"Murph" Murphy is one of the antagonists of Problem Child 2, and a supporting character in the animated TV series.
He was played by Eric Edwards in Problem Child 2 and voiced by John Kassir in the animated series.
Problem Child 2[]
He is the main bully of the movie. He is seen to be an unambitious slacker. The kind who wants to stay in the Sixth grade forever. As the senior student of the school. He has been held back in the Sixth grade in Mortville Elementary School since 1970. At the beginning of the new school year, his long time suffering teacher Mr. Thorne (whom has become more than fed up with him) is praying that this will be the year that he passes him onto the next grade. When Mr. Thorne is giving the class an easy review, he is given an easy question, what is: 3+2=. Not wanting to move on with his life, and continuing to slack off, he gives the wrong answer: 4. The class is not amused. Mr. Thorne implores him to work with him to tell him the correct. He then tells him: 9. The class is still not amused. By now, Junior Healy shakes him in annoyed disapproval. Getting fed up with him, Junior blurts out the right answer, which is: 5. Mr. Thorne then goes to look inside a storage closest for something to help him catch up. He could see that Junior was a much younger kid, who just made him look stupid by telling the correct answer. Now he is miffed.
When Mr. Thorne leaves the classroom, he is so angry, he looks as if he could spit nails. He gets up and slowly approaches Junior's desk. He then asks him out loud, while not talking directly to him: "Who let the baby into the Sixth grade?" He then smashes Junior's lunch bag, asking him if the bag contained his diapers. Junior madly contradicts and stands up to him saying: "No! My lunch, you pinhead!". After Junior calls him out, he tells him to keep in mind, whom he is talking to. Since he is the Senior student in the school. Junior madly reminds him that this is obvious, since he has been there since 1970!
Hearing this he is furious, telling him that he is going to hurt. He charges at him throwing desks aside, trying to fight him. While the rest of his classmates all fearfully move to the wall, watching in horror. When at the chalkboard, he was about to pound him. He tells Junior that this would be his last day of school: ever! When Juniors claps the chalkboard erasers into his face. He becomes distracted by coughing on the chalk desk.
Then Junior quickly grabs the scotch tape off of Mr, Thorne's desk. He tries to run off but he gets stuck to the chalkboard. Then Junior quickly tapes him to the chalkboard. As school is dismissed for the day, Mr. Thorne returns to the classroom, looking so shocked to see him taped to the chalkboard.
Soon it is assumed thar Mr. Thorne cut him loose, he is still covered in scotch tape. He was furious and he now had a vendetta against Junior Healy. When Little Ben comes to pick up Junior from school he waited for Junior on the roof. He then pushes the school satellite dish off of the roof. He intended to hit Junior with it, instead it hit Little Ben. He seems annoyed that he missed his intended target.
He was later seen at a local amusement park. He overhears that Junior was informed by a ride vendor, that Junior was not tall enough to go onto the coolest ride: The Crazy Dance. He patronizingly embarrasses him. He calls him a little baby. Then asks him if the reason he could no go on was because they were afraid that he would wet his diapers. Then just before he goes onto the ride, he does an impressive karate kick. This breaks off the head from the octopus height measuring cut out.
When he first gets onto the ride, he complains because it is going too slowly. So he encourages the operator to increase the speed. However he would soon regret this. Junior was now mad from being embarrassed by he and Trixie Young. So Junior went over to the ride controls. Here Junior set the crazy dance to run at full speed. Eventually he and all the other participants on the ride began to throw up. It was shown that he had far too much to eat and drink. Thus when he began to throw up, it came out it a thick wide stream. Eventually the majority of the people at the amusement park became sick, and began throwing up as well.
Problem Child 3: Junior in Love[]
He and Junior have by now seem to have made a form of peace with each other. Since his twin sister Bertha has taken a real shine to Junior. He and Junior are still in the same class. By now, he has changed from slacking off, to making a just scrapped by effort, to get his schoolwork and assignments done. When he is informed that Junior is now taking cotillion classes, he keeps on encouraging him to dance with his sister.r