List of True Jackson, VP characters

The following is a list of characters on the Nickelodeon television series True Jackson, VP. This article has character summaries. For an episode list, see List of True Jackson, VP episodes.

Main characters

True Jackson

True Jackson (Keke Palmer) is a 16-year-old girl and the protagonist of the show. She was recently hired by Max Madigan as a Vice President for Mad Style's Youth Apparel. True is constantly getting into sticky situations that nearly end in her getting fired. Amanda, another VP, is constantly trying to get True fired. True loves to help people, especially Mr. Madigan, even if it may cost her job. She has a huge crush on the mailman, Jimmy and her secret was that. Her catchphrase is "You said what now?!", although throughout the series other characters say that as well. She also tells many stories about her father relating to events at work. True isn't a very good cook.

Louise "Lulu" Johnson

Lulu (Ashley Argota) is one of True's best friends. Lulu is incredibly smart in school but is known not to think things through. One of her best subjects is Math. She became True's assistant in the first episode after True fired the previous one, Cricket. It turns out she is a good stock investor buying one company which was then merged to another company and the stock prices tripled, and investing in a company called "Bickle Nickle" (a company she picked because of the funny rhyming name) which went up thirty stock points a day later. Her secret is that she thinks that other people think she is dumb around the office. One of her catch phrases is "Not even!" or "Boom!". She also dating Michael "Mikey" J.

Ryan Leslie Laserbeam

Ryan Laserbeam (Matt Shively) is another one of True's best friends. Ryan and True became friends when Ryan put gum in True's hair and True got revenge by telling him that every time he blinked, a bird died. He held his eyes open for 40 minutes and then passed out. Despite not actually working at Mad Style, he is often found in True's office. He gets a job to work as their website editor (a person who makes their web pages and updates it every few days). He also mentions he has keys to most of the offices. His secret was that he broke Mr. Madigan's horse statue. If he has his eyes closed for more than five seconds, he falls asleep. He has somewhat of an obsession with video games, but has also been beaten by True's dog Hercules. Ryan is known to have a strong obsession for carrots. His catch phrase is "Oh, come on!!" or "Thats ridonculous!!". Ryan seems to be a highly skilled gymnast(such as in the episode "My Boss Ate My Homework", Ryan becomes a cheerleader and is seen doing various stunts.). A running joke is that he watches horror movies he hates more than one time and thinks everyones a spy. He is secretly in love with Amanda and also gets hurt and does some clumsy things in every episode.

Amanda Cantwell

Amanda Cantwell (Danielle Bisutti) is another VP for Women's Wear, and the principal antagonist of the show. Amanda is considered the most complex character of the series. She is constantly trying to get True fired, and sometimes picks on her. Amanda wants to turn True's office into a gym or closet. Once in a blue moon, however, True and Amanda may work together on things, with Amanda even giving True advice. Amanda seems to be a complete "suck up" to their boss Mr. Madigan, and is the only person in Mad Style who calls him Max. She is allergic to hazelnut. Usually because of her plans of getting True fired backfire, many unfortunate things happen to her, such as her dress falling off while she is modeling it, and having to feed True and her friends ice cream in a chicken suit. In the episode "True Matchmaker", it is revealed that she (as well as Oscar) is addicted to a soap opera called Space Plantation. In the episode when Max turned the building in a jungle retreat, it is revealed that her secret was that she broke Max Madigan's horse statue. She usually snorts like a pig when she is laughing.

James Jeeves "Jimmy" Madigan

Jimmy Jeeves Madigan (Robbie Amell) is Mr. Madigan's nephew. He is the mailman at Mad Style, and seems to have a rather unhealthy obsession with mail, postage, stamps, and all mail-related things. True has a major crush on him. It is seen he likely has a crush on True and likes her as more than just a friend, as he has helped her multiple times and even kissed her. Jimmy is in a band called Fire & Ice (formerly known as Diarrhea), though it was later revealed that he was fired from the band and replaced due to his poor drum playing. Jimmy's secret was that he had never eaten tuna fish. He was recurring in 13 episodes in season 1. Appears as a main character in season 2.

Oscar R. Eception

Oscar (Ron Butler) is the receptionist of Mad Style. He is the one who tells True when she is late for a meeting. He is very calm and gives good advice. He always seems to know what everyone is doing. He is always making lemon squares, which True and the others enjoy. He, like Amanda, is obsessed with the soap opera Space Plantation. His secret is that he breaks Mr. Madigan's horse statue almost every day, and replaces it with another one each time that happens. He has a sister named Kreuflva. His name is a joke on the fact is that he is the receptionist. He appeared in all 26 episodes in Season 1 and appears as a main character in Season 2, though Butler is not credited in the opening credits.

Max Madigan

Maxwell "Max" Madigan (Greg Proops) is the CEO of Mad Style. He hired True when he saw that she had tweaked his clothing into something she liked. He seems to have a very big hatred of Kopelman, possibly because he laughed at one of his earlier designs back in the 80's on live television. It is revealed that he believes in signs when he turned the office into a jungle retreat. His secret was that he thought about selling Mad Style when his horse statue broke. He marries his girlfriend, Doris, at the end of season 1. Max was a recurring character in season 1, now a main character in season 2, though Proops is not credited in the opening credits. His cousin is Al Gore.

Recurring characters

Kopelman

Kopelman (Dan Kopelman, one of the show's writers and executive producers) is a worker at Mad Style who Max (and sometimes random people and coworkers) dislikes for no reason. The main reason that Max dislikes Kopelman is possibly that he laughed at one of Max's designs in 1982 or 1983. Even though he never talks, he's always accused of saying something wrong and is often told to leave the room, or go home. Kopelman has a nephew that looks just like him that only appeared in the episode "House Party". Max told him to leave the party's meeting. Kopelman loves to eat food, and he is somewhat always near food or associated with food, particularly candy. In the episode "True's New Assistant", he is supposedly attacked by Max Madigan's white tiger, which was drawn to him by the smell of meat from the sandwich that Kopelman was eating. His fate is unknown. However, he probably survived, due to his being seen in later episodes. Kopelman bought a new bow tie in the episode "Flirting with Fame", and he seems to like it very much. In all his appearances on the series, Dan Kopelman is credited simply as "Kopelman".

"Mikey" J

Michael "Mikey" J (Mikel Gordon) is Lulu's boyfriend. Mikey and Lulu often text each other. He likes to call Lulu his girlfriend. He once had a house party at his house which True, Lulu, and Ryan were invited to. In the episode "House Party," he was worried about food more than he was with Lulu. In the house party episode it is shown that his dad is strict as he didn't want anyone to sit on this one chair. He has a tendency to say "I don't really know how it works" and "that's cool" very frequently. As stated in an episode of True Jackson, Michael is in the gifted program at school and is involved with many school activities such as student council, band, lacross and much others. He apparently has a special connection with a girl Ryan likes. He is the triangle player in Care Bears On Fire. He didn't know how to dance but True taught him how to dance in "The Dance".

Doris Aidem Madigan

Doris Aidem Madigan (Melanie Paxson) is the school librarian that True introduces to Max. She falls in love with Max. Max proposes to her later in the first season but Doris initially declines his proposal, though states she wants him to propose to her when on a lawnchair on the side of the roof, but he declines and tries to make a mannequin that looks him do it but it falls over so he has to do it. Max eventually chooses to propose the way Doris wanted him to, but accidentally flies in the air prematurely because the balloons attached to the lawn chair end up lifting him in the air. She can't see without glasses though she has been seen without them on and being able to see. She moves every six months to a different house so she doesn't feel cramped in one place. She does this with other things too. She can also be hyper, as seen in the episode "The Wedding".

Hibbert

Another Mad Style worker who loves eating. He almost ate Max and Doris' wedding cake once. In another episode, when Ryan calls him a "cheese bag", he pretends to call the CIA to have Ryan sent to Skull Island deprogrammed. In the episode "Company Retreat", it is shown that he is not very good at the game Capture the Flag, as he gets captured rather easily. His catchphrase is, "Hey! That's a great idea!", which he says often to True, and then gives her a high-five.

Guest characters

• Chad Brackett (Stephen Dunham) was Amanda's boyfriend in Telling Amanda. He cheated on her with a hot blonde and didn't really love her. At the end Chad comes to True's house and says he knows Amanda is there. She throws up on him, as a result of eating too much of True's vile pudding pie, which "tastes kind of earthy, like a chocolate swamp."
• Cricket (Suzy Nakamura) was True's first assistant when True was hired. She turned out to think True was too young and naive to handle her job, and eventually was fired by True.
• Coral Barns (Yvette Nicole Brown) was a replacement assistant for Amanda after she fired her previous assistant(Coral's sister-Abigail Barns-not actually seen). Coral sought revenge and fed Amanda mints loaded with caffeine until she would go mad.
• Simon Christini (Andy Richter) is Max's rival in the fashion business. He and Max used to own Christini and Madigan Fashion Co. before they split. He tried to lure True to his company in order to hurt Max. After being advised by Amanda, True decided to stay at Mad Style. He and Max compete in extreme versions of regular games, such as playing live chess with the employees of their respective company playing the roles of the chess pieces. It is briefly implied that he plans to take over the world with a Zombie Army.
• Dakota North (Nathalia Ramos) is a famous celebrity who appeared in the episode Babysitting Dakota. She appeared to be cruel and mean at first, but after meeting True, she turned out to be misunderstood and actually very nice.
• Dave, or "The Turk" (David Anthony Higgins) was Amanda's lazy assistant later fired and a skateboarding champion, "The Turk".
• Rose Pinchbinder (Julie Warner) is the very mean MadStyle accountant. She gets mad at True for using her credit card on nonsense but later excuses it for True being nice to her and holding the elevator for her. She gets mad at Amanda, Oscar, and Kopelman as well for buying nonsense things.
• Hibbert "The Sandman" is another employee at MadStyle. He doesn't talk that much though but seems to agree with True a lot. In the episode "Amanda Hires A Pink", when Ryan goes through the vents and ends up at Hibbert's office (he calls Hibbert a cheese-bag). Hibbert calls the Russian embassy and addresses himself as "The Sandman" and asks for a van to pick up Ryan and replace his bones with cat bones in Siberia. This then gave Ryan the idea that he's a spy, but he doesn't tell anyone unlike when he thought other people were spies (i.e. Judy from the episode "True Intrigue" who really was a spy).
• Ella was first mentioned in the pilot, but first appears in the episode "True's New Assistant" when Ryan injures her and sends her to the hospital. Ryan also eats most of her Get Well Soon Cookie and several tubs of applesauce in trying to keep her company. True's assistant for a week is her science teacher, Mr. Jamison, while Lulu fills in for Ella in accounting, doing all of her work in no time at all and solving a complex equation that is upside down. She is usually seen tap dancing.
• Anna "Pinky" Turzo (Jennette McCurdy) is the leader of a clique at True's school called "The Pinks". She claims True's office "looks like a rainbow that threw up". When Amanda discovers that Pinky makes True distracted, she hires her as her assistant. Pinky also causes mischieve with items such as a magnifying glass and a fire extinguisher. Amanda will tell her, "Pinky, put that down! It's not a toy." Pinky will respond with something like "You're face is a toy" or "Then... can I play with your face???" Her group 'The Pinks' will all say hello after commenting on somebody" She will become a recurring character, and possibly a minor antagonist.
• Justin (Tyler James Williams) is a secret rapper who moves to True's school and True grows a major crush on him. True tells Lulu she likes him and Lulu ask her "What do you know about him?" and asked her various questions about him. Since True didn't know any of them, she said I don't know to all of them and Lulu explodes saying, "OMG! You guys are mad for each other!". At the end, Justin has to leave to his European tour a month early and True breaks up with him.