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Coins for a Cure

**Coins for a Cure** was a fundraiser event occurred at Middle Primary School.

## Performers

 Unknown
 Pat My Rat
 Ramona The Fortune Teller

## Stalls

* **Maudie's Mystery Taste Test**: Ran by Maudie, it is a stall that has several food combinations. Maudie sells the customer and puts a spoon with a combination, while the customer must help to discover what she had put in his mouth. Among its combinations is Maudie's favourite: Salmon with Peanut Butter, and among others, chicken satay, cheese with olives, tuna and Turkish delight, seafood, anchovies with tomatoes and salami with watermelon.
* **Ezra's Electric Hairdos**: Ran by Ezra, along with Mario and James, he uses a van de graff machine for customers to put on and get their hair standing on end.
* **Pat My Rat**: Ran by Cristie; a chance to pat her pet rat.
* **Ramona The Fortune Teller**: Ran by Ramona; a chance to have your future read.

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Sarah Banks

**Sarah Banks** is a minor character on *The InBESTigators*. She is portrayed by Frances Wang, and is the mother of Ezra Banks and Poppy Banks, the wife of Daniel Banks, and the daughter or in law of Rosemary.

## History

### Season 1

#### The Case of the Curious New Girl

Sarah, in this episode, talks to Mr. McGillick to give Ezra a special project that encourages him, where Mr. McGillick reveals to Ezra that he is in charge of looking after the new student at the school.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Ezra Banks

Ezra is Sarah's first child. Ezra's interest in business and technical things makes her consider him a boy with a busy mind, leading her to ask Mr McGillick to give her son a special project. During the work of the investigation agency led by Ezra, she usually interrupts him by sending him into the house for dinner or even asks Poppy to do favors for Ezra, interrupting him in the process.

## Trivia

* Sarah is the first mentioned character of the series.
* Sarah is the most mentioned character in the series, one of these mentioned are her kids, Ezra and Poppy Banks.
* Its unknown if she is Rosemary's daughter on daughter in law.
Toby

**Toby** is a recurring character in *The InBESTigators*, portrayed by Monty Henderson. He is in grade 5 at Middle Primary. He's the star bowler on the Middle Primary School Year 5 Boys Cricket Team.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Diet

Diet is Toby's best friend. During "The Case of the Problematic Party", Toby was afraid to tell Diet that he had not invited him to his birthday party (that he could invite only 5 friends because the laser tag is too expensive), not to hurt him, however, Diet knew when he found Kyle's invitation, which he had lost while he was fighting karate with James. So Diet copied the invitation and distributed it to everyone secretly, but Diet didn't realize what it did to Toby.

When Toby went to the infirmary pretending to be sick, Diet decided to go too, but he was afraid he would find out, so during the break, Diet was very welcoming to him and played with them a lot, but after the inbestigators found out, Toby he felt bad when he saw that his friend was upset because he was not one of the 5 guests to his party and made excuses. Although his parents were very angry, they felt guilty about the situation and decided to invite Diet as well.

#### Amelia Fitzgerald

As revealed in "The Case of the Fishy Fundraiser", Toby is Amelia's neighbor, besides he is also her roommate, and she was very kind to him in asking him to buy a cupcake, but she started to get shocked to see that Toby was going to set up a lemonade stand. She felt envious to see that Toby's lemonade stand was becoming more and more popular than hers and tried to get rid of him all day, and when his tent was sabotaged, Amelia took advantage of it to win more customers and felt satisfied with that, which made her suspicious of the sabotage. However, even though it wasn't her fault, Ava made her apologize to Toby for being mean and he accepted them, and then the two gathered the money raised by the two tents.

## Trivia

* He has a Scottish accent.
* On the first season, most of his appearances is when he is mentioned or has cameo or non-speaking appearances in the episodes.
Mrs Parides

**Mrs. Helen Parides** is a recurring character on *The InBESTigators*. She is portrayed by Madeline Jevic, and is the P.E. teacher at Middle Primary School.

## History

### Season 1

#### The Case of the Missing Solar System

During this episode, Mrs Parides plays, together with the year 5s in P.E. class, a softball match. Soon, when Justin arrives with his model, Mrs. Parides, seeing that the class is over, tells everyone to keep the ball, however, Kyle insists that he can take another shot while Maudie watches Justin, who was heading towards the bathroom.

### Season 2

#### The Case of the Concert Catastrophe

Mrs Parides, in this episode, interrupts the crowd around Max, who was completely scared of the crowd due to her fear, and Mrs Parides reminds Kyle that Max is afraid of large crowds and tells everyone to leave, and soon causes Max to calm down, where Maudie finally realizes that she has to contain her excitement.

#### The Case of the Vanishing Koalas

In this episode, while Maudie was talking to Charlotte, Mrs Parides interrupts with her whistle, where she was stopping a fight between Mario and James, where Mario reveals that James caught his Kakow Koalas, where Mrs Parides is shocked to hear this.
Sadie

**Sadie** is a minor character in *The InBESTigators*. She is portrayed by Amberly Cull.

## Personality

Sadie, when she lost her purse, proved to be selfish, rude and arrogant, demonstrating this when she accused Gary of having stolen her bag and said bad things about him, and also interrupted Maudie, who was trying to tell the truth. After discovering it was Barney, Sadie feels shaken and even apologizes for accusing Gary, and at the same time, for being rude with fifth graders.

## History

### Background

At some point, Sadie started a sports equipment store and started delivering equipment to Middle Primary School.

## Relationships

### Others

#### Gary

Sadie, during his first appearance, began to be very antagonistic with Gary when she accused him of stealing her bag, and this also reflected on Kyle, who led him to defend him. However, after Maudie found out it was Barney because of the new retractable collar, Sadie felt guilty for accusing Gary and he forgives her.

#### Kyle Klimson

Kyle was angry at Sadie when she accused Gary of stealing her purse, making him defend Gary in every way possible.

#### Maudie Miller

Sadie, initially, did not take even a word from Maudie because she was an 11-year-old child, and interrupted her several times. However, she felt guilty about it when Maudie proved to be sure that it was not Gary, but Barney.
The Case of the Perplexing Painting

"**The Case of the Perplexing Painting**" is the fifteenth episode of *The InBESTigators*.

## Synopsis

When Esther's painting is damaged during the Art Show, Maudie has trouble proving who ruined the artwork without finding the evidence first.

## Cast & Characters

 Anna Cooke
 Aston Droomer
 Jamil Smyth-Secka
 Maria Angelico
 James Saunders
 Matilda Hardwick
 Siena Foggie

## Features

### Locations

* Australia
	+ Unnamed Residential Area
		- Middle Primary School
		- Granny Flat

### Groups

* The InBESTigators
	+ Maudie Miller
	+ Ezra Banks
	+ Ava Andrikides
	+ Kyle Klimson

## Videos

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## Trivia

* This episode is the first in which Maudie reports the case without anyone's accompaniment, that is, only her.
* This episode also shows Maudie, for the first time, having trouble resolving a case because Caitlin ate the cookie she threw at Esther's painting.
* This is the second episode where Esther acts as a victim.
* Esther's surname, McCarthy, is revealed after Mr. McGillick mentions the winners of the Art Show for making the best reproduction Ned Kelly paintings.
	+ She is the third character to have her surname with the single Mc, and the seventh recurring/minor character to have the surname being revealed.

### Cultural References

* The Art Show features works of Sidney Nolan's portrayal of Ned Kelly, an Australian outlaw who was mystified for challenging the authorities of colonial Australia.
* When Kyle insults Caitlin, he beings similar with Milton David Krupnick, a fictional character from the series *Kickin It*, as he insults Mama G in the episode "Invasion of the Ghost Pirates".
* When Kyle says that the families of Esther and Caitlin have been rivals for thousands of years, he references several things in pop culture:
	+ The rivalry between the two kingdoms in *Game of Thrones*.
	+ A episode of the Nickeloden TV series *Avatar: The Last Airbender* "The Great Divide", as two tribes has rivalry for each other.

### Continuity

* Maudie mentions that some find her very truthful, something Ezra had already mentioned in "The Case of the Missing Solar System".
	+ Kyle ends up insulting Caitlin saying that her picture is horrible in front of everyone, which is similar to the case that he was insulted by Maudie, where she said that his model was not good in "The Case of the Missing Solar System".
* Mr McGillick says again his famous quote "*Don't Call Me Henry*", first heard in "The Case of the Curious New Girl".
* Ava says, in this episode, "What? How? When?", being similar to her catchphrase "What? How? When? Why? In" The Case of the Suspect Sprinkler".
	+ As in this episode, Ava also uses it to demonstrate her shock after Maudie says she thinks Caitlin had ruined Esther's picture.
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Grade 5 Play

The **Grade 5 Play** is a theatre play put on by Middle Primary School.

## Synopsis

The play speaks of a woman (Esther McCarthy) who decides to set up a family dinner along with her husband (Diet) and her cleaning lady (Miranda).

## Cast

* Esther McCarthy
* Miranda
* Diet
* Maudie Miller as Waiter
* Kyle Klimson as Turkey

## Crew

* Miss Tan (director)
* Ava Andrikides (assistant director)
* Ezra Banks (technician)
* Pixie (artist)
* Ruby
* Archie
* Toby
* Caitlin

## Trivia

* The names of the characters played by Esther McCarthy, Miranda and Diet are unknown, except for Maudie, who plays the waiter, and Kyle, who plays the turkey.
* 50 people were present to watch the play, as said by Ava and Miss Tan during the technical rehearsal.
* The piece possibly competed with another piece that was being put together by Stonefield Primary School, whose posters appeared to be professional, according to Maudie.

## References

1. ↑ Maudie and Kyle's roles are identified through their makeup and clothes.
Wayne Hope

**Wayne Hope** is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer. Along with Robyn Butler, they are the creators of *The InBESTigators*.

## Personal life

He is married to comedian and actress Robyn Butler. Together they run Gristmill.

## Work in *The InBESTigators*

### Director

#### Season 1

* "The Case of the Curious New Girl"
* "The Case of the Missing Solar System"
* "The Case of the Distressed Dancer"
* "The Case of the Big Mouth Challenge"
* "The Case of the Pestering Prank Caller"
* "The Case of the Spoiled Sports Day"
* "The Case of the Very Lost Notebook"
* "The Case of the Wrecked Rehearsal"
* "The Case of the Disoriented Drone"

### Season 2

* "The Case of the Soccer Saga"
* "The Case of the Extremely Empty Freezer"
* "The Case of the Tricky Trimathalon"
* "The Case of the Triple Inbestigation"

### Writer

#### Season 1

* "The Case of the Big Mouth Challenge"
* "The Case of the Baffling Birthday"

#### Season 2

* "The Case of the Soccer Saga"
* "The Case of the Rosemary Riddle"
* "The Case of the Miraculous Mini Golfer"

## External links

* Instagram
* IMDb
Luka Franklin

**Luka Franklin** is a minor character on *The InBESTigators*. He is portrayed by Sebastian Tremontana. He is in year 3 at Middle Primary School.

## History

### Season 1

#### The Case of the Pestering Prank Caller

Luka is the son of Tom Franklin. During his first appearance, Luka realizes that his father is not doing very well at work, including when he makes the Franklin's Cube, a call tracker. So, he decides to help. After Tom gave free quotes to all his clients, Luka took the list of everyone and started hoaxing people to buy the Franklin Cube, and among those people are Ezra, Ms Maniaci, Toby, Mr Quinn and Belinda in the green house. The moment he passed the prank calls, Luka sneezed and sniffed, and many thought he had the flu, but in fact, he is allergic to cats, mainly due to the fact that the cat that follows Jack all the time appeared there every day, the that generated these sneezes.

However, his actions created suspicions for Mrs. Maniaci, who started to think it was Ezra and this made her accuse him in front of Maudie without evidence, however, Maudie manages to get her suspicions about him. So, Maudie discovers that the person who did this is a person from Tom's Store, where she reveals that it was Luka, because he is always in the store, and Maudie reveals to others that he is allergic to the cat, and not flu, where he thought about it when Ezra mentioned that Tom said they were allergic to the cat, however, Jack was with the cat, and Tom was not having an allergic reaction at all, and so he was referring to someone else. To prove it, Maudie interviews Luka, introducing herself and saying that it was she who answered Ezra's cell phone on Thursday, but Luka corrects it, which proves that he was responsible and he was shocked, and at the same time, afraid of his father finding out. So, he goes outside with the group and reveals that it was him. Ava confronts him, saying that this was very rude and that he cannot force someone to buy something that he is not interested in, so Luka apologises, and Ava suggests a stall outside the store to demonstrate the Franklin Cube, where he is a huge success, and both Luka and Tom are happy about it.
Claudia

**Claudia** is a student of the Dance Dreams Dance School and a former member of Zac O'Halloran's Dance Troupe who was kicked out of the group for being constant late. As a result, she was not involved in Trish's sabotage. Ironically, it seems Claudia is on far better terms with Trish than her former troupe, and seems to consider Trish a friend, which Trish might return, both girls disliking how Zac and his friends shunt them aside.
Netflix

***NOTE***: *The InBESTigators is unavailable on Australian Netflix.*

**Netflix, Inc.** (/ˈnɛtflɪks/) is an American media-services provider and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California. The company's primary business is its subscription-based streaming service which offers online streaming of a library of films and television programs, including those produced in-house. It distributes *The InBESTigators* to viewers outside of Australia.

## External links

* The InBESTigators on Netflix

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Evan

**Evan** is a minor character in *The InBESTigators*, portrayed by Zac Hamilton. He is Owen's twin brother and a member of Under 13's Club's B team.

## History

### Season 2

#### The Case of the Soccer Saga

After being severily insulted by Kyle due to him not being a very good player at soccer, he and owen switches themselves: Evan pretends to be Owen and retend she hurt his arm while arriving to the match, and Owen pretends to be Evan and uses his talents at soccer to make the B team win.

## Trivia

* He, along with Owen, are the only twin characters in the series.
Miss Tan

**Miss Tan** is an recurring character on *The InBESTigators*. She is portrayed by Maria Angelico.

## Personality

Miss Tan proves to be quite proud of her teaching position. She is very kind to her students, and she is also quite untied by the fact that she let the papers be blown away by the wind and the fact that she does not know how to handle the ceramic lathe. In addition, she also demonstrates a legacy of losing many things, where everyone was not even surprised when she said that the authorizations were not in her folder.

Despite that, Miss Tan also proves to be quite rigid and at times very angry with her students if she sees them doing something wrong, like putting a Disc Choccy in their mouth without breaking like Ben, and is also impatient when her students were taking a long time to line up for fire training and want her students to always stay focused, and because of that, he sets strict rules, especially that of Not Talking About January Valentines in the Classroom.

## History

### Season 1

#### The Case of the Curious New Girl

On her first appearance, Miss Tan, during recess, leaves several paper leaves that she was taking to be blown away and calls all her students to help her collect, so Billy was the only one who was not there to help.

### Season 2

#### The Case of the Incridible Fortune Teller

Miss Tan, during the Coins for a Cure event, goes to Maudie's Mystery Taste Test to sample some of Maudie's combinations. Maudie prepares to give a combination of seafood, however, Miss Tan reveals to be allergic, making her change. Soon, Miss Tan begins to hear Ava's voice, but is silenced when Maudie puts the spoon in her mouth, as she was feeling distraught by Ezra and Ava.

#### The Case of the Unhappy Camper

In this episode, Miss Tan, along with Grade 5, Mr. McGillick and Mrs Parides, go to Grade 5 Camp. A little while earlier, she had said that it was forbidden to take tablets or cell phones to the camp, but allowed them to carry books, however, Kyle had thought that she said the opposite in relation to books. She, along with the students and the other teachers, was being victimized by Kyle's pranks, one of which was that Kyle placed a rubber snake in the middle of the tug of war, causing students to loosen the rope and at the same time, made Miss Tan, Mr. McGillick and Mrs Parides fall into the mud. During dinner, when getting more food, Miss Tan ends up being once again the victim of one of Kyle's pranks, in which he put flour on the benches, causing her, Mrs Parides and Mr. McGillick to keep their butts dirty with flour. and everyone started laughing.

## Trivia

* Her real name is unknown, along with Mr. Barker.
* As revealed in "The Case of the Incredible Fortune Teller", she is allergic to seafood.
Future Leaders

The **Future Leaders** are a selection of students from schools in and around the Unnamed Residential Area. They participate in an 8-week workshop where they write their speeches about how they would change the world.

## Trivia

* Only 3 members are known.
* Savannah was the only future leader to be expelled; this is because she accused Ava of a crime that she didn't commit and was in fact the real culprit.
* One of the members could possibly be from Stonefield Primary School, but this was never confirmed.
Inbestigators' Rap

**Inbestigators' Rap** (also known as ***THIS IS A BUST!*** on YouTube) is a song from *The InBESTigators*, first used in "The Case of the Triple Inbestigation".

## Lyrics

 Catching crooks from bad to worseWe just have to finish our homework firstPut your hands up in the air / like you really care'Cos this is a bust!Yeah this is a bust! (Oh yeah)Put your hands up in the air / like you really care'Cos this is a bust![High fives all round]

## Usage

### Season 2

#### The Case of the Triple Inbestigation

The song is used during the Inbestigators' commercial.

## Trivia

* The instrumental of the song has some notes similar to the soundtrack to the opening of the series and to the sounds used in the episodes.
* The line "Put Your Hands Up in the Air" is also in the song "Put Your Hands in the Air", used in the episode "The Case of the Soccer Saga"

## External links

* YouTube Clip
* Bandcamp

## References

1. ↑ THIS IS A BUST! | Official Song from The Inbestigators (2019). *YouTube*. (December 2019)

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The Case of the Vanishing Koalas

**"The Case of the Vanishing Koalas"** is the 7th episode of the second season of *The InBESTigators*, and the 27th overall.

## Synopsis

Mario gets hungry for justice when his Kakow Koalas, the latest snack sensation sweeping the playground, go missing.

## Features

### Locations

* Australia
	+ Unnamed Residential Area
		- Middle Primary School
		- Granny Flat

### Groups

* The InBESTigators
	+ Maudie Miller
	+ Ezra Banks
	+ Ava Andrikides
	+ Kyle Klimson
* Littermitte
	+ Maudie Miller
	+ Ava Andrikides
	+ Ezra Banks

## Videos

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## Trivia

* This is the first time that Mario appears in an episode as a victim.
* Charlotte is similar to Ben ("The Case of the Big Mouth Challenge"), due to her difficulty on socialising with people.
* Maudie, in this episode, mentions that her hair is always short because her father always cuts it since he was tired of getting the knots out.

### Cultural References

* Charlotte is similar to Connie Masheswaran, from *Steven Universe*, due to her difficulty in socialising with the other children.

### Continuity

* During a flashback, Charlotte was reading *Head Scratchers*, the same book that Ezra started reading in "The Case of the Curious New Girl".
* When Maudie fires herself from the inbestigators in "The Case of the Interrupting Intern", is revealed that Ava gave her a ponytail to put on her hair when it grows, but she uses the same justification that she never used because her father always cut her hair when it grew.
ABC iview

**ABC iview** is a video on demand and catch up TV service run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Currently iview video content can only be viewed by users in Australia. Now iview attracts around 50 million plays monthly and accounts for around half of the total time streamed by Australian TV video services.

Full episodes of *The InBESTigators* come and go on iview. As of now, there are 20 episodes available. The show can also be watched on the ABC ME live stream available on iview.

## External links

* The InBESTigators on ABC iview

* ABC ME Live Stream on **ABC iview**

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James

**James** is a recurring character of *The InBESTigators*. He is portrayed by Zac Mineo.

## Personality

In the series, James is quite arrogant, rude and completely selfish, and has difficulty in understanding certain situations. One example was when he was angry with Toby because he is the star of the cricket team and also because he had surgery and he could not play sports, and even asking him to come back demonstrating that he only cares about victory. He is also envious, especially of Kyle after he demonstrates that he is good at math. His personality made him considered a suspect in several cases despite being one of the only students to not be a culprit in any case.

## History

### Season 1

#### The Case of the Big Mouth Challenge

In this episode, James participates in the Disk Chockey Challenge, set up by Ben, whose goal is to put Disk Chockey in his mouth without breaking, however, James ended up failing in the challenge because he let disk chockey break.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Mario

James also trains football together with Mario, however, the relationship between them is half unknown, but as seen in "The Case of the Vanishing Koalas", James became envious of Mario when he insulted him saying that he could see him eating the Kakow Koalas, and that caused him to be accused by Mario of having caught them.

#### Kyle Klimson

James is one of the boys who coach football with Kyle. However, James shows disrespect for him for not knowing math, as seen in "The Case of the Tricky Trimathlon" by sarcastically sending Ezra and Kyle a "good luck in the first round" and laughing. However, his malice turned into envy when he saw Kyle doing so well in the Trimathlon with his cheat sheet, considering it unfair and even started mistreating Ruby because of it. This caused him to be accused by Kyle of having erased the cheat sheet, however, as James was playing football with him at halftime, this causes the charges to be dropped, but he was somewhat blamed for the reasons for the crime because Ruby had feeling pressured.

#### Toby

James joins the school's cricket team together with Toby, which makes them friends and teammates at the same time. However, when he saw him losing his games because of the surgery in "The Case of the Fishy Fundraiser", James was very angry to see that Toby was selling lemonade instead of playing cricket and becomes mean when he asks him to come back. So, James went with Toby to apologize, but that fact and his behavior made him once again a suspect until he said the reason for going to Toby's house.

#### Justin

James and Justin prove to be friendly with each other and always play together (as seen in "The Case of the Unhappy Camper").
Diet

**Diet** [pronounced as dee-yet] is a recurring character of *The InBESTigators*. He is portrayed by Ethan Pham.

## History

### Season 1

#### The Case of the Big Mouth Challenge

In this episode, Diet, along with the other students in his class, introduce themselves to Ben, who did not feel welcomed. Soon, he, along with the other boys in his class, were impressed to see Ben put Disk Chockey in his mouth without breaking anything. So, he decided to enter the Disk Chockey Challenge, and participated in the fight of who would go next. Like the other students, Diet missed the challenge, and was quite bored by the competition, since he wasn't being fun for anyone.

### Season 2

#### The Case of the Tricky Trimathlon

In this episode, Diet signs up for Trimathlon, an online math competition where several schools compete against each other. Miss Tan selects the pairs, among them Diet along with Amelia. The two begin to study together without any difficulty. The next day, the first round of Trimathlon begins and Diet and Amelia make no mistake, but that was not enough to go to the next round, as Ezra and Kyle answered the last question before them.

#### The Case of the Unhappy Camper

Diet went, along with the rest of Grade 5, to Grade 5 Camp, and formed a cabin group along with Kyle, James, Justin, Ezra and Archie. When they get there, Diet, along with the others, were completely irritated by Kyle's rules, and when Archie was startled by what Kyle said about sleeping outside, Diet asked if he could sleep upstairs in his place. While preparing dinner, Diet was a victim of Kyle's pranks, the one when he presses the ketchup to put it on his sausage, the lid comes off and the sauce spills into the entire plate.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Toby

Diet is Toby's best friend. During "The Case of the Problematic Party", Toby was afraid to tell Diet that he had not invited him to his birthday party (that he could invite only 5 friends because the laser tag is too expensive), not to hurt him, however, Diet knew when he found Kyle's invitation, which he had lost while he was fighting karate with James. So Diet copied the invitation and distributed it to everyone secretly, but Diet didn't realize what it did to Toby. When Toby went to the infirmary pretending to be sick, Diet decided to go too, but he was afraid he would find out, so during the break, Diet was very welcoming to him and played with them a lot, but after the inbestigators found out, Toby he felt bad when he saw that his friend was upset because he was not one of the 5 guests to his party and made excuses. Although his parents were very angry, they felt guilty about the situation and decided to invite Diet as well.

## Trivia

* He might be the smallest boy in 5th grade.
Ben

**Ben** is a minor character of *The InBESTigators*. He is portrayed by Luka Pajic.

Ben is a boy who attended Middle Primary School, then lived overseas, in countries such as Denmark, Colombia, the US and Indonesia. He moved back to Australia and was put in year 5 instead of 6 by his parents, who wanted him to get on board. He attended several schools and showed difficulty making friends, He started to become the most popular boy after everyone saw him putting a Disc Chockey in his mouth, and soon after, he set up the Disc Chockey Challenge, where Maudie, watching the competition, realized that he was wearing the Disc Chockeys from America for the challenge, all because he wanted friends.

## Personality

Ben is shown to be a lonely, pessimistic and sad boy, and at the same time, shy about trying to interact with the other kids around him, and at the same time, he was confused about how to make friends, where he adopted the Disc Chockey Challenge as way of gaining attention, without realizing that he was being selfish with his classmates, and at the same time, he was boring and irritating during the competition because everyone was not able to put Disc Chockey in his mouth without breaking.

Soon after Maudie discovers his true intentions, where he finally assumes his loneliness and everyone begins to understand. Even though the competition was extinguished because Miss Tan found out, Ben started to not care much about it and felt comfortable after Ava put together a list for everyone to talk to him on different days, where he finally understood what it is to make friends.

## Trivia

* Ben is the first guest character who is a student in Class 5T, and did not appear in later episodes.
* His name, Ben, is the short name for Benjamin, which could be his full forename.
Season 3

**Season 3** is an anticipated third season of *The InBESTigators*. It will probably be released first on ABC Me in Australia and Netflix worldwide in 2024, due to the 2019-21 coronavirus pandemic. After the release of the second season on January 10, 2020 on Netflix worldwide, it has rumours that a third season would be released, but this wasn't confirmed. During an interview, Abby Bergman appointed that "I hope there will be a third season." Jamil also posted on his Instagram story that "maybe" will be a third season.

## Trivia

* The season would only be released on 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, for big reasons:
	+ As a way to fight the spread of the virus, many cinemas had to be closed, postponing premieres of films and productions of films and series were stopped, since they were sources of agglomeration, which is the main form of more uncontrolled spread of the virus.
	+ The pandemicis currently over so filming might happen in 23/24.

## References

* General
* Notes

1. ↑ When Will The InBESTigators Season 3 Premiere on Netflix? *The CinemaHolic*. Retrived June 5, 2020.
2. ↑ Season 3 of The InBESTigators - Soon on Netflix. Retrived June 7, 2020.
3. ↑ The InBESTigators star Abby Bergman exclusive chat! *tribute.ca.* Retrived June 5, 2020.
4. ↑ Jamil Smyth Secka on Instagram: "Ask me Anything". *Instagram* Retrived June 5, 2020.

1. ↑ Many theathers have been closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, delaying or cancelling several film premieres, with production of films and series had to be stopped as one of the main social distancing measures.

 Study Guides
The InBESTigators/Episode Guide

*The InBESTigators* is an Australian children's mockumentary comedy drama television series created by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope and broadcast on ABC Me (Australia only) and Netflix outside Australia. The series stars Anna Cooke, Aston Droomer, Jamil Smyth-Secka and Abby Bergman as Maudie Miller, Ezra Banks, Kyle Klimson and Ava Andrikides, four grade 5 kids who solve crimes around school or their neighbourhood. As of November 30, 2019, 40 episodes of the series have aired in a total of two seasons.

## **Shorts**

### **Crime Crack**

 Maudie and Ava breakdown how they solved the case of The Sleepover Secret!

 Study Guides
Grade 5B

**Grade 5B** is taught by the other grade 5 teacher at Middle Primary School.

## Trivia

* The teacher of this class is unknown.
* Two students of this class are shown: Billy and Ethan McLaughlin, and nothing is known about this class.
* All the members of the class appeared as culprits of some crime and only appeared on season 1.
Patrick O'Leary

**Patrick O'Leary** is a minor character of *The InBESTigators*. He is portrayed by Finn Scicluna-O'Prey.

## History

### Background

Patrick, during the days of fantasy, became very famous for not knowing how to fantasise correctly, where he only, during two days of fantasy, he wore a bag and called himself "potato". In addition, Patrick was also known for being very intelligent, which made him quite recognized during the science holidays and also, for being one of the lipids students of the school.
Jordan

**Jordan** is a minor character in *The InBESTigators*. He is portrayed by Oscar Lidgerwood, and is the owner of the Jordan's Jams.

## Personality

He is shown to be somewhat rude in his debut, as he showed disrespect for the Inbestigators during their first meet due to them being smaller.

## History

### Season 2

#### The Case of the Distracted Detective

Jordan, along with Harriet Jacobi and The InBESTigators, became one of the three finalists of the The Young Small Business Competition. During the presentation on Saturday, Jordan first meets the Inbestigators after Harriet presents them to him. Jordan, after seeing his other opponents, concludes that the competition became very silly, as they are smaller, which made Ava mad.
Granny Flat

Map for the granny flat.

The **granny flat** is a small house located close to Ezra's house, which serves to host Ezra's nanna, Rosemary, and also serves as the office of The Inbestigators' detective agency, and also serves as one of the main settings for *The InBESTigators*.

## Areas

* **Kitchen**: It is the place where everyone cooks and eats. Maudie sometimes takes the opportunity to make her famous salmon sandwiches with peanut butter, where Ezra finds them disgusting.
* **Office**: It is the place where Inbestigators begin their work, interviewing victims of crime, how it happened and where it happened, in addition to always using it to tell everything they know about the case, and organizing meetings or making divisions for investigations.
* **Bathroom**: It is the place where people can go to pee or bathe. It is very rare for anyone to enter the bathroom, thus considering an isolated corridor. However, "The Case of the Triple Inbestigation" was the first episode in which the bathroom was seen.
* **Exterior**: It is the location outside the granny flat, which consists entirely of grass, plant pots, among other things.

**Kitchen****Office****Backyard**
## Usages

* **For Rosemary**: The **granny flat** is commonly used as a location where Ezra's nana, Rosemary, stays while she is visiting him, as the name says.
* **For Ezra**: Ezra uses the granny flat as an "office" for the Inbestigators' investigative agency, where he always meets with Maudie, Ava and Kyle. In addition, it also uses it so that people who are in need of help to solve a crime can go there, and in addition, the granny flat also comes with a map, because the location is difficult to find it.

## Trivia

* The granny flat, is, at real, a staff car park opened temporatily at Moorabbin Primary School for filming purposes.
* The actual location of the flat is unknown, and will likely stay that way because it would give away the location of someone's house.
* Most appearances of the granny flat are when reporting is taking place.
* The only episodes that the case report didn't occur in the granny flat were "The Case of the Distressed Dancer", "The Case of the Very Lost Notebook" and "The Case of the Unhappy Camper".

## References

1. ↑ Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler (July 9, 2019) How to Make a TV Mystery: The Case of The Inbestigators. *ACTF Blog*.
Notebook

The **Notebook** is a little notebook owned and used by Maudie Miller to solve the cases.

## Appearence

The notebook has an red and light blue colors on its cape, with a golden button and a red handle that holds a small light blue pen that has a string that holds it in the notebook.

## Usage

Maudie uses her notebook to write down each clue in every case, where she is often seen writing in her notebook and always uses it to analyze and connect all the leads that lead to the solution of the case. In addition, Maudie also uses it to store special things, like the cards that Ezra made for the agency to be promoted.
The Case of the Robot Robbery

**"The Case of the Robot Robbery"** is the 6th episode of the second season of *The InBESTigators*, and the 26th overall.

## Synopsis

On Science and Technology dress-up day, Patrick is upset when his robot costume is stolen by an unidentified mad professor.

## Cast & Characters

 Aston Droomer
 Abby Bergman
 Jamil Smyth-Secka
 Finn Scicluna-O'Prey
 Hannah Leigh Struckett
 Zakaria Rahhali
 Ashton Smith
 Clarke Richards

## Features

### Locations

* Australia
	+ Unnamed Residential Area
		- Granny Flat
		- Middle Primary School
			* Playground
			* Out of Bounds Area

### Items

* Notebook
* Robot Costume

### Groups

* The InBESTigators
	+ Maudie Miller
	+ Ezra Banks
	+ Ava Andrikides
	+ Kyle Klimson

### Report Details

#### Characters

* Ezra Banks
* Maudie Miller

## Trivia

* This is the third time that a Grade 6 student is a victim.
* This episode is the second which the case is reported by Ezra, along with Maudie, being the first "The Case of the Concert Catastrophe".

### Cultural References

* Most school students in this episode wear costumes similar to that of a mad professor.
* Patrick's robot costume is similar to the Robot cake from the spin-off of the bakery-competition web-series *Nailed It!*, *Nailed It! Christmas*.
* The character Ava plays in the series is referencing to Marie Curie, a scientist who was well known for her studies in radioactivity.
* Duncan has the same surname as Clark Kent, a fictional character from the DC Comics Universe, known as **Superman**.
* Mr Barker, during the parade to win 50 points, has a fantasy similar to Albert Einstein, who is known worldwide for his formula E = mc².

### Continuity

* In a flashback, Miranda is seen wearing the same outfit she wore during the Grade 5 Play in "The Case of the Wrecked Rehearsal".
* It shown again the Friendship Seat, which first appeared in "The Case of the Big Mouth Challenge".
* The house teams are brought up again, like in "The Case of the Spoiled Sports Day".
* When Ava reminds Kyle that Patrick wasn't at his house, it makes a similarity to the moment that Owen (disguised as Evan) reminded Kyle that he was his opponent at the soccer match in "The Case of the Soccer Saga".
* As a way of saying thanks, Patrick took the Inbestigators to the frozen-yoghurt shop, which was first mentioned in "The Case of the Disappearing Deliveries".
The Case of the Problematic Party

"**The Case of the Problematic Party**" is the 10th episode of the second season of *The InBESTigators*, and the 30th overall.

## Synopsis

The Inbestigators promise to help when Toby's birthday invitation to five friends is mysteriously copied and distributed to the entire class.

## Features

### Locations

* Australia
	+ Unnamed Residential Area
		- Granny Flat
		- Middle Primary School

### Report Details

#### Characters

* Ezra Banks
* Poppy Banks

## Videos

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## Trivia

### Continuity

* Ava demonstrates again her birthday party organization behavior from the episodes "The Case of the Baffling Birthday" and "The Case of the Extremely Empty Freezer".
* Kyle, during a flashback, demonstrates again his karate skills, saw in "The Case of the Disoriented Drone".
* Poppy wears the same clothes that she used in this episode in "The Case of the Fishy Fundraiser" and The Case of the Triple Inbestigation".
* Ezra appears wearing the same shirt from this episode in "The Case of the Triple Inbestigation".
Rosemary

**Rosemary** is a minor character of *The InBESTigators*. She is portrayed by Diana Lin, and is Ezra and Poppy's nanna. She currently resides in Newcastle, NSW, and she stays in the granny flat in Ezra's backyard while she is visiting him.

## History

### Season 1

#### The Case of the Disappearing Deliveries

Rosemary is mentioned in this episode by Kyle, who reveals that the office is an attachment in the back of Ezra's house for her to stay when she visits, and during this episode, Rosemary would visit Ezra the next day.

### Season 2

#### The Case of the Rosemary Riddle

Rosemary appears in this episode and Ezra describes his nanna as a very *enthusiastic nanna.* She leaves a riddle for Ezra, Ava, Maudie and Kyle and they all try to crack the secret code. Maudie cracks the code but Kyle remembers that Rosemary was meant to take them to the jam donut stall at 12 so this is the only episode that Rosemary appears.

#### The Case of the Incredible Fortune Teller

Rosemary is mentioned in this episode by Ramona, when Ezra goes to her future forecasting tent, and she predicts that he will have to clean the granny flat before she comes. When Ezra hears this, he begins to think that Ava told Ramona, causing a great deal of confusion between the two.

## Trivia

* It is unknown whether she is the bio mother of Sarah or Daniel Banks.
Lexy

**Lexy** is a minor character in *The InBESTigators*. She is portrayed by Jessica Faulkner.

## Personality

Lexy proved to be a selfish girl, as she only called for the $20 event prize 20 per 20 and was unaware that it threatened the job of Charlie, creator of the event.

## History

### Season 2

#### The Case of the Miraculous Mini Golfer

Lexy, along with her best friend Ally, came to the Mini Golf Park during vacation on Sunday, where she proved to be very bad at mini golf, missing all her strokes.
Who is Ava Andrikides?

"**Who is Ava Andrikides?**" is the first short of *The InBESTigators*, which is part of the Meet the Characters series.

## Synopsis

No one will be surprised when Ava grows up and is either running a country, a major corporation, the United Nations or all three. A vivacious natural leader, Ava is a consummate multi-tasker.
Australia

**Australia**, officially the **Commonwealth of Australia**, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the main country where sets the events of *The InBESTigators*.

## Locations (Mentioned or Present in The InBESTigators)

 Parliament House
 Newcastle, NSW
 Melbourne, VIC
 Mid-Centre Stadium

## Trivia

* The country has never been mentioned in *The InBESTigators**,* but has some events that prove that the show is set on Australia:
	+ Ava and Maudie did a project on Parliament House in the episode "The Case of the Baffling Birthday".
	+ The Australian flag was shown in the town hall in "The Case of the Copy Cat".
* Victoria is the main setting of *The InBESTigators*.
* Mount Gambier, SA and Newcastle, NSW are the only non-fictitious cities in Australia to be mentioned in *The InBESTigators*.
Anna Cooke

**Anna Cooke** is a British actress, best known for portraying Maudie Miller in *The InBESTigators*.

## Biography

Anna Cooke was born on July 27, 2007, and is currently 16 years old.

## Trivia

* Her favourite actor is Emma Watson.
* She can speak French fluently
* She has an older brother called Owen.
	+ The name of her brother references Owen, character of the series which first appeared in "The Case of the Soccer Saga".
* Her zodiac sign is Leo.
* *The InBESTigators*was her TV acting debut.
* Her favourite AFL team is the Richmond Tigers

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Anna Cooke. *Famous Birthdays*.
Charlotte

**Charlotte** is a recurring character on *The InBESTigators*. She is portrayed by Shayarna Ellis-Dowler.

## Personality

Charlotte, during her first appearance, proved to be a very skilled girl in gymnastics, but she feels lonely, sad and has difficulty relating to her classmates because of her workouts that lead her to miss school, and seeing that everyone was obsessed with the Cocoa Koalas, she decided to take Mario's to pretend it was hers, all in order to get the girls' attention and thus become friends in the process. However, after Maudie discovered the crime, Charlotte felt better after the girls realized her loneliness and hugged her.

## Appearance

Charlotte has long blond hair that she hangs in a ponytail and has white skin and blue eyes.

### School

Charlotte's regular school outfit consists of a light blue shirt with buttons and the school logo in dark blue, a dark blue skirt, white socks and black sneakers.

## Trivia

* Charlotte looks similar to the character Ben, due to their difficult to make friends.
Mario Rischitelli

**Mario** **Rischitelli** is a recurring character in *The InBESTigators*. He is portrayed by Zakariah Rahalli.

## Personality

Mario is shown as a boy who always remembers to deliver something mandatory, that is, he never forgets to bring something, according to Kyle. He also has a disagreement with his nonna because she is overprotective, and because of that, she didn't want him to go on the excursion, which led him to hide the permission slips from all students in his drawer.

Mario is also a little thick sometimes, the only time he showed this personality was when he told James to see him eating his Kakow Koalas during the break, and it also led him to accuse James of taking his Kakow koalas. He also loves to eat anything, even though it is tasteless, like Charlotte's special training muffins as an excuse for picking up his Kakow Koalas.

## History

### Season 1

#### The Case of the Big Mouth Challenge

Mario appears for the first time in "The Case of the Big Mouth Challenge". He was impressed, along with the rest of the class, to see Ben put an entire disc chockey in his mouth without breaking. Mario becomes one of the participants in the competition invented by Ben to put the Disc Chockey in his mouth without breaking, however, he loses, along with all the participants.

#### The Case of the Exciting Excursion

During the episode, Mario stayed with his nonna while his parents were traveling and soon wanted to go on the climbing tour. So, your nonna didn't want him to go, thinking it was too dangerous. On the last day before the tour, Mario asks Miss Tan if it is safe enough, where she says yes. Therefore, when Miss Tan tells Mario that he did not give Miss Tan his authorization, Mario says that his nonna forgets to sign, all to disguise his problem. Mario, knowing it was safe, tries to convince his nonna to let him go on the tour, but she refused again.
England

**England** is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north, while Ireland is located across the Irish Sea to its west and northwest, and the Celtic Sea lies to its southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers roughly 62% of the island of Great Britain, which is in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

## The InBESTigators

It is home to The January Valentines, and the former home of Maudie Miller, her mum, and Brian Miller. It is featured in The Case of the Concert Catastrophe.