Elektra



Mandy "Elektra" Perkins [2] is a 15-year-old girl played by Jessica Revell. Elektra has blue slide-in highlights in her hair. Elektra arrives and attacks Liam O'Donovan (Richard Wisker), but then after Carmen Howle (Amy-Leigh Hickman) convinces her to try introducing herself again, she instantly makes a good impression on members of the Dumping Ground. She puts some of her highlights into Carmen and Tee Taylor (Mia McKenna-Bruce) and befriends them. They make a club called SGC (Secret Girls Club) later renamed SETA (Secret ElmTree Army) after boys join in. She then ends up threatening the other children into stealing and says she will do something to the kids if they tell the adults what she has done. Harry Jones (Phillip Graham Scott) sees Elektra stealing, and so Elektra tells Harry not to tell anyone what happened. She makes sure Harry doesn't tell by cutting off Jeff's leg and then Elektra threatens to cut of Jeff's head if Harry tells. Liam tricks Elektra into telling Tracy Beaker (Dani Harmer) what she did. But as they are going to see Mike Milligan (Connor Byrne), Sapphire Fox (Saffron Coomber) finds out what Elektra did to Jeff and storms out Harry's room and attacks Elektra before Mike splits them up and then Sapphire stomps into her room with Jeff, to fix him. Elektra then packs her bags and is about to leave when Mike confronts her and says she will be given a second chance.

Mike and Gina Conway (Kay Purcell) have planned the weekend in the countryside to perfection. That is, until Gina twists her ankle and can't join in with the activities. While Liam and Elektra tease each other about who is going to win, Tracy is made the new leader of Gina's team, with the other leader of the other team being Mike. Feeling that Tracy and Harry are slowing down the team's chances of winning (what Liam and Elektra think this trip is all about), Elektra secretly changes the direction from right to left, so that Tracy ends up leading their team the wrong way. Elektra then sets off with Toby Coleman (John Bell) and Carmen, after telling Tracy that she can't lead them anywhere. Taking the map off Tracy, Elektra finds a shortcut, and when pressuring Carmen to cross it causes Carmen to nearly fall through a bridge into the deep river. Elektra saves Harry and Jeff from an adder whilst Tracy saves Carmen after she falls through a bridge.

Elektra's old friend Kali (Holli Dempsey) turns up, and it seems she and Elektra were in a gang called Cobras who were quite tough and Kali was sent to prison. She turns up at the Dumping Ground seeming very genuine and sorry, winning over Mike and Tracy. But when she and Elektra sneak out, Kali seems like she is back to her old tricks with a gang of new Cobra members. Kali persuades Elektra to run away with her and the gang so Elektra goes to pack her things. Toby tries to stop her but she goes anyway. Toby goes after her and tries to stop her one more time but she refuses and says that she doesn't belong at the Dumping Ground so leaves with Kali, but realises the other Cobras are missing. She finds them having mugged Toby and demands that they give his things back so they give them back and Toby runs away. A distressed Toby runs into Tracy and breaks down crying. Elektra stands up to the Cobras and realises that Kali hasn't changed at all and realises that she herself has changed so she leaves Kali and goes back to the Dumping Ground. Toby tells Tracy about what happened. Elektra turns up and says she's sorry, though it's discovered that she may not be able to stay for much longer.

In series 3 episode 10, it is revealed that Elektra has a sister called Melissa, who is getting married and that her parents chucked her out many years ago. It is also revealed that Elektra's real name is Mandy, and Johnny starts calling her Mandy after him and Tee listen in on Elektra and Melissa's conversation. But Elektra doesn't like being called Mandy,so when Johnny finds a piece of the bridesmaid drees Elekra bought for her sister's wedding that Elektra burns after she cancells her sister's wedding, he calles her Mandy and she gots super mad at him.[2]

In the episode 'Jody Jackson' she locks Jody in the toy cubbord and later in the episode ruins Carmen's clothes.

In the dumping ground episode 1, Elektra overhears Mike (who is going away on holiday to the caribbean) telling Gina to remember to tell her something, however, Gina is taken away to hospitial with concussion before she can tell Elektra what this is. Paronoid about what shes meant to have been told, Elektra attemps to hack into Mikes computer to find out what shes meant to have been told. She also persuades the other kids at the DG, including Faith, to send the tempoary careworker away and look after themselves until Mike and Gina return. and finds an email With the help of Johhny Elektra manages to hack into Mike's computer and finds an email saying that an independendant reveiwing officer wants to see Mike regarding Elektra's future beyond Elmtree house. Angry that she was sucked in by Mike telling her that he wasnt giving up on her (tbr series 2 episode 6) Elektra decides to run away from the DG. While Faith tries to stop her, reasining that she has nowhere to go, the DG is in chaos, with Rick and Frank competining over who can make the most noise and Gus having a break down over the amount of noise in the house. When Gus threatens to throw a grenade, the others realise how stressed he is and attempt to calm him down. Elektra decides not to run away but is still determined to leave the DG before she gets chucked out.

