The Bash Street Kids he is usually rude to adults, once asking Smiffy to speak up because he couldn't hear him over Teacher. In later strips Danny has some respect for Teacher, often helping him out of trouble. Although he hates school, like the other children he found it hard to cope when the Bash Street School was closed. As the leader Danny is prone to conceit, and in the 2006 "Beano" annual he announces that his conker is indestructible in a competition. His swelled head is often deflated by a fellow student. Danny seems especially close to Toots, calling her his second-in-command, and
The Bash Street Kids Dennis, Gnasher, Minnie the Minx and Roger the Dodger. 'Erbert, whose real name is Herbert Henry Hoover is a short-sighted boy, who struggles to see even with his spectacles. Except for Cuthbert, the rest of the class have fun swapping his thick-rimmed glasses with others and seeing the resultant mayhem. In older strips, the character is sometimes called Herbert instead of 'Erbert. 'Erbert is considered the least-mischievous student, Beano Top Trumps – Erbert is least menacing of all Bash Street Kids and is said to resemble a human mole. His short-sightedness is shared by his parents, who have ended up