Shelf McClain is the "bully" of Hazelnut Middle School and a minor character in Pepper Ann. He is seen bullying other middle schoolers many times throughout the show. One example of him being a bully is in the episode Remote Possibilities. When Nicky Little crashes Stewart Walldinger's RC racing car into Shelf's, he picks them up by the backs of their shirts and forces them to fix his car and do his homework for two weeks.