The Bash Street Kids virus on the robot teacher's disc drive. Sidney, whose real name is Sidney Mason Pye is Toots' twin brother, whose spiked haircut resembles a chimney-sweeping brush. He is a trickster, with Smiffy a frequent target. When the kids rehearse a nativity play, Smiffy asks what sound a sheep makes. Sidney replies "Woof", and he and Wilfred go into hysterics when Smiffy ruins the rehearsal. He makes pithy remarks about the other kids, to the amusement of those around him; he and Spotty fight several times when the latter is a target. Sidney loves animals and has a wide variety of
Pup Parade has a King Charles Spaniel called Cringley, but he very rarely features in the strip. Strangely in the Beano Book 1977, Manfred is seen getting beaten up by the Blob Street Dogs, and half his collar is on his head and underneath is no chin and only half a mouth! Other sparring partners were the Bash Street Cats, who appeared in a summer special and in the Beano Book 1972. The Bash Street Kids also owned fish in the same issue. Continuing the kids' anthropomorphosis into nature, the Bash Street Birds completed the set. They appeared in at least one