Brad Thomson

Bradley William 'Brad' Thomson-Cheng(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. In 'Takedown' and 'Bad Luck,' he wears a blue and white football jersey and his everyday jeans and shoes though he takes off his nasal cannula when he was playing Frisbee in 'Bad Luck'. In 'Merry Christmas,' he wears the same outfit but his everyday button-up shirt is red and black. In 'New Year,' he wears a red and gold Zhongshan suit and his everyday jeans and shoes.

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 and can be curious. He is also really smart and tends to make jokes sometimes. Like many siblings, he deeply cares for his siblings as shown in 'Uh Oh' where he and Zoe hugs their oldest brother, Blake.

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. Brad is given the power of Air.

Trivia

 * Brad is right-handed as shown when he holds his chopsticks or pencil
 * Brad speaks in a Birmingham accent like Zoe and Kenneth
 * 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
 * There are many facts revealed about Brad in the 'Trip To Singapore' special such as:
 * Brad has dual citizenship, he has British and Hong Kong citizenships
 * He can speak and understand Chinese
 * He is able to beat jet lag in Doha, Qatar. This is most likely because of his powers
 * The main protagonists uses traditional British names, Bradley is an Anglo-Saxon/Old English 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
 * In 'Uh Oh,' Blake stated that Brad once suffocated because he was off oxygen, this is unspecific on when did that happen but it most likely happened when he was in primary school because Brad stated that his condition was improving when he was 13