Draft:List of Braceface characters

These characters appear in the Canadian animated television series Braceface, created by Melissa Clark.

The series revolves around the daily life of Sharon Spitz, a 14 year-old girl and her circle of friends navigating the maze that is teenage life, which is further complicated by Sharon's braces and their magical powers. The show takes place in Elkford.

Main characters

Sharon Spitz

Sharon Esther Spitz (voiced by Alicia Silverstone in seasons 1 and 2, and Stacey DePass in season 3) is the main character. She is friendly, gregarious and good-natured, although sometimes struggles with insecurity and obsession (to the annoyance of those around her). She is also vulnerable to peer pressure, which has led to her doing things such as drinking and smoking. In the first episode of the series, "Brace Yourself", she gets braces, which are somehow electrically charged at all times, giving her strange abilities such as remotely operating machinery, tapping into wireless communication channels, and even discharging electricity directly into what's in front of her, though much of these abilities are often outside her control. She communicates with the audience via her thoughts. At the beginning of the series, Sharon and her friends attend Mary Pickford Middle School, and has a huge crush on one of her classmates, Alden Jones, with whom she eventually starts dating. Once they start attending Elkford High School, things get shaky between them and he breaks up with her, although they end up getting back together in the series finale "Leap of Faith" when Alden realizes he still has feelings for Sharon. Sharon becomes a vegetarian early in the series, and, a strong believer in animal rights, dreams of one day becoming a veterinarian; she often volunteers at her local animal hospital. Sharon used to participate in ballet lessons as a young child.

Maria Wong

Maria Nunziatina Wong (voiced by Marnie McPhail) is one of Sharon's best friends who is of mixed Chinese and Italian descent. She is wise, loyal and very athletic, being involved in several school sports such as hockey and basketball. In most cases, she is the voice of reason in her friend group, and always tries to talk them (mostly Sharon) out of making foolish decisions, although it was revealed in the episode "Take That" that she is prone to succumbing to peer pressure and going as far as shoplifting. At the beginning of the series, Maria is mostly annoyed by Alden's best friend Brock Leighton, but she warms up to him over time, and they become a couple after falling in love while on a cultural immersion trip in Rome, Italy.

Connor Mackenzie

Connor Mackenzie {voiced by Peter Oldring) is Sharon's other best friend. He is very smart, but somewhat timid and not as sociable as Sharon and Maria. He and also has a multitude of allergies, and is almost always seen sneezing (sometimes even wearing face masks). After a failed fling with Tally, Connor struggles with romantic loneliness, until, after her father saves his life, Alyson Malitski and he fall in love and become a couple. He is a big tech nerd, being the president of Elkford high school's AV club, as well as getting very good grades in all of his classes.

Nina Harper

Nina Harper (voiced by Katie Griffin) is Sharon's nemesis, to whom she refers as "Braceface". She is mean, cocky and full of herself, and always jumps at every opportunity to insult and belittle Sharon (as well as Maria and Connor on occasion). She and Sharon used to be friends as young children, but they became enemies after Nina accused Sharon of snapping the heads off of her dolls. She prides herself on her role as head cheerleader in school and her "rising acting career" (although she usually only gets called back for extra roles). Nina is best friends with Alyson Malitski at the start of the series, until Alyson gets fed up with Nina always taking advantage of her and pursues a relationship with Connor, also becoming friends with Sharon and Maria in the process. It is after this point that Nina is seen with a new group of friends, whom she also mistreats.

Alden Jones

Alden Jones (voiced by Vince Corazza) is Sharon's crush-turned-boyfriend. He is mellow and friendly, and Brock Leighton's best friend. He is the main vocalist and lead guitarist in his, Brock and Carmen's band, Mangled Metal. He and Sharon start off as friends, and eventually become a couple, although he breaks up with her in high school. He then briefly dates Marlo, and, after she breaks up with him, he realizes that he still has feelings for Sharon and gets back together with her. He is also a school athlete and particularly enjoys playing hockey.

Brock Leighton

Brock Shelby Leighton {voiced by Daniel DeSanto) is Alden's best friend and Maria's boyfriend. Although somewhat immature and mischievous at times, he has a mature and down-to-earth side and, for the most part, gets along well with Sharon's circle. He is the bassist and backup vocalist for Mangled Metal. He often tries his best to impress his pragmatic father. Brock initially makes several failed attempts to get with Maria, but she warms up to him over time, and the two become a couple while on a school trip to Rome, Italy. Also, like Alden, he is into school athletics, especially hockey.

Helen Spitz

Helen Spitz (voiced by Tamara Bernier Evans) is Sharon, Josh and Adam's divorced mother. Despite being a single mother of three with her own at-home psychology business, she is very calm, cool and collected, but will not hesitate to put her foot down if her children step out of line. She eventually meets David, and after going on several dates with him, becomes his girlfriend.

Adam Spitz

Adam Francis Spitz (voiced by Dan Petronijevic) is Sharon and Josh's older brother. Although he teases and picks on her sometimes, deep down, he truly cares for Sharon and has her best interests at heart. He is very athletic, not only being the captain of the wrestling team at Elkford High School, but also competing in triathlons and exercising regularly. He is in a relationship with Hannah Corbett for most of the series.

Josh Spitz

Joshua "Josh" Spitz (voiced by Michael Cera) is Sharon and Adam's younger brother. He is exceptionally mature for his age, having a wide vocabulary and being a skilled pianist at only nine years old. Like his brother, he also occasionally messes with Sharon, but truly cares about her deep down. His voice is notably deeper in season 3.

Richard Spitz

Richard Spitz (voiced by John Robinson) is Sharon, Josh and Adam's divorced father. A professional musician, he is the drummer in his band and away on tour much of the time, and so doesn't get to see his children very often. He and Helen have a civil relationship, and cooperate to discipline their children when they misbehave. Sharon particularly loves and looks up to him, and always enjoys spending time with him whenever she can. Richard eventually gets into a relationship with his longtime friend, Lauren.

Alyson Malitski

Alyson Malitski (voiced by Emily Hampshire) is Sharon and Maria's friend and Connor's girlfriend. She was initially Nina Harper's best friend, and often right alongside her in tormenting Sharon. However, over time, she grew tired of Nina's cruelty and mistreatment, and stopped being her friend after bonding with Connor (and Sharon and Maria by extension). Alyson uses the word "totally" a lot, and is eventually revealed to be a singer and piano player with dreams of one day being in a rock band.

Recurring characters

Lawrence, Moishe and Roxie

Lawrence, Moishe and Roxie are the Spitz's pet cats. Lawrence is a Siamese, Moishe is an Exotic Longhair, and Roxie is a tabby.

Pigger and Sampson

Pigger and Sampson are the Spitz's pet dogs. Pigger is a Cane Corso and Sampson is a Doberman Pinscher. In the episode "A Dog's Life", Pigger was briefly featured in dog food commercials.

Dr. Hertz

Dr. Hertz (voiced by Dwayne Hill) is Sharon's orthodontist.

Carmen Zola

Carmen Zola is Alden and Brock's friend and the drummer for Mangled Metal.

David

David (voiced by Patrick van Balen) is Helen's boyfriend. Sharon initially doesn't like or approve of him, but she eventually grows to accept him. David has twin daughters named Lara and Sara.

Lauren

Lauren is Richard's girlfriend and Griffin's mother, who works as a television producer for TV3.

Griffin

Griffin (voiced by Rob Tinkler), is Lauren's son. A rebellious, free-spirited teenager, he doesn't allow anyone to tell him what to do. Sharon initially admires his unique outlook on life, but eventually loses interest in him after he pressures her into smoking, though their relationship eventually improves. Griffin eventually becomes Nina's boyfriend.

Hannah Corbett

Hannah Corbett (voiced by Elisa Moolecherry) is the Spitz's next door neighbor and Adam's girlfriend.

Dion

Mark "Dion" Jones (voiced by Raoul Bhaneja) is one of Sharon's high school classmates, who, after being her senior mentor, becomes her friend. He is a fashion designer and a huge fan of Celine Dion (hence his preferred name, Dion).

Marlo

Marlo (voiced by Laurie Elliot) is a girl who becomes part of Sharon's friend circle once they become high school students. She and Alden eventually become a couple, but she ends up breaking up with him after realizing that he may still have feelings for Sharon. She is also on the girls' hockey team with Maria.

Lara and Sara

Lara and Sara are David's rambunctious twin daughters.

Georgina

Georgina (voiced by Allegra Fulton) is the Spitz's veterinarian. Sharon often does volunteer work for her.

Tally

Tally is a student at Mary Pickford Middle School whom Connor dates for a few episodes, before she breaks up with him due to several misunderstandings. She and Sharon briefly bond over a bid to put a stop to frog dissection in schools. Tally did not make anymore appearances after Sharon and her friends went on to Elkford High School.

Principal Ludwig

Principal Ludwig (voiced by Jan Nonhof) is the principal of Mary Pickford Middle School.

Mr. Melamed

Mr. Melamed (voiced by William Colgate) is a schoolteacher.

Claire

Claire (voiced by Megan Fahlenbock) is a student who is often seen in the background. She becomes one of Nina's cronies in high school. She is on the cheerleading squad.

Lanie

Lanie (voiced by Brooke D'Orsay) is a student who is often seen in the background. She becomes one of Nina's cronies in high school. She is on the cheerleading squad. In one episode, she was referred to as "Melissa", implying that "Lanie" may be a nickname.

Alden's sisters

Lily, Daisy and Violet are Alden's older sisters.

Thorndike

Thorndike is Lauren's pet parrot, whom she rescued from the Amazon rainforest. He can often be heard saying "Rock and roll!" and "Fire the drummer!".

Other characters

Maria's parents

Mr. and Mrs. Wong appeared in a few episodes. Her mother is Italian and her father is Chinese.

Lee Wong

Lee Wong is Maria's older sister.

Brock's parents

Mr. and Mrs. Leighton appeared in a few episodes. Mr. Leighton doesn't seem to be supportive of Brock's dreams of his band becoming famous.

Grampy

Grampy (voiced by Leo Richardson) is Sharon, Josh and Adam's racist maternal grandfather.

Marcello

Marcello is an Italian teenage boy who is the neighbor of Maria's maternal grandparents. He and Sharon fall in love during her and Maria's cultural immersion trip in Rome, although she eventually loses interest in him.

Alyson's father

Alyson's father appeared in the episode "Triangles", where he was revealed to be a firefighter. He saved Connor from a fire in Life Cycles, which was the catalyst for his and Alyson's relationship.

Jeremy

Jeremy is a friend of Griffin's whom Sharon is attracted to.

Pablo Grozny

Pablo Grozny is a classmate of Josh's whom Sharon is initially attracted to, but loses interest in after learning that he is only 12 years old.

Winnie

Winnie is a new student at Elkford High School who initially strikes up a friendship with Sharon, but later becomes Nina's friend instead when she proves to be creepily clingy.