Neil

Neil is a protagonist and a member of The New Action Squad.

## **BIOGRAPHY**

Neil is one of the main characters of Camp Camp. He is a Science Camp camper at Camp Campbell, although reluctantly as he was disappointed to find out that Science Camp was not as promising as it led on.

Outside of Camp Campbell, he is also a member of The New Action Squad, but does not wish to take on any role as he has his own dreams.

## **APPEARANCE**

Neil has chestnut-brown curly hair, a mustard yellow, short-sleeved turtleneck, and dark red skinny jeans that are rolled up at the bottom. He also has white tennis shoes with baby blue laces and trim on the bottom. He has blue eyes with pale skin.

## **PERSONALITY**

As Neil's passion in Science runs deep, it ends up encompassing a large part of his personality. He has memorized many different equations and concepts, and in "Into Town" is shown to be able to fix a VCR with barely any thought. He likes to unwind by doing computer coding (as shown in "Anti-Social Network") and build robots in his spare time ("Squirrel Camp"). Being the stereotypical smart one Neil is also predictably cowardly, timid, and neurotic. This is prominently shown in the theme song wherein has a visibly distressed look on his face and is just suffering and failing in the list of activities.

This also gets him bullied by Nurf (albeit only Tuesdays, Thursdays, and non-denominational holidays), moreso in the earlier seasons. He is also uncomfortable around Tabii, as he finds her obsessive crush on him to be disturbing and usually panics when she tries to flirt with him.

In "Romeo & Juliet II: Love Resurrected", Neil is shown to have serious stage fright. He even asks Max to hit him when reminded that, if injured, he wouldn't have to perform. However, once on the stage, he puts on a relatively good performance and is even able to remember his lines. He only breaks character once Tabii shows up on the stage, having unexpectedly filled in the role of Juliet instead of Nikki.

## **TRIVIA**

* Although it has not been directly said by any character in the show, on page 4 of the Official Camp Camp Press Kit, Neil is stated as being 11 years old.
	+ In the same Press Kit, Nikki is stated as being 10. Neil being older than Nikki was mentioned in "Parents' Day", as Nikki says she always wanted an older brother while referring to Neil.
* Given the style of his hairdo, which is colloquially referred to as a "Jew-fro", and the fact that he celebrates the Sabbath, Neil is indeed Jewish. He boasts about his religion in "Culture Day" to try to look cool in the eyes of the other campers, but ultimately comes clean when the campers mob him demanding answers.
	+ In "Cult Camp," Neil points out "the fucked up implications of specifically *Dolph* putting specifically *him* inside of a gas chamber." This is a reference to the Holocaust.
* He is shown to heavily resemble his dad, facial feature wise and the like. They both have chestnut brown hair, wears a yellow turtleneck and red skinny jeans with matching shoes.
* In "Reigny Day", Neil is shown to have a diary, and that he went into the attic above the mess hall to get some privacy for writing in it. Due to Neil's heritage, this is a reference to the story of Anne Frank, a real-life Jewish girl who hid away in an attic during the Holocaust and kept record of her experiences in a diary.
	+ The journal is seen again in "Squirrel Camp", and now includes fanfiction of real-life scientists Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton.
* In the Camp Camp Teaser Trailer, Neil is shown to have asthma.
* Neil's skin has a reddish tinge to it. This is revealed by Nikki in "Attack of the Nurfs" to be due to rosacea.
* After he is shown having an allergic reaction to sauerkraut in "City Survival", he is then seen sitting on a bench saying "it's a good thing we found that epipen on the ground. I think I can feel my heart beating again!" The allergy is so severe that he would have gone into anaphylactic shock without immediate medical assistance.