List of Growing Up Creepie characters
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Main characters
- Creepie Creecher (voiced by Athena KarkanisAthena KarkanisAthena Irene Karkanis is a Canadian actress best-known for her role on The Best Years as fictitious Dominican-American actress Dawn Vargaz.-Filmography:*Chappelle's Show .... Caller...
): The protagonistProtagonistA protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
, a young teenager raised by bugs. She has a cynical and sarcastic personality. No one execpt for Budge she doesn't tell anyone that she was raised by bugs in order to protect herself and her family. Her catch phrase is "Wicked". Creepie was abandoned on Caroleena and Vincent's door step as a baby, and nobody knows what happened to Creepie's real parents. Creepie was the youngest in her family until her parents adopted larvaLarvaA larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...
e, yet she often refers to Gnat and Paulie as her little brothers. Creepie's real name is Creepella, but everyone except Dr. Pappas and Vincent calls her Creepie. If anyone ever finds out that Creepie is being raised by bugs she'll have no choice, but to live somewhere else, and Dweezwold Mansion will be fumigated by Mr. Hollyruller, often putting her in risky situations. She loves PhotographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
. Creepie can't sing, but she can play the BagpipesBagpipesBagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...
. Creepie loves mysterious, morbid, and dark entertainment/adventures. She appears to dress in the gothic fashionGothic fashionGothic fashion is a clothing style worn by members of the Goth subculture; a dark, sometimes morbid, eroticized fashion and style of dress. Typical Gothic fashion includes dyed black hair, black lips and black clothes. Both male and female goths wear dark eyeliner and dark fingernails. Styles are...
, wearing a black dress with purple sleeves and tights. She has five colors in her hair; blue, red, orange, lime green and pink. She also wear dark purple eyeshadow and lipstick. Creepie's favorite color is black.
- Budge Bentley (voiced by Richard YearwoodRichard YearwoodRichard Yearwood is an English-Canadian voice-over artist, director, producer, and character actor, who performs the voice of Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Country, and other roles....
): Creepie's best friend. He's the only one who knows Creepie's secret. While Budge might look like a bully because of his height and size in reality he's a sweet guy who wouldn't hurt a fly. He's just friends with Creepie and Chris-Alice. Budge is very smart like his dad and Budge loves YogaYogaYoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
. He also loves science, bugs, and etymology. Budge's real name is Beauregard Bently II, but everyone calls him Budge.
- Chris-Alice Hollyruller (voiced by Leah Cudmore): Creepie's relentlessly happy friend and neighbor. Her catch phrases are, "Soggy Muffins" and "Super Mega Duper". Chris-Alice is on the cheerleading squad, takes karate, and is always signing Creepie up for stuff at school without asking her first. She loves Sweetie McSwiss Candy and all girly things. Chris-Alice is bossy and perky. Creepie told Chris-Alice her secret, and Chris-Alice told Ms. Monserate that Creepie thought she was being raised by bugs. Ms. Monserate took Chris-Alice to her office to talk to her. Her name is a pun on the word Chrysalis, a form of immature insect. Chris-Alice collects tooth brushes, loves to Hula HoopHula hoopA hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs or neck.Although the exact origins of hula hoops are unknown, children and adults around the world have played with hoops, twirling, rolling and throwing them throughout history...
and she loves gluing pennies together for ArtArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
. Chris-Alice has a cat named Mr. Whiskers and a ChameleonChameleonChameleons are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of lizards. They are distinguished by their parrot-like zygodactylous feet, their separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, their very long, highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a...
named Mr. Biggles. Chris-Alice has a non-scary Halloween party every year, and every year when Carla and Melanie refuse to come Chris-Alice will keep calling them until they agree to come. When it comes to Creepie Chris-Alice won't take "No" for an answer. She dresses preppyPreppyPreppy, preppie, or prep refers to a modern, widespread United States clique, often considered a subculture...
. Chris-Alice is class president, editor of the year book, and captain of all three sports teams at school. Even though Chris-Alice thinks that Creepie is weird she went out of her way to befriend Creepie on her first day of school. Chris-Alice's favorite color is Pink.
Creepie's Family
- Caroleena Creecher (voiced by Julie LemieuxJulie Lemieux-Character voices:Julie Lemieux has provided the voice for characters such as Sammy Tsukino and Young Sapphire in Sailor Moon, Darien Shields in Sailor Moon R the Movie: Promise of the Rose, and Peruru in Sailor Moon Supers the Movie: Black Dream Hole. She has also played Funshine Bear Care Bears:...
): A Praying Mantis, Caroleena is Creepie's adoptive mother and Marge's best friend. She is very strict and constantly threatens to eat her children if they don't listen to her (although Creepie once pointed out at the end of an episode that her diet excluded family members and friends). It was her maternal instinct that persuaded her husband to adopt Creepie. Caroleena loves cookingCookingCooking is the process of preparing food by use of heat. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions. Cooks themselves also vary widely in skill and training...
.
- Vincent (Vinnie) Creecher (voiced by Dwayne Hill): A mosquito and Creepie's adoptive father. He is a New Age vegan that has a sinister vampiric appearance. Like his wife, he is loving to his adopted daughter. Vincent loves to PaintPaintPaint is any liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition which after application to a substrate in a thin layer is converted to an opaque solid film. One may also consider the digital mimicry thereof...
and Meditate.
- Gnat Creecher (voiced by Stevie Vallance): Creepie's older brother, a gnatGnatA gnat is any of many species of tiny flying insects in the Dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae.In British English the term applies particularly to Nematocerans of the family Culicidae...
. He constantly sneaks in Creepie's backpack and causes havoc at school. Gnat is actually older than Creepie since he and Pauly were the ones that persuaded the family to adopt Creepie.
- Pauly Creecher (voiced by David BerniDavid BerniDavid Berni is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is currently the voice of Duck on Almost Naked Animals and Paddy on Scaredy Squirrel...
): Creepie's older brother, a pillbug. He is a wise-cracking jokester. He's always hungry and loves to eat.
- Aunt Rose: A giant spider locked in Creepie's basement. She eats anything execpt friends and family.
- Wendy and Wanda: Two female mosquitoes and Creepie's cousins. They're vegans and only drink juice instead of blood.
- Jerry: Creepie's uncle. He is a Fire antFire antFire ants are a variety of stinging ants with over 285 species worldwide. They have several common names, including ginger ants, tropical fire ants and red ants.- Appearance :...
and the leader of the fire ants.
- Larves: Creepie newest adopted siblings. Vincent and Caroleena adopted the larvaes. Creepie has stated that they are 435 larvae to Budge.
School
- Melanie Melisma and Carla Cabrera (voiced by Athena KarkanisAthena KarkanisAthena Irene Karkanis is a Canadian actress best-known for her role on The Best Years as fictitious Dominican-American actress Dawn Vargaz.-Filmography:*Chappelle's Show .... Caller...
and Stephanie Anne MillsStephanie Anne MillsStephanie Anne Mills is a Canadian voice-actress born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-Biography:Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Stephanie aspired to be a singer, dancer and actor as a young girl. Currently she is a voice actor for cartoons and got her big break in 6teen, after which everyone would...
, respectively): Popular girlsSchool divaA school diva is a popular culture reference for a well-liked or worshipped female student, whether in elementary school, middle school, or high school, who sees herself as an alpha female...
who generally act as antagonists to Creepie, but at the same time, they're also 2 of her friends. They are obsessed with Harry Helby, shopping, fashion, make up, and their cell phones, seen constantly talking on them to each other even though they are not even an arm's length away. Carla is the leader constantly seen with her cheerleading outfit in almost every episode except "Wanna Bee" in where she is in pink and purple uniform with a beretBeretA beret is a soft, round, flat-crowned hat, designated a "cap", usually of woven, hand-knitted wool, crocheted cotton, or wool felt, or acrylic fiber....
. Melanie is a stereotypical dumb blondeDumb blondeThe blonde stereotype, the stereotypical perception of blond-haired women, has two aspects. On one hand, over the history, blonde hair in women has been considered attractive and desirable...
that has problems with pronunciations. Also it is shown that Melanie really enjoys shiny things and appears to be a horror movie buff. Melanie's favorite color is Blue and Carla's favorite color is Purple. Carla and Melanie just want Creepie to be normal. Carla is afraid of Scorpions. Melanie and Carla are obsessed with peer Harry Helby, even suddenly changing their view on what they think is stupid to fully accepting once Harry shows interest in it. Carla is obsessed with fashion and being a queen-bee.
- Harry Helby (voiced by Scott McCordScott McCordWilliam Scott McCord is a Canadian actor, voice actor, singer and bandleader for the soul/rock pop band . On television he is best known for playing Dan Kuso in Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Owen and Trent in Fresh Animation's Total Drama series.- Animation:* 6teen - Stone* Babar and the Adventures of...
): the resident heartthrob, obsessed with his hair. Melanie and Carla have a massive crush on him though he usually ignores them and is somewhat more interested in Creepie. He is seen to be a bit of a narcissist, where Budge commented "he didn't even stop to state how great he is" when Harry walked by them without saying a word. It is hinted Harry is Creepie's second love interest.
- Dr. Pappas (voiced by Juan Chioran): Creepie's homeroom and science teacher. Dr. Pappas is always spying on Creepie and the other students at Middlington Middle School. Dr. Pappas never cuts anybody a break if they're late turning in a class assignment or home work. Dr. Pappas is a stickler for rules. His catch phrase is "Miss Creecher!" He refers to the students by their last names. Dr. Pappas is probably insecure due to being practically bald and having a big nose. Dr.Pappas is afraid of Budge. Though strict he has shown he does care for his students. He has also been shown to not be able to keep track of his students on school field trips which, strangely, usually only consist of Harry, Melanie, Carla, Chris-Alice, Budge, and Creepie. He seems to have done this before he got this group of students as in the only episode when he noticed his students were missing he shouted "Not again!"
- Ms. Monseratte (voiced by Julie LemieuxJulie Lemieux-Character voices:Julie Lemieux has provided the voice for characters such as Sammy Tsukino and Young Sapphire in Sailor Moon, Darien Shields in Sailor Moon R the Movie: Promise of the Rose, and Peruru in Sailor Moon Supers the Movie: Black Dream Hole. She has also played Funshine Bear Care Bears:...
): a firm but fair disciplinarian and principal of Middlington Middle School. Like Dr. Pappas she's always spying on Creepie and the other students at Middlington Middle School and is a stickler for rules. She's obsessed with cleanliness. Her catch phrase is "Detention!". She will usually hand out a detention slip. She's also the Middlington School's official guidance counselor. Ms. Monseratte herself is from SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and she's probably insecure due to being the shortest person at Middlington Middle School, sort of like a Dwarf.
- Raven, Misery, and Morpheus (Voiced by Stephanie Anne MillsStephanie Anne MillsStephanie Anne Mills is a Canadian voice-actress born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-Biography:Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Stephanie aspired to be a singer, dancer and actor as a young girl. Currently she is a voice actor for cartoons and got her big break in 6teen, after which everyone would...
, David BerniDavid BerniDavid Berni is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is currently the voice of Duck on Almost Naked Animals and Paddy on Scaredy Squirrel...
, and Richard YearwoodRichard YearwoodRichard Yearwood is an English-Canadian voice-over artist, director, producer, and character actor, who performs the voice of Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Country, and other roles....
): Three Teenage Students/Creepie's other friends. They like their new friend Creepie, dress in the Gothic fashionGothic fashionGothic fashion is a clothing style worn by members of the Goth subculture; a dark, sometimes morbid, eroticized fashion and style of dress. Typical Gothic fashion includes dyed black hair, black lips and black clothes. Both male and female goths wear dark eyeliner and dark fingernails. Styles are...
, even following the gloomy stereotype.. Budge appeared to be ignoring Creepie one day at school which made Creepie upset until Raven invited her to sit at their table. Creepie hangs with them instead of Budge and decides their friendship is over with. They are obsessed with a band called "The Hissing Roaches". She reveals to them that the roaches live at her house. They ask her about everything that she knows about the roaches. She invites them over to her house. Creepie takes them to meet "the roaches". When they see "the roaches", they freak out and run away because "the roaches" were REAL cockroaches (however ironically those cockroaches were the band they were obsessed with). Then the goth band called “Plaid Vapors” consisting of Raven, Misery, & Morpheus slated to play the school dance cancels due to its bagpipers going batty, they turn to their friend Creepie for help. She agrees to learn the so-called "haunted" bagpipes. Raven was impressed and amazed on Creepie's skills with the bagpipes. Ravens's last name is Mcfadden and her family is of Scottish heritage. legend has it that inside her bagpipes is the ghost of Angus Mcfadden, Raven's great great great grandfather.
Chris-Alice's family
- George Hollyruller (voiced by Scott McCordScott McCordWilliam Scott McCord is a Canadian actor, voice actor, singer and bandleader for the soul/rock pop band . On television he is best known for playing Dan Kuso in Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Owen and Trent in Fresh Animation's Total Drama series.- Animation:* 6teen - Stone* Babar and the Adventures of...
): Chris-Alice's father, the local exterminator. He's also the football coach at Middlington Middle School. The Hollyruller family motto is, "Hollyrullers always win." When it comes to killing bugs George won't take "No" for an answer. George is loud.
- Bunny Hollyruller (voiced by Stevie Vallance): Chris-Alice's mother, a hard-selling real estate agent. Like Chris-Alice she's bossy and perky. When it comes to selling houses Bunny won't take "No" for an answer.
- Damien: Chris-Alice's little cousin. In the episode "Creepie Cousin" Chris-Alice asks Creepie to babysit her little cousin Damien for a while. Damien appears sweet with big glasses, wearing a cape and a t-shirt with a bug logo (much to Creepies delight). However as Creepie tries to follow the playtime schedule, Damien keeps wandering off from her. Creepie's brothers then learn to their horror that Damien likes to torture and kill bugs. They try to tell Creepie about Damien's true nature, but she doesn't believe them (this is because Paulie and Gnat have been playing pranks on her earlier on). Throughout the day Damien tries to harm Gnat and Paulie, yet Creepie continues to disbelief them. Then when Damien wanders away again, Creepie is shock to see him trying to harm some fire ants. Creepie warns Damien to not mess with fire ants, but he ignores her. He continues to harass until thousands of fire ants crawl up his pants and start biting him. Damien runs around in pain and jumps into a nearby fountain. Later on Chris-Alice comes back, thanks Creepie for watching over Damien, and comments that Damien wants to be an exterminator just like her dad!
Others
- Tarantula Boy (aka Skipper) (voiced by Dan PetronijevicDan PetronijevicDaniel Petronijevic is a Canadian actor, who performed the role Thad Guerwitcz on ESPN's football series Playmakers and is also the voice actor of Geoff in Total Drama Island, Total Drama Action, and Total Drama World Tour, a role which he had to sing for, and even got an entire solo song. He...
): Creepie's love interest – seemingly half-human, half Goliath tarantula – was a headliner at the carnival "freak" show. In episode "Creepie meets Tarantula Boy" Creepie goes on a date with him. Creepie later found out he was a normal kid named Skipper and Tarantula Boy was just a costume and she lost interest in him. However, recently in the episode "Return of Tarantula Boy", he appears in a movie and meets back up with Creepie. He introduces her to his mother, who is a real tarantula. In return, she introduced him to her family, and it turns out that Creepie's mother knew his mom when they were kids. Creepie then decides that he doesn't have to wear the costume if he doesn't want. Later on, it is hinted that they start a romantic relationship from then on.
- Marge (a giant tarantulaTarantulaTarantulas comprise a group of often hairy and often very large arachnids belonging to the family Theraphosidae, of which approximately 900 species have been identified. Some members of the same Suborder may also be called "tarantulas" in the common parlance. This article will restrict itself to...
): Skipper's mother and Carolenna's best friend. In the episode "Creepie meets Tarantula Boy" she was revealed to be a giant tarantula who wears hair curlers. She made caramel apples for the carnival and that is how Skipper came to be in the freak show.
Antagonists
- Dr. Lance Pierce: Prominent and pin-happy entomologist at the Middlington Museum of Natural History. In reality Dr. Pierce is evil and needs braces. His catch phrase is "Oh no!". He was first seen trying to add Caroleena to his bug collection.
- Regina (Giant Queen BeeQueen BeeA queen bee is an insect.Queen bee may also refer to:* Queen bee , an unmanned aircraft used in World War II* Queen Bee , the name of four different DC Comics supervillains* Queen Bee , a 1955 film starring Joan Crawford...
): In the episode "Wannabee" Regina is a new student to Creepie's class. She appears ordinary at first, wearing a pancho and has a great interest for flowers. Melanie and other popular girls were at first trying to dis her, but for some strange reason no one can't resist Regina. Not even Budge can not say no to her. Soon everyone is following her orders which includes Melanie and others dressing like her, Budge doing her homework, and though it was Chris's idea to plant flowers around the school, Regina ended up being the leader to the project. Also ever since Regina came, the school seems to have a large infestation of bees. All this makes Creepie highly suspicious. When Carla comes from a dentist appointment, she is shock that all her friends have abandon her for Regina, mainly due to the fact she had only been gone for a few hours. Angry, she turns to Creepie, who has an idea to find out who Regina is once and for all. Creepie has the idea of a Diva Contest for Carla and Regina. Carla wins the contest in the end, getting all her friends back and also her leader role back. Regina retreats to the school angry wanting revenge however Creepie corners her. Creepie then threatens Regina with a can of bug spray. In a fit of rage, Regina shows her true colors, she turns into a giant humanoid bee and flies away.