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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Florence is quite mature for a young girl where she is level-headed in most situations and rarely gets frustrated.


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* BewareTheNiceOnes: She may be a friendly cow, but if she is pushed her to her limits (particularly of Dougal's rudeness), she'll bound to get enraged.


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* UngratefulBastard: In the CGI Series episode "Barmy Army", Sam felt upset that his comrades are delayed and couldn't come to his party, however Florence and everyone else cheer him up by acting as his comrades and hoping to be invited to his party. When Sam's comrades do arrive for his party, what does Sam respond to Florence and everyone's kindness after what they did for him? He still doesn't invite them to his party and only allows his comrades. However, Sam and his comrades panic and hide under the table due to being surrounded by bananas, and eventually does invite Dougal, Florence and everyone to his party in exchange of removing all the bananas from their sights.
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The main character of the show who is a tempermental, grumpy, but lively dog. Despite his love and greed for sugar, he is loyal to his friends, including Florence, his sweet young owner.
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A sweet and kind-hearted girl who is Dougal's young owner and a good friend to everyone in the Enchanted Gardens.
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A good-hearted wizard who rules the Enchanted Gardens and loves to bring joy to his friends, as well as serving as their ally.
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A slow, but well-meaning snail, who is hyperactive and happy-go-lucky to everyone.
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An matronly and operatic cow who loves to sing at the sound of her own voice, eat flowers in the garden and being the main attraction.
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A laid-back and a sleepy rabbit who would often drift off to sleep from time to time and play his guitar.
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An elderly repairman who operates the Magic Roundabout with his barrel organ and loves to bring fun and joy to the children who ride on it.
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An elderly gardener with a youthful personality who would ride along on his tricycle.
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An animate locomotive who is very punctual in the Enchanted Gardens and always there to take the passengers to each destination.
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A small group of children who are also Florence's friends where they would often spend time with her and ride the Magic Roundabout.
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The Enchanted Gardens' delivery man and shopkeeper who sells things to the inhabitants and delivers them to their homes.
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An animate foot guard figurine who is used to operate the Magic Roundabout. When put under the spell by Zeebad, he serves as his henchman.
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The cunning and evil cat who serves the Blue Voice by planning to take over the gardens and turn everything blue.
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The cold-hearted and tyrannous ice wizard who is Zebedee's arch nemesis and vows revenge on Zebedee for imprisoning years ago to prevent him from creating a new ice age. When he is accidentally released by Dougal, he plans to re-freeze the world again and freeze the sun by using three diamonds.
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* PetTheDog: After taking the first diamond and the map, Zeebad manages to save Sam from falling to his demise in the boiling lava when they destroyed the bridge to prevent the heroes from escaping, before praising Sam for his good work.

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* LooseLips: In the 2005 film, this is how Zeebad found out about the map due to Dougal unwittingly letting slip of the information.

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* LooseLips: In the 2005 film, this is how Zeebad found out about the map due to Dougal unwittingly letting slip of the information.information whilst being interrogated.



* DisapprovingLook: In the CGI series, Florence would do this to express her disapproval not just for Dougal's rudeness and schemes, but mainly for any of Zebedee's mischievous tricks.



* InnocentBlueEyes: Florence has those in the post-2005 CGI era to emphasise her youthful innocence.



* TheTrickster: Particularly in the CGI series (as well as in the French version of the original series), where his tatics are usually found out in the end by Florence and the others.

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* TheTrickster: Particularly in the CGI series (as well as in the French version of the original series), where his tatics tactics are usually found out in the end by Florence and the others.



* WhiteGloves: Used to wear blue gloves during the original series, until the post-2005 CGI era they were changed to white.



* WhiteGloves: Used to wear blue gloves during the original series, until the post-2005 CGI era they were changed to white.



* DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: To emphasis his lazy demeanor.

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* DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: To emphasis his sleepy and lazy demeanor.
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* WasTooHardOnHim:
** In the CGI series episode "The Party", Florence begins to feel bad [[TranquilFury after she was so cross with everyone, especially Dougal for avoiding her and refusing to help her fix her fence]] [[note]]Unknown to Florence, everyone was preparing a surprise party for her and they had to avoid her to prevent her from finding out, causing poor Florence to think that they were being mean to her. [[/note]] as she was leaving to go and visit a friend.
** She also begins to feel that way after she sternly tells Dougal off for rudely interrupting everyone's chance to get a word in about their holidays in the CGI Series episode "Sweet Memories". This what prompts her, along with everyone else, to set out to find Dougal in order to make it up to him.

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* WhiteGloves: Used to wear blue gloves during the original series, until the post-2005 CGI era.

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* DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: To emphasis his lazy demeanor.


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* DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: To emphasis his lazy demeanor.
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* SweetTooth: [[TrademarkFavoriteFood His love for sugar is one of his defining character traits.]]


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* DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: To emphasis his lazy demeanor.
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* IcyBlueEyes: Being a evil ice wizard, Zeebad has those to represent his cold-hearted personality and his nature.
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* BreakTheCutie:
** In "Dougal and the Blue Cat", Florence cries whilst singing her sad song after she, along with everyone else were imprisoned in Buxton's dungeon.
** In the CGI Series episode "Florence's Squeaky Toys", after hearing that the toys she ordered for Basil and Coral's birthdays have gone missing, she starts to shed tears, feeling devastated that she has nothing to give to them.

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* DisneyDeath: At the end of the 2005 film, Florence appears to have died from hypothermia after being trapped in the frozen roundabout, but it turns out she was comatose when an anxious Dougal revives her with kisses.



* BadassMustache: He has a black bushy mustache which produces magic. This is used during his battle with Zeebad.

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* BadassMustache: He has a black bushy mustache moustache which produces magic. This is used during his battle with Zeebad.



* DisneyDeath: In the 2005 film, when he falls into the abyss whilst trapped in ice upon battling Zeebad, but luckily, he is revealed to be alive after Zeebad was re-imprisoned.



* DisneyDeath: In ''Dougal and the Blue Cat'', he was seemingly killed when Buxton's factory collapses as he was going back for Zebedee's moustache. When the gang explains to a remorseful Buxton of what happened, Brian shows up alive and well with Zebedee's moustache.



** This also happens in the CGI series as well in the episode "Litterbugs", with one of the lightbulbs on the roundabout exploding when she sings so loud.

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** This also happens in the CGI series as well in the episode "Litterbugs", with one of the lightbulbs light bulbs on the roundabout exploding when she sings so loud.



* BadassMustache: Just like Zebedee, he has a big bushy mustache that produces very powerful magic.

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* BadassMustache: Just like Zebedee, he has a big bushy mustache moustache that produces very powerful magic.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: He can feels like this around his henchman Solider Sam, his comment about him when he falls over on his baton, "You just can't get the staff these days."
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* VerbalTic: In the French version, Mr. MacHenry has his catchphrase "Hep, hep hep!", which somewhat translates to something speedy like "Go, go, go!" to reflect his youthful personality despite his old age.

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* VerbalTic: In the French version, Zebedee has sort of a rhyming verbal tic in tandem with his catchphrase "Tournicoti, tournicoton!" Usually after a sentence, he would say "Tournico-" followed by the ending adjective of the last word he says. For example, in the American English dub for ''Series/Pinwheel'', he would say something like, "There he is, tournico-tis!")

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* VerbalTic: In the French version, Zebedee has sort of a rhyming verbal tic in tandem with his catchphrase "Tournicoti, tournicoton!" Usually after a sentence, he would say "Tournico-" followed by the ending adjective of the last word he says. For example, in the American English dub for ''Series/Pinwheel'', ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'', he would say something like, "There he is, tournico-tis!")
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* PantyShot: Florence's white panties can be seen by Freeze Framing the scene where she tries to save Primrose in the episode of the CGI series "Auntie Primrose".
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!!Florence's Friends (Paul, Basil, and Coral) / Pio, Basile, and Coralie
* {{Catchphrase}}: In the French version of the original series, Paul often quoted his father, often beginning his sentences with "My dad, he always says..." ("Moi, mon père, il dit toujours...")

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!!Florence's Friends (Paul, Basil, and Coral) Coral / Pio, Basile, and Coralie
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* {{Catchphrase}}: In the French version of the original series, Paul often quoted his father, often beginning his sentences with "My dad, he always says..." ("Moi, mon père, il dit toujours...")

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!!Florence's Friends (Paul, Basil, and Coral) / Pio, Basile, and Coralie
* {{Catchphrase}}: In the French version of the original series, Paul often quoted his father, often beginning his sentences with "My dad, he always says..." ("Moi, mon père, il dit toujours...")
* PutOnABus: In the original series, after the series was broadcast in color, the other children made a few appearances in four episodes, then only appeared in the opening and closing sequences. In the CGI era, the original character of Basil fell into this, and had his name given to Paul.
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!!Florence's Friends
* {{Catchphrase}}: In the French version of the original series, Paul often quoted his father, often beginning his sentences with "My dad, he always says..." ("Moi, mon père, il dit toujours...")
* PutOnABus: In the original series, after the series was broadcast in color, the other children made a few appearances in four episodes, then only appeared in the opening and closing sequences. In the CGI era, the original character of Basil fell into this, and had his name given to Paul.
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* MellowFellow: Dylan is usually laid-back and rarely flips his lid. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Well, except on a few occassions, such as when he throws a snowball at Zeebad in the climax of the 2005 film.]]

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* MellowFellow: Dylan is usually laid-back and rarely flips his lid. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Well, except on a few occassions, occasions, such as when he throws a snowball at Zeebad in the climax of the 2005 film.]]



* CowboysAndIndians: In the French version of the very first episode of the original series, it's revealed that he used to play this with wooden horses (particularly Buffalo Bill hunting bison) as a child.
* CrackOhMyBack: This sometimes happens to him in the 2007 CGI Series with "Nanny Ermintrude" being one example. He is shown having sprained his back at the start of the episode before Ermintrude makes him jump to try and make his back feel better. Needless to say, it only worsened a bit.

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!!Florence's Friends
* {{Catchphrase}}: In the French version of the original series, Paul often quoted his father, often beginning his sentences with "My dad, he always says..." ("Moi, mon père, il dit toujours...")
* PutOnABus: In the original series, after the series was broadcast in color, the other children made a few appearances in four episodes, then only appeared in the opening and closing sequences. In the CGI era, the original character of Basil fell into this, and had his name given to Paul.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: "I'm so evil" in the English version. ("Moi, le chat" or "I, the cat" or "Me, the cat" in the French version.)

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* SignatureLaugh / VerbalTic: In the French version, Mr. MacHenry had a mixture of these, which has him saying something like "Hep, hep hep!" In ''Dougal and the Blue Cat'', it leans more towards a Signature Laugh.

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* SignatureLaugh / VerbalTic: In SignatureLaugh: Has this in the French version, Mr. MacHenry had a mixture version of these, which has him saying something like "Hep, hep hep!" In ''Dougal and the Blue Cat'', it leans more towards a Signature Laugh.as opposed to his usual verbal tic (see below).
* VerbalTic: In the French version, Mr. MacHenry has his catchphrase "Hep, hep hep!", which somewhat translates to something speedy like "Go, go, go!" to reflect his youthful personality despite his old age.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Sam ultimately does this having realised the truth about Zeebad and rides an elk back to the village to turn against Zeebad.
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* CaringGardener: In the CGI series, Florence would plant her flowers in her garden as well as watering them.

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* WhiteGloves: Used to wear these during the original series, until the post-2005 CGI era.



* WhiteGloves: Used to wear blue gloves during the original series, until the post-2005 CGI era.



* NiceHat: Always seen wearing his straw hat with a brown band and a green feather.

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* NiceHat: Always seen wearing his straw hat with a brown band and a green feather. In one episode of the original French series, he supposedly claimed to have brought back a new hat from a vacation, to which Dougal pointed out it actually looked exactly the same as the old one.


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* AnimationBump: Initially in the original series, when Dylan slept, he completely covers his eyes with his ears, but beginning with episodes in 1971, he gains closed eyelids.


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* {{Catchphrase}}:
** "Time for bed!"
** In the French version, it's "Tournicoti, tournicoton!" which translates somewhat along the lines of "Twirly whirly". Also a VerbalTic, see below.



* TheTrickster: Particularly in the CGI Series where his tatics are usually found out in the end by Florence and the others.

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* VerbalTic: In the French version, Zebedee has sort of a rhyming verbal tic in tandem with his catchphrase "Tournicoti, tournicoton!" Usually after a sentence, he would say "Tournico-" followed by the ending adjective of the last word he says. For example, in the American English dub for ''Series/Pinwheel'', he would say something like, "There he is, tournico-tis!")



* AffectionateNickname: She often calls her friends "dearheart".

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* AffectionateNickname: She In the English version, she often calls her friends "dearheart".



* NiceHat: She is almost never seen without her blue hat.

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* NiceHat: She is almost never seen without her blue hat.hat, except on a few occasions, including "Ermintrude's Hat, Part 1" and "Traffic Block and Road Race" from the original series.



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the black-and-white episodes of the original series, one of his character traits involved him being an innocent kleptomaniac. On one occasion, he stole some strings holding up a tent for his broken guitar, unaware that the tent was made by Dougal and Brian to surprise Florence. On another occasion, he used Dougal's bed for a nap.



* GratuitousSpanish: In the French version, he's a Spanish character with mañana attitude, and speaks with a Mexican accent.



* TalkingInYourSleep: One episode of the original French version had him singing in his sleep in Italian, while dreaming about riding a gondola.



!!Mr. Rusty / le Père Pivoine
* CrackOhMyBack: This sometimes happens to him in the 2007 CGI Series with "Nanny Ermintrude" being one example. He is shown having sprained his back at the start of the episode before Ermintrude makes him jump to try and make his back feel better. Needless to say, it only worsened a bit.

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!!Mr. Rusty / le Père Pivoine
* CrackOhMyBack: This sometimes happens to him in the 2007 CGI Series with "Nanny Ermintrude" being one example. He is shown having sprained his back at the start of the episode before Ermintrude makes him jump to try and make his back feel better. Needless to say, it only worsened a bit.
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* CrackOhMyBack: This sometimes happens to him in the 2007 CGI Series with "Nanny Ermintrude" being one example. He is shown having sprained his back at the start of the episode before Ermintrude makes him jump to try and make his back feel better. Needless to say, it only worsened a bit.


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* PutOnABus: For unknown reasons, he fell into this in the 2005 CGI film and somewhat replaced with Mr. Grimsdale the baker. Thankfully, he returned (albeit with a redesign) for the 2007 reboot series. (Unlike the original series though, the French dub of the reboot series uses his English name, instead of "Bonhomme Jouvence", while Mr. Grimsdale has the gardener's French name instead.)
* SignatureLaugh / VerbalTic: In the French version, Mr. MacHenry had a mixture of these, which has him saying something like "Hep, hep hep!" In ''Dougal and the Blue Cat'', it leans more towards a Signature Laugh.

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** Also, "Douce reine" in the French version, which translates to "Sweet queen".



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: At least in the French version of his very first appearance, he barks like a normal dog.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dougal may be pessimistic and rude, but he is very loyal to his friends, especially Florence, his owner that he loves dearly.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dougal may be pessimistic and rude, but he is very loyal to his friends, especially Florence, his owner that who he loves dearly.



* AccidentalMisnaming: One of her character traits in the French version of the original series, especially with Dougal/Pollux.



* TheDitz: She can come off as this in the original series, espically in the French version.

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* TheDitz: She can come off as this in the original series, espically especially in the French version.



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Her fear of mice (musophobia) in the CGI Series episode "Ermintrude Gets A Fright". This is revealed when she screams and panics at the sight of two mice that Florence has found whilst planting her strawberries. Fortunately, Ermintride overcomes her fear at the end of the episode.

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* ProneToTears: In the book adaptations/yearly annuals of the original series' English version.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Her fear of mice (musophobia) in the CGI Series episode "Ermintrude Gets A Fright". This is revealed when she screams and panics at the sight of two mice that Florence has found whilst planting her strawberries. Fortunately, Ermintride Ermintrude overcomes her fear at the end of the episode.



* NiceHat: Mr. Rusty is never seen without his green top hat with a yellow feather.

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* NiceHat: Mr. Rusty is never seen without his green top hat with a yellow feather. There have been a few occasions where his hat came off in a few black-and-white episodes of the original series.



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* CrossDressingVoices: In the French version of the original series (beginning with the color episodes), he's voiced by a woman (probably to best fit with his French name, "Mr. Young").
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* EveryoneHasStandards: In "No More Magic, Zebedee", despite being annoyed when Zebedee magically removed her flower garden, Florence doesn't like everyone's idea of upsetting Zebedee by stripping him from his magic powers, but she reluctantly goes along with it.
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* TheSmartGuy: Brian became a bit of a brainiac in the CGI Series [[Bookworm where he has a vast library of books]] in his home.

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* TheSmartGuy: Brian became a bit of a brainiac in the CGI Series [[Bookworm [[{{Bookworm}} where he has a vast library of books]] in his home.



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* Catchphrase: Particularly in the original series.

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* Jerkass: He became a bit of one in Nigel Planer's re-narrations of the original series. This trait would sometimes happen in the CGI series as well.

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* Keet: He was hyperactive in the original series.

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* Sleepyhead: Due to being a HeavySleeper, he sometimes drifts off to sleep from time to time.

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* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: In the CGI Series episode "Windbag", he ends up being a DreadfulMusician due to Zebedee tampering with his bagpipes and causes everyone else to get headaches. Fortunately, he, along with Basil and Coral use their tampered bagpipes to scare off the magpipes from Florence's garden.

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* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: In the CGI Series episode "Windbag", he ends up being a DreadfulMusician due to Zebedee tampering with his bagpipes and causes everyone else to get headaches. Fortunately, he, along with Basil and Coral use their tampered bagpipes to scare off the magpipes magpies from Florence's garden.



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* SealedEvilInACan: He was imprisoned in the Magic Roundabout by Zebedee 10,000 years ago to stop him from freezing the world again. But now since Dougal accidentally released him, he is free to wreak havoc once more with his powers.

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!!Dougal / Pollux
* ActionPet:
** In the 2005 film, he shows this in the film's climax when he TookALevelInBadass as he bravely goes after the third diamond whilst avoiding Zeebad's attacks and places it into the roundabout's final slot.
** This will later be used in the CGI reboot series, an example of this is "Dougal the Helpful Helper" where he immediately comes to Florence's rescue by fending off the enchanted vaccum and broom.
* ButtMonkey: Sometimes, he can suffer from either bad luck or being outsmarted by any of his friends.
* Catchphrase: Particularly in the original series.
** "Oh, what's the use." or sometimes "Oh, give me strength."
** Whenever he is shocked our surprised, "What? What-what-what-what-what-what-what?!" ("Qu'est que ça que ce que ça?" in the French version)
* CheatersNeverProsper: Of course, he does try to cheat in the CGI series, particularly "The Race" when he uses a electric skateboard, only for Zebedee to ricochet him back to the start when he is almost got to the village where the finish line is.
* DeadpanSnarker: He happens to have a sharp tongue around his friends.
* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: In "Dougal and the Blue Cat", Dougal's suspicions about Buxton the blue cat are proven correct when he tries to take over the magic garden and captures everyone else.
* GoodIsNotNice: Dougal would often be rude to anyone in the Enchanted Gardens, though he isn't like that with his relationship with Florence.
* GrumpyBear: Or in this case, Grumpy Dog. Dougal can usually come across as being smart-mouthed, irritable and gruff around anyone.
* HatesBaths: As shown in the first episode of the CGI reboot series, Dougal doesn't want to take a bath, and spends the majority of the episode evading Florence and everyone as he tries to avoid taking one.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He sometimes brags about himself from time to time.
* Jerkass: He became a bit of one in Nigel Planer's re-narrations of the original series. This trait would sometimes happen in the CGI series as well.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dougal may be pessimistic and rude, but he is very loyal to his friends, especially Florence, his owner that he loves dearly.
* LazyBum: In the CGI series, he would tend to sit outside Florence's house eating his pies.
* TheLeader: Dougal self-appoints himself as this.
* LooseLips: In the 2005 film, this is how Zeebad found out about the map due to Dougal unwittingly letting slip of the information.
* NoSympathy: Dougal rarely shows any signs of sympathy to any of the characters in the original series when they are in despair.
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!!Florence / Margote
* TheChick: She is the feminine member as well as the meditator of the gang to try to persuade everyone to get along.
* DamselInDistress: Happens in both ''Dougal and the Blue Cat'' and the 2005 film where she is imprisoned by the respective villains, leaving Dougal being the one attempting to rescue her.
* DisappointedInYou: Florence would have that reaction when she learns about Dougal's mischief as well as the trouble he caused to some of his friends in some episodes of the CGI series.
* AGirlAndHerX: Florence and her pet dog Dougal.
* NiceGirl: She is a well-mannered and sweet-natured young girl.
* SignatureHeadgear: She wears a large blue hair bow on top of her head.
* TokenMiniMoe: She is the only member of the gang who is a young girl.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Other than her hair bow, she wears her blue sweater.
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[[folder:Zebedee]]
!!Zebedee / Zébulon
* BadassMustache: He has a black bushy mustache which produces magic. This is used during his battle with Zeebad.
* BreakingTheFourthWall:
** In the 2005 film during its second post-credits scene halfway through the credits, he speaks directly to the audience with his signature "Time for Bed" catchphrase.
** At the beginning of each episode in the CGI Series, he tells the viewers the brief summary of what will happen in each episode.
* DeusExMachina: He serves as this in the original series, as well as the CGI series to solve the main characters' problems.
* TokenWizard: He is the only main character who can do magic.
* TheTrickster: Particularly in the CGI Series where his tatics are usually found out in the end by Florence and the others.
* YouShallNotPass: In the 2005 film, he apparently sacrifices himself to prevent his evil twin Zeebad from going after the rest of the gang, where he uses his magic from his mustache to create a landslide to block them when they try to go back and help him.
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[[folder:Brian]]
!!Brian / Ambroise
* CollectorOfTheStrange: In the CGI Series, Brian has a hobby of collecting different types of gravel as well as any other objects.
* Keet: He was hyperactive in the original series.
* TheLancer: Brian serves as Dougal's companion, even if they may butt heads with each other.
* LooseLips: In the 2005 film, due to being blindfolded by his own scarf and landed on the roof of the driller train, he unknowingly gives the information of the third diamond away which falls onto Zeebad's ears.
* NiceGuy: Despite being insulted by Dougal on a regular basis, he is still cheerful and happy-go-lucky.
* NiceHat: Always seen wearing his straw hat with a brown band and a green feather.
* TheSmartGuy: Brian became a bit of a brainiac in the CGI Series [[Bookworm where he has a vast library of books]] in his home.
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[[folder:Ermintrude]]
!!Ermintrude / Azalée
* AffectionateNickname: She often calls her friends "dearheart".
* ControlFreak: Happens in the CGI series episode "The Cow In The Hat", she wears a bossy hat, which resembles a policeman's helmet, [[TheKilljoy that changes her personality as a strict traffic warden and goes to extreme lengths of how things should be in the Enchanted Gardens.]] Fortunately at the end of the episode, Florence manages to persuade Ermintrude to change hats in order to get her back to her original self.
* TheDitz: She can come off as this in the original series, espically in the French version.
* GlassShatteringSound:
** Earlier in the 2005 film, she caused the icicles above in the cave to fall due to her high note, [[ChekhovsHobby this would later be used to shatter the ice on the roundabout to free the children in the climax.]]
** This also happens in the CGI series as well in the episode "Litterbugs", with one of the lightbulbs on the roundabout exploding when she sings so loud.
* NiceHat: She is almost never seen without her blue hat.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Her fear of mice (musophobia) in the CGI Series episode "Ermintrude Gets A Fright". This is revealed when she screams and panics at the sight of two mice that Florence has found whilst planting her strawberries. Fortunately, Ermintride overcomes her fear at the end of the episode.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dylan]]
!!Dylan / Flappy
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Dylan is the only animal to wear clothing, but doesn't wear shoes.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In the 2005 film, Dylan may be a laid back and droopy rabbit, but he goes into full badass mode with different forms of martial arts.
* EruditeStoner: He was never actually ''mentioned'' to be stoned, but he was just tired and sleepy.
* MellowFellow: Dylan is usually laid-back and rarely flips his lid. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Well, except on a few occassions, such as when he throws a snowball at Zeebad in the climax of the 2005 film.]]
* Sleepyhead: Due to being a HeavySleeper, he sometimes drifts off to sleep from time to time.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mr. Rusty]]
!!Mr. Rusty / le Père Pivoine
* CrackOhMyBack: This sometimes happens to him in the 2007 CGI Series with "Nanny Ermintrude" being one example. He is shown having sprained his back at the start of the episode before Ermintrude makes him jump to try and make his back feel better. Needless to say, it only worsened a bit.
* CoolOldGuy: He may be elderly, but he still operates and make repairs on the Magic Roundabout.
* NiceHat: Mr. Rusty is never seen without his green top hat with a yellow feather.
* OrganGrinder: Mr. Rusty always uses his barrel organ to make the Magic Roundabout to revolve.
* ParentalSubstitute: Becomes this to Florence and the other children whenever necessary.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mr. McHenry]]
!!Mr. McHenry / Bonhomme Jouvence
* AbsenteeActor: He didn't appear in the 2005 film, but he did appear in the 2007 CGI series.
* CaringGardener: Despite being elderly, he always tends to his flowers.
* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: In the CGI Series episode "Windbag", he ends up being a DreadfulMusician due to Zebedee tampering with his bagpipes and causes everyone else to get headaches. Fortunately, he, along with Basil and Coral use their tampered bagpipes to scare off the magpipes from Florence's garden.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Train]]
!!Train
* CoolTrain:
* SentientVehicle: Train is a living steam locomotive.
* ShesAManInJapan: Train is a female in Eric Thompson's English dub of the original series.
* TheSilentBob: Train is completely silent in the 2007 CGI Series and the French version of the 2005 film.

!!Other Characters
[[folder:Mr. Grimsdale]]
!!Mr. Grimsdale
* BlindWithoutEm: In the CGI series episode "Florence's Squeaky Toys", Mr. Grimsdale accidentally leaves his glasses at home, and due to his blurry vision, he ends up delivering the toys that Florence ordered for Basil and Coral's birthdays to Dylan and Ermintrude by mistake.
* BrickJoke: In the 2005 film, Mr. Grimsdale goes to get the things Dougal requested while he "looks after" the cart. He does return at the end of the film with all the things Dougal requested, only to find Dougal on the Magic Roundabout who is hiding awkwardly from him.
* OverworkedSleep: In the CGI Series episode "Mr. Grimsdale's Holiday", due to rushing around of having to do so much deliveries that he ends up tired whilst driving his bike. He loses control when he does wakes up, causing him to crash into his shop.
* ShopKeeper: Not only is he a delivery man, but he runs a shop in the village.
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[[folder:Soldier Sam]]
!!Solider Sam
* AbsurdPhobia: In the CGI Series episode "Barmy Army", Sam and his comrades are all afraid of bananas.
* AnimateInAnimateObject: Sam becomes animate by Zeebad's enchantment to become his henchman. Even though Zebedee restores Sam back to life at the end of the film, he is reverted back to his inanimate form. However, he is completely animate in the CGI series.
* ButtMonkey: Sam can fall into this due to a number of AmusingInjuries throughout the film.
* GaspOfLife: After Zebedee places the third diamond back into Sam's body to bring him back to life, Sam does this as he is resurrected.
* GemHeart: The third diamond is revealed to be Sam's heart after Zeebad fatally wounds him in the chest, and even takes it out which ends Sam's life in progress.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Sam comes off as this in the 2005 film when he is enlisted as Zeebad's henchman after he was catapulted off the roundabout by the encasing ice.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: After he is injured when the driller train exploded due to an overload of coal, Zeebad just leaves him there for dead. However, an elk awakens him, and having realised his true duty is to protect the roundabout, he rides the elk back to the village to make a stand against Zeebad, but is quickly overpowered.
[[/folder]]

!!Antagonists
[[folder:Buxton the Blue Cat]]
!! Buxton the Blue Cat
* CatsAreMean: Very sly and manipulative.
* CrocodileTears: Buxton uses this on everyone, sans Dougal, to keep them from finding out about his evil plans.
* HeelFaceTurn: After being stripped from his powers by the Blue Voice, Buxton returns to the garden, crying in remorse of his actions [[EasilyForgiven and is promptly forgiven by everyone.]]
* TearsOfRemorse: Buxton does this [[VillainousBSOD after he was stripped from his reign of power.]]
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[[folder:Zeebad]]
!!Zeebad / Zabadie
* BadassBeard: He has a goatee and is very powerful.
* BadassMustache: Just like Zebedee, he has a big bushy mustache that produces very powerful magic.
* DeadpanSnarker: Only in the US dub of the 2005 film.
* EvilCounterpart: As well as being an EvilSorcerer, Zeebad is [[ScaryJackInTheBox an evil jack-in-the-box figure counterpart to Zebedee.]]
* AnIcePerson: Zeebad is a evil ice wizard and actually beats Zebedee in a duel.
* NearVillainVictory: He succeeded on getting all three diamonds which he uses to freeze the sun to fully finish freezing the world. He would have won if Dougal and his friends hadn't steal back the diamonds and place them in the roundabout, which in turn re-imprison Zeebad back inside the roundabout.
* SealedEvilInACan: He was imprisoned in the Magic Roundabout by Zebedee 10,000 years ago to stop him from freezing the world again. But now since Dougal accidentally released him, he is free to wreak havoc once more with his powers.

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