Debra-Jo is one of the six main characters in the children’s Australian mockumentary television series Little Lunch.
Appearance[]
Debra-Jo has dark brown hair and brown eyes. She has fair skin and freckles.
Hair and Grooming[]
Debra-Jo usually ties her hair into two tight pigtails, a ponytail, or braids. Or sometimes she is seen with her hair parted to the left. On some occasions she is seen with ribbons in her hair.
Clothing & Accessories[]
Debra-Jo wears glasses with red and blue frames and can barely see clearly without them. She usually wears the school dress with a red cardigan over it, or culottes. usually with her SRC and Bathroom Monitor badge on each of her collars. She wears T-bar style school shoes as opposed to runners. Her red school broad brimmed hat is covered with round badges, as of the episode The Election, after she got a badge-maker for her birthday.
Personality[]
Debra-Jo is the smartest student in Grade 5, but is also described as ”the slowest runner in grade 5” and doesn't enjoy sport activities. Debra-Jo is sarcastic and always likes to be right. She really enjoys school and encourages other students to participate in academic subjects more - much to some students’ dismay. Despite this Debra-Jo is a good friend who always sticks up for her friends and helps them in sticky situations. Debra-Jo also likes to keep Mrs Gonsha "informed" where she usually dobs on her fellow students.
Relationships[]
Rory[]
Debra-Jo and Rory are polar opposites. Debra-Jo becomes jealous because a sixth grade girl asked Rory out, but later in the episode, Rory asks the girls if they could help him experience a girl kissing him, so Debra-Jo volunteers, surprising everyone. Tamara and Melanie state that Debra-Jo likes Rory.
Tamara[]
Tamara and Debra-Jo are friends; however, they frequently have disagreements, such as when they both intended on entering the school talent show, singing Boom Boom Pop Pop, but later they both do it together with the song.
Melanie[]
Melanie is one of Debra-Jo’s friends, who gets caught in the middle of fights. These mainly involve Tamara stealing all of Debra-Jo‘s ideas, sparking constant fights between the two girls, and Melanie always having to solve the problem that comes between them. (The Girls’ Toilets and The Cake Stall)
Atticus[]
Atticus and Debra-Jo are friends. He was Debra-Jo’s campaign manager when she was running for Prime MInister. However, Atticus gets mad when Debra-Jo promises extra homework in her speech, something they never previouly discussed. (The Election)
Battie[]
Battie and Debra-Jo are friends. When Battie dresses up and pretends to be like Stretcho, Debra-Jo gets annoyed when his role-playing interrupts her activities. She later apologises for losing her temper and they make up. (The Dress Up Day)