James Adams

From Chiki

James Robert Anthony Adams, born James Robert Choke, is the main character in the CHERUB series, and brother to Lauren Adams.

Thanks to his mother Gwen, head of a shoplifting empire, James had all the possessions a boy could want, but he was lazy and tempermental and regularly got in fights at school. Following his mother's death, James was sent to a children's home, and eventually recruited into CHERUB thanks to Kyle. Lauren was sent to live with her father Ron who was arrested for smuggling cigarettes after police raided his home because of allegations of child abuse from Lauren's teacher.

James recently broke up with Kerry and has also now (The General Spoiler) has broken up with Dana. It was revealed in The Sleepwalker that Kerry still harbours feelings for him, but James is intent on "remaining good friends".

James passed basic training in 2003. He met Kerry during basic training as she was his training partner. He earned his navy shirt in The Recruit for preventing an anthrax massacre and his black shirt in The Fall by saving Ewart Asker.

Contents 1 Role in the series 1.1 The Recruit 1.2 Class A 1.3 Maximum Security 1.4 The Killing 1.5 Divine Madness 1.6 Man vs Beast 1.7 The Fall 1.8 Mad Dogs 1.9 The Sleepwalker 1.10 The General 1.11 Brigands MC 2 Trivia

Role in the series

The Recruit

James was brought to CHERUB and, after passing basic training, was sent on a mission with Amy Collins under the alias "Ross Leigh" to foil a massacre by eco-terrorist organisation Help Earth. James was exposed to a weak strain of anthrax during the course of the mission, but the mission controller, Ewart Asker, was afraid it was a deadly strain and he was rushed to hospital, before it was discovered he had only been exposed to a weak strain. James was given his navy shirt for this mission - Kyle claimed it was because Mac felt sorry for him after the anthrax scare.

Class A

James got sent on a mission with Kyle, Kerry and Nicole to take down drug-smuggling gang KMG by making friends with drug baron Keith Moore's kids and infiltrating KMG. James targeted Junior.

Maximum Security

James worked with Dave and Lauren to make friends with inmate Curtis Oxford and break him out of Arizona Max in order to catch his mother and suspected arms dealer Jane Oxford.

The Killing

A small-time criminal obtained big money, so James and Dave went in and try to find out how. Kerry and Lauren were pulled into the mission.

Divine Madness

James worked with Dana and Lauren to infiltrate The Survivors without submitting to the cult's brainwashing techniques.

Man vs Beast

James worked with Lauren and Kyle on this mission to infiltrate an eco-terrorist gang.

The Fall

James got suspended from missions after two MI5 agents were killed while undercover in Russia. James worked with Dana to uncover the truth and obtain their black shirts. James and Dana became an item.

Mad Dogs

James worked with Bruce on this mission. After Gabrielle was stabbed and nearly killed, the authorities decided to send two cherubs to infiltrate a rival crew known as the "Mad Dogs" to stop a gang war.

The Sleepwalker

James did work experience with Kerry.

The General

James went undercover in London to infiltrate the anarchist gang "Street Action Group". He also took part in a huge modern warfare training facility at Las Vegas.

Brigands MC

James worked with Dante Scott to infiltrate the murderous biker gang "Brigands Motorcycle Club".

Trivia

• James briefly considered changing his surname to Lavigne when he joined CHERUB, after Avril Lavigne.
• James had a bedwetting problem as a child, which wasn't helped by Lauren's calling him "Mr. Piddle Pants".
• James had sex with Sasha Thompsons daughter in Mad Dogs