"Oh shut up Emanuel! Where's the mute button on this guy?"
- ―Lucas on Emanuel
Emanuel Mario Garcia is a classmate of Lucas’s at Timberline High School. He is a band member, school mascot and part of the GNG News of the school where he known to be annoying to Lucas and his friends thinking he’s popular too being friends with them.
He is portrayed by Rico Rodriguez.
Biography
Early life
Emanuel believing he "made friends."
Emanuel Garcia was born in Soledad, California. His father works in the army leaving Emanuel to live with his mother and two brothers; an adult and infant. His family relocated to Lacey, Washington when Emanuel was sixteen where he transferred to Timberline High School his sophomore year being a band member and school mascot where he isn’t that popular. He has a class with Lucas Stone and considers him automatically his friend much to Lucas’s discomfort and what’s more, Emanuel immediately believes Lucas’s friends are his friends as well instantly and he believes he is now popular much to his friends’ annoyance.
Forever Together
Emanuel trying to be cool.
Emanuel stays being enrolled in Timberline through senior year. He continues believing he’s popular since being friends with Lucas and his friends whom they find him annoying and not at all cool. He first appeared on Halloween night where he shows up to Lucas’s house to go with his friends to participate in the Halloween contest as a substitute for Checka Kindle. During the contest, Emanuel believes the location of the party is haunted based on the stories and as he predicted, he got kidnapped along with the others. Emanuel appeared to help Lucas, Matt Carson and Cooper Mendes on the prank war against Thurston High School. During the prank, as retaliation for Timberline stealing their school mascot, Thurston kidnapped Emanuel since he’s the school mascot. When their principle agreed with Mr. Lehnis that both schools will exchange mascots to end the prank war, Thurston double crossed Timberline and locked up Emanuel while Reggie poses as him in the mascot outfit to sabotage Timberline’s cheerleader’s routine for the regional competition. However, Emanuel escaped and warned Lucas about the plan so Lucas and his friends set one last prank to make Timberline win both cheerleading regional and prank war and exposed Thurston for their prank. Emanuel appeared again revealing he’s part of the GNG News to defend Lucas on being the victim for hitting Mr. Sanders where Emanuel showed proof that the reason why Lucas did so is because Mr. Sanders was hitting on Hannah Beltran which causes Mr. Sanders to be fired. Because of it, Lucas and his friends showed respect to Emanuel and actually think of him as a friend. Emanuel was seen during prom with an attractive girl who he is dating much to Lucas and his friends’ shock. Emanuel last appeared where he graduates Timberline.
Physical appearance
Emanuel is described to look like George Lopez having black hair, brown skin and blue eyes and is of Mexican descent. He also appears to be unattractive where people state he is not cool.
Personality and traits
"Uncool person right there everyone. How retarded is this guy?"
- ―Lucas on Emanuel
Emanuel is described to be annoying and uncool to everyone. He would think that immediately he and a person are good friends and believes that person’s friends are automatically his friends too. He believes himself to be popular by performing without his mascot costume and thinks he’s a ladies’ man. He also appears to be gullible as he never can tell when someone is making fun of him. However, after saving Lucas from being suspended and proving Mr. Sanders is the real victim, Emanuel earns respect from Lucas and his friends.
Relationships
Emanuel is the middle son and has two brothers.