Brad Thomson

Bradley William 'Brad' Thomson(Chinese: 程 阔木 Pinyin: Chéng Kuò Mù) is the main protagonist of The Secondary School Choir. He is 15-years-old in Year 9 and sings Tenor 1.

Appearance
He is shown to have short messy dark brown hair moved to the left, deep set and large brown eyes and fair skin with a slight tan. He brings an oxygen tank and nasal cannula along the way. He wears a blue and black flannel shirt over a white shirt(which is tucked in), black jeans shown with a belt and black shoes. His sleepwear consists of a dark blue tank top and black shorts. He stands on 5 ft. 6 and is of average weight. Brad is shown to turn pale and have rosy cheeks whenever he gets sick.

Personality
Brad is usually kind and caring showing that he deeply cares for his younger siblings even though he is the second oldest. He is also protective towards his siblings, mostly to Zoe as shown in the 2-part special, 'How It All Started.' Like many teenagers, he can get teenage mood swings and at times, he can be immature and playful. Like Blake, he is not much of a morning person and is also funny. He could also be confused but he is also smart. He can sometimes be offended, mainly racist jokes about Chinese people in the COVID-19 outbreak. Like many British people, he can be clueless like how Aidan speaks because he is American. He is also friendly and outgoing.

Etymology
His first name, Bradley is an English surname derived from a place name meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English. Like many English surnames, Bradley can also be used as a given name and as such has become popular.

His middle name, William is: Resolute protector; will. For a long time after the Norman conquest in A.D. 1066 many English boys were given some form of William the Conqueror's name. The firstborn son of Prince Charles is named William.

His Chinese name, 程 阔木(Pinyin: Chéng Kuò Mù) literally means broad wood(阔木) to reflect his English first name, Bradley.

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

Abilities
Brad is a tenor 1 in the choir. He is also good in riding a skateboard even if he has to bring a tank with him due to cystic fibrosis. Brad can also speak Chinese because of his Chinese heritage.

Trivia

 * Brad is right-handed as shown when he holds his chopsticks or pencil
 * Brad speaks in a Cockney accent mixed with a slight Geordie(Newcastle) accent
 * Brad is of Nordic, German, Irish, French, Greek and British descent on his father's side and Chinese(Hong Kong) on his mother's side in order to show British history in the series
 * However, it is unknown what Nordic country he has descended from but because his ethnicity is to portray English history, it might be possible if he is of Swedish or Norwegian descent because of the viking raid of England
 * He 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
 * He is of Irish descent because of how the British didn't help the Irish during the famine
 * He is of French descent because the British started the 100 years war
 * He is of Greek descent because Blake's actor, Blake Richardson is of Greek descent
 * He 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 he was going to be of Spanish descent to show the War Against Spain but it was cut for unknown reasons
 * Brad doesn't enjoy the PPAP song because it's annoying
 * Brad has cystic fibrosis which is reused from The Darkest Awakening