Philip Thornburg

Philip Thornburg is one of the secondary protagonists, he is a student from Mistburg High and is the bassist/ukulelist in the band Brain Blast Zom-B Bash.

Appearance
Philip has brown skin, brown eyes, and has curly dark brown hair that he wears in a short afro.

He's short, a bit chubby, but despite his size, he's super strong. Whether this is from years of taking karate classes or years of defending himself from his bratty little sister is up to you. He can usually be seen wearing copious amounts of the color yellow, as it is his favorite color.

Personality
Philip is bright-eyed, bubbly, always looking at the bright side. You can usually find him smiling, giddy, and excited for the next big thing. He's the heart of Brain Blast Zom-B Bash and he knows it. Though he would never hurt a fly, let alone an innocent human being, he's willing to throw that away if someone hurts him or his friends. He's overwhelmingly generous and caring, though he's a bit naive and can oblivious to his surroundings.

Interests

 * Art
 * Painting
 * Music
 * Photography
 * Flowers
 * Insects
 * Biking

Kevin
Philip is revealed to have a crush on Kevin when he, Fork, Richie, Arlo, and Sunny are sitting by the sidewalk by Richie's house. He informs the rest of the band he thinks he's cute, how his secret interest in photography is sweet, and how sometimes he's genuinely caring when he's not trying to impress Barney is endearing. The rest of the band are a bit offended at this infatuation, since as they know, Kevin is with Big B's gang, and has shown to be a jerk. They tell him this. Philip understands, but tell them he's not what he seems. After the events of the book, Kevin asks Philip if he'd like to go with him to the diner sometime, Philip happily accepts.

In the epilogue, the two are dating and have moved out of Mistburg.

History
February 21st, 1995, Philip was born under the care of his loving parents Jane Valerie and Marty Thornburg. At the age of four, he was enrolled in an elementary school in Wisconsin, spending a full ten years there before graduating and moving to Minnesota, where his parents discovered the odd little town that was Mistburg. Upon being put into Mistburg's Highschool, ultimately the only part of the town that wasn't weird, he was immediately taken under the wing of Reggie Wilbur, a lonely kid who had no friends and was looking to start a band as he'd always dreamed of when he was little.

So off they went, befriending the new kids who didn't join the popular kids or the jocks. After months of doing this, they had their band; Richie Wilbur, Philip Thornburg, Arlo Francis, and Sunny Hopper, the misfits and members of Brain Blast Zom-B Bash. They thought the crew had been picked, that it was just them against the world. Until Spencer Sallow (Fork), who was designated as one of the 'weird kids', sat alone during lunch, without his best friend. They had been looking for a singer and a lead guitarist, god knows Richie wasn't good at singing nor that good at playing guitar, as much as he hated to admit it, so they sat with him. Fork was ecstatic that they would want him in their band, or even as a friend, and gladly agreed to join.

Four weeks before the big concert that would've changed his life for the better, Philip broke his arm after crashing his bike in a ditch and couldn't play bass, so Richie called up Piper and had her take his place. During the events that happened the very night as Sammie took reign of Mistburg and bent every rule, turning the once harmlessly weird town into a hellscape filled with oddities that could break a person's mind in two, Philip was able to defend himself by using his karate skills and barricading the others with the door of Sunny's car. Though this was very difficult with a broken arm. After saving the town along with the other's, a statue was made of him by the park near all the flowers, including the makeshift shield, labeled "The Protector".

In the epilogue, Philip and Kevin are dating and have moved into a small apartment out of Mistburg, where the two make money off of their art.

Trivia

 * Philip has shown to have quite a bit of the crush on Kevin Valentine, who later proves to return his feelings as it is stated that they are dating in the Epilogues.