Mr. (Dr.) Pendanski is the counselor for D-Tent at Camp Green Lake. The campers of D-Tent sometimes call him 'Mom.' He refuses to refer to the campers by their nicknames given to them by the other campers of D-Tent and prefers to call them by their legal names given by their parents. The only camper he refers to by his nickname is Hector Zeroni who he calls Zero. He does this because he believes Hector is stupid. Initially, he seems to be a warm, caring person, but that is a reversal of the trope `Jerk-Ass Façade'(Person acts like a jerk but is a decent person under). Pendanski is a `Nice Guy With A Heart of Jerk-ass.' Right before Zero hits Pendanski with a shovel, Pendanski kept mocking Zero by giving him simple words to spell. He asked Zero "What does d-i-g spell?" to which Zero whacks