Warren Reeves

> Ptarmigan."
>  "What?"
>  "There's no ducks in the mountains. Whereas a ptarmigan is a bird found in cold climates like the northern tundra. So you wouldn't be a sitting duck. You'd be a sitting ptarmigan.
>
> Warren to Ben in *Spy Ski School*

**Warren Reeves** is a scrawny kid with a huge crush on Zoe Zibbell. He is talented at camouflage but terrible at everything else in the field of espionage. He has been described as being the type of person who would need an instruction manual to brush his teeth and is often outsmarted by his own breakfast cereal. (Ben once said that he teams up with Warren to look a tiny bit decent in their classes.)

Warren is first introduced in *Spy School* when Ben has just arrived at the school. They become friends, but Warren becomes jealous of Ben when he realizes that Zoe has a crush on him. Warren appears in parts of *Spy Camp* and *Evil Spy School* and plays less prominent roles until he is revealed a mole in *Spy School Secret Service*. SPYDER turns him for a meager $250.

## Appearance & Personality

He is described to be a rather scrawny kid, with uncombed hair and a sour face. Ben says he "smells like old cheese," probably due to personal hygiene problems.

He's quick to go against Ben and mock him when mistakes are made. He's smug and thinks he's a good spy, though he is usually pathetic. He also has a huge crush on Zoe Zibbell, though her unreciprocated feelings cause him to turn to SPYDER.

In *Spy School Secret Service*, he reveals that SPYDER turned him out of jealousy and spite against Ben, as Zoe has a crush on Ben. Warren disappears by the end of *Spy School Secret Service*, but reappears in S*py School Goes South* and *Spy School British Invasion* along with Ashley Sparks.

## Skills & Abilities

Warren is terrible at almost everything in espionage, but he is exceptionally good at camouflage, even inadvertently. Once, one of his professors mistook him as a table and placed a book on his head. His camouflage skills make the teachers overlook everything else that is bad about him.

## Missions

Warren has tagged along on a couple of missions, mostly because if Zoe didn't pick him, he'd be upset about it. Throughout the operations he's participated in, he hasn't proven to be much of a help. He is pretty much incompetent. After *Spy Ski School*, he became a SPYDER agent, which is not revealed until *Spy School Secret Service*.

1. Operation Angry Jackal
2. Operation Snow Bunny

## Relationships

### **Ashley Sparks**

Warren has a brief relationship with Ashley. Erica speculates this is because Ashley is always dying for attention and Warren, being so dependent, is willing to give it to her for some acknowledgement in return*.*

## Trivia

* In the closing letter of *Spy Ski School*, it is hinted Warren might be held back a year due to his poor performance in the mission, however, it appears that he was not.
* He normally tends to run at the first sign of danger and is a coward.
* Warren laughs at other's mistakes, despite having a bucketful of his own.
* Warren is very proud and tends to take insults very personally, especially from Zoe.
* When Ben finds out Warren is a SPYDER agent, the only thought he has is, "Warren has always been a pinhead."
* In a fight in *Spy School British Invasion*, Warren screams, "I was so close to winning over Zoe when you swept in and ruined everything! She was falling for my charm!" to which Ben responds, "Warren, to do that, you'd have to have charm in the first place."
* Ben once called him "The human equivalent of soggy bread"
* He can hold a gun and might be better at using it then Ben.