Erwin Lawson[1] (often just referred to by his surname only) is the Fifth (later Sixth) Grade school bully, and the arch enemy of the Gang, especially T.J. and Vince. However, he does like T.J., as stated in the episode "Nobody Doesn't Like T.J.."
Appearance
Lawson is tall, skinny and has light freckles on his cheeks. He wears a light blue, short-sleeved shirt with two red stripes and one white stripe, blue jeans, black and white sneakers, and a blue baseball cap worn with the visor in front over his brown hair.
Personality
His personality is akin to a bully jock. He is shown to be mean, rude, and competitive towards his lessers and equals of Third Street. He is presented to be athletic, not to mention obnoxious and at times, and ruthless. His blatant lack of originality has been seen on more than one occasion in the series. Apart from his work with his crew, he doesn't seem to know much else other than sports.
Relationships
Lawson is apparently one of the movers in the Fifth Grade and is the leader of his particular friendship group. They consist of his five closest friends: Cheay, Jocko, Buster, Chucko Kowalski, and Koreo. While they appear alongside him quite often, Lawson's friends have rarely been seen altogether at once and usually appear with Lawson as a group of 2-4.
History
Lawson has appeared in many different episodes and could be referred to as a recurring nemesis for the Recess Gang, often causing trouble for them or insulting them. Despite this, in the episode "The Fuss Over Finster" where everyone was taking advantage of Finster and T.J. and the gang told them how beneath them it was, even Lawson agreed as he shed tears and said that it was below even him to take advantage of her when she had a broken leg, implying he does have some level of morality.
It also seems despite his competitive nature, he is not a cheater. While he seems to lose in every sport against Vince and the others, except one time in the episode "Soccer Boy," when he hired Mikey as goalies for his team. When T.J refused to let him play in his team, it was the only episode where Lawson was happy to beat Vince and his team after winning King Bob soccer's trophy.
Lawson's Crew
In the double-length episode "Lawson and His Crew," Lawson becomes jealous of T.J. and the rest of the Gang getting all the glory for fixing things in the playground and decides to form his own crew. His new crew consists of the Randall (who we know colloquially is a snitch,) Swinger Girl (who was referred to as "Swinger Kid" by Menlo in this episode,) Skeens (also known as the Graffiti Kid,) Kurst the Worst and Menlo.
Each member of Lawson's Crew members had the same job and position as and can be considered counterparts to each one of T.J.'s Crew: Randall being the Gus, Swinger Kid being the Spinelli, Skeens being the Vince, Kurst being the Mikey, Menlo being the Gretchen and Lawson himself being the ringleader, T.J.
His new gang all worked well together throughout the episode, managing to beat the Recess Gang in solving all the problems of the playground before they could. Problems they solve included getting the Diggers back together, saving the Library Kid and organizing protests against banning of Chocolate milk in the School Cafeteria.
Foreign Voice Actors
- Finnish: Juha Paananen
- French: Serge Faliu
- German: Robin Kahnmeyer
- Japanese: Rica Matsumoto
- Polish: Mariusz Oborski
- Swedish: Calle Walderkrantz
- Spanish: Jesus Tobas
Trivia
- Erik von Detton, Lawson's voice actor, also voiced another famous bully from Disney: Sid Phillips from Toy Story.
- Lawson's appearance is T.J.'s appearance inverted. While T.J. is short and plump and wears a red baseball hat facing the back, Lawson is tall and lanky and wears a blue baseball hat facing the front. Their sole similarity being that both have brown hair and freckles, though T.J.'s hairs are lighter. Additionally like T.J., Lawson is the leader of a gang of his five closest friends (Cheay, Jocko, Chucko, Buster, and Koreo), whom often appear alongside him. Unlike T.J.'s gang who are always seen acting together as a group of six, Lawson's gang is seldom seen altogether at once and, when with him, typically appear as a group of 2-4.
References
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