NERDS

NERDS is an upcoming animated series airing on Nickelodeon in 2021. Based on the books by Michael Buckley. Created and Developed for Television by TBD.

Characters
Jackson "Braceface" Jones - A formerly popular football star who's the protagonist of the first book. He comes off as cocky and arrogant, but is actually very insecure and craves acceptance. His upgrades have enhanced his braces, allowing them to transform into any gadget he can think of, the downside being they stay attached to his teeth the entire time. There also seems to be a mutual attraction between him and Mindy "The Hyena".

Duncan "Gluestick" Dewey - A chubby African-American boy who is friendly to most people and is the protagonist of the second book. His main trait is that he loves eating paste, a habit that started after he was dared into drinking a jar of paste in art class. His upgrades have enhanced the paste he loves to eat, enabling him to stick to any surface, and fire glue from his hands. He is shown to love technology, even using it in his family.

Matilda "Wheezer" Choi - A spunky Korean-American tomboy with a unibrow who's the protagonist of the third book. She suffers from bronchial asthma and cannot even walk around the block without getting winded; as such, her upgrades are two nano-enhanced inhalers that enable her to fly and blast enemies, along with blowtorches. During the third book she received two other inhalers, one to increase her jumping height while using stealth, the other to allow her to breathe underwater. She is also proficient in fighting, as she loves professional wrestling and can use anything as a weapon. She has a small crush on her teammate Gluestick. (voiced by TBD)

Julio "Flinch" Escala - A hyperactive Mexican-American boy who's the protagonist of the fourth book. Described as a walking ball of energy spiked by the large numbers of sugary items he consumes everyday, his upgrade is a special harness that converts his hyperactive energy into superhuman speed and strength; without the harness he is visibly shaking non-stop. His catchphrase is "I am mighty!" and usually following this he is banging his fists on his chest. (Voiced by TBD)

Ruby "Pufferfish" Peet - A stubborn but smart Jewish girl who is the protagonist of the last book. She suffers from a wide variety of allergies; as such her upgrades have enhanced her allergies to the point where they border on psychic abilities, allowing her to detect danger, dishonesty, etc. She is the current leader of the team. (Voiced by TBD)


 * Heathcliff "Choppers/Simon/Screwball/Brainstorm" Hodges - A very intelligent but frequently bullied boy who is the main antagonist of the series. His upgrade in the first two books is a specially designed psycho-hallucinogenic whitening treatment which is further enhanced by a special toothpaste that allows him to hypnotize people with his buck teeth. He betrays the group at the end of the first book, stating that he wants to rule a world where knowledge and learning is important stemming from a hatred for bullies and the years of humiliation that he suffered under Jackson, who formerly bullied him when he was still popular. He is eventually defeated, but he continued to cause trouble for the team throughout the series. His two front teeth were knocked out in the second book; however, in an alternate dimension he was able to receive new upgrades which increased the size of his brain and skull, affording him psychokinetic powers including telekinesis and heat vision. He used this upgrade to disable the N.E.R.D.'s upgrades saved for Wheezer, who proceeded to knock him unconscious. After Flinch disabled his upgrades, which had created a virus that corrupted people, Heathcliff woke up with amnesia, and was subsequently reinstated to the team even though he later regained his memory (abandoning his goals of world domination). His final upgrade was never officially revealed, although it is implied that it helped his parents remember him after the agents removed Heathcliff from their memories. (voiced by TBD)
 * Ms. Lisa Holiday/Miss Information - The librarian at Nathan Hale Elementary who was Agent Brand's assistant and the main antagonist of the fifth book. She is known to bake awful-tasting cookies for the children, and is surprisingly useful for combat. In The Villain Virus she was the only person who remained evil after the virus was destroyed. It was later revealed that she was actually a spy from Siberia named Viktoriya Deprankova. She became the leader of the B.U.L.L.I.E.S. and traveled back in time to destroy the N.E.R.D.S. once and for all, but was stopped by Agent Brand, Pufferfish, and Heathcliff, who fixed the corrupted timeline and changed Ms. Holiday back into an ally. (voiced by TBD)
 * Dr. Jigsaw - A mad scientist who was the main antagonist of the first book. He wished to recreate Pangaea because he believed it would help create unity, and he worked together with Simon to create a tractor beam. At the end of the book, he was killed as his lair fell apart.
 * Dumb Vinci/The Antagonist - A goon who worked for Dr. Jigsaw and Simon. He lost his hand in the first book and had it replaced with a hook. In the third book, he is sprayed with poison in the face by a giant grasshopper, severely damaging his face; as a result, after he was corrupted by the Villain Virus, he dons a mask and calls himself "The Antagonist". (voiced by TBD)
 * Albert Nesbitt/Captain Justice/Captain Upgrade - A 37-year-old overweight computer genius who is solely interested in comic books and superheroes. He becomes one of Simon's minions in the second book, and received upgrades that gave him new powers by adapting technology implanted into his body. He was eventually defeated by Gluestick, who overloaded his brain. (voiced by TBD)

Season 1
 * 1) TBD

Season 2
 * 1) Operation: B.U.L.L.I.E.S