Lemonjella's Lair -- Bios of the "Detention" Characters

Description: Black hair, butterfly hair clips, black shirt with purple heart shape on it, purple tights, black boots.
Voice by: Tara Charendorff, now Tara Strong (Baby Dil on Rugrats, Bubbles on The Powerpuff Girls)
What the WB's got to say about her:
Smart and independent, Shareena refuses to be part of the brainless "in-crowd" at Benedict Arnold Middle School. She'd rather read a book or explore being an individual (doesn't everyone look better in black?) than hang at the mall.
With her well-meaning parents smiling their way through their fantasy "Leave It To Beaver" world, and school cramping her free spirit, Shareena finds freedom of expression in her diary. Here's her latest entry...
Date: Any day, any time...(does it really matter?)
Dear Diary:
What is the meaning of life? Okay, so you don't know either. But I have other questions. Why is the music of Belly Flop so incredibly cool? I mean, they are so COOL! And am I doomed for eternity to be trapped in a world that doesn't understand me? Those kids at school - the "in-crowd" - I mean, if that's "in" then count me "out"! And finally, why is Miss Kisskillya so cosmically mean? Maybe the fact she dresses like she's still in the Marines is a clue...THAT'S IT! She's a prisoner of society's rigid conventions and needs to free her mind! I think I'll tell her that tomorrow....
So goodbye for now, diary. I'll write again, unless Miss Kisskillya kills me for suggesting she'd look totally great in black.
Yours in confusion,
Shareena
My thoughts:
Well, she IS smart -- sometimes even more than the twins (who're just plain book savvy). She's also the main character on the show (the only purpose of which is so her name's at the top of the voice credits). Looks like she also advocates dressing in black. (I mean, look at her clothes! Nothing but black and a couple shades of purple.) She's also got that cutey looking face. She almost looks like she could be an "Addams Family" reject... She's also got a pig that follows her around in some eps too.
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Description: Bit of blonde hair, red shirt with alien design on it, black pants, black shoes.
Voice by: Billy West (aka Fry in Futurama)
What the WB's got to say about him:
When your last name is Roswell (as in weird dead aliens and a small town in New Mexico), it's hard NOT to be a conspiracy theorist. And when you're in Middle School, it's doubly hard to believe there's no conspiracy against happiness.
Emmitt Roswell buys into both theories, maybe because he spends too much time on the Internet and has watched way too many episodes of "The X-Files." Although school often bores him, Emmitt's a technological genius who spends his spare time building alien-detecting devices out of common junk. And even though none of the kids at Benedict Arnold Middle School believe him, Emmitt HAS received some messages from aliens. Here's the latest (translated from the QXTRYPWCVlian language):
URGENT MESSAGE TO EARTHLING EMMITT:
Probes have detected IMMINENT DANGER to friends of planet QXTRYPWCV .... big, fat, mean, angry, female instructional agent who loves gymnasiums, the Marines, rules and "detention" (not sure of meaning) detected in Earth sector. DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT perform any rule-breaking acts that will land earthling in "detention." If message received too late...VERY SORRY, but can not help (we're afraid of her too).
My thoughts:
Well, every school's gotta have a wacky dude, and this character obviously fits this bill. Look at the repeated refs to "The X-Files"... You'd think if this show'd ran long enough he'd probably have gotten abducted or something... As it stands, he's a pretty wacky guy, always thinking about either spies or aliens or all that stereotypical paranoia.
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Description: Tan skin, blue cap, glasses, blue-green shirt, black pants, black shoes, yellow yo-yo in one hand.
Voice by: Bob Doucette (the series' creator -- and that's not actually him speaking, that's the yo-yo)
What the WB's got to say about him:
If Miss Kisskillya had the sense God gave a goose, she'd wish every detention student was like Duncan. He never speaks. But his yo-yo...Man! Now that thing can really communicate.
Duncan's the quiet type the kids don't really notice, but years from now, once he becomes a zillionaire yo-yo king, they'll probably all claim he was their best friend. You doubt it? Well, just read this letter Duncan recently received:
Memorandum
To: Duncan Bubble
From: Yo-Yo Universal Congomerate Limited Inc.
Date: Today
Subject: You
Dear Mr. Bubble:
In this world of ups and downs, we find your dedication to the yo-yo inspiring. Despite the scorn of your peers - and your persecution at the hands of someone calling herself "Miss Kisskillya" - you've still got the world on a string. In appreciation for your efforts, we're sending you this check for $100,000,000,000.00. All we ask is that you agree to continue to promote the use of the yo-yo until the end of time or until Miss Kisskillya gets married-whichever comes first.
Yours in yo-yoing,
Mr. Yoyo
President, Yo-Yo Universal Congomerate Limited Inc.
My thoughts:
No offense to Duncan, but he's so silent and so reliant on his yo-yo for "communication", you'd wonder if he's actually a mute guy. His yo-yo has been known to get the others (sometimes even himself) out of bad jams. Plus he can even spell words out with it (It even has a voice too! Weird, huh?).
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Description: Brown hair, dark skin, bucked teeth, white shirt with aquamarine sleeves, and (again!) black pants and shoes. Oh yeah, he's the shortest of the group too.
Voice by: Carlos Alazraqui (Rocko of Rocko's Modern Life, the "Yo quiero Taco Bell" dog, and the rat from CatDog)
What the WB's got to say about him:
Think you've got problems? Try being Gug, the youngest and only boy from a large Latino family (six sisters, one Gug). Then tack on the fact that you're small for your age. But Gug makes the best of it by being the most aggressive and competitive half-pint to ever walk the halls of Benedict Arnold Middle School. Miss Kisskillya? Bring her on! The only way she can win is if she falls on him. In Gug's Hall of Fame, she isn't even in the running.
GUG GUGLIAMO'S TOP FIVE TOUGH SHORT GUYS:

Napoleon Bonaparte - ruler of the world
(for a while anyway)

Mini Me - co-ruler of the world with Dr. Evil

Tom Thumb - ruler of fingers one through five
(and still is!)

Leprechauns - REALLY SHORT, but rich! If that pot-of-gold story is true

Gug Gugliamo - Also really short - but hey, you gotta problem with that?

My thoughts:
The ethnic guy most toon shows have had to have in recent years. He speaks with a really stereotypical Hispanic accent ("Thees steenks" he often says). Not that I've got much thoughts about him... And unlike other guys, we hardly hear his last name... (Heck, he's credited here without his last name!)
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Description: Reversed yellow cap with a bit of grey hair popping out, light green shirt, dark green shorts, black shoes (what is it with black shoes on this show?)
Voice by: Roger Eschbacher (one of the writers for "Histeria")
What the WB's got to say about him:
With Miss Kisskillya constantly in your face, who wouldn't want to escape into a fantasy world? Shy kid Jim Kim does just that every chance he gets. A steady diet of comic books starring cool - and really un-shy - superheroes gives Jim plenty of personas to choose from, but Jim sometimes gets carried away...the result: DETENTION!
Jim especially likes playing Batman, and casting Miss Kisskillya in the role of his arch-nemesis. In fact, Jim's so into his fantasy world that he often gets confused. Here's his essay on "What I did on my summer vacation."
My Summer Vacation - by Jim "Batman" Kim
Mowed lawns in the neighborhood for money. Saved the world from the evil clutches of the Not-Really-Very-Funny Joker, a really mean gym teacher who loves detention.
Taught my dog some really neat tricks. Rescued students held in Middle School by the Two-Ton Penguin -not a bird, but a really mean gym teacher who loves detention.
Read books on how not to be so shy. Thwarted the plans of the Queen of Stupid Riddles, a really mean gym teacher who loves detention and who was torturing 12-year-olds by making them exercise.
Bought lots of really cool comic books.
My thoughts:
Really funny comic (excuse the pun) relief. He often cites comic books about why a plan he thought up will work, or sometimes about how the current situation is similar to what he's read before. He even QUOTES comic books. Examples: He once refered to someone during a school play as a "green lantern" (it was Hamlet, and he was supposed to say "a green girl") and he often said "Up, up and away!".
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Description: Red beret, red hair, dots for eyes, freckles, scout uniform, and once again, black shoes.
Voice by: Pamelyn Ferdin (Older TV viewers will remember her as the girl from "The Odd Couple", while some kids might have heard her -- she was the girl from the animated film "Charlotte's Web")
What the WB's got to say about her:
Teacher's pet, goody-two-shoes, incredibly annoying---call her what you will, Shelley Kelly's way too happy and cheerful to mind. Shelley absolutely LOVES school: the rules, the rigid organization, the chance to "serve" her fellow students by monitoring the halls. And who else would so proudly wear that nerdy Ladybug Scout uniform every single day?
Shelley's so darned organized, she's already made a list of the dream jobs she plans to pursue once she finishes school:
Shelley Kelley's Top Five Dream Jobs
(in alphabetical order)

Professional Hall Monitor
(already have lots of experience!)

Professional Ladybug Scout Leader

Professional Organizer
(any field)

Professional Rule Book Writer

Professional Volunteer

(as long as there's a neatly pressed uniform involved!)

My thoughts:
She's so plain annoying. She really looks like that girl from "Johnny Bravo". She's got this weird cutey sounding voice that gets annoying after listening to it for a while. Could be why everyone was cheering upon finding out that she missed the plane they were on in one ep.
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Description: Both: really big glasses, brown skin, big lips (no one else has them), black hair, one very big ponytail, WHITE shoes (though those are probably just the front), not to mention traces of developing breasts (not meaning to be obscene of course), as well as a really big nose.
Lemonjella: Purple and yellow scrunchie, yellow shirt, baggy purple pants.
Orangejella: Purple and orange scrunchie, purple shirt, baggy orange pants.
Voice by: Real-life twins Tia Mowry (Lemonjella) and Tamera Mowry (Orangejella) of the WB sitcom "Sister Sister" (also sisters of another TV brainy -- Tahj Mowry, T.J. on "Smart Guy")
What the WB's got to say about them:
You think it's easy being a genius? Think again. Identical twins Lemonjella and Orangejella have got brains to spare, but that doesn't keep them out of trouble, or out of Miss Kisskillya's detention hall. But even though the girls are brainiacs, they're far from nerds. In fact, they're both on the cutting edge of fashion and have loads of friends.
But being a twin isn't easy either. These sisters compete and squabble about everything. Of course they do: Orangejella's into Pop Culture, the latest bands, fashion magazines and wrestling; Lemonjella digs Shakespeare, museums and opera. And it's been that way since day one. On file in the office of Benedict Arnold Middle School is a letter from the girls' nursery school teacher, Mrs. Pattycake:
To Whom It May Concern:
It is with great joy that I graduate Lemonjella and Orangejella from the Pattycake School of Tiny Learning. With their sky-high I.Q.s, the sisters are sure to succeed. However, some words of warning to future teachers...

SEPARATE them at all times! They love to argue, and since you can't tell them apart it's hard to play referee;

Don't even try to tell them what to do. Under the word "bossy" in the dictionary, there's a picture of them; and, finally,

Don't turn your back for a minute. Remember: they're smarter than you are...a LOT smarter!

I wish you all the very best of luck!
Mrs. Pattycake
My thoughts:
TV cartoons have an obsession for twins (identical or no). I mean, look at He Man and She Ra, or maybe Phil and Lil (of Rugrats), who are arguably the most successful pairs of toon twins ever. And hey, a school's GOT have to have brainies... I pretty much relate to them -- hey, I'm a non-nerdy brainy who always gets into trouble, and so are the twins... Not surprisingly they're my favorites on the show. (Probably helps that my sign is Gemini...) They might have to compete with Shareena when it comes to common sense smartness, but unlike Shareena, they use big words George W. Bush wouldn't understand. Heck, they can even spell them correctly. They also seem to often think the same (hey, they're twins!) and often say the same thing in unison, creating a cool-sounding "blended" voice. Only problem: Is it just me, or does using the Mowry twins seem to be more of a publicity stunt? The Mowrys are the most well known stars among the show's cast (who are comprised mostly of voice artists anyway). And of course, we all know how cartoons have the tendency to use the same voice artist for identical twins. Also I've never seen the twins get into the arguments the WB blurb claims they do (or even their contrasting tastes) ... And before anyone asks, their names are pronounced with stress on the second syllable, thus: erRONNjihla and lehMONNjihla.
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Description: Black hair, really stereotypical "evil teacher" face, military outfit, military green skirt, black high heels. Oh yeah, she's also fat.
Voice by: Kathleen Freeman (Oldest member of the "Detention" cast, at the age of 80 -- was big time comedienne way back in the 50s... Died in August 2001 at the age of 82)
What the WB's got to say about her:
Before becoming a gym teacher and official detention monitor at Benedict Arnold Middle School, Miss Kisskillya served in the Marine Corps. Big surprise, huh?
But believe it or not, Miss Kisskillya was once a kid too. In fact, when she was 12 years old she won an essay contest sponsored by the Bored of Education. Her topic: "If I Ruled the World."
"If I Ruled the World" by Miss Kisskillya
If I ruled the world...There'd be a whole lot more rules, and I'd get to make them. School would start at O600 hours and end after dark. My favorite class - Gym - would be five hours long. All students would wear uniforms. They could choose their own, as long as it was one from a branch of the Armed Forces. Making jokes, especially fat jokes, would be punishable by 40 hours of detention. And finally, every wimpy, smart-mouthed kid that calls me fat would have to do 500 push-ups and shine my shoes before the first bell.
Okay, I know this is just a crazy, impossible fantasy, but hey...you've got to have a dream!
My thoughts:
Eugenia's (yes, that's her first name) stilt towards the military behavior gives her a sort of seriously funny touch to the show. And she's as cold as the military -- she once docked the twins because their partners flunked their health assigment (granted, it was a "group" assignment). She also once docked them because Lemonjella butted in during Orangejella's turn at a spelling bee. Now that's cold! She's also got a (last) name with second syllable stress thus: kihSKILLea.
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