The Bash Street Kids has had a number of spin-offs, including "Pup Parade", "Simply Smiffy", "Plug" and "Singled Out". "The Bash Street Kids Annual", previously known as "The Bash Street Kids Book" and published biannually, is published in August. Summer specials, with solo stories of each character, were also published during the 1990s and were a forerunner to "Singled Out". Most were drawn by Tom Paterson, who later drew the "Singled Out" strip. From 1968 to 1972 "The Beano" ran a similar series, "The Belles of St. Lemons". "The Dandy" has had two similar series: the 1970s "Whacko" (about a teacher who taught in
The Bash Street Kids is described as taking after his mother in appearance. In the September 2014 issue of "The Beano" he is described as Jonah's nephew, implying that he is the son of Jonah's sister Jinx. With Kev F. Sutherland Plug had a more dominant role and was frequently a story's main character. In one he has a girlfriend, making him the first Beano character (except for Walter) to do so. Although Plug received plastic surgery for the Bash Street Academy makeover, he soon returned to his familiar appearance. When he sees his friends brainwashed into behaving, he saves them by installing a