Chomp
ChompCarl Hiaasen
Characters in Chomp
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Wahoo Cray
The steady, resourceful son of a Florida animal wrangler, pulled into keeping a vain reality-TV survivalist from getting himself killed in the Everglades.
Antagonists
Jared Gordon
Tuna's abusive, alcoholic father, who tracks her down in the Everglades and confronts the group with a gun.
Supporting characters
Mickey Cray
Wahoo's father, a professional animal wrangler recovering from a concussion, hired to keep a reckless TV host safe on location.
Tuna Gordon
A classmate who shows up with a black eye and nowhere else to go, tagging along on the shoot to escape her father at home.
Derek Badger
The vain, incompetent star of the reality show Expedition Survival!, whose insistence on using real wild animals for stunts sets the plot in motion.