Craig of the Creek

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• Craig Williams – A 9-year-old boy who enjoys playing at the creek with his friends, Kelsey and J.P. He is a natural leader and always tries to help other kids when they need it the most. He typically carries a homemade staff and a satchel. In "Escape from Family Dinner", it is shown that Craig takes advanced math and admits that he likes the class. He also takes on the role of a cartographer as he is constantly making additions to his detailed map of the Creek. In "The Takeout Mission", he is 9.
• Kelsey Pokoly – A ginger-haired, 8-year-old girl who is one of Craig's friends. She is always seen wearing a purple cape and has a pet budgerigar named Mortimor who is usually perched on top of her head. She typically carries a homemade PVC pipe sword which she proudly made herself. She is adventurous, loves books, and tends to be overly dramatic. She often internally narrates her life, for which others are completely aware. She is raised by her single widower father. In "Doorway to Helen", it is revealed that Kelsey is Jewish.
• John Paul "J.P." Mercer – A tall, 10-year-old boy who speaks in a Southern accent is another one of Craig's close friends. He wears an oversized red hockey jersey. While not shown to be very bright, he is imaginative and kind to those around him. He is prone to getting very dirty and injuring himself. His namesake is short for John Paul, as revealed in "You're It". In "Under the Overpass", Craig stated that he and Kelsey "found" J.P. in a previous adventure.

  Craig's family

• Jessica Williams and Lucia Cunningham ) – Craig's younger sister who typically likes to keep everything in check by describing her actions out loud. She is very smart for her age, detail-oriented, and already shows an interest in the stock market.
• Bernard Williams – Craig's smart, no-nonsense, and sometimes snobby, teenage older brother. He looks down on Craig and his misadventures at the creek. He is obsessed with getting good grades and getting into an Ivy League school. He values love and the importance of homework. He used to play Bring Out Your Beast and showed no interest in teaching it to Craig, until they played it together for the first time at the splintery butt to win back the Beast Snare.
• Duane Williams — Craig's understanding father who works as a computer programmer. He sometimes plays retro video games with Craig. He loves dad jokes.
• Nicole Williams – Craig's loving mother who works as a school counselor and cares deeply for her children.
• Earl Williams and Phil Morris ) – Craig's grandfather and Duane's father. Craig looks up to him and has inherited his adventurous spirit.
• Jojo Williams – Craig's grandmother and Duane's mother who is a city councilwoman and was a civil rights activist back in the 1960s.

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