The Bash Street Kids the 1985–87 "Simply Smiffy" (where he appears with his brother, Normal Norman). In 2008 he acquires a pet pebble, Kevin, who has his own feature ("Where's Kevin?") in "The Beano" number 3604. First appearing in a 2008 "Singled Out" story, Kevin appears in "Bash Street Kids" stories in 2010 and 2011. In the academy makeover Smiffy has a new brain installed, making him the brightest of the kids. Spotty, whose real name is James Jasper Cameron, is a short boy who wears a blue collared jersey and an extremely long, striped tie. He is proud and protective of the 976
The Bash Street Kids number of locations. Plug is a playable character in "Beanotown Racing" for the PC, and the school is a race track. Robert Harrop has designed figures, statues and ornaments based on "The Bash Street Kids". A target-practice game featured the characters, and a McDonald's Happy Meal toy set included a number of the kids. The Bash Street Kids The Bash Street Kids is a comic strip in the British comic book "The Beano". The strip, created by Leo Baxendale as "When the Bell Rings", first appeared in issue 604 (dated February 1954). It became "The Bash Street Kids" in 1956