Perri McDool

Perri McDool is a mysterious masked boy who is one of the main supporting characters in Tales of a Ditzy Doodle, despite only being added in Season 2.

## Appearance

Perri is a purplish-grey outlined boy with thin, stick-like limbs, a white round face with a large singular eye and sharp horns sticking out from the skin, short, curly hair, and small black spikes growing from his neck and back. His main attire consists of a white mask hiding his face, a black poncho, and a grey undershirt.

## Personality

At first, Perri seems to be quite the aloof kid. Although wielding tons of knowledge that he may feel comfortable sharing with his fellow acquaintances if necessary, he is usually seen as private and cold, rarely showing any interest in anything nor anyone and feels uncomfortable with sharing certain information about him. He can also be very judgmental and often shows disappointment towards others' flaws, while also trying to hide his own. However, he can be shown to be quite the softie when given enough time.

Perri is also known for having the unique hobby in practicing various types of magic in private, most notably alchemy and potion-making. He claims to have inherited this from his mother, who was also a master alchemist during her time as an employee for the Nexus. No one knew about this until Ollie "accidentally" revealed it during the events of *Perilous Potions*.

## History

### Pre-series

On the 18th of January, Perri was born as the first child of Sol and Star McDool. However, due to an accident that manipulated his genes before birth, he was strangely born with a singular eye and horns, as well the ability to naturally cast magic. This caused him to get regularly feared and even teased by other children. Since his parents were once workers of the Nexus Council, their former workmates eventually noted this oddity and tried to take him in for experiments. However, his parents refused to give him up, so they moved away and altered their identities, as well as giving their son his signature mask.

### Season 2

Perri makes his series debut in the first half of Season 2's first episode, *The New Kid.* In most of the early Season 2 episodes, he is mainly seen focusing on his studies and rarely showing any enthusiasm with any trouble that the other kids in his class drag him into, mainly Ollie. In *Perilous Potions,* his would be revealed for the first, but it wouldn't be until *Behind the Mask* where his true reasons were revealed.

### Season 4

In *Welcome Home,* like many of the other characters, he is older and has a more mature voice. His mask also seems to cover less of his face, with nearly everyone in town now aware of it.

## Notable Relationships

### Family

**Mr. and Mrs. McDool:** Perri's confusingly biological parents. He is regularly irritated by their fake "friendly and welcoming" nature, as well as forcing him to hide most of his identity as revealed later on in the series.

### Friends/Allies

**Ollie Milonns:** At first, Perri often sees him as only an annoying and incompetent kid who keeps getting in the way of his goals. However, he soon starts to soften up on him and eventually forming a secret crush on him.

**Shadie Mairlad:** Out of all his classmates, he often finds Shadie one of the most annoying due to her emo attitude, "quirky" characteristics, and most notably, her constant want for his attention, but is still willing to mentor her in

**Quill Carrier:** Since both of them seem to be top students in Ms. Dandeleon's class, Perri tends to compliment her for her hard work and is willing to work with her the most when necessary, possibly one of his favorite classmates in the entire school.

**Ms. Dandeleon:** Despite being considered one of the weirder kids, he often acts as the "teacher's pet," often correcting her and occasionally helping in her teachings.

### Enemies

**Nexus Council:** Being an anomaly himself, he often fears this group and what might happen when they finally catch him. However, he eventually gets over this fear in order to help his friends and the town.

## Trivia

* The concept of Perri himself is based on the series trope of adding an additional main character in later seasons, plus having said character be or seem "different" than the others in some way.
* Perri's face was originally planned to be revealed at a much later date.