The Gang, also known as the Main Six, is the primary cast of characters in the animated series 6teen. The group consists of schoolmates Nikki Wong, Jonesy Garcia, Jen Masterson, Wyatt Williams, Jude Lizowski, and later, Caitlin Cooke, who are all working inside the Galleria Mall, while also doing things that teenagers like them typically do inside the mall.
History[]
Starting with the pilot episode "Take This Job and Squeeze It", there were only five members: Nikki, Jonesy, Jen, Wyatt, and Jude, all of whom were hanging out at the Galleria Mall as usual. Jen, however, had a job at The Big Squeeze prior to her working at Penalty Box for the rest of the series.
Caitlin would later join the gang as the sixth and final member because her father ordered her to get a job after she went on a shopping spree and used up his entire credit card. Jen helped her get a job by giving her former position to her, which Caitlin was reluctant at first due to her having to wear the lemon on her head as part of her work uniform. Jude, Jonesy, Wyatt, and Nikki got themselves jobs as well. These being:
- Jude was promoted to manager of Stick It as a result of Jonesy teaching him how to lie.
- Jonesy got a job at The Soda Hop, but 10 minutes later, he was fired for hitting on his female coworker, who happened to be his boss's daughter.
- Wyatt got a job at the music store Spin This. There, Serena assigned him to the country music section, much to Wyatt's displeasure.
- Nikki got a job at The Khaki Barn. She was highly reluctant about it and felt embarrassed in front of her friends.
Each member of the Main Six had a continuing relationship with another character throughout the entirety of 6teen. These being:
- Wyatt first dated Serena in the episode "The (Almost) Graduate", and later broke up in the episode "The One with the Text Message". He would later go on to date Marlowe starting with the season 2 hour-long special "Snow Job", and they would break up in the episode "Date and Switch." Despite Wyatt breaking up with the latter, they remained good friends.
- Jude had Starr. They first meet in the episode "The Five Finger Discount" and later dated in the episode "The Khaki Girl".
- Caitlin first dated Talon, but had since went on to have a variety of boyfriends, all of whom broke up with her for various reasons.
- Nikki promptly dated Stone following her brief breakup with Jonesy, but stuck with the latter since.
- Jen first dated her co-worker Charlie Dobbs, and later sports superstar Travis Gibson.
However, perhaps the biggest among them would have to be with Jonesy and Nikki together, who has the longest relationship coming from anyone in the gang itself, which all started with Jonesy teasing Nikki to be his boyfriend while working at the Khaki Barn with her ("Clonesy") They initially ended it after having troubles with their relationship anniversary gifts ("Unhappy Anniversary"), but later reconciled when Jonesy eventually chose Nikki to be his date at their school's winter dance ("Snow Job").
In part one of the series finale, Nikki announces to her friends that she and her parents were moving to Iqaluit due to Mr. Wong getting a new job there, much to the gang's dismay. Jonesy, in particular, was greatly affected by this, as this meant that he and Nikki had to break up one last time (as well as going through his "seven stages of anguish"). Despite the main six's efforts to get Nikki to stay, they all failed.
In part two, the gang has come to accept that Nikki's moving away, including Jonesy himself. To celebrate her occasion, they throw her a "going-away" party as a final hoorah with her. Mr. and Mrs. Wong see their daughter with her friends having a heartwarming moment, prompting Mr. Wong to cancel the move. Nikki, however, did not accept this, as her observance made her change her own mind about wanting to move, which the others respectfully accept. Jonesy and Nikki get a proper break up. As Nikki is on the plane to Iqaluit, she is on her cell phone talking to her friends and getting both her and Jonesy back in a relationship, much to the gang's delight.
Trivia[]
- Every member of the gang has been out of their jobs in one way or another:
- Jen: She resigned from The Big Squeeze because she got a new job at The Penalty Box, where she would subsequently give her old job to Caitlin. ("Take This Job and Squeeze It")
- Caitlin:
- The Big Squeeze: She went out of her job there (albeit briefly) after she finally fulfilled her (now rejected) goal of using her father's credit card again by paying him back after she used it all up. ("Losing Your Lemon")
- Chocoholics Anonymous: She wasn't seen being out of her job from there. However, she may have quit either because she had attained her goal of buying the sparkly jeans from Hunnington's, or because her excessive consumption of chocolate made her gain a significant amount of weight, which affected her body shape. ("Girlie Boys")
- Nikki:
- Khaki Barn: She has been out of her job from there numerous times.
- Chrissy angrily fired her for exposing her boss' (now not-so) secret link to the Star Wars fandom. ("Welcome to the Darth Side")
- The Clones baselessly accused her of shoplifting from the store when some of the items in there went missing, so she herself decided to immediately resign enraged for a mistook accusation. ("The Wedding Destroyers")
- She quit out of anger because of the punishment she received for not lending the Clones a helping hand during Khaki Barn's "biggest sale of the year." ("Quit It")
- She quit her job for good by making a speech about the store's faulty philosophy, after she announces to her friends that she is moving away. ("Bye Bye Nikki? Part 2")
- Stereo Shack: Darth got over his crush on Nikki and got back together with Julie. In reality, Nikki was terrible at doing her job. ("Welcome to the Darth Side")
- Counter Measures: Monty terminated her after pouring in a large amount of laxative tea in one of her pumpkin muffin recipes. When the consumers ate them, a farting epidemic soon followed, with everyone running for the nearest restrooms. ("Quit It")
- Khaki Barn: She has been out of her job from there numerous times.
- Wyatt:
- Spin This: When he found out that Serena dumped him for Chad, he got back at her by behaving obnoxiously and embarrassing her. ("Going Underground")
- Underground Video: Wayne sacked him because he unintentionally spilled coffee on Space Samurai Warriors, a film he loved very much. ("A Ding from Down Under")
- Jude:
- Stick It: Near the start of the second season, he lost his job as manager there when Blade found a dead cockroach in one of the Stick-Its he ordered. Ron then called the health department, resulting in Stick It being shut down indefinitely. ("Going Underground")
- Underground Video: He quit his job there just so he could work at Burger McFlipster's. ("Over Exposed")
- Burger McFlipster's: He got fired because he was too indulged with eating the Ragin' Cajun fries that were on the menu, even going as far as violating work protocol by eating the fries that were dumped into the trash.
- The Penalty Box: He was hired by Coach Halder as the inventory counter, but quickly promoted him to team manager after a customer buys a skateboard from there once they try out Jude's skateboard ramp made out of boxes. Jude also managed to make Coach Halder seem chill about his job, but by the end of the episode, Coach Halder fired Jude after Jen's attempts to make him crack push him over the edge (which also resulted in Jen receiving a red card and probation). ("Opposites Attack")
- Galleria Mall Ice Rink: While watching Emma Jr., Jude left her alone on the Zamboni, which Emma Jr. rode on after she accidentally released the brake. The runaway Zamboni then caused chaos throughout the mall. Ron then caught her and subsequently terminated Jude from his job as Zamboni driver. ("6 Teens and A Baby")
- Gameatorium: He mentioned that the store was temporarily shut down to be sprayed for cockroaches. ("Bye Bye Nikki? Part 1")
- Jonesy: He has a laundry list of jobs that he got out from for various reasons throughout the show. However, in some episodes, Jonesy ran a scam that resulted in it backfiring on him, except in one episode.
- Judging from what is mentioned above, the males of the gang have been out of their jobs more than the females do, especially Jonesy (considering his exacerbating list of jobs and scams that always end up with him being fired or the scam in question backfiring on him).
- Each member has a codename given by Ron while he is explaining them to his (now fired) assistant, Kai ("The New Guy"):
- Nikki: Nose Ring (Referencing her punk girl style, as indicated by the piercings she wears.)
- Wyatt: Coffee Pot (Referencing his habit of drinking coffee a lot.)
- Jen: Gym Sock (Referencing her overall athleticism and her love for sports.)
- Caitlin: Cupcake (Despite her sweet nature, she has underlying suspicions about people that have her stalking them.)
- Jude: Hang Ten (References Jude's "surfer dude" accent despite his love for skateboarding.)
- Jonesy: Maverick (Known by Ron as someone who intentionally breaks the mall rules just to cause chaos.)
- Jude and Nikki are the only ones in the group who have appeared in Total DramaRama, the former being a main character and the latter having a cameo.
- Caitlin and Wyatt's voice actors are the only ones who haven't been involved in the Total Drama franchise (including the aforementioned Total DramaRama).
- Jude and Caitlin are the only ones in the group who are regularly seen wearing hats throughout the show (even though in Caitlin's case, she wears hers as part of her uniform for her job at The Big Squeeze).
- Jude and Caitlin are the only members of the group to have blonde hair, while Wyatt is the only member to have brown hair, and Jen is the only member to have natural red hair.
- Jonesy and Nikki are the only ones of the group to have dyed hair (blue for the former and purple for the latter), but they also both have the same natural hair color: black.
- Jude and Jen are the only ones in the group to have blue eyes. Nikki, Jonesy, and Wyatt all have brown eyes, and Caitlin is the only member of the main six to have green eyes.
- Nikki, Caitlin, and Wyatt are ones of the group whose names doesn't start with letter J (Jude, Jonesy, & Jen).
- Caitlin and Wyatt are the only ones of the group to have alliteration names.
- Everyone in the main six is confirmed to have family members, some of whom have been mentioned or physically appeared on the show. These being:
- Caitlin: Mr. Cooke (father, mentioned several times).
- Jen: Courtney Masterson (older sister), Emma Masterson, Sr. (mother), Mr. Masterson (father), Jonesy (oldest stepbrother), Robbie (middle stepbrother), Diego (youngest stepbrother), Emma Masterson, Jr. (half-sister).
- Jonesy: Robbie (younger brother), Diego (youngest brother), Mr. Garcia (father), Emma Masterson, Sr. (stepmother), Courtney Masterson (older stepsister), Jen (younger stepsister), Emma Masterson, Jr. (half-sister).
- Jude: Jade (cousin), Mr. and Mrs. Lizowski (father and mother), Grandma and Grandpa Lizowski (grandparents), unnamed aunt.
- Nikki: Mr. and Mrs. Wong (father and mother).
- Wyatt: Unnamed uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Williams (father and mother).
- Caitlin's and Wyatt's are the only ones where none of their family members appeared physically in the show.
- Other than being with Nikki, Jonesy is the only member where he never went out with any romantic partner outside of of the gang for more than one episode.
- Within the entire series, Caitlin is the first member of the entire gang to speak, while Jonesy's the last one to do the same thing.
- Coincidentally, both of them are also the most romantically active members of the entire group, which stems from their numerous relationships with other characters (including Nikki, specifically for Jonesy's case). Ironically enough, neither of them have ever dated each other, nor do they even share a kiss for one another.
- Jonesy, Jude and Nikki are the only members of the gang who have experienced on-and-off relationships (though, Jude's case is much more separate).