Jiggy McCue

Jiggy's real name is Joseph, but he's called Jiggy because in times of stress his feet dance, his elbows flap and he can't keep still. This happens a lot.

He sometimes feels he's the unluckiest boy in the world - here are some of the things that have happened to him:

• He's been the victim of a pair of evil underpants
• He's had his life flushed down the toilet
• He's been haunted by a dead goose
• He's accidentally summoned a genie with a mean streak
• He's been given a pen which makes all his clothes disappear
• He's gone through a broom cupboard into a land where he is an Extreme Ironing Champion

If something embarrassing can happen, you can be sure it'll happen to Jiggy. With his best mates, Pete Garrett and Angie Mint, he tries to worm his way out of all sorts of situations - not always successfully.

Jiggy lives with his mum and dad, Peg and Mel (the Golden Oldies), in a house called The Dorks on the Brook Farm Estate. Pete and Angie live across the road from Jiggy, together with Angie's mum (Audrey) and Pete's dad (Oliver).

Jiggy, Pete and Angie call themselves The Three Musketeers. Their slogan, or battle cry, is 'One for All and All for Lunch!', which is also the title of the eleventh book in the series...

Pete Garrett

Pete is a computer game nut. He's also a bit of a joker and proud of his disgustingly dirty feet.

Angie Mint

According to Jiggy, Angie is more of a boy than he and Pete ever were. She's the real boss of the Musketeers, though the boys would never admit it.

Stallone

Jiggy's mean and antisocial cat. He had a hard life as a young mog (see his story in One for All and All for Lunch) and trusts no one – especially male humans.

Eejit Atkins

Jiggy's next door neighbour. On the small side and thick as two fat bricks. Keen to become a fourth member of the Three Musketeers.

Bryan Ryan

Jiggy's arch-enemy since the Infants. Ryan and Jiggy are always at loggerheads. In one book, Jiggy accidentally puts Ryan in hospital.

Ranting Lane

The school attended by Jiggy, Pete, Angie, Eejit and Ryan.

Headmaster

Ron Hubbard, known to the kids as 'Mother'.

Mr Rice

Games master. Wears a red tracksuit at all times, never speaks quietly when he can shout, and doesn't think much of Jiggy because Jiggy is rubbish at sport.

Miss Weeks

The deputy head, and Mr Rice's jogging partner. They must have jogged together once too often, because Miss Weeks eventually produces Baby Rice.

Mr Dakin

Face-ache Dakin is Jiggy's form tutor and father to Milo, one of Jiggy's nicer classmates.

Mr Hurley

The most boring history teacher in the world; a tweedy relic.

Mrs Gamble

English teacher. Mrs G likes Jiggy and he likes her. He's good at English.

Mr Lubelski

Jiggy's Polish art teacher. Jiggy's also good at art.

Mr Dent

Resistant Materials honcho. Jiggy can't get enthusiastic about Resistant Materials, but Mr Dent can live with that as he has a useful sense of humour.

Mr Prior

Jiggy's extremely bald RE teacher in the earlier books. Had a nervous breakdown and went home to mother. Succeeded by...

Mr Staples

Just as bald as Mr Prior, but with a comb-over that starts way down on one side of his enormous dome.

Mrs Porterhouse

Geography teacher. Very thin and small, voice like a bread knife. Has mad schemes for teaching the kids about other parts of the world, such as showing them how to dance the tango the Argentinean way.

Mr Bakelite

Young supply teacher who once tried to show Jiggy's class how to make lemon meringue pie. Big mistake.

Ms Ophelia Mooney

Jiggy's new Drama teacher. Ms Mooney has orange fright-wig type hair and wears very jazzy clothes, but she's not a jolly person. Her eyes can make her enemies do anything she wants - enemies such as Jiggy, who she takes a dislike to at their very first meeting.