: More mature and competent than Paula and more level and intelligent than McGuirk, Erik is quick to give the kids good advice and genuine help.
Josie
Josie Small
Played By: Loren Bouchard
Brendon's baby sister.
- Baby Talk: Well, obviously.
- Cheerful Child: Your average peppy, giggly baby.
- Happily Adopted: Adopted by Paula, and a very content tyke.
- Living Prop: When she did appear, she was usually being held by someone or she was in the background.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: While she didn't have large role to start with, she stopped appearing in mid to late season 2, only to return in season 3 and remain on the show since.
Andrew
Andrew Small
Played By: Louis C.K.
Brendon's estranged father, a lawyer. He is 11 years older than his second wife, Linda.
- Amicable Exes: With Paula, to whom he seems to still be friends with.
- Disappeared Dad: Brendon was depicted at home without a dad in the first season until the season 2 episode "Dad".
- May–December Romance: He's over a decade older than Linda, which Paula often mocks him about.
- Nice Guy: Like Paula, he generally comes off as good-natured and likable.
- No Accounting for Taste: As far as their relationship is shown, he seemingly only married Linda for her looks. Subverted with his relationship with Paula, who he shares a friendly and well-balanced dynamic with even after they are no longer a couple.
- Not Now, Kiddo: He's a well-meaning guy who can actually get along really well with Brendon fairly easily, but his career often makes him too busy to have time for him even on the occasions where he's around.
- Parental Abandonment: Left shortly after Brendon was born after divorcing Paula.
- Parent with New Paramour: To Brendon's annoyance, he gets together with the irritable and snippy Linda and, when he and Brendon are reunited, the whole thing is made awkward by her presence.
- Visit by Divorced Dad: His debut episode is all about Brendon spending the weekend with him for the first time in a long time. While it starts out awkward, they end up getting along quickly and are shown to have a solid relationship for the rest of the series.
- Workaholic: Pretty much always has a bluetooth on and never seems to be entirely off the clock.
Linda
Linda Small
Played By: Laura Silverman
Brendon's attractive, snippy stepmother. She often does volunteer work, but most likely for a sense of superiority.
- Age-Gap Romance: Andrew is over a decade her senior.
- Holier Than Thou: Performs volunteer work regularly, but clearly only to stroke her own ego. When we see her helping out at a hospital, all she can talk about is how someone accidentally drove their wheelchair over her foot.
- It's All About Me: Treats Andrew like he's ignoring her when he spends time with his son, and can only complain about how someone drove over her foot with their wheelchair when volunteering at a hospital.
- Jerkass: She's crabby, snippy, and mean. She did mellow out some after having her baby in later episodes.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's intended be an attractive lady and sleeps in a sheer nightie through which her lingerie can be seen. The one thing Brendon likes about spending time with her is occasionally getting to ogle her in it.
- No Accounting for Taste: She's a rather irritating, demanding person, and it's clear that Andrew is mostly with her for her looks.
- Rich Bitch: Plenty of money, plenty of rudeness.
- Screaming Birth: She does this when she gives birth to her baby in the Halloween episode.
- Wicked Stepmother: Downplayed. Brendon doesn't like her, but she's more unpleasantly indifferent to him than outright abusive.
Cynthia
Cynthia
Played By: Jen Kirkman
Choreographer for Duane's band on whom Brendon has a crush.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: In "Pizza Club", she leaves the Battle of the Bands in disgust after Brendon confronts her about his feelings for her and she is never seen again after the episode ends.
- Only One Name: Her last name is unknown.
Loni
Loni
Played By: Laura Silverman
An introverted, shy redhead girl at Brendon's school who forms a romance with him while on a camping trip. They get together only for Loni to break up with him in favor of her former boyfriend, Mitch.
- The Cutie: Her shyness and Prone to Tears status make her this.
- Early-Bird Cameo: She originally appeared as a background character in two episodes ("I Don't Do Well in Parent-Teacher Conferences" and "The Art of the Sucker Punch") before becoming the central character of "Yoko".
- Odd Couple: With Mitch. Loni is shy and naïve, while Mitch is a mature and mellow 5th grade boy who barely has anything in common with her. Loni even brings up that their different grades, classrooms, and recess/lunch times is the reason they broke up. Oddly enough, in spite of this, they get back together at the end of the episode.
- Official Couple: With Brendon. Until dumping him in favor of her former boyfriend Mitch.
- Only One Name: Her last name is never revealed.
- Redheads Are Uncool: Brendon, Jason and Melissa single her out for her way-too-early delivery of screaming while directing Film Noir Detective Story.
- Shrinking Violet: She's pretty introverted and shy.
Mitch
Mitch
Played By: Mitch Hedberg
A fifth grade boy who is Loni's boyfriend. They broke up due to not being in the same class nor having lunch or recess at the same time, but get back in the end after it is revealed that the two still have feelings for each other.
- Author Avatar: He's named after his portrayer, Mitch Hedberg.
- Odd Couple: With Loni. Loni is shy and naïve, while Mitch is a mellow and mature 5th grade boy who barely has anything in common with her. Loni even brings up that their different grades, classrooms, and recess/lunch times is the reason they broke up. Oddly enough, in spite of this, they get back together at the end of the episode.
- Official Couple: With Loni.
- One-Shot Character: He only appears in "Yoko".
- Younger Than They Look: He's in fifth grade, which puts his age around 10-11, but he looks and sounds like he's in his late teens.
Eugene
Eugene
Played By: Eugene Mirman
A Russian boy who once urinated in Coach McGuirk's canteen.- Author Avatar: He is named after his portrayer, Eugene Mirman.
- It Tastes Like Feet: He pees in Coach McGuirk's canteen, which replaces the alcohol taste with urine, and makes the sliced turkey McGuirk attempts to eat taste like pee as well.
Nurse Kirkman
Nurse Kirkman
Played By: Jen Kirkman
The attractive new school nurse who Coach McGuirk tries unsuccessfully to court. Jason is infatuated with her, and attacks McGuirk after he mentions the latter's advances.
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The Danza: Shares a last name with her VA. - Head-Turning Beauty: She is regarded as attractive In-Universe.
- School Nurse: She is the school's nurse.
- Hospital Hottie: A school nurse example.
Mr. Lindenson
Arnold Lindenson
Played By: Andy Kindler
Paula's expressive and oddly energetic boss. He is quite tactless; he laughingly denied Paula when she asked for a raise, and assumed she would try to kill him when he fired her. Apathetic and carefree, but is oblivious about how rude he is being to others. He initially mistook Brendon for being Paula's daughter rather than her son for reasons unknown. He has a good side, however, and offered Paula her job back on the day of her ex-husband's wedding (which she accepted).
- Pointy-Haired Boss: Has noticeably pointy hair and is not particularly qualified to be a boss.
Shannon
Shannon
Played By: Emo Phillips
A strangely friendly bully who initially beats up Brendon, but later befriends him. He shows contempt for teachers and authority figures in general, such as breaking into Mr. Lynch's car and stealing all of his Frank Sinatra music.
- Affably Evil: Shannon always keeps a calm, conversational tone to his voice, even when he's beating people up or causing property damage. He's never actually shown losing his temper.
- Ambiguously Gay: The show drops hints that Shannon is confused about his attraction to men (Brendon in particular), and is acting out.
- Big Brother Bully: A mild example; while Shannon seems to be a capable caretaker for his brothers, he's not above burying them up to their necks in the backyard.
- The Bully: He beats up others For the Evulz.
- Flanderization: He was simply a neighborhood bully in his first appearance. In his second and third appearances, he’s an outright thug who steals from people and breaks into cars.
- Gender-Blender Name: "Shannon" is typically a female given name, though it's grown in popularity for boys over the years.
- Hidden Depths: Lets Brendon thinks he's beaten Shannon at the end of "The Art of the Sucker Punch" so Brendon doesn't have a defeatist complex as he gets older.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In his first appearance, he schedules a fight with Brendon and gives him tips on how to warm up before the fight. Later in the episode, he lets Brendon think he won, just to help out Brendon's ego a little.
