History Characters / OliverAndCompany

* LightIsGood: Jenny wears light sky-blue sweater and periwinkle tights and cares for Oliver and the gang dearly. Naturally, she is easily seen being held captive by Sykes and Roscoe and Desoto who are [[DarkIsEvil complete opposite]].

* DeompositeCharacter: They seem to be a duo version of Bullseye, Bill Sikes's dog from ''Oliver Twist''

* NearVillainVictory: He'll stop at nothing to satisfy his greed; even if it means kidnapping a rich girl and hold her for ransom. Even when the Oliver and the gang tried to rescue Jenny from captivity, Sykes thwarted their chance to escape. Even when Fagin comes to the rescue by driving the girl and the pets to the subway tunnels for safety, Sykes goes mad by driving his car there to catch up to them. If it weren't for the upcoming subway train, Sykes would've succeeded in capturing Jenny and killing off Fagin and the pets (even Dodger and Oliver were no match for him).

* BassoProfundo: Thanks to his voice actor Richard Mulligan.

* OnlySaneWoman: The most level-headed dog in Fagin's gang, probably since WomenAreWiser. However, there's a bit of NotSoAboveItAll when the boys start play fighting, and one of them hits her by accident.

** Literal as Sykes does appear to take decent care of Roscoe and [=DeSoto=].

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DomDeLuise; Creator/PhilippeDumat (European French dub); Creator/MasaruIkeda (Japanese dub); Creator/RodneyGomes

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Especially for Disney. Sykes has no sorcery, [[LargeHam hamminess]], or even a VillainSong; he's just a merciless LoanShark played completely, terrifyingly straight. His methods are brutal as he holds Jenny for ransom, has Fagin in a loan deal with the implications of mafia execution, and, in one scene where he's on the phone, he's clearly instructing the person on the other end how to perform the CementShoes method. Even [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Lady Tremaine]] and ''especially'' [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Frollo]], of all people, have a few funny moments and [[EvilIsHammy hamminess]] here and there, compared to this guy (and you know, that's saying something).

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He gives treats to his dogs, speaks very highly of them, and is never pointlessly mean towards them. When he finds them trapped under a blanket, he helps them out before giving them a stern but brief scolding. He doesn't seem to care much about them when they both die though.

* AdaptationalHeroism: This happens to [=DeSoto=] when he appears in the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' episode “Pluto Saves The Day,” in which he’s a member of a musical band “Pet Shop Dogs” with other Disney dogs, including Dodger, Tito, and Francis. Unlike the source material, he does not show any hostility towards his fellow cast members or his bandmates except when Tito growls at him, to which he responds with a growl of his own. He later aids the dogs in chasing and mauling Pete with Pluto's encouragement.

* {{JerkAss}}: Both of them are vicious brutes who enjoy tormenting others. Roscoe is also a smug bully who enjoys torturing others.
* KilledOffScreen: [=DeSoto=]'s fatal electrocution isn't seen. Averted with Roscoe whose death is on screen.

* KnightOfCerberus: Like Sykes, the two dobermans are treated entirely seriously by the film and all humor goes out the window when they appear.

* KnightOfCerebus: He and comedy don't appear on-screen together. Even [[spoiler:his ''death'']] is frighteningly realistic!

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He gives treats to his dogs, speaks very highly of them, and is never pointlessly mean towards them. When he finds them trapped under a blanket, he helps them out before giving them a stern but brief scolding.

* GutturalGrowler: He smokes and has a hoarse voice.

* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Sykes is portrayed as requiring glasses, in contrast to his literary counterpart.

** After kidnapping Jenny and finding a faster source of income in her ransom money, he tells Fagin that he doesn't have to pay him anymore and lets him go, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero in part because he's the one who accidentally led her to him]], but he still could've kept him in debt or [[YouHaveFailedMe killed him]].

* UnstoppableRage: While we don't see Sykes himself devolving into this, when Fagin rescues Jenny, Oliver, and the rest of the dogs, he perfectly emotes his fury through his driving in pursuit of the gang -- he follows them down the subway terminal, pulls the gear shift hard enough that the lever ''breaks'' off, slams the accelerator so hard his tires burn off from the torque and later breaks his side window open when he could have lowered it.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Sykes holds her captive for ransom.

* NiceGirl: Jenny is very caring and friendly.

* SpoiledSweet: Comes from a rich family, but she has a good heart.

* IBrokeANail: Which is slightly weird, but [[ShownTheirWork makes sense when you think about it]]. Anyone who's dealt with a dog with a broken nail can tell you it's far, ''far'' worse for them than it is for us; as their nails are less an expendable plate of keratin and more an extension of their fingerbones.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: She only agrees to help Dodger and the other dogs find Oliver just so that she could dispense with him. She develops the heart of gold as noted above.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Heavily downplayed, but his literary counterpart was stated to [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals beat his dog Bull's Eye]] to the point he needed stitches. Due to a lack of scarring or stitches on his own dogs, Sykes seems to at least treat his pets better than his forerunner.

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* StupidEvil: He ties Jenny up so she can't escape yet still somehow believes she managed to break free and lock him out of his office.