The Kids from Room 402

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The Kids from Room 402 is a television program that originally aired on Fox Family in the USA starting in 1999, previously aired on Teletoon, and currently airs in the UK.

The show is focused primarily on the students from Room 402, as the title implies. Miss Graves, the teacher, is usually shown as an interlocutor in the problems and injustices that are afflicted upon the students, whether the dilemmas be internal or external. Each show usually ends with a substantiated moral or lesson resulting from such aforementioned situations.

The show is based on the popular children's book The Kids from Room 402 by Betty Paraskevas and Michael Paraskevas. It was developed for television by Cindy Begel and Lesa Kite who wrote all 65 episodes.

[edit] Characters

Nancy Francis (Mindy Cohn) - Nancy is the red-head with the glasses, you see Nancy is always trying to fit in with the other girls and is always is helping out Jessie because she sees him being picked on a lot. Nancy is a good kid but bossy and she usually gets up to mischief and that's what gets her in trouble. She is always trying to befriend Penny, but can never achieve that goal, and will sometimes end up being "friends" with Polly McShane who she resists instead.
Penny Grant (Tara Strong) - Penny is one of the wealthiest girls in the entire school. Penny is not a snob just because she is one of the richest kids in town. She is very nice and has blonde hair that helps her fit in very nicely. Nancy is always near her because of how wealthy she is but sometimes Penny doesn't even realize that she is rich.
Vinnie Nasta - Vinnie is the bully of the bunch. He is a tall boy who likes to pull pranks on people just like the bus driver on the main picture. Vinnie is always found wearing a football shirt and spiked up black hair. Watch out for Vinnie because he always has some eggs with him to chuck at the innocent kids of the school. He is also friends with Jesse, and the two pull pranks together on occasion.
Freddie Fay - Freddie is sadly also picked on and teased like Jessie. Freddie is basically classified as a nerd in the school and he doesn't like that at all. He has glasses, black hair, wears a yellow shirt and sticks out as an easily found school nerd.
Polly McShane (Colleen O'Shaughnessey) - Polly, a proud Lithuanian, is a big girl who is a 'teacher's pet'. Polly is the teacher's pet and looks very like it too. Polly is very smart and has glasses, black hair and a plaid dress. The teacher's pets are very annoying but not like this one, Polly loves goats and tries to hang out with others epecially Nancy who she refers to as "Nan" and can never fit in but she always keeps trying. She has an obsession with spoons. Also, the other children frequently know when she is coming, because she exclaims: "yo-da-lei-hoo"
Arthur Kenneth Van der Wall - Arthur is always trying to sell really awesome things. Even if you don't buy from Arthur you usually end up paying him in the end. He has brown hair and wears a nice blue suit, now this kid's got everything indeed. But how he gets his cool stuff he sells is unknown, most kids think he steals it from stores or is very rich.
Miss Gracie Graves{April Winchell} - Miss Gracie Graves is a really great teacher. The thing is that she is stuck with a tough class. So whenever you see her she's probably just trying to get her class to take at least one pop quiz without getting excuses from Jessie and the others.
Mr. Besser{Roger Bumpass} - Mr. Besser is the incompetent principal of the school. Noted for his stupidity and overweight staure, he is often satired, whether it be vocal or written, by his students. His negligence and ignorance serves as recurring comic relief within the television show.
Melanie Bellancough - A newer student to the school, she is Ms. Bellancough's daughter, her parents are either divorced or split up, as Melanie comes to town to live with her mother. When asked how she likes the school she always exclaims: "smells"

[edit] Broadcasting

In Turkey, it airs on Jetix (formerly on Fox Kids), under the title "402 Nolu Sınıf'ın Öğrencileri"
In Bulgaria, it airs on Jetix and has previously aired on Fox Kids on bTV. The title was translated literally: "Децата от стая 402".
In Georgia, it airs on Rustavi 2, under the title ბავშვები 402-ე ოთახიდან.
In Romania, it airs on Jetix and ro:Prima TV, under the title Copiii de la 402.
In Russia, it airs on Jetix (Russia), under the title Детки из класса 402
In The Netherlands, it airs on Jetix, under the same title.
In Israel, the show aired on Fox Kids (now Jetix) under the name "כיתה 402" (Kitta 402=Class 402).