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* BigDamnHeroes: When she saves first-former Violet from a fire. This actually convinces some of the girls that she's a good person.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She's actually Josephine Jones in disguise, who has become a much nicer person and has been given a second chance.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She's actually Josephine Jones in disguise, who has become a much nicer person and has been given a second chance.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: When someone starts playing tricks on Felicity, Veronica is accused due to circumstantial evidence and history. Later on she says she'd never do that after Felicity asked her out at half-term when Amy didn't.
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She is the niece of Miss Tallant, a temporary mistress who has an informant in the form that the girls assume is her mysterious niece. She isn't - it's actually Olive, who is being blackmailed.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She is the niece of Miss Tallant, a temporary mistress who has an informant in the form that the girls assume is also her mysterious niece. She isn't It turns out she's not the spy after all - it's actually Olive, who is being blackmailed.]]
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* BeautifulAllAlong: Started off wearing rose-tinted glasses and braces, but later in the fourth book, she got rid of her braces and glasses, exposing green eyes and perfect teeth. She was so beautiful that Mrs Lacey, who had met her at half-term and remarked that she was unattractive, didn't even recognize her, thinking she was very pretty.
* IllGirl: The reason she only started at Malory Towers in the fourth form. She has a weak heart and isn't allowed to be too active, but she was only just well enough to start at boarding school.
* IllGirl: The reason she only started at Malory Towers in the fourth form. She has a weak heart and isn't allowed to be too active, but she was only just well enough to start at boarding school.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: To contrast with June. Freddie is blonde and has a soft spot for people she cares about.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Is known as Freddie to girls and mistresses alike. Her initial appearance is the only time her real name is mentioned.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Is known as Freddie to girls and mistresses alike. Her initial appearance is the only time her real name is mentioned.
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* CatchPhrase: "...if I do say so myself", after listing a skill or trait she is proud of possessing. At one point, the girls call her "Say-So Sylvia".
* NiceGirl: Despite being bossy and domineering, she never says anything mean and the things she boasts about are actually true - she really is a good, fair leader.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She is the niece of Miss Tallant, a temporary mistress who has an informant in the form that the girls assume is her mysterious niece. She isn't - it's actually Olive, who is being blackmailed.]]
* NiceGirl: Despite being bossy and domineering, she never says anything mean and the things she boasts about are actually true - she really is a good, fair leader.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: She is the niece of Miss Tallant, a temporary mistress who has an informant in the form that the girls assume is her mysterious niece. She isn't - it's actually Olive, who is being blackmailed.]]
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* BeautifulSingingVoice: She breathes new life into Millicent's orchestra with her voice, causing them to win the school orchestra competition.
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* NiceGirl: One of the kindest and most straightforward girls in the series.
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A sensible, quiet girl who becomes Darrell's best friend. She lacks Darrell's fierce temper, and was head girl in the second form.
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A sensible, quiet girl who becomes Darrell's best friend. She lacks Darrell's fierce temper, and was head girl in the second form, also substituting for Darrell briefly in the fourth form.
* CowardlyLion: Scared of everything, but does things like throwing herself into the pool to save Darrell even though she can't swim well, and taking Daphne's parcel to the post office in the dark on a cliff during a gale even though she knows that she might be blown off the cliff. She also does better in her School Cert than expected. In general, she is at her best when she's under pressure. Averted when Darrell attempts to make her ashamed of being scared to make her face her fears - however, this treatment makes her worse.
* MoralityPet: To Daphne, eventually.
* MoralityPet: To Daphne, eventually.
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hard as possible, but gets stressed and irritable to the point of becoming sick. After coming back, she begs for extra coaching from her teachers, who tell her not to worry, she's not strong enough and she won't have too much expected of her. She gets better after it is revealed that she just needs rest.
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* ThePerfectionist: Works as
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* BigDamnHeroes: Very much the manner in when she goes out to find Mary-Lou during a storm, who has fallen off the cliff and can only hang onto the cliff face for seconds. Daphne can't pull Mary-Lou up, but she manages to keep her from falling until help arrives.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Similar to her cousin. June is really talented, but [[ TheSlacker lacks discipline and prefers fooling around.]]
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* BrilliantButLazy: Similar to her cousin. June is really talented, but [[ TheSlacker [[TheSlacker lacks discipline and prefers fooling around.]]
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* DitzyGenius: An amazing artist, but a total scatterbrain. Intentionally written to have enough similarities to Irene to make them perfect friends.
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* DitzyGenius: An amazing artist, but a total scatterbrain. [[BirdsOfAFeather Intentionally written to have enough similarities to Irene to make them perfect friends.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Calm, collected blue to Darrell's hot tempered red.
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* BookDumb: One of the worst and laziest students in her grade.
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* DumbButDiligent: Downplayed, since she‘s no {{Ditz}}, but Ellen archived her scholarship due to hard work and strict discipline, not because of an academic gift; she‘s of average Intelligence at best. She struggles to fulfill the high expectations she‘s facing as a [[ScholarshipStudent Scholarship Student.
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* DumbButDiligent: Downplayed, since she‘s no {{Ditz}}, but Ellen archived her scholarship due to hard work and strict discipline, not because of an academic gift; she‘s of average Intelligence at best. She struggles to fulfill the high expectations she‘s facing as a [[ScholarshipStudent Scholarship Student.]]
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* ThePerfectionist: Works as hard as possible, but gets stressed and irritable to the point of becoming sick. After coming back, she begs for extra coaching from her teachers, who tell her not to worry, she's not strong enough and she won't have too much expected of her. She gets better after it is revealed that she just needs rest.
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* DumbButDiligent: Downplayed, since she‘s no {{Ditz}}, but Ellen archived her scholarship due to hard work and strict discipline, not because of an academic gift; she‘s of average Intelligence at best. She struggles to fulfill the high expectations she‘s facing as a [[ScholarshipStudent Scholarship Student.
* ThePerfectionist: Worksas as
hard as possible, but gets stressed and irritable to the point of becoming sick. After coming back, she begs for extra coaching from her teachers, who tell her not to worry, she's not strong enough and she won't have too much expected of her. She gets better after it is revealed that she just needs rest.
* ThePerfectionist: Works
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Gwendoline. Her character is intentionally similar to give Gwen a chance to realize how awful she is.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Similar to her cousin. June is really talented, but [[ TheSlacker lacks discipline and prefers fooling around.]]
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Only seems to have trouble speaking English when it benefits her.
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* NiceGirl: Zerelda is shallow and superficial, but unlike [[SpoiledBrat Gwendoline]], she‘s very friendly.
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* SatelliteCharacter: She only appears around Alicia.
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* DumbButDiligent: Downplayed in that Darrell is not really dumb, but discovers in her first term that if she slackens at all, her work will suffer.
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* DumbButDiligent: Downplayed in that Darrell is not really dumb, but discovers in her first term that if she slackens at all, her work will suffer. Contrasting [[BrilliantButLazy Alicia]].
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A small, seemingly childish girl who turns out to be very smart and manipulative.
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A small, seemingly childish girl who turns out to be very smart and manipulative. Starts out as Felicity's neighbour. She eventually is sent to Malory Towers because she wants to be with Felicity, but eventually becomes closer to Amy.
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*IllGirl: Was seriously ill when she was younger and couldn't even go to boarding school.
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A stuck-up snob who is extremely spoilt.
* AlphaBitch: Bonnie is her only real friend, but her behaviour comes off this way.
* AlphaBitch: Bonnie is her only real friend, but her behaviour comes off this way.
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* TheDeterminator: Will never stop at anything, whether it's trying to be Felicity's best friend, figuring out who's been stealing from the local stables, or just getting Esme to speak with a British accent.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Not that terrible, but Bonnie is very good at appearing innocent, no matter how guilty she is.
* TheDeterminator: Will never stop at anything, whether it's trying to be Felicity's best friend, figuring out who's been stealing from the local stables, or just getting Esme to speak with a British accent.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Not that terrible, but Bonnie is very good at appearing innocent, no matter how guilty she is.
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A new girl in the third form who loves her horse Sandy.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Shares this with her friend Julie.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Shares this with her friend Julie.
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Lucy's cousin, starts off in the third form due to schooling in America. She's actually a year older, and goes up a form at the end of her first term.
* FunnyForeigner: Subverted - Esme isn't American, but wears makeup and speaks with an accent. At one point, she even despairs of being able to pronounce the 'd' in "wonderful" - just as she manages it.
* FunnyForeigner: Subverted - Esme isn't American, but wears makeup and speaks with an accent. At one point, she even despairs of being able to pronounce the 'd' in "wonderful" - just as she manages it.
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Comes off as a miserable antisocial girl with a spiteful edge. It turns out to be due to mistreatment.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Her stepsister Annabel tells Bonnie that she enjoys causing trouble and framing Olive for it, and that no one ever suspects her.
* GreenEyedMonster: Wants the love of her family that Annabel gets. Averted when Amy insists that the reason she hates Nora and Bonnie is because she's jealous, as it turns out she is wrong.
* TheUnfavourite: To Annabel.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Her stepsister Annabel tells Bonnie that she enjoys causing trouble and framing Olive for it, and that no one ever suspects her.
* GreenEyedMonster: Wants the love of her family that Annabel gets. Averted when Amy insists that the reason she hates Nora and Bonnie is because she's jealous, as it turns out she is wrong.
* TheUnfavourite: To Annabel.
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A talented violin player and tennis partner, very popular with the other girls.
!!Alice Johnson
A quiet girl who joins the sixth form, always willing to help. [[spoiler: She turns out to be a student who was expelled earlier in disguise, who asked for another chance.]]
!!Alice Johnson
A quiet girl who joins the sixth form, always willing to help. [[spoiler: She turns out to be a student who was expelled earlier in disguise, who asked for another chance.]]
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[[folder: Introduced in the Pamela Cox books]]
!!Amy Ryder-Cochrane
!!Winifred "Freddie" Holmes
!!Bonnie Meadows
!!Veronica Sharpe
!!Lucy Carstairs
!!Esme Walters
!!Olive Witherspoon
!!Sylvia Chalmers
!!Millicent Moon
!!Delia Norris
!!Gillian Weaver
!!Lizzie Mannering
[[folder: Introduced in the Pamela Cox books]]
!!Amy Ryder-Cochrane
!!Winifred "Freddie" Holmes
!!Bonnie Meadows
!!Veronica Sharpe
!!Lucy Carstairs
!!Esme Walters
!!Olive Witherspoon
!!Sylvia Chalmers
!!Millicent Moon
!!Delia Norris
!!Gillian Weaver
!!Lizzie Mannering
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* NiceGirl: One of the nicest girls in the form. Even in the fifth book, when everyone teases Catherine for being a saint and refuses her suggestions to help, Mary-Lou is grateful for any help she offers and doesn't tease her.
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* NiceGirl: One of the nicest girls in the form. Even in the fifth book, when everyone teases Catherine for being a saint Never says anything mean and refuses her suggestions is always willing to help, Mary-Lou is grateful for any help she offers and doesn't tease her.look up to others.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: She's the only one who doesn't join in with teasing Catherine in the fifth book, allowing her to help her out.
* ThePerfectionist: Works as hard as possible, but gets stressed and irritable to the point of becoming sick. After coming back, she begs for extra coaching from her teachers, who tell her not to worry, she's not strong enough and she won't have too much expected of her. She gets better after it is revealed that she just needs rest.
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* DumbBlonde: Just like Gwendoline, her old school didn't give her a good grounding in education, and she values having long fair hair.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Thinks she is good at everything. The girls try to cure her of it by giving her a chance to show what she can do and then laughing in her face, saying everything she did is amusingly bad.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Gwendoline. Her character is intentionally similar to give Gwen a chance to realize how awful she is.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Thinks she is good at everything. The girls try to cure her of it by giving her a chance to show what she can do and then laughing in her face, saying everything she did is amusingly bad.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Gwendoline. Her character is intentionally similar to give Gwen a chance to realize how awful she is.
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* AllLovingHero: Clearly wants to be this, but fails because everyone finds her so annoying. She admits to herself how hard it is, but all she's doing is trying to be a good person.
* ExtremeDoormat: Part of her character - she is always offering to do things for others and even when she tries to stop acting like a saint, she still can't stop herself and mostly does things for the only person who will accept her.
* ExtremeDoormat: Part of her character - she is always offering to do things for others and even when she tries to stop acting like a saint, she still can't stop herself and mostly does things for the only person who will accept her.
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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Ellen was suspected as the thief who had been stealing jewelries from the other girls. Ellen, who is struggling to keep up her grades, decides that if everyone already thinks of her as a thief, she might as well be a cheat
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* BrutalHonesty: Alicia doesn't sugarcoat her words, and isn't afraid to say very insulting things even if it angers others.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Somewhat justified, as she is shallow, vain She's easily the ''least'' popular girl in her form, and selfish.no one really pays attention to her or talks to her unless they have to. Justified as Gwendoline is vain, spoiled, attention-seeking and manipulative, and her treatment by her classmates is not portrayed sympathetically.
* FatalFlaw: She gets jealous easily, and this serves as a point of conflict with Darrell in earlier books.
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* IllGirl: In the first book, when she develops appendicitis.
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Mam'zelle Rougier's niece, who has to go to North Tower, despite her aunt living in South Tower (it's full). She speaks very poor English and usually doesn't want to bother.
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A self-absorbed girl with a dramatic personality. Very disliked by the other girls due to her vanity and emotional outbursts.
A sensible, quiet girl who becomes Darrell's best friend. She lacks Darrell's fierce temper, and was head girl in the second form.
A very shy girl who is scared of almost everything, and nice to everyone. She often shows exceptional courage when pushed.
* NiceGirl: One of the nicest girls in the form. Even in the fifth book, when everyone teases Catherine for being a saint and refuses her suggestions to help, Mary-Lou is grateful for any help she offers and doesn't tease her.
* NiceGirl: One of the nicest girls in the form. Even in the fifth book, when everyone teases Catherine for being a saint and refuses her suggestions to help, Mary-Lou is grateful for any help she offers and doesn't tease her.
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The head girl of the first form in the first book. She did not appear in subsequent books.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: How she'sportrayed as the first-form head girl. This is, however, the only book she appears in.
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A down-to-earth Scottish girl. She was head-girl of the third form, but moved up to the form above later on.
A musical genius with absolutely no common sense.
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* RunningGag: Forgetting to bring her health certificate. In the sixth book, she purposely gives Matron a photo of herself, a dog's license and a sketch of her scolding Irene for forgetting it before giving her the real thing.
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A quiet girl who is very good at needlework. Darrell asks her out during her first half-term, but she only appears in the first two books.
Alicia's best friend. She's more daring, and while most known characters are in North Tower, the matrons refused to have her and Alicia in the same tower, so Betty was put in West Tower.
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A charming but dishonest girl who is very manipulative. She later on makes friends with Mary-Lou and becomes much nicer later on.
Starts off as a show-off with a lovely singing voice. She later on loses her voice temporarily after an illness and has developed into a much nicer person when it comes back.
An American girl who dreams of becoming a movie star. She has a hard time adjusting to Malory Towers at first, but eventually settles down. The fourth book mentions that she left between books.
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Darrell's little sister. Shyer and less sure of herself than Darrell, with less of a temper.
Alicia's younger cousin. Similarly smart and hard-hearted, but also considerably less honest and more daring. Also has exceptional talent in sports and playing tricks.
Twins that join the form. Very close, but Connie mostly speaks for both of them. Eventually, Connie fails School Certificate and Ruth passes, allowing them to be in different forms and for Ruth to start speaking for herself.
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A harsh, disagreeable girl with good leadership skills regardless.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite her bad attitude, she saves June from being expelled, when the reason she was being expelled was for writing Moira mean anonymous notes.
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The original focus of the series. An averagely intelligent, sensible girl who loves being at Malory Towers and enjoys every aspect of life there. She later discovers that she has a talent for writing.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Particularly protective of her little sister Felicity in the first term.
* DumbButDiligent: Subverted in that Darrell is not really dumb, but discovers in her first term that if she slackens at all, her work will suffer.
* NiceGirl: One of the kindest and most straightforward girls in the series.
* DumbButDiligent: Subverted in that Darrell is not really dumb, but discovers in her first term that if she slackens at all, her work will suffer.
* NiceGirl: One of the kindest and most straightforward girls in the series.
The main joker of Darrell's form. Honest and well-liked but rather hard-hearted and very snarky.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Her initial way of dealing with anyone she dislikes.
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* DumbBlonde: Very proud of her long fair hair and always bottom of the form.
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* GreenEyedMonster: In the first book, she's so jealous of her baby sister that she ignores her at home and then denies having a sister at all when Darrell brings it up.
up. In a later book, when she arrives at school late and Darrell has been hanging out with Alicia, she doesn't want to share Darrell's friendship.
* IllGirl: In the first book, when she develops appendicitis.
* IllGirl: In the first book, when she develops appendicitis.
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* ThirdWheel: Up until the second book, she tags along with Darrell and Sally, and is happy to be their second-best friend, even though she knows they prefer each other over her.
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* DitzyGenius: Exceptional at maths and music, but forgetful and scatterbrained in normal life.
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* DitzyGenius: An amazing artist, but a total scatterbrain. Intentionally written to have enough similarities to Irene to make them perfect friends.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Subverted as she is Alicia's younger cousin, not her sister, but her behaviour has this for most of the series, almost getting her expelled in her second term.
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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Averted - Connie is bigger and more muscular, with straighter hair than Ruth.
* SingleMindedTwins: Connie invokes this by always speaking for both of them and never letting Ruth answer for herself. [[spoiler: This later leads to Ruth doing a series of mean things to Connie, and then always feeling guilty and trying to fix whatever she did.]]
* SingleMindedTwins: Connie invokes this by always speaking for both of them and never letting Ruth answer for herself. [[spoiler: This later leads to Ruth doing a series of mean things to Connie, and then always feeling guilty and trying to fix whatever she did.]]
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Characters who appear in the ''Literature/MaloryTowers'' series:
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!!Darrell Rivers
* BewareTheNiceOnes: One of the nicest girls in the form...until she loses her temper.
!!Alicia Johns
* BrilliantButLazy: She doesn't have to work hard to get top marks, and usually doesn't bother.
!!Gwendoline Lacey
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Somewhat justified, as she is shallow, vain and selfish.
!!Sally Hope
* GreenEyedMonster: In the first book, she's so jealous of her baby sister that she ignores her at home and then denies having a sister at all when Darrell brings it up.
!!Mary-Lou
* ShrinkingViolet: Starts off this way and never quite gets over it.
!!Katherine
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: How she's portrayed as the first-form head girl. This is, however, the only book she appears in.
!!Jean McDonald
!!Irene
!!Emily Lake
!!Betty Hill
[[folder: Introduced In Second Form At Malory Towers]]
!!Belinda Morris
!!Ellen Wilson
!!Daphne Turner
[[folder: Introduced In Third Year At Malory Towers]]
!!Mavis
* BeautifulSingingVoice: She plans to be an opera singer when she grows up, and shows off about this considerably at first.
!!Zerelda Brass
* FunnyForeigner: As an airheaded American.
!!Wilhelmina Robinson
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Asks the girls to call her Bill on their first day. By the end of her first term, no one calls her anything else.
[[folder: Introduced In Upper Fourth At Malory Towers]]
!!Felicity Rivers
!!June
!!Connie and Ruth Batten
!!Clarissa Carter
[[folder: Introduced In In The Fifth At Malory Towers]]
!!Maureen Little
!!Moira Linton
!!Catherine Gray
[[folder: Introduced In Last Term At Malory Towers]]
!!Suzanne Rougier
!!Amanda Chartelow
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[[folder: Introduced In First Term At Malory Towers]]
!!Darrell Rivers
* BewareTheNiceOnes: One of the nicest girls in the form...until she loses her temper.
!!Alicia Johns
* BrilliantButLazy: She doesn't have to work hard to get top marks, and usually doesn't bother.
!!Gwendoline Lacey
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Somewhat justified, as she is shallow, vain and selfish.
!!Sally Hope
* GreenEyedMonster: In the first book, she's so jealous of her baby sister that she ignores her at home and then denies having a sister at all when Darrell brings it up.
!!Mary-Lou
* ShrinkingViolet: Starts off this way and never quite gets over it.
!!Katherine
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: How she's portrayed as the first-form head girl. This is, however, the only book she appears in.
!!Jean McDonald
!!Irene
!!Emily Lake
!!Betty Hill
[[folder: Introduced In Second Form At Malory Towers]]
!!Belinda Morris
!!Ellen Wilson
!!Daphne Turner
[[folder: Introduced In Third Year At Malory Towers]]
!!Mavis
* BeautifulSingingVoice: She plans to be an opera singer when she grows up, and shows off about this considerably at first.
!!Zerelda Brass
* FunnyForeigner: As an airheaded American.
!!Wilhelmina Robinson
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Asks the girls to call her Bill on their first day. By the end of her first term, no one calls her anything else.
[[folder: Introduced In Upper Fourth At Malory Towers]]
!!Felicity Rivers
!!June
!!Connie and Ruth Batten
!!Clarissa Carter
[[folder: Introduced In In The Fifth At Malory Towers]]
!!Maureen Little
!!Moira Linton
!!Catherine Gray
[[folder: Introduced In Last Term At Malory Towers]]
!!Suzanne Rougier
!!Amanda Chartelow
