Zoe Thomson

Zoe Isabelle Thomson-Cheng(Chinese: 程 生活 Pinyin: Chéng Shēng Huó) is the main protagonist of The Secondary School Choir. She is 13-years-old in Year 7 and sings Alto.

Appearance
She is shown to have medium length dark brown hair with slightly curly bangs moved to the left(her right), large brown eyes and fair skin with a slight tan. She wears a red polo shirt, black jeans and white shoes. Her sleepwear consists of the same shirt she wears everyday and white shorts. She stands on 5 ft. 1 and is of average weight. She and Kenneth have larger eyes than their older brothers. In 'Trip To Singapore,' she wears a blue and grey zip up hoodie over her everyday wear. In 'Takedown' and 'Bad Luck' she wears a blue and white football uniform. In 'Merry Christmas,' she wears a red short-sleeved shirt over a white long-sleeved shirt. In 'Zero Effect' when she turned into a 3-year-old, she has medium length blonde hair with straight cut bangs tied in bunches/twin tails/pig tails and she wears the same outfit as her everyday wear. In 'Italian Food' when she turned into a 10-year-old, she has longer dark brown hair tied in a low pony tail and she appears shorter. Though she still wears the same clothes. In 'New Year,' she wears a red and gold Cheongsam mini dress, black short leggings and her everyday shoes. She also wears a green hair clip with a pink blossom on the left side(her right) of her hair.

Personality
At first she is shy and gets nervous easily. Mostly around George who has a crush on her. Later in the series, she develops confidence around her new friends. She is kind and caring as shown when she shows concern to her brothers even though she is the second youngest. She is also immature and playful and has a good sense of humor. She is described as a prodigy as shown when she takes notes and passes every exam which causes her to be a victim of Annika's bullying. She is also described as a tomboy because she grows up with a lot of brothers. Zoe doesn't enjoy Spice Girls because of their influence as of 'Power of an Alto.' Also she doesn't like it when her brother, Brad or her friend George get sick because they have cystic fibrosis and because the series takes place during the COVID 19 outbreak. Zoe can be harsh at times as of 'Getting Creeped.' In the 'Trip To Singapore' special, she tends to mock girly girls because she is a tomboy. She also enjoys getting dirty but it is only sometimes. In 'Zero Effect,' she tends to talk in full sentences even as a 3-year-old. She is also too smart because she is a prodigy. Even as a prodigy, she still doesn't know how to read or understand Korean due to her hate about K POP.

Etymology
Her first name, Zoe means "life" in Greek. From early times it was adopted by Hellenized Jews as a translation of EVE. It was borne by two early Christian saints, one martyred under Emperor Hadrian, the other martyred under Diocletian. The name was common in the Byzantine Empire, being borne by a ruling empress of the 11th century.

Her middle name, Isabelle  is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Isabelle is: My God is bountiful;God of plenty.

Her Chinese name, 程 生活(Pinyin: Chéng Shēng Huó) literally means life(生活) to reflect her English first name, Zoe.

Her last name, Thomson is named after a new Singaporean train line, Thomson East Coast line which sounds British.

Abilities
Zoe is an alto in the choir as she is described as having an angelic voice. She is also good at football and Frisbee. She is shown to have telekinesis and the power to stop time as of 'Stuck Between Times.' She is also good in art and inventing like her father. In 'Playing Computer Games,' she is good at coding and she can make visual novels. Zoe can also draw using her powers. She can also speak Chinese because of her Chinese heritage. She also has the ability to speak Spanish. Even as a 3-year-old, she still has the ability to invent.

Trivia

 * Zoe is right-handed as shown when she holds her chopsticks or pencil but sometimes, she can be shown left-handed which makes her ambidextrous
 * Zoe speaks in a Birmingham accent like Kenneth and Brad
 * Zoe is of Nordic, German, Irish, French, Greek and British descent on her father's side and Chinese(Hong Kong) on her mother's side in order to show British history in the series
 * However, it is unknown what Nordic country she has descended from but because her ethnicity is to portray English history, it might be possible if she is of Swedish or Norwegian descent because of the viking raid of England
 * She is of German descent because the Saxons are German and how in both World Wars, the German Reich(WW1) and Nazi Germany(WW2) invaded the UK
 * She is of Irish descent because of how the British didn't help the Irish during the famine
 * She is of French descent because the British started the 100 years war
 * She is of Greek descent because Blake's actor, Blake Richardson is of Greek descent
 * She is of Chinese(Hong Kong) descent because of the opium wars and how the British took Hong Kong during that time before returning it to China in 1997
 * Originally she was going to be of Spanish descent to show the War Against Spain but it was cut for unknown reasons
 * Zoe doesn't enjoy the PPAP song because it's annoying and she doesn't like Teletubbies
 * Zoe having telekinesis might be inspired by Eleven from Stranger Things or Matilda from the book Matilda
 * Zoe's favorite book series is Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and her favorite books are the Reptile Room and the Austere Academy
 * Zoe's favorite inventor is Alexander Graham Bell and her favorite scientist is Marie Curie
 * Zoe Tria is Filipina and is faking a British accent the entire time because she picked it up from her teachers who are also British
 * As of 'Trip To Singapore,' her favorite series is Horrible Histories, but there are more things about her revealed in the special such as:
 * Also in that series, she struggles drawing fat people since it is not her thing
 * Blake revealed that Zoe used to have liver disease in that special which causes her to be embarrassed because she is usually healthy
 * Zoe doesn't enjoy boy bands but she likes the Beatles, NSYNC and Backstreet Boys
 * Her favorite artists are Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo
 * She can speak Chinese
 * Zoe has dual citizenship, she has British and Hong Kong citizenships
 * She is able to beat jet lag in Doha, Qatar. It is possible because of her powers
 * The main protagonists uses traditional British names, Zoe is actually a Greek name used by 2 early Christian saints and then a popular British name
 * Coincidentally, the main 6(with the exception of Troy) are all wearing shirts with the color of the Union Jack(Reece(white shirt), Blake(white shirt), Brad(Blue button-up over a white shirt), George(blue hoodie over a white shirt) and Zoe(red shirt)) which is the flag of the UK
 * The jersey all of the students of St. John Secondary School wear in 'Takedown' has a colour scheme that closely resembles deceased British football player, Jeff Astle
 * Zoe with straight blonde hair as a 3-year-old might be a nod on Brad Simpson when he was younger because he also used to have straight blonde hair
 * However, Zoe Tria used to have long curly hair as a 3-year-old in different hairstyles with the most iconic one being bunches/twin tails/pig tails
 * There is a deleted part in 'New Year' where George states that Zoe should be wearing high heels with her outfit instead of sneakers but Zoe argued that she hates high heels and they look ridiculous on her showing her tomboy side