List of The InBESTigators characters
The InBESTigators is an Australian children's mockumentary comedy drama television series created by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope and broadcast on ABC Me and Netflix outside Australia and New Zealand. The series follows a group of Grade 5 kids, consisting of Maudie Miller, Ezra Banks, which form a Detective Agency named The Inbestigators to solve crimes in school or neighborhood, which they report in an internet blog together and became even more friends.[1]
The InBESTigators features a lot of secondary and terciary characters, which they serves as victims, suspects and culprits. Most of these victims, suspects and culprits are neighbours and classmates, and they help the victim, questionates the suspets and catch the real culprits responsible from crimes like sabotage, stealing and accusation. Also, it features guest characters that appears in one only episode in each season, and they also serves as victims, suspects and culprits.[2]
Cast
Actor/Actress | Character | Seasons | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | ||
Anna Cooke | Maudie Miller | Main | |
Aston Droomer | Ezra Banks | Main | |
Abby Bergman Taysha Farrugia (child) |
Ava Andrikides | Main | |
Jamil Smyth-Secka Austin Archer (child) |
Kyle Klimson | Main | |
James Saunders | Mr. Mcgilick | Recurring | |
Maria Angelico | Miss Tan | Recurring | |
Hannah Jonhston | Amelia Fitzgerald | Recurring | |
Clarke Richards | Mr. Barker | Recurring | |
Madeleine Jevic | Miss Helen Parides | Recurring | |
Eliza Ong | Poppy Banks | Recurring | |
Soraya Briggs | Max | Recurring | |
Matilda Hardwick | Caitlin | Recurring | |
Sienna Foggie | Esther McCarthy | Recurring | |
Ayiana Ncube | Ruby | Recurring | |
Marita Wilcox | Miss Maniaci | Recurring | |
Hannah Leigh Struckett | Pixie | Recurring | |
Milla Bishop | Miranda | Recurring | |
Zakariah Rahhali | Mario | Recurring | |
Ethan Pham | Diet | Recurring | |
Zac Mineo | James | Recurring | |
Jack Goodsell | Archie | Recurring | |
Bailey McMillian-Power | Justin | Recurring | |
Frank Woodley | Brian Miller | Recurring | |
Zane Slater | Billy | G | |
Nicole Freeman | Sophie | G | |
Matia Marks | Grace | G | |
Saxon Jenkins | Oliver | G | |
Heldi Arena | Joanna | G | |
Nicholas Dugdale | Zac O' Halloran | G | |
Alexandra Cashmere | Trish | G | |
Louisa Fitzhardinge | Terri-Anne | G | |
Monet Sirc | Ebony | G | |
Maiah Stewardson | Claudia | G | |
Jake Stone | Chuck | G | |
Kaitlin Tanti | Hayley | G | |
Grace Anderson | Tall Girl #1 | G | |
Bridget Anile | Tall Girl #2 | G | |
Kershawn Theodore | Small Boy #1 | G | |
Mitchell Otto | Small Boy #2 | G | |
Luka Pajic | Ben | G | |
Tim Potter | Tom Franklin | G | |
Sebastian Tremontana | Luka Franklin | G | |
Dylan Jett Georgiades | Jack | G | |
Dash Maxwell | Ethan | G | |
Andy Matthews | Ray | G | |
Tony Rickards | Mr. Henderson | G | |
Hannah Camilleri | Jenny | G | |
Georgie Haralambopoulos | Kelly Pickett | G | |
Kayleigh O'Dwyer | Dayani | G | |
Kat Dunshea | Abby | G | |
Shayne Warren | Paul | G | |
Lachlan Martin | Kevin Milosec | G | |
Declan O'Donovan | Xavier | G | |
Olive Weeks | Annie | G | |
Jagger Serafin | Frank | G | |
Tiana Hogben | Bella | G | |
Isabella Woodlock | Judge | G | |
Luey Kemp-Mykyta | Jayden | G | |
Amy Keen | Pip | G | |
Ezra Justin | Ryan McCulloch | G | |
Asmara Feik | Chloe McCulloch | G | |
Eden Vass | Mackenzie | G | |
Bianca Cristiano | Violet | G | |
Aidan Synan | Milo | G | |
Annie Jones | Zoya | G | |
Jamie Foster | Ali | G | |
Felix Star McBrearty | Angus | G | |
Melanie Lockman | Kate | G | |
Sam Hamilton | Owen | G | |
Zac Hamilton | Evan | G | |
Bob Franklin | Coach | G | |
Laura Dunemann | Mayor | G | |
Eloise Isaac | Savannah Gonzalez | G | |
Zuleika Khan | Emma | G | |
Sasha Turinui | Dionne | G | |
Dylan Murphy | Waiter | G | |
Diana Lin | Rosemary Banks "Nanna" |
G | |
Firdi Billimoria | Butcher | G | |
Jess Parkins | Sylvia | G | |
Finn Scicluna-O'Prey | Patrick O'Leary | G | |
Ashton Smith | Duncan Kent | G | |
Shayarna Ellis-Dowler | Charlotte | G | |
Sam Winspear-Schillings | Charlie | G | |
Jessica Faulkner | Lexy | G | |
Zenya Carmellotti | Ally | G | |
Owen Wahrenberger | Elijah | G | |
Julia Grace | Dana | G | |
Dave Lawson | Cole | G | |
Syd Brisbane | Gary | G | |
Amberlly Cull | Sadie | G | |
Thobeka Archer | Kyle's Mum | G | |
Isabella Dymalovski | Harriet Jacobi | G | |
Oscar Lidgerwood | Jordan | G | |
Jessica Redmayne | Natasha | G | |
Patrick Harvey | Steven | G | |
Lily Hall | Ramona | G | |
Roy Marshall | Small Boy | G | |
Frances Wang | Sarah Banks | G |
Main
Maudie Miller
Maudie Miller (portrayed by Anna Cooke) is an aspiring private investigator which was born in England (as revealed in "The Case of the Baffling Birthday"[3]). Her mom died when she was only a young girl, but one of her last moments with Maudie was when they went to the movies, and shot various photographies. She lived with her father, Brian Miller, in England until she's 10 years old, when they moved to Australia, and she got transferred into the local school in Moorabbin. Then, on her first day at school, Maudie meets Ezra Banks, who has the job to show the school for her, at the behest of Mr. Mcgilick. Then, she enters in classroom on the window, for Ezra's shock. Then, Maudie does impressions him and others kids of Grade 5, Ava and Kyle, when she solves a robbery on the playground, causing the four to form The Inbestigators investigative agency[4]. During or not on her detective work, Maudie demonstrates to be very observating, clever, insightful, and gets straight to the point. Her truthful sometimes do help, which doesn't insult the persons non-intentionally, and, according to Ezra, he says that she is rude even though she is not. Like Mr. Monk, she says his famous words:"This is what happened". She writes all the clues of the cases in a little notebook, which is very special to her because it has the pictures with her mom during the day that they go to the movies. She loves peanut butter and salmon sandwiches, which Ezra confirms is very disgusting.[nb 1]
Ezra Banks
Ezra Banks (portrayed by Aston Droomer) is a child with high potential (gifted) since 9 years old. He likes to be clean, and always suggests the principal of the school, which Ezra calls him by his first name, Henry, to redo the school website, despite the latter's repeated refusals. Later, his mom wanted that his gifted son be stimaulated by a special project, and Mr. Mcgilick gaves the job to Ezra of take care of the new student, Maudie Miller. Then, he gets fascinated when Maudie solves a mystery on the playground, causing the two and other two kids of the Grade 5, Ava and Kyle, form The Inbestigators detective agency. Then, Ezra likes technology, like the Franklin Cube, and tried to persuade Maudie to but it, only for being refused. Because of his like to be clean, he is don't interested in sport activities, like laser tag, and he is good in math, being the oppost of Kyle, who likes sports and isn't good at math. He is also the winner of the Young Small Business Competition ("The Case of the Distracted Detective"</ref>) and the winner of the Trimathlon, along with Kyle. He is also very organized, is afraid of dogs and he isn't good enough at rock climbing. He has an younger sister named Poppy who always cuts him during the case reports. He considers Friday as the best day of his life, because its Treat Day, where he can ask for anything he wants, which is not healthy. His mom don't lets him to eat Treats in other days, like Kakow Koalas.
Ava Andrikides
Ava Rose Andrikides (portrayed by Abby Bergman) acts as an vivacious leader on the school. She always cares about her school's growth, and always tries to raise money by selling cupcakes, donuts, hot-dogs and other things. Because of this, Ava became very well known in her office. She has also been friends with Ezra and Kyle since the age of 6, where the latter has a somewhat harsh relationship because he always forgets to pay the things she owes. During Maudie's first day. Ava is fascinated when the new student solves a mystery in the playground, causing the four to form The Inbestigators detective agency. She is best-friend with Pixie, and always defends her friends, which she sometimes creates some twists.
Kyle Klimson
Kyle Klimson (portrayed by Jamil Smyth-Secka) is the goofy sportman of the school. Since 5 years old, he is befriended with Ava and Ezra, which the latter admits that don't know why. He is an energetic kid who likes practicing sports, and he accidentally trows a ball on Ezra's head. After meeting Maudie Miller, he, Ezra and Ava join her and forms The Inbestigators detective agency. During his detetive work, Kyle always interrupts everyone to explain goofy theories about the cases they were solving. He isn't good at math, being the oppositive of Ezra, which likes math and hates sports. In "The Case of the Tricky Trimathalon", Kyle proves to everyone and himself that is good at math with a cheat sheet, which made him and Ezra winning the Trimathlon. He gets easily distracted by the questions and also by food and forgets and loses everything, but this doen't mean that he isn't smart. He is not very-educate and also accuses suspects without clues.
Supporting
Mr. McGillick
Mr. Henry McGillick (portrayed by James Saunders) is the principal of the school. He believes that means running a tight ship. Ezra always calls him by his first name, Henry, which Mr. McGillick doesn't like, and he refuses Ezra's suggestions to remake the school's website. However, all the professors call Mr. McGillick by his first name, Henry, and he doesn't seem to hate when they call him by his first name.
Miss Tan
Miss Tan (portrayed by Maria Angelico) is the Grade 5 teacher. She is a passionate, creative and engaged teacher who, despite a tendency to get frazzled by her sometimes rowdy grade five students, genuinely loves her job. She can be a little flustered at times and has a great legacy of losing everything according to Kyle.
Amelia Fitzgerald
Amelia Fitzgerald (portrayed by Hannah Johnston) is one of the Grade 5 students and one of Ava's friends.
Poppy Banks
Poppy Banks (portrayed by Eliza Ong) is Ezra's younger sister. She always interrupts him during the case reports (especially to teach him about what their mother wants from them). She wants report the cases, despite Ezra's repeated refusals, and also wants that her brother creates a Junior Division for the agency. She is also befriended with Mackenzie, which is her best friend, and Violet.
Guests
Billy
Notes
- Informations are taken from the episodes.
References
- "ABC greenlights 'The InBESTigators'". if.com.au. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope (9 July 2019). "How to Make a TV Mystery: The Case of The Inbestigators". ACTF Blog. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- "The Case of the Baffling Birthday, SO1, EP20". TvMaze.
- "The Case of the Curious New Girl, SO1, EP01". TvMaze.