Mel Barker | |
Character Information | |
Nicknames | Mel |
School | SMS School |
Occupation | Student |
Gender | Female |
Eye Colour | Green |
Hair Colour | Brown |
Parents | Unnamed Father Unnamed Mother |
Brothers | Josh Barker |
Sisters | Lucy Barker |
Relatives | Uncle Brian (Uncle)
Aunt Sophie (Aunt) |
Social Worker | Mrs Reece |
Production Information | |
Series | Series One to Series Seven |
Played By | Danielle McCormack |
Melanie "Mel" Barker is the eldest of the Barker children.
Appearance[]
Mel dresses in a unique and unusual way (A lot of the time she dresses like a tomboy). She has green eyes and brown hair (sometimes with coloured hair extensions and braids) she also has her ears and nose pierced. By her last appearance in "Thanks for all the earth worm custard" she has dyed her hair red.
Personality[]
Mel is a moody, sarcastic and feisty teenager with her top priority always being her brother and sister Josh Barker and Lucy Barker (And in the last episode of series 7 "Thanks for all the Earthworm Custard" makes it clear that Harry and CJ also count as her family) In the earlier seasons Mel showed more of a rebellious difficult attitude towards adults; due to the pain of losing her parents and being continuously moved to different foster homes (also being separated from Lucy and Josh). In the later seasons her rebellious attitude softens and she appears more mature. She behaves in a tough independent manner, however deep down she is a caring kind-hearted person and this shows in certain episodes. "Oh I see, your the moody loner type who pretends that she doesn't want to be loved when in fact that's all she really wants" -Sophie Johnson ("Aliens go home")
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Biography[]
Series 1'[]
A young Mel arrives with siblings Lucy and Josh in Nobody's Perfect.
===Series 2=== Colthes are beginning to Shrink and New Boy Trent Clemants arrived ===Series 3=== nearly dated nerdy clark Kent but ended up with Frnakie ===Series 4=== became president for the school,s Den (Best line) hit me baby one more time
Series 5[]
another new Boy arrived named CJ in Superhrain who was fostered by the Johnsons and later became Brians sidekick and Poppy arrived to as seen by the Lockers
Series 6[]
Mel left in this series to be in Canada but later came back in Season 7 to reveal a surprise.
Series 7[]
At the beginning of the series it is revealed that Mel has left as part of a student transfer in Canada as part of her photography course. Brian ends up replacing her with a new foster child named Harry, who is similar in personality to Mel. Mel presumably finds out about her replacement, although has no hard feelings about it.
During her time in Canada Mel discovers that her and her siblings have an aunt and uncle. The creepy part about this revelation is that they are named Brian and Sophie, and resemble their alien foster parents (with Sophie resembling the original Sophie). The pair have also been missing for seven years, at the same time that Brian and Sophie adopted them. Mel sends the information to Lucy, and begins to make preparations to return home.
Mel arrives at the household and discovers that Brian and Sophie had had Uncle Brian, Aunt Sophie, as well as Josh, Lucy, CJ and Harry all put into suspended animation in the attic, as they were unable to let them go. Mel orders the aliens to unfreeze them, which they agree in order to avoid Mel's wrath. Mel gets acquainted with everyone again and meets Harry for the first time. As Brian and Sophie have managed to repair their ship after seven years they make preparations to return to Valux, and with the siblings going to Canada with the real Brian and Sophie. After a farewell party with their friends and acquaintances in attendance, Mel along with her siblings and adopted siblings leave for Canada for a new life.
Series 8[]
Although not appearing, she is referenced by Sophie before her and Brian's memory wipe.