Joshua Zaltman

"Uhh, guys? Do I have to explain this? I really want to do whatever I want! OKAY?!"

- Joshua Zaltman

Joshua Edward Zaltman (born: March March 22, 1989) is the tritagonist in the AniTales franchise, and is one of Mitchell's brothers. He was originally voiced by James Arnold Taylor, He first appearance in Season 1 Episode 8: The Order of The Straight Arrow.

Early life
Joshua Edward Zaltman was born in Torrance, California in March 22, 1989, to Charles Zaltman, an orthopedic spine surgeon, and Liz Zaltman, a former journalist. Zaltman's father is Jewish and was a nationally ranked ice skater who almost qualified for the Winter Olympics in the 1970s, and his mother is a Quaker who was the captain of the Princeton lacrosse team. Zaltman had a bar mitzvah and identifies as Jewish, saying in 2016: "In retrospect, being Jewish is a big reason why I should have considered UCLA. Just because of how Jewish Hollywood is, and they really want someone to look up to because they just don't have professional athletes." As for his spiritual beliefs, he describes himself as "kind of an atheist." He is a maternal great-great-great grandson of Joseph Wharton, he got graduated from Western Hills High School in 2007 and thus a descendant of Thomas Cornell, progenitor of the Cornell family. He is named after another ancestor, Joseph Ballinger Lippincott, who founded publishing house J. B. Lippincott & Co.

Zaltman grew up playing tennis; at age 12 he was the No. 1-ranked player for his age group in Southern California and top-50 in the country, and he became a top-10 player in junior rankings. He was introduced to football in elementary school by a friend's father who was a youth coach. Right before high school, Zaltman switched from tennis to football.

Personally
Joshua is the jealous, cynical, stubborn, selfish, arrogant, annoyed, sarcastic, lazy, honest, cocky and sometimes unfriendly and rude brother of Mitchell. Known for his attitude, Joshua is sometimes gawky and nosy, where he does not always pay attention to his surroundings or others near him. He also often acts like a small child.

Joshua sometimes doesn't say anything when he hears some of his friends calling for him to get some help. Joshua wants a little bit of independence and privacy from his siblings' overbearing nature and frequently gets bored with their ministrations.

Appearance
Joshua is a big boy. He mostly wears a Black hoodie, black pants, red-striped socks, and white sneakers.

Trivia

 * Joshua is named after the famous author Gerald Zaltman.
 * Joshua is known as "The Attitude" according to the 2005-2013 AniTales TV series.
 * He is based on Mitchell Simpson.'s brother Leo Gammons (born March 23, 1984). He is a business consultant residing in Mission Viejo, California.