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!!Mona Hallow
'''Portrayed by''': Annabel Barnston
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The youngest of the Hallow sisters by a number of years, and Hettie's friend in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Scientifically-minded and bookish, she has a somewhat strained relationship with her family -- particularly with her father and her older sister Ethel.
!!Mona Hallow
'''Portrayed by''': Annabel Barnston
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The youngest of the Hallow sisters by a number of years, and Hettie's friend in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Scientifically-minded and bookish, she has a somewhat strained relationship with her family -- particularly with her father and her older sister Ethel.
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* BlackSheep: Certainly views herself as this for the Hallow family; she has no patience for the old witching traditions that her family holds so dear, and takes a much more modern and scientific approach to magic.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's got a very dry sense of humor.
* FieryRedhead: She's the only Hallow with red hair, and while her temper isn't explosive, she is totally fearless and never backs down.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She always means well, but she doesn't always filter what she says.
* SiblingYinYang: While she never interacts with her sisters on-screen, she manages to be a contrast to all of them:
** Ethel is stuck-up, snobbish and can be a bit of a bully. Mona is friendly, helpful and will stand up for bully victims.
** Sybil is a timid pessimist. Mona is bold and optimistic.
** Though it's unclear whether or not the two even exist in the same timeline, since they are both {{Canon Foreigner}}s created for two different adaptations, the competent and friendly Esmerelda is definitely the sister that Mona has the most in common with. And yet she manages to be a contrast to Esmerelda as well -- while Esmerelda embraces witching traditions and is the darling of the teachers, Mona eschews traditions in favor of progress, and gets in trouble a lot more.
* TheSmartGuy: Probably the smartest student in Mildred's year, and not at all shy about it -- though she does manage to avoid becoming an InsufferableGenius.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's got a very dry sense of humor.
* FieryRedhead: She's the only Hallow with red hair, and while her temper isn't explosive, she is totally fearless and never backs down.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She always means well, but she doesn't always filter what she says.
* SiblingYinYang: While she never interacts with her sisters on-screen, she manages to be a contrast to all of them:
** Ethel is stuck-up, snobbish and can be a bit of a bully. Mona is friendly, helpful and will stand up for bully victims.
** Sybil is a timid pessimist. Mona is bold and optimistic.
** Though it's unclear whether or not the two even exist in the same timeline, since they are both {{Canon Foreigner}}s created for two different adaptations, the competent and friendly Esmerelda is definitely the sister that Mona has the most in common with. And yet she manages to be a contrast to Esmerelda as well -- while Esmerelda embraces witching traditions and is the darling of the teachers, Mona eschews traditions in favor of progress, and gets in trouble a lot more.
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* BlackSheep: Certainly views herself as this for the Hallow family; she has no patience for the old witching traditions LongLostRelative: The fourth season finale reveals that her family holds so dear, and takes a much more modern and scientific approach to magic.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's got a very dry sense of humor.
* FieryRedhead: She's the only Hallow with red hair, and while her temper isn't explosive, she[[spoiler:her father, Spike, is totally fearless and never backs down.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She always means well, but she doesn't always filter what she says.
* SiblingYinYang: While she never interacts with her sisters on-screen, she manages to be a contrast to all of them:
** Ethel is stuck-up, snobbish and can be a bit of a bully. Mona is friendly, helpful and will stand up for bully victims.
** Sybil is a timid pessimist. Mona is bold and optimistic.
** Though it's unclear whether or not the two even exist in the same timeline, since they are both {{Canon Foreigner}}s created for two different adaptations, the competent and friendly Esmerelda is definitely the sister that Mona has the most in common with. And yet she manages to be a contrast to Esmerelda as well -- while Esmerelda embraces witching traditions and is the darling of the teachers, Mona eschews traditions in favor of progress, and gets in trouble a lot more.
* TheSmartGuy: Probably the smartest student inalso Mildred's year, father, and not she is shown smiling at all shy the idea that Mildred is her sister]].
* WalkingSpoiler: Good luck talking aboutit -- though she does manage to avoid becoming an InsufferableGenius. her without revealing she's actually Mildred's [[spoiler: long-lost sister]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She's got a very dry sense of humor.
* FieryRedhead: She's the only Hallow with red hair, and while her temper isn't explosive, she
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She always means well, but she doesn't always filter what she says.
* SiblingYinYang: While she never interacts with her sisters on-screen, she manages to be a contrast to all of them:
** Ethel is stuck-up, snobbish and can be a bit of a bully. Mona is friendly, helpful and will stand up for bully victims.
** Sybil is a timid pessimist. Mona is bold and optimistic.
** Though it's unclear whether or not the two even exist in the same timeline, since they are both {{Canon Foreigner}}s created for two different adaptations, the competent and friendly Esmerelda is definitely the sister that Mona has the most in common with. And yet she manages to be a contrast to Esmerelda as well -- while Esmerelda embraces witching traditions and is the darling of the teachers, Mona eschews traditions in favor of progress, and gets in trouble a lot more.
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->'''Portrayed by''': Paislie Reid
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An artistic and sensitive member of the "Hedge witch" community, and Hettie's other friend in ''The New Worst Witch''. As a hedge witch, she observes a number of customs and superstitions that are unfamiliar or even downright strange to other witches.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: "I'm sensitive, I'm artistic, I'm highly strung. Humor me -- ''or else!"''
* CuckooSnarker: She's often a little out of it and sometimes her logic only makes sense to her, but she can more than hold her own in a SnarkToSnarkCombat.
* GeniusDitz: Cressie is much slower on the uptake than Hettie or Mona, and she can be downright dense at times, but she's a skilled witch and pulls off some impressive displays of magic.
* GranolaGirl: Hedge witches have a tendency to be this, and Cressie is no exception. She's a strict vegetarian and believes in the purity of nature. When carving pumpkins for Halloween, she insists on eating all the innards because "otherwise it's cruelty to vegetables."
* LovableCoward: She's far less brave than Hettie and Mona, and usually the one to worry that things will go wrong.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Downplayed, but definitely there. She enjoys meditating, she often talks about karma and negative vibrations, and she describes the hedge witch community as "filled with beauty, serenity, and harmony." At one point she tried to get out of taking a test because "hedge witches don't believe in tests, Miss Hardbroom! They create bad cosmic vibrations!" Needless to say, Miss Hardbroom did not accept this excuse.
* OopNorth: She speaks in a Lancashire accent.
* TimeTravel: She discovers in the first season that she's a Time Witch, with a natural ability to alter time. She shares this ability with Miss Cackle.
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Winning tends to bring out the worst in her, which is one reason why she doesn't like participating in contests. The other reason is that she's also a bit of a SoreLoser.
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!!Belladonna Bindweed
->'''Portrayed by:''' Francesca Isherwood
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The resident school bully in ''The New Worst Witch." She's the granddaughter of Betty Bindweed, one of Agatha Cackle's henchwomen, and is still secretly on Agatha's side, acting as a sort of inside informant at times.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She looks sweet and innocent, and she milks this for all it's worth, playing TeachersPet and pretending to be a model student and NiceGirl. In the first season of ''The New Worst Witch'' she tends to get away with it too, making her a bit of a KarmaHoudini.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Just like Hettie is a contrast to Mildred, Belladonna is a contrast to Ethel. While they are both petty and malicious bullies who tend to be unfairly favored by the teachers, Ethel was an excellent student who would occasionally get a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when she realized she'd gone too far, and would even have the odd EnemyMine with Mildred when they teamed up to save the school. Belladonna is a below-average student and has absolutely no scruples; she'll cheerfully watch the school burn and actively tries to help Agatha Cackle and her cronies take over.
* DumbBlonde: Downplayed, but while Belladonna does have a fair bit of cunning, she is definitely BookDumb, doing poorly in classes and generally not being as clever as she thinks she is.
* FalseFriend: She'll be all pleasant if she wants something, but she'll sell anyone out at a moment's notice if she thinks that's in her own best interest. It's especially clear in her relationship with Cynthia; she is usually perfectly friendly to her, but it's purely because she sees the value of having a partner-in-crime. If Cynthia's in a fix, Belladonna won't lift a finger to help her.
* KarmaHoudini: In the first season. She even smugly {{Lampshades}} it to Cynthia, pointing out how she always gets away with everything. By the time the second season comes around, though, the teachers seem to have caught on, and she loses her KarmaHoudini status.
* ManipulativeBitch: She ''loves'' to play this part, always trying to manipulate others to do what she wants.
* SmugSnake: She has absolutely no sympathy or respect for anyone, and she treats everyone with disdain unless she is trying to manipulate them.
* TeachersPet: Of the most insincere type. Belladonna has no ''real'' respect for the teachers, but knows how to suck up to them in order to make herself look good in their eyes. It works for the most part in the first season, though by the second season the teachers seem to have caught on -- Miss Hardbroom in particular goes from treating Belladonna favorably in the first season to having absolutely no patience with her in the second.
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[[folder:Cynthia Horrocks]]
!!Cynthia Horrocks
->'''Portrayed by:''' Daisy Hughes.
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A transfer student from Pentangle's in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Stuck-up and snobbish, and not all that bright, she doesn't like Cackle's Academy all that much and tends to hang out with Belladonna Bindweed purely because nobody else tolerates her.
* ArchEnemy: Sets herself up as this to Mona, because Mona's father was the one who drove her father out of business, thereby ruining him and forcing her to transfer from Pentangle's to the far less fancy Cackle's.
* BetaBitch: Falls into this role with Belladonna quite easily.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Not quite as good at it as Belladonna, but she makes a good effort.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Has a tendency to do this at the worst possible times.
* TheDitz: She does ''not'' have Belladonna's cunning, even though she tries to pretend.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: A thoroughly unpleasant person, but unlike Belladonna she will occasionally display that she has a conscience.
* FalseFriend: Perhaps the one thing she does better than Belladonna is pretend that their friendship means something. At times she actually seems to care about Belladonna... but it's all an act. She's just as ready to ditch Belladonna if that's in her best interest. Illustrated perfectly in the episode where the girls accidentally take an "opposite potion" that takes their most prominent traits and makes them the opposite. As soon as Cynthia and Belladonna are affected, they share a joyful hug and proclaim themselves to be the bestest of best friends.
* LastNameBasis: Most people call her "Horrocks."
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!!Dyllis Mustardseed
->'''Portrayed by:''' (Narisha Lawson)
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The least popular girl at Cackle's Academy in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Dyllis is actually very sweet and upbeat, but has the unfortunate tendency to choose the ''wrong'' girls to try and befriend.
* ExtremeDoormat: She's so desperate to be liked that she refuses to stand up for herself.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Combined with EasilyForgiven towards Belladonna. It couldn't be clearer that Belladonna hates her, and yet she keeps wanting to hang around her.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Dyllis is very aware of her lack of popularity, and sometimes does foolish things in the hope that this will make the others like her.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Or possibly ''[[StalkerWithACrush with]]'' a crush. She really, really. ''really'' wants to be Belladonna's friend, and is always following her around, to the point where it looks like she's nursing a pretty heavy crush on her. Belladonna can't stand Dyllis, but sometimes takes advantage of the girl by hinting that they ''could'' be friends if Dyllis will just do this ''one'' thing for her...
* YesMan: She'll enthusiastically go along with anything Belladonna says. Her eagerness to please in general often leads her to exaggerating, like when Miss Hardbroom sends her out to collect a spleenwart leaf, she returns with an entire plant bigger than herself.
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[[folder:Isabella 'Izzy' Jones]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Saoirse Addison
One of the new 'ordinary' witches who starts at Cackle's in the fourth season of the 2017 series.
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* LongLostRelative: The fourth season finale reveals that [[spoiler:her father, Spike, is also Mildred's father, and she is shown smiling at the idea that Mildred is her sister]].
* WalkingSpoiler: Good luck talking about her without revealing she's actually Mildred's [[spoiler: long-lost sister]]
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!!Ruby Cherrytree
->'''Portrayed by''': Joanna Dyce
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[[caption-width-right:350:1998]]
An original character created for the 1998 TV series. A token black girl, Ruby is a member of Mildred's gang. She's known for being a bit of a technofile, owning various modern conveniences - and greatly annoying Miss Hardbroom.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Sorcery and Chips" and "Which Witch Is Witch" give her a prominent role.
* BlackAndNerdy: Downplayed. Her nerdiness is more a love of technology, and sheer enthusiasm for it. She's actually one of the more extroverted friends in the group.
* BrainyBrunette: She's shown reading a book about physics, and does successfully invent a couple of things.
* BrilliantButLazy: She could probably do a lot better in her classes if she applied herself a little more, given how well she invents things in Season 3.
* BunglingInventor: Well she is only a teen and she has to work in a school with no electricity.
* CanonForeigner: Not mentioned anywhere in the books, besides a line saying Mildred has "loads of friends".
* TheCastShowOff: In-universe. The school pantomime puts in some {{Padding}} for Ruby to show off a tap dancing routine. Her actress Joanna Dyce is a trained tap dancer herself, and went on to become a choreographer later in life.
* EekAMouse: Is left a screaming mess when she finds a beetle in her bed.
* ExtravertedNerd: Judging from how she dances on the library table in the third episode, it seems she likes the attention - in addition to being a geek for technology.
* GadgeteerGenius: Seems to have various gadgets and gizmos stashed in her room.
* GamerChick: Implied in the first episode. She compares riding a broomstick to playing a game.
--> "These things need joysticks".
* IronicName: 'Ruby Cherrytree' sounds more like the name for a GranolaGirl.
* SailorEarth: Since Mildred in the books is said to have "loads of friends", Ruby's existence has a justification.
* TheSmartGuy: She's the most tech savvy of the girls.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Jadu.
* TokenBlackFriend: A member of Millie's gang, she's one of the only black girls in the whole school. She does however have plenty of defined characteristics, flaws and roles in the plot to transcend just being a TokenMinority.
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[[folder: Jaudu Wail]]
!!Jadu Wali
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Harshna Brahmbhatt
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[[caption-width-right:350:1998]]
Another original 1998 series character. A token Indian, she doesn't have much character. According to [[WordOfDante her actress]], she gets excited a lot but not much of it is shown.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Unfairground" is the only episode to give her a lead role. And that's the second-last. In "Sweet Talking Guys" she's chosen as one of the debate speakers.
* CanonForeigner: Doesn't appear in the book.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: In the first couple of episodes, she seemed to be the wet blanket of the group. This trait is gone by episode 3.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's got her moments, especially when she's annoyed.
* DullSurprise: Known for her monotonous delivery.
* TheGenericGuy: Doesn't seem to have much of a personality. She gets no real episodes to herself. Whether it's because of Tokenism or simply because her actress wasn't very good is up to you.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Although a responsible character, when Ethel kicks Mildred on stage in the school pantomime, Jadu whacks her with a broom in retaliation.
* OnlySaneMan: Comes across as this sometimes.
* OopNorth: She speaks with a Northern accent.
* SailorEarth: For the same reasons as Ruby.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: In the pantomime she gets gunged along with Ted Blossom.
* TokenMinority: Of the Indian variety.
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!!Sybil Hallow
->'''Portrayed by:''' Charlotte Knowles (1998 series) Trixie Hyde (2017 series)
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Ethel's younger sister. Rather than being a snob like Ethel, Sybil is a nice girl at heart who is overwhelmed by the Cackle's experience.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Genius of the Lamp" is from her POV.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: From Ethel's perspective anyway.
* AscendedExtra: Her only book appearance is Mildred telling her the frog story. She's a regular character in both TV series from Season 2 onwards.
* BigSisterWorship: Towards Esmeralda. To the point that when Clarice makes a negative comment about Esmeralda, Sybil almost ends their friendship.
** She develops a variation of this towards Mildred in the two TV series, as she recognises Mildred as a genuinely good and heroic person who does the right thing even if she screws up.
* {{Class Princess}}: Sybil comes from a very rich background, but unlike Ethel she’s not snobby or spoiled and is a {{Spoiled Sweet}} girl.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sybil may be nervous but she is capable of getting things done, like trying to rescue Mildred's bats or turning Mistress Broomhead back into a child.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Sort of when she has control of a magic lamp. She uses it to get whatever she wants and briefly rejects anyone who challenges her.
* {{Flanderization}}: Her one appearance in the books was crying on her first day of school. The TV series ran with this and made sobbing uncontrollably part of Sybil's character. She does get better in Season 3 where she's better adjusted to Cackle's.
* HeroWorship: Towards Mildred in both series. After Mildred saves her from the tornado (1998)/saves the school by helping to restore the Founding Stone (2017), Sybil looks up to her as a role model.
* LovableCoward: In the 2017 series, with traces of CowardlyLion. It's summed up with an EstablishingCharacterMoment in her first scene in the second season, where she and Ethel are flying to school on their broomsticks:
-->'''Sybil:''' ''(shrieks in terror, startling Ethel, and then looks ashamed)'' Sorry. Ethel. Think I'm just a bit nervous.\\
'''Ethel:''' ''(annoyed)'' Of what?\\
'''Sybil.''' Flying. Falling off. Miss Hardbroom yelling at me. Losing my powers [[spoiler: like poor Esmerelda]]...
* LetsGetDangerous: It's Sybil who stops Hecate Broomhead - using the forbidden Almanac to turn her into a child again.
* NiceGirl: In the 2017 series, she's quickly established as this when, despite her timid and scared nature, and despite Ethel just scoffing, she does her best to help out Mildred.
* SiblingYinYang: With all her sisters. It's easy to see just how she contrasts against all three of them:
** Ethel is snobby and perfect at everything. Sybil is shy, bumbling and emotional.
** Esmerelda is TheAce, who becomes the BrokenAce. Sybil is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.
** Mona is bold, cheerful and competent. Sybil is timid, pessimistic and a bit of a screw-up.
* {{Spoiled Sweet}}: Sybil is a wealthy girl from a powerful family, but she is kind and shy.
{{Shrinking Violet}}: She is shy and a nervous wreck.
* UptightLovesWild: The uptight to the wild Clarice
** In the revival she the uptight to wild Beatrice and is slightly less uptight then Clarice.
* TheUnseen: In the first season of the 2017 series, she is mentioned (and at one point addressed off-screen) but doesn't appear. She makes her actual on-screen debut in the second season, when she starts her first year at Cackle's.
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!!Esmerelda Hallow
->'''Portrayed by:''' Miriam Petche
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Ethel and Sybil's older sister, and one of the most talented witches at Cackle's. Unlike Ethel, though, Esmerelda is kind and friendly to just about everyone.
* TheAce: Esmerelda is not only good at everything, but ''exceptionally'' good at everything. All the teachers, and even the Grand Wizard, are constantly praising her remarkable talents... usually in front of Ethel.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Ethel. While Ethel is skilled in her own right, she's outclassed by Esmerelda in everything... including getting more attention from their mother.
* BrokenAce: At the end of the first season, when [[spoiler:she [[BroughtDownToNormal loses all her magic]] thanks to Agatha.]]
* CanonForeigner: Was created for the remake.
* CoolBigSis: She tries to be this to Ethel, even if Ethel doesn't always appreciate it. Sybil, however, is a lot more appreciative.
* {{Expy}}: If Ethel is like an amalgamation of [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy]], Esmerelda is more like a female Cedric Diggory.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Just as blonde as Ethel, and very sweet-natured. She often helps younger students who need it and always tries to look out for her sister.
* HonorBeforeReason: She'll always do her best to aid anyone who needs it... even when it puts her at a disadvantage, and even should be blatantly obvious that helping out would be a bad idea.
* HumbleHero: She usually tries to downplay her own successes, partly because she sees how bad Ethel feels when being compared to her.
* NiceGirl: Always polite and friendly, always trying to do the right thing.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Her desire to help out and do the right thing does occasionally misfire spectacularly, when she's tricked into helping out the wrong people.
* PutOnABus: Esmeralda stops appearing after the 2nd season and goes off to college by season 4.
* SiblingYinYang: With both Ethel and Sybil, though in different ways:
** Where Ethel is snobbish, haughty and self-centered, Esmerelda is modest, kind and helpful.
** Sybil is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass. Esmerelda is TheAce in normal circumstances but tends to not do too well when things get serious.
[[folder:Clarice Crow/Twig]]
!!Charice Crow/Twig
->'''Portrayed by''': Georgia Isla Graham (1998 series) Kitty Slack (2017 series)
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Sybil's best friend, with vastly different characterisations in either TV series. In the 1998 series she's a FieryRedhead who often encourages Sybil to cut loose a little; in the 2017 series she's a bespectacled and serious BrainyBrunette.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Lost Chord" and "The Genius of The Lamp".
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books and the 1998 series she's a redhead, but the 2017 series turns her into a brunette.
* AscendedExtra: Only gets one scene in the books, but is a regular supporting character in the 1998 series, and has an even larger role in the 2017 series.
* AlliterativeName: In the 1998 series. Averted in the 2017 series, where her last name is "Twig."
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Rather literally, when her idea to create a magic lamp goes horribly wrong.
* BrainyBrunette: In the 2017 series, she's got dark brown hair and depicted as extremely intelligent. [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses She even wears glasses.]]
* ClassClown: In the 1998 series only. She puts a dancing potion in food the students make in cooking class. The fun starts when the teachers want the food.
* TheComicallySerious: Her 2017 incarnation, in direct contrast with her 1998 self, doesn't have much of a sense of humor, but tries her best to convince the others that she ''does'' have one. With mixed results.
* FieryRedhead: In the books and the 1988 series, she has "brilliant orange frizzy hair" and is a bit more spirited than her best friend Sybil.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She's very blunt and doesn't always think of the implications of what she says, which does cause some friction between her and Sybil in the 2017 series.
* InsufferableGenius: Played sympathetically in the 2017 series; Clarice needs to always be the smartest person in the room, but only because she believes she has nothing to offer besides her mind.
* PluckyGirl: Definitely in a dangerous situation.
* SatelliteCharacter: If she's ever involved in the plot, it's due to her friendship with Sybil. She does get the occasional DayInTheLimelight in the third season of the 2017 series, though.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: 2017 only.
* UptightLovesWild: She's the wild one to uptight Sybil.
** In the revival she the uptight to wild Beatrice.
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[[folder:Beatrice Bunch]]
!!Beatrice Bunch
->'''Portrayed by:''' Ynez Willams
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Classmate and best Friend of Sybil and Clarice in the 2017 series, rounding out the secondary PowerTrio from season two and on.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Has asthma that causes her to disappear when she sneezes. It later reveal that her sneezes are caused by an allergy to cats.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When casting a spell to get rid of her allergies, she accidentally makes all the cats in Cackle's disappear.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Subverted. She's more of a tomboy than Sybil or Clarice, but is a talented cook.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Develops one with Mrs Tapioca, despite a rocky start.
* MissingMom: It's revealed in season 3 that her mother is dead.
* MoralityPet: Ends up becoming one to Mrs Tapioca in the third season.
* SatelliteCharacter: In season 2, where most of her plots revolve around Sybil. In season 3, she gets an ongoing plot of her own when her interest in and talent for cooking sees her taking on an assistant role to Mrs Tapioca.
* UptightLovesWild: The wild to the uptight Sybil and Clarice.
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[[folder:Felicity Foxglove]]
!!Felicity Foxgolve
->'''Portrayed by''': Dagny Rollins
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A student in Mildred's year, who runs a blog called ''The Daily Bubble'' and who has an uncanny knack of finding out what's going on before anyone else. She only appears in the 2017 series.
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* AscendedExtra: In the first season of the 2017 series she's one of Mildred's classmates and doesn't get a lot of attention. In the second season she has a much larger role; not only does her blog, ''the Daily Bubble'', come into play, but she also essentially replaces the now-absent Drusilla as Ethel's companion and partner-in-crime.
* BetaBitch: Plays this to Ethel sometimes; she seldom starts anything herself, but doesn't have many scruples and is all too willing to join Ethel in a bit of DisproportionateRetribution.
-->'''Felicity:''' If you can't stir with the big girls, stay away from the cauldron.
* CanonForeigner: She never appears in the original books or the 1998 series.
* FanGirl: A bit to Miss Pentangle, whom she thinks is "very glamorous." She'd originally wanted to go to Pentangle's, but her mother wouldn't let her because it's co-ed. She still occasionally complains about Cackle's and compares it negatively to Pentangle's.
* IntrepidReporter: She has shades of one, always after news to post on her blog. On a couple of occasions she gets herself into dangerous situation simply because she sensed that there was a story to be had.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be quite mean and catty, but as the series goes on she gets more PetTheDog moments, demonstrating that she's not all that bad when it comes down to it.
* KnowledgeBroker: According to Ethel, Felicity "has eyes and ears everywhere" and always manages to find out everything before anyone else. School announcements and news tend to appear on her blog ''before'' they have been officially made.
* PetTheDog: While often mean-spirited, Felicity nevertheless has moments of kindness. Most notably in the third season when she starts an IAmSpartacus moment to stick up for Julie Hubble.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Played with. She replaces Drusilla as Ethel's companion in the second season, and Ethel certainly seems to expect her to take on the same role to her as Drusilla did. ("We all have roles, Felicity. I'm a thinker, a problem-solver, a leader. You're a... doer.") However, Felicity is quite unlike Drusilla when it comes to personality, and doesn't always go along with the role Ethel tries to shove her into. She's also a ''lot'' more openly critical of Ethel, going against her on several occasions.
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[[folder:Fenella 'Fenny' Feverfew and Griselda 'Griz' Blackwood]]
!!Fenella 'Fenny' Feverfew and Griselda 'Griz' Blackwood
->'''Fenella is portrayed by''': Emily Stride (1998, first two seasons), Julia Malewski (1998, third season)
->'''Griselda is portrayed by''': Poppy Gaye
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Two students one year above Mildred who act as mentors for the girls in the 1998 series. Known for being real spell collectors.
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* AdaptedOut: They never appear in the 2017 reboot.
* AgeLift: Fenella is implied to be in Mildred's year when she transfers in the book. In the 1998 TV series, she's a year ahead, while in the 2017 series she seems to be in Sibyl's year. Averted with Griselda, who is said to be a year ahead of Mildred in the book.
* AlliterativeName: Fenella Feverfew.
* AscendedExtra: Both of them in the 1998 series. Fenella's case is quite impressive; she's simply the girl who transfers to Pentangle's Academy in Book 4 and gives Mildred her pet cat. Griselda meanwhile is the girl that Mildred ties up in Book 3.
* BoundAndGagged: Griselda in her book appearance. This role is given to Drucilla in the TV series.
* ClassPrincess: Fenella and Griselda are popular girls a year above Mildred. Despite having a fondness for pranks, they are always quick to help out younger students and the more reasonable staff members.
* CoolBigSis: To Mildred's class and later Sybil's.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Inverted. In the first couple of episodes, Griselda seemed to be a bit more of a jokester and Fenella more caring. This is dropped later.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even they won't go near the TomeOfEldritchLore Miss Cackle has in her office.
* GoodBadGirl: Both are rebellious and sneaky, but unambiguously good.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mostly known as 'Fenny' and 'Griz'.
* MrExposition: They know a lot of the secrets and stories about the castle and fill in the younger girls.
* StartMyOwn: Downplayed, as they aren't really unhappy with Crackle's, but once state plans to start their own academy for witches once they grow up.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They're always together and it's only in "The Inspector Calls" that they get separated (Fenella going with Sybil to rescue Mildred's bats).
* TheTrickster: They slip into it a few times, especially when they're put against Baz and Gaz.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mabel Tapioca]]
!!Mabel Tapioca
->'''Portrayed by''': Annette Hannah
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The estranged daughter of Mrs Tapioca. She originally attended Amulet's Academy, but was expelled and eventually was allowed to attend Cackle's where she's in Sybil's year. She (somewhat reluctantly) helps her mother out in the kitchen alongside Beatrice Bunch, and starts up a side-business selling sweets to the other students. Appears only in the 2017 series.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Initially. She lives with her father and does ''not'' get along with her mother. As the episodes go on, they do come to a bit of an understanding.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Occasionally gets some moments like this with her mother.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be surly, bad-tempered and rude, and not always the most ethical when it comes to business, but she's not a bad person.
* LikeParentLikeChild: Part of the reason why she has problems getting along with her mother is that they are not so different. Though Mabel is loath to admit it, the two share a ''lot'' of character traits: They're both haughty, proud, stubborn and with a tendency to lash out and keep other people at an arm's length.
* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: Completely averted. Her dwarfism is barely even commented on and she's treated like any other student.
* YoungEntrepreneur: She has traces of this with her sweet-selling business. Always looking to earn some quick cash, she occasionally tempts others with sales and discounts that aren't really. At one point she tells the other students that in order to celebrate an event, sweets are complimentary -- "and by that I mean you can buy them for a price, with my compliments." It's hinted she gets this trait from her father.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Indigo Moon]]
!!Indigo Moon
->'''Portrayed by''': Kelsey Calladine-Smith
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Mildred's roommate in her third year at Cackle's. Originally a {{Muggle}} girl with no magic, Indigo was given magical powers by her well-meaning witch friend Joy, only to go mad with the power and eventually got turned into a statue. Thirty years later she is brought back to life as a side-effect of one of Mildred's misadventures, and after careful consideration is allowed to attend Cackles -- provided Mildred keeps an eye on her. Appears only in the 2017 series.
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* BrokenPedestal: Disappointed to not only learn that Joy is Miss Hardbroom, but also Mildred and Miss Cackle have kept her in the dark about the secret.
* CanonForeigner: Didn't appear in the books or the previous series.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: A recurring problem for her. She tends to go with the first idea she gets without stopping to think whether it's a ''good'' idea or not.
* DrunkWithPower: Her original dilemma. Upon becoming a witch she got carried away with magic-use, becoming a danger to herself and others. Post-revival she's constantly in danger of succumbing to the trope because magic just makes everything so ''easy,'' and Indigo is not good at thinking about consequences.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: She wakes up in a time that's not her own, and has no way to find her old family.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Played with, a little.
** She's technically much older than Mildred, but since she spent thirty years as a statue she is still physically and mentally the same age.
** Ultimately subverted when she reconciles with the grown-up Joy, [[spoiler: who is now known as "Miss Hardbroom." At first, Miss Hardbroom refuses to deal with Indigo, calling her "a mistake from my past" and keeps her true identity from the girl. When Indigo finds out that the SadistTeacher out to get her is the same person as her old friend Joy, she loses her temper, latches into a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and flies off from Cackle's. In the final episode of the third season, the two do reconcile, but admit that with all that has happened, they can't be friends the way they were before.]]
* {{Muggle}}: Started out as one, though she always believed in magic and even before she became a witch she could see through the InvisibleToNormals spells the witches use to keep non-witches from seeing them.
* OrphansOrdeal: It's not given a lot of focus, but after thirty years missing, Indigo has no family left and doesn't really have anywhere to go other than Cackle's. Even before her stint as a statue, she apparently had no parents.
-->"I had an aunt and an uncle, but I can't find them. I went back to the old house, I asked everyone I could, but no one even remembers them."
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to the entirety of Cackle's Academy when she finds out that her friend Joy's identity has been kept from her.
* TheSlowPath: By season 4 episode "Happy Birthday, Indigo Moon", she is sent back to 1989 by Miss Hardbroom on purpose to get her to reunite with her mother who was looking for her at the time. 30 years later, she becomes a non-magical parent to her daughter named Azura Moon.
* UnskilledButStrong: Sums up her magic ability very nicely. Indigo is a ''powerful'' witch but isn't so good at ''controlling'' that power.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her existence throughout Season 3, reveals a new element of Miss Hardbroom's backstory.
* WhatTheHellHero: Rightfully calls out Joy for growing up as the cold-hearted Miss Hardbroom instead of trying to fix the problem with her turned to stone as 30 years went by.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mona Hallow]]
!!Mona Hallow
'''Portrayed by: Annabel Barnston
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The youngest of the Hallow sisters by a number of years, and Hettie's friend in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Scientifically-minded and bookish, she has a somewhat strained relationship with her family -- particularly with her father and her older sister Ethel.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: She always means well, but she doesn't always consi
* BlackSheep: Certainly views herself as this for the Hallow family; she has no patience for the old witching traditions that her family holds so dear, and takes a much more modern and scientific approach to magic.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's got a very dry sense of humor.
* FieryRedhead: She's the only Hallow with red hair, and while her temper isn't explosive, she is totally fearless and never backs down.
* SiblingYinYang: While she never interacts with her sisters on-screen, she manages to be a contrast to all of them:
** Ethel is stuck-up, snobbish and can be a bit of a bully. Mona is friendly, helpful and will stand up for bully victims.
** Sybil is a timid pessimist. Mona is bold and optimistic.
** Though it's unclear whether or not the two even exist in the same timeline, since they are both {{Canon Foreigner}}s created for two different adaptations, the competent and friendly Esmerelda is definitely the sister that Mona has the most in common with. And yet she manages to be a contrast to Esmerelda as well -- while Esmerelda embraces witching traditions and is the darling of the teachers, Mona eschews traditions in favor of progress, and gets in trouble a lot more.
* TheSmartGuy: Probably the smartest student in Mildred's year, and not at all shy about it -- though she does manage to avoid becoming an InsufferableGenius.
[[folder:Crescentmoon "Cressie" Winterchild ]]
!!Crescentmoon "Cressie" Winterchild
->'''Portrayed by''': Paislie Reid
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An artistic and sensitive member of the "Hedge witch" community, and Hettie's other friend in ''The New Worst Witch''. As a hedge witch, she observes a number of customs and superstitions that are unfamiliar or even downright strange to other witches.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: "I'm sensitive, I'm artistic, I'm highly strung. Humor me -- ''or else!"''
* CuckooSnarker: She's often a little out of it and sometimes her logic only makes sense to her, but she can more than hold her own in a SnarkToSnarkCombat.
* GeniusDitz: Cressie is much slower on the uptake than Hettie or Mona, and she can be downright dense at times, but she's a skilled witch and pulls off some impressive displays of magic.
* GranolaGirl: Hedge witches have a tendency to be this, and Cressie is no exception. She's a strict vegetarian and believes in the purity of nature. When carving pumpkins for Halloween, she insists on eating all the innards because "otherwise it's cruelty to vegetables."
* LovableCoward: She's far less brave than Hettie and Mona, and usually the one to worry that things will go wrong.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Downplayed, but definitely there. She enjoys meditating, she often talks about karma and negative vibrations, and she describes the hedge witch community as "filled with beauty, serenity, and harmony." At one point she tried to get out of taking a test because "hedge witches don't believe in tests, Miss Hardbroom! They create bad cosmic vibrations!" Needless to say, Miss Hardbroom did not accept this excuse.
* OopNorth: She speaks in a Lancashire accent.
* TimeTravel: She discovers in the first season that she's a Time Witch, with a natural ability to alter time. She shares this ability with Miss Cackle.
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Winning tends to bring out the worst in her, which is one reason why she doesn't like participating in contests. The other reason is that she's also a bit of a SoreLoser.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Belladona Bindweed]]
!!Belladonna Bindweed
->'''Portrayed by:''' Francesca Isherwood
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The resident school bully in ''The New Worst Witch." She's the granddaughter of Betty Bindweed, one of Agatha Cackle's henchwomen, and is still secretly on Agatha's side, acting as a sort of inside informant at times.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She looks sweet and innocent, and she milks this for all it's worth, playing TeachersPet and pretending to be a model student and NiceGirl. In the first season of ''The New Worst Witch'' she tends to get away with it too, making her a bit of a KarmaHoudini.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Just like Hettie is a contrast to Mildred, Belladonna is a contrast to Ethel. While they are both petty and malicious bullies who tend to be unfairly favored by the teachers, Ethel was an excellent student who would occasionally get a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when she realized she'd gone too far, and would even have the odd EnemyMine with Mildred when they teamed up to save the school. Belladonna is a below-average student and has absolutely no scruples; she'll cheerfully watch the school burn and actively tries to help Agatha Cackle and her cronies take over.
* DumbBlonde: Downplayed, but while Belladonna does have a fair bit of cunning, she is definitely BookDumb, doing poorly in classes and generally not being as clever as she thinks she is.
* FalseFriend: She'll be all pleasant if she wants something, but she'll sell anyone out at a moment's notice if she thinks that's in her own best interest. It's especially clear in her relationship with Cynthia; she is usually perfectly friendly to her, but it's purely because she sees the value of having a partner-in-crime. If Cynthia's in a fix, Belladonna won't lift a finger to help her.
* KarmaHoudini: In the first season. She even smugly {{Lampshades}} it to Cynthia, pointing out how she always gets away with everything. By the time the second season comes around, though, the teachers seem to have caught on, and she loses her KarmaHoudini status.
* ManipulativeBitch: She ''loves'' to play this part, always trying to manipulate others to do what she wants.
* SmugSnake: She has absolutely no sympathy or respect for anyone, and she treats everyone with disdain unless she is trying to manipulate them.
* TeachersPet: Of the most insincere type. Belladonna has no ''real'' respect for the teachers, but knows how to suck up to them in order to make herself look good in their eyes. It works for the most part in the first season, though by the second season the teachers seem to have caught on -- Miss Hardbroom in particular goes from treating Belladonna favorably in the first season to having absolutely no patience with her in the second.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cynthia Horrocks]]
!!Cynthia Horrocks
->'''Portrayed by:''' Daisy Hughes.
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A transfer student from Pentangle's in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Stuck-up and snobbish, and not all that bright, she doesn't like Cackle's Academy all that much and tends to hang out with Belladonna Bindweed purely because nobody else tolerates her.
* ArchEnemy: Sets herself up as this to Mona, because Mona's father was the one who drove her father out of business, thereby ruining him and forcing her to transfer from Pentangle's to the far less fancy Cackle's.
* BetaBitch: Falls into this role with Belladonna quite easily.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Not quite as good at it as Belladonna, but she makes a good effort.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Has a tendency to do this at the worst possible times.
* TheDitz: She does ''not'' have Belladonna's cunning, even though she tries to pretend.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: A thoroughly unpleasant person, but unlike Belladonna she will occasionally display that she has a conscience.
* FalseFriend: Perhaps the one thing she does better than Belladonna is pretend that their friendship means something. At times she actually seems to care about Belladonna... but it's all an act. She's just as ready to ditch Belladonna if that's in her best interest. Illustrated perfectly in the episode where the girls accidentally take an "opposite potion" that takes their most prominent traits and makes them the opposite. As soon as Cynthia and Belladonna are affected, they share a joyful hug and proclaim themselves to be the bestest of best friends.
* LastNameBasis: Most people call her "Horrocks."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dyllis Mustardseed]]
!!Dyllis Mustardseed
->'''Portrayed by:''' (Narisha Lawson)
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The least popular girl at Cackle's Academy in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Dyllis is actually very sweet and upbeat, but has the unfortunate tendency to choose the ''wrong'' girls to try and befriend.
* ExtremeDoormat: She's so desperate to be liked that she refuses to stand up for herself.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Combined with EasilyForgiven towards Belladonna. It couldn't be clearer that Belladonna hates her, and yet she keeps wanting to hang around her.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Dyllis is very aware of her lack of popularity, and sometimes does foolish things in the hope that this will make the others like her.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Or possibly ''[[StalkerWithACrush with]]'' a crush. She really, really. ''really'' wants to be Belladonna's friend, and is always following her around, to the point where it looks like she's nursing a pretty heavy crush on her. Belladonna can't stand Dyllis, but sometimes takes advantage of the girl by hinting that they ''could'' be friends if Dyllis will just do this ''one'' thing for her...
* YesMan: She'll enthusiastically go along with anything Belladonna says. Her eagerness to please in general often leads her to exaggerating, like when Miss Hardbroom sends her out to collect a spleenwart leaf, she returns with an entire plant bigger than herself.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Isabella 'Izzy' Jones]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Saoirse Addison
One of the new 'ordinary' witches who starts at Cackle's in the fourth season of the 2017 series.
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* LongLostRelative: The fourth season finale reveals that [[spoiler:her father, Spike, is also Mildred's father, and she is shown smiling at the idea that Mildred is her sister]].
* WalkingSpoiler: Good luck talking about her without revealing she's actually Mildred's [[spoiler: long-lost sister]]
[[/folder]]
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[[folder:Ruby Cherrytree]]
!!Ruby Cherrytree
->'''Portrayed by''': Joanna Dyce
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[[caption-width-right:350:1998]]
An original character created for the 1998 TV series. A token black girl, Ruby is a member of Mildred's gang. She's known for being a bit of a technofile, owning various modern conveniences - and greatly annoying Miss Hardbroom.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Sorcery and Chips" and "Which Witch Is Witch" give her a prominent role.
* BlackAndNerdy: Downplayed. Her nerdiness is more a love of technology, and sheer enthusiasm for it. She's actually one of the more extroverted friends in the group.
* BrainyBrunette: She's shown reading a book about physics, and does successfully invent a couple of things.
* BrilliantButLazy: She could probably do a lot better in her classes if she applied herself a little more, given how well she invents things in Season 3.
* BunglingInventor: Well she is only a teen and she has to work in a school with no electricity.
* CanonForeigner: Not mentioned anywhere in the books, besides a line saying Mildred has "loads of friends".
* TheCastShowOff: In-universe. The school pantomime puts in some {{Padding}} for Ruby to show off a tap dancing routine. Her actress Joanna Dyce is a trained tap dancer herself, and went on to become a choreographer later in life.
* EekAMouse: Is left a screaming mess when she finds a beetle in her bed.
* ExtravertedNerd: Judging from how she dances on the library table in the third episode, it seems she likes the attention - in addition to being a geek for technology.
* GadgeteerGenius: Seems to have various gadgets and gizmos stashed in her room.
* GamerChick: Implied in the first episode. She compares riding a broomstick to playing a game.
--> "These things need joysticks".
* IronicName: 'Ruby Cherrytree' sounds more like the name for a GranolaGirl.
* SailorEarth: Since Mildred in the books is said to have "loads of friends", Ruby's existence has a justification.
* TheSmartGuy: She's the most tech savvy of the girls.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Jadu.
* TokenBlackFriend: A member of Millie's gang, she's one of the only black girls in the whole school. She does however have plenty of defined characteristics, flaws and roles in the plot to transcend just being a TokenMinority.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jaudu Wail]]
!!Jadu Wali
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Harshna Brahmbhatt
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[[caption-width-right:350:1998]]
Another original 1998 series character. A token Indian, she doesn't have much character. According to [[WordOfDante her actress]], she gets excited a lot but not much of it is shown.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Unfairground" is the only episode to give her a lead role. And that's the second-last. In "Sweet Talking Guys" she's chosen as one of the debate speakers.
* CanonForeigner: Doesn't appear in the book.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: In the first couple of episodes, she seemed to be the wet blanket of the group. This trait is gone by episode 3.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's got her moments, especially when she's annoyed.
* DullSurprise: Known for her monotonous delivery.
* TheGenericGuy: Doesn't seem to have much of a personality. She gets no real episodes to herself. Whether it's because of Tokenism or simply because her actress wasn't very good is up to you.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Although a responsible character, when Ethel kicks Mildred on stage in the school pantomime, Jadu whacks her with a broom in retaliation.
* OnlySaneMan: Comes across as this sometimes.
* OopNorth: She speaks with a Northern accent.
* SailorEarth: For the same reasons as Ruby.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: In the pantomime she gets gunged along with Ted Blossom.
* TokenMinority: Of the Indian variety.
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[[folder:Sybil Hallow]]
!!Sybil Hallow
->'''Portrayed by:''' Charlotte Knowles (1998 series) Trixie Hyde (2017 series)
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Ethel's younger sister. Rather than being a snob like Ethel, Sybil is a nice girl at heart who is overwhelmed by the Cackle's experience.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Genius of the Lamp" is from her POV.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: From Ethel's perspective anyway.
* AscendedExtra: Her only book appearance is Mildred telling her the frog story. She's a regular character in both TV series from Season 2 onwards.
* BigSisterWorship: Towards Esmeralda. To the point that when Clarice makes a negative comment about Esmeralda, Sybil almost ends their friendship.
** She develops a variation of this towards Mildred in the two TV series, as she recognises Mildred as a genuinely good and heroic person who does the right thing even if she screws up.
* {{Class Princess}}: Sybil comes from a very rich background, but unlike Ethel she’s not snobby or spoiled and is a {{Spoiled Sweet}} girl.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sybil may be nervous but she is capable of getting things done, like trying to rescue Mildred's bats or turning Mistress Broomhead back into a child.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Sort of when she has control of a magic lamp. She uses it to get whatever she wants and briefly rejects anyone who challenges her.
* {{Flanderization}}: Her one appearance in the books was crying on her first day of school. The TV series ran with this and made sobbing uncontrollably part of Sybil's character. She does get better in Season 3 where she's better adjusted to Cackle's.
* HeroWorship: Towards Mildred in both series. After Mildred saves her from the tornado (1998)/saves the school by helping to restore the Founding Stone (2017), Sybil looks up to her as a role model.
* LovableCoward: In the 2017 series, with traces of CowardlyLion. It's summed up with an EstablishingCharacterMoment in her first scene in the second season, where she and Ethel are flying to school on their broomsticks:
-->'''Sybil:''' ''(shrieks in terror, startling Ethel, and then looks ashamed)'' Sorry. Ethel. Think I'm just a bit nervous.\\
'''Ethel:''' ''(annoyed)'' Of what?\\
'''Sybil.''' Flying. Falling off. Miss Hardbroom yelling at me. Losing my powers [[spoiler: like poor Esmerelda]]...
* LetsGetDangerous: It's Sybil who stops Hecate Broomhead - using the forbidden Almanac to turn her into a child again.
* NiceGirl: In the 2017 series, she's quickly established as this when, despite her timid and scared nature, and despite Ethel just scoffing, she does her best to help out Mildred.
* SiblingYinYang: With all her sisters. It's easy to see just how she contrasts against all three of them:
** Ethel is snobby and perfect at everything. Sybil is shy, bumbling and emotional.
** Esmerelda is TheAce, who becomes the BrokenAce. Sybil is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.
** Mona is bold, cheerful and competent. Sybil is timid, pessimistic and a bit of a screw-up.
* {{Spoiled Sweet}}: Sybil is a wealthy girl from a powerful family, but she is kind and shy.
{{Shrinking Violet}}: She is shy and a nervous wreck.
* UptightLovesWild: The uptight to the wild Clarice
** In the revival she the uptight to wild Beatrice and is slightly less uptight then Clarice.
* TheUnseen: In the first season of the 2017 series, she is mentioned (and at one point addressed off-screen) but doesn't appear. She makes her actual on-screen debut in the second season, when she starts her first year at Cackle's.
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[[folder:Esmerelda Hallow]]
!!Esmerelda Hallow
->'''Portrayed by:''' Miriam Petche
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Ethel and Sybil's older sister, and one of the most talented witches at Cackle's. Unlike Ethel, though, Esmerelda is kind and friendly to just about everyone.
* TheAce: Esmerelda is not only good at everything, but ''exceptionally'' good at everything. All the teachers, and even the Grand Wizard, are constantly praising her remarkable talents... usually in front of Ethel.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Ethel. While Ethel is skilled in her own right, she's outclassed by Esmerelda in everything... including getting more attention from their mother.
* BrokenAce: At the end of the first season, when [[spoiler:she [[BroughtDownToNormal loses all her magic]] thanks to Agatha.]]
* CanonForeigner: Was created for the remake.
* CoolBigSis: She tries to be this to Ethel, even if Ethel doesn't always appreciate it. Sybil, however, is a lot more appreciative.
* {{Expy}}: If Ethel is like an amalgamation of [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy]], Esmerelda is more like a female Cedric Diggory.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Just as blonde as Ethel, and very sweet-natured. She often helps younger students who need it and always tries to look out for her sister.
* HonorBeforeReason: She'll always do her best to aid anyone who needs it... even when it puts her at a disadvantage, and even should be blatantly obvious that helping out would be a bad idea.
* HumbleHero: She usually tries to downplay her own successes, partly because she sees how bad Ethel feels when being compared to her.
* NiceGirl: Always polite and friendly, always trying to do the right thing.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Her desire to help out and do the right thing does occasionally misfire spectacularly, when she's tricked into helping out the wrong people.
* PutOnABus: Esmeralda stops appearing after the 2nd season and goes off to college by season 4.
* SiblingYinYang: With both Ethel and Sybil, though in different ways:
** Where Ethel is snobbish, haughty and self-centered, Esmerelda is modest, kind and helpful.
** Sybil is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass. Esmerelda is TheAce in normal circumstances but tends to not do too well when things get serious.
[[folder:Clarice Crow/Twig]]
!!Charice Crow/Twig
->'''Portrayed by''': Georgia Isla Graham (1998 series) Kitty Slack (2017 series)
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Sybil's best friend, with vastly different characterisations in either TV series. In the 1998 series she's a FieryRedhead who often encourages Sybil to cut loose a little; in the 2017 series she's a bespectacled and serious BrainyBrunette.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Lost Chord" and "The Genius of The Lamp".
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books and the 1998 series she's a redhead, but the 2017 series turns her into a brunette.
* AscendedExtra: Only gets one scene in the books, but is a regular supporting character in the 1998 series, and has an even larger role in the 2017 series.
* AlliterativeName: In the 1998 series. Averted in the 2017 series, where her last name is "Twig."
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Rather literally, when her idea to create a magic lamp goes horribly wrong.
* BrainyBrunette: In the 2017 series, she's got dark brown hair and depicted as extremely intelligent. [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses She even wears glasses.]]
* ClassClown: In the 1998 series only. She puts a dancing potion in food the students make in cooking class. The fun starts when the teachers want the food.
* TheComicallySerious: Her 2017 incarnation, in direct contrast with her 1998 self, doesn't have much of a sense of humor, but tries her best to convince the others that she ''does'' have one. With mixed results.
* FieryRedhead: In the books and the 1988 series, she has "brilliant orange frizzy hair" and is a bit more spirited than her best friend Sybil.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She's very blunt and doesn't always think of the implications of what she says, which does cause some friction between her and Sybil in the 2017 series.
* InsufferableGenius: Played sympathetically in the 2017 series; Clarice needs to always be the smartest person in the room, but only because she believes she has nothing to offer besides her mind.
* PluckyGirl: Definitely in a dangerous situation.
* SatelliteCharacter: If she's ever involved in the plot, it's due to her friendship with Sybil. She does get the occasional DayInTheLimelight in the third season of the 2017 series, though.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: 2017 only.
* UptightLovesWild: She's the wild one to uptight Sybil.
** In the revival she the uptight to wild Beatrice.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Beatrice Bunch]]
!!Beatrice Bunch
->'''Portrayed by:''' Ynez Willams
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Classmate and best Friend of Sybil and Clarice in the 2017 series, rounding out the secondary PowerTrio from season two and on.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Has asthma that causes her to disappear when she sneezes. It later reveal that her sneezes are caused by an allergy to cats.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When casting a spell to get rid of her allergies, she accidentally makes all the cats in Cackle's disappear.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Subverted. She's more of a tomboy than Sybil or Clarice, but is a talented cook.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Develops one with Mrs Tapioca, despite a rocky start.
* MissingMom: It's revealed in season 3 that her mother is dead.
* MoralityPet: Ends up becoming one to Mrs Tapioca in the third season.
* SatelliteCharacter: In season 2, where most of her plots revolve around Sybil. In season 3, she gets an ongoing plot of her own when her interest in and talent for cooking sees her taking on an assistant role to Mrs Tapioca.
* UptightLovesWild: The wild to the uptight Sybil and Clarice.
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[[folder:Felicity Foxglove]]
!!Felicity Foxgolve
->'''Portrayed by''': Dagny Rollins
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A student in Mildred's year, who runs a blog called ''The Daily Bubble'' and who has an uncanny knack of finding out what's going on before anyone else. She only appears in the 2017 series.
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* AscendedExtra: In the first season of the 2017 series she's one of Mildred's classmates and doesn't get a lot of attention. In the second season she has a much larger role; not only does her blog, ''the Daily Bubble'', come into play, but she also essentially replaces the now-absent Drusilla as Ethel's companion and partner-in-crime.
* BetaBitch: Plays this to Ethel sometimes; she seldom starts anything herself, but doesn't have many scruples and is all too willing to join Ethel in a bit of DisproportionateRetribution.
-->'''Felicity:''' If you can't stir with the big girls, stay away from the cauldron.
* CanonForeigner: She never appears in the original books or the 1998 series.
* FanGirl: A bit to Miss Pentangle, whom she thinks is "very glamorous." She'd originally wanted to go to Pentangle's, but her mother wouldn't let her because it's co-ed. She still occasionally complains about Cackle's and compares it negatively to Pentangle's.
* IntrepidReporter: She has shades of one, always after news to post on her blog. On a couple of occasions she gets herself into dangerous situation simply because she sensed that there was a story to be had.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be quite mean and catty, but as the series goes on she gets more PetTheDog moments, demonstrating that she's not all that bad when it comes down to it.
* KnowledgeBroker: According to Ethel, Felicity "has eyes and ears everywhere" and always manages to find out everything before anyone else. School announcements and news tend to appear on her blog ''before'' they have been officially made.
* PetTheDog: While often mean-spirited, Felicity nevertheless has moments of kindness. Most notably in the third season when she starts an IAmSpartacus moment to stick up for Julie Hubble.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Played with. She replaces Drusilla as Ethel's companion in the second season, and Ethel certainly seems to expect her to take on the same role to her as Drusilla did. ("We all have roles, Felicity. I'm a thinker, a problem-solver, a leader. You're a... doer.") However, Felicity is quite unlike Drusilla when it comes to personality, and doesn't always go along with the role Ethel tries to shove her into. She's also a ''lot'' more openly critical of Ethel, going against her on several occasions.
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[[folder:Fenella 'Fenny' Feverfew and Griselda 'Griz' Blackwood]]
!!Fenella 'Fenny' Feverfew and Griselda 'Griz' Blackwood
->'''Fenella is portrayed by''': Emily Stride (1998, first two seasons), Julia Malewski (1998, third season)
->'''Griselda is portrayed by''': Poppy Gaye
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Two students one year above Mildred who act as mentors for the girls in the 1998 series. Known for being real spell collectors.
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* AdaptedOut: They never appear in the 2017 reboot.
* AgeLift: Fenella is implied to be in Mildred's year when she transfers in the book. In the 1998 TV series, she's a year ahead, while in the 2017 series she seems to be in Sibyl's year. Averted with Griselda, who is said to be a year ahead of Mildred in the book.
* AlliterativeName: Fenella Feverfew.
* AscendedExtra: Both of them in the 1998 series. Fenella's case is quite impressive; she's simply the girl who transfers to Pentangle's Academy in Book 4 and gives Mildred her pet cat. Griselda meanwhile is the girl that Mildred ties up in Book 3.
* BoundAndGagged: Griselda in her book appearance. This role is given to Drucilla in the TV series.
* ClassPrincess: Fenella and Griselda are popular girls a year above Mildred. Despite having a fondness for pranks, they are always quick to help out younger students and the more reasonable staff members.
* CoolBigSis: To Mildred's class and later Sybil's.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Inverted. In the first couple of episodes, Griselda seemed to be a bit more of a jokester and Fenella more caring. This is dropped later.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even they won't go near the TomeOfEldritchLore Miss Cackle has in her office.
* GoodBadGirl: Both are rebellious and sneaky, but unambiguously good.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mostly known as 'Fenny' and 'Griz'.
* MrExposition: They know a lot of the secrets and stories about the castle and fill in the younger girls.
* StartMyOwn: Downplayed, as they aren't really unhappy with Crackle's, but once state plans to start their own academy for witches once they grow up.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They're always together and it's only in "The Inspector Calls" that they get separated (Fenella going with Sybil to rescue Mildred's bats).
* TheTrickster: They slip into it a few times, especially when they're put against Baz and Gaz.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mabel Tapioca]]
!!Mabel Tapioca
->'''Portrayed by''': Annette Hannah
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The estranged daughter of Mrs Tapioca. She originally attended Amulet's Academy, but was expelled and eventually was allowed to attend Cackle's where she's in Sybil's year. She (somewhat reluctantly) helps her mother out in the kitchen alongside Beatrice Bunch, and starts up a side-business selling sweets to the other students. Appears only in the 2017 series.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Initially. She lives with her father and does ''not'' get along with her mother. As the episodes go on, they do come to a bit of an understanding.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Occasionally gets some moments like this with her mother.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be surly, bad-tempered and rude, and not always the most ethical when it comes to business, but she's not a bad person.
* LikeParentLikeChild: Part of the reason why she has problems getting along with her mother is that they are not so different. Though Mabel is loath to admit it, the two share a ''lot'' of character traits: They're both haughty, proud, stubborn and with a tendency to lash out and keep other people at an arm's length.
* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: Completely averted. Her dwarfism is barely even commented on and she's treated like any other student.
* YoungEntrepreneur: She has traces of this with her sweet-selling business. Always looking to earn some quick cash, she occasionally tempts others with sales and discounts that aren't really. At one point she tells the other students that in order to celebrate an event, sweets are complimentary -- "and by that I mean you can buy them for a price, with my compliments." It's hinted she gets this trait from her father.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Indigo Moon]]
!!Indigo Moon
->'''Portrayed by''': Kelsey Calladine-Smith
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Mildred's roommate in her third year at Cackle's. Originally a {{Muggle}} girl with no magic, Indigo was given magical powers by her well-meaning witch friend Joy, only to go mad with the power and eventually got turned into a statue. Thirty years later she is brought back to life as a side-effect of one of Mildred's misadventures, and after careful consideration is allowed to attend Cackles -- provided Mildred keeps an eye on her. Appears only in the 2017 series.
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* BrokenPedestal: Disappointed to not only learn that Joy is Miss Hardbroom, but also Mildred and Miss Cackle have kept her in the dark about the secret.
* CanonForeigner: Didn't appear in the books or the previous series.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: A recurring problem for her. She tends to go with the first idea she gets without stopping to think whether it's a ''good'' idea or not.
* DrunkWithPower: Her original dilemma. Upon becoming a witch she got carried away with magic-use, becoming a danger to herself and others. Post-revival she's constantly in danger of succumbing to the trope because magic just makes everything so ''easy,'' and Indigo is not good at thinking about consequences.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: She wakes up in a time that's not her own, and has no way to find her old family.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Played with, a little.
** She's technically much older than Mildred, but since she spent thirty years as a statue she is still physically and mentally the same age.
** Ultimately subverted when she reconciles with the grown-up Joy, [[spoiler: who is now known as "Miss Hardbroom." At first, Miss Hardbroom refuses to deal with Indigo, calling her "a mistake from my past" and keeps her true identity from the girl. When Indigo finds out that the SadistTeacher out to get her is the same person as her old friend Joy, she loses her temper, latches into a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and flies off from Cackle's. In the final episode of the third season, the two do reconcile, but admit that with all that has happened, they can't be friends the way they were before.]]
* {{Muggle}}: Started out as one, though she always believed in magic and even before she became a witch she could see through the InvisibleToNormals spells the witches use to keep non-witches from seeing them.
* OrphansOrdeal: It's not given a lot of focus, but after thirty years missing, Indigo has no family left and doesn't really have anywhere to go other than Cackle's. Even before her stint as a statue, she apparently had no parents.
-->"I had an aunt and an uncle, but I can't find them. I went back to the old house, I asked everyone I could, but no one even remembers them."
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to the entirety of Cackle's Academy when she finds out that her friend Joy's identity has been kept from her.
* TheSlowPath: By season 4 episode "Happy Birthday, Indigo Moon", she is sent back to 1989 by Miss Hardbroom on purpose to get her to reunite with her mother who was looking for her at the time. 30 years later, she becomes a non-magical parent to her daughter named Azura Moon.
* UnskilledButStrong: Sums up her magic ability very nicely. Indigo is a ''powerful'' witch but isn't so good at ''controlling'' that power.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her existence throughout Season 3, reveals a new element of Miss Hardbroom's backstory.
* WhatTheHellHero: Rightfully calls out Joy for growing up as the cold-hearted Miss Hardbroom instead of trying to fix the problem with her turned to stone as 30 years went by.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mona Hallow]]
!!Mona Hallow
'''Portrayed by: Annabel Barnston
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The youngest of the Hallow sisters by a number of years, and Hettie's friend in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Scientifically-minded and bookish, she has a somewhat strained relationship with her family -- particularly with her father and her older sister Ethel.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: She always means well, but she doesn't always consi
* BlackSheep: Certainly views herself as this for the Hallow family; she has no patience for the old witching traditions that her family holds so dear, and takes a much more modern and scientific approach to magic.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's got a very dry sense of humor.
* FieryRedhead: She's the only Hallow with red hair, and while her temper isn't explosive, she is totally fearless and never backs down.
* SiblingYinYang: While she never interacts with her sisters on-screen, she manages to be a contrast to all of them:
** Ethel is stuck-up, snobbish and can be a bit of a bully. Mona is friendly, helpful and will stand up for bully victims.
** Sybil is a timid pessimist. Mona is bold and optimistic.
** Though it's unclear whether or not the two even exist in the same timeline, since they are both {{Canon Foreigner}}s created for two different adaptations, the competent and friendly Esmerelda is definitely the sister that Mona has the most in common with. And yet she manages to be a contrast to Esmerelda as well -- while Esmerelda embraces witching traditions and is the darling of the teachers, Mona eschews traditions in favor of progress, and gets in trouble a lot more.
* TheSmartGuy: Probably the smartest student in Mildred's year, and not at all shy about it -- though she does manage to avoid becoming an InsufferableGenius.
[[folder:Crescentmoon "Cressie" Winterchild ]]
!!Crescentmoon "Cressie" Winterchild
->'''Portrayed by''': Paislie Reid
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An artistic and sensitive member of the "Hedge witch" community, and Hettie's other friend in ''The New Worst Witch''. As a hedge witch, she observes a number of customs and superstitions that are unfamiliar or even downright strange to other witches.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: "I'm sensitive, I'm artistic, I'm highly strung. Humor me -- ''or else!"''
* CuckooSnarker: She's often a little out of it and sometimes her logic only makes sense to her, but she can more than hold her own in a SnarkToSnarkCombat.
* GeniusDitz: Cressie is much slower on the uptake than Hettie or Mona, and she can be downright dense at times, but she's a skilled witch and pulls off some impressive displays of magic.
* GranolaGirl: Hedge witches have a tendency to be this, and Cressie is no exception. She's a strict vegetarian and believes in the purity of nature. When carving pumpkins for Halloween, she insists on eating all the innards because "otherwise it's cruelty to vegetables."
* LovableCoward: She's far less brave than Hettie and Mona, and usually the one to worry that things will go wrong.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Downplayed, but definitely there. She enjoys meditating, she often talks about karma and negative vibrations, and she describes the hedge witch community as "filled with beauty, serenity, and harmony." At one point she tried to get out of taking a test because "hedge witches don't believe in tests, Miss Hardbroom! They create bad cosmic vibrations!" Needless to say, Miss Hardbroom did not accept this excuse.
* OopNorth: She speaks in a Lancashire accent.
* TimeTravel: She discovers in the first season that she's a Time Witch, with a natural ability to alter time. She shares this ability with Miss Cackle.
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Winning tends to bring out the worst in her, which is one reason why she doesn't like participating in contests. The other reason is that she's also a bit of a SoreLoser.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Belladona Bindweed]]
!!Belladonna Bindweed
->'''Portrayed by:''' Francesca Isherwood
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The resident school bully in ''The New Worst Witch." She's the granddaughter of Betty Bindweed, one of Agatha Cackle's henchwomen, and is still secretly on Agatha's side, acting as a sort of inside informant at times.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She looks sweet and innocent, and she milks this for all it's worth, playing TeachersPet and pretending to be a model student and NiceGirl. In the first season of ''The New Worst Witch'' she tends to get away with it too, making her a bit of a KarmaHoudini.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Just like Hettie is a contrast to Mildred, Belladonna is a contrast to Ethel. While they are both petty and malicious bullies who tend to be unfairly favored by the teachers, Ethel was an excellent student who would occasionally get a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when she realized she'd gone too far, and would even have the odd EnemyMine with Mildred when they teamed up to save the school. Belladonna is a below-average student and has absolutely no scruples; she'll cheerfully watch the school burn and actively tries to help Agatha Cackle and her cronies take over.
* DumbBlonde: Downplayed, but while Belladonna does have a fair bit of cunning, she is definitely BookDumb, doing poorly in classes and generally not being as clever as she thinks she is.
* FalseFriend: She'll be all pleasant if she wants something, but she'll sell anyone out at a moment's notice if she thinks that's in her own best interest. It's especially clear in her relationship with Cynthia; she is usually perfectly friendly to her, but it's purely because she sees the value of having a partner-in-crime. If Cynthia's in a fix, Belladonna won't lift a finger to help her.
* KarmaHoudini: In the first season. She even smugly {{Lampshades}} it to Cynthia, pointing out how she always gets away with everything. By the time the second season comes around, though, the teachers seem to have caught on, and she loses her KarmaHoudini status.
* ManipulativeBitch: She ''loves'' to play this part, always trying to manipulate others to do what she wants.
* SmugSnake: She has absolutely no sympathy or respect for anyone, and she treats everyone with disdain unless she is trying to manipulate them.
* TeachersPet: Of the most insincere type. Belladonna has no ''real'' respect for the teachers, but knows how to suck up to them in order to make herself look good in their eyes. It works for the most part in the first season, though by the second season the teachers seem to have caught on -- Miss Hardbroom in particular goes from treating Belladonna favorably in the first season to having absolutely no patience with her in the second.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cynthia Horrocks]]
!!Cynthia Horrocks
->'''Portrayed by:''' Daisy Hughes.
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A transfer student from Pentangle's in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Stuck-up and snobbish, and not all that bright, she doesn't like Cackle's Academy all that much and tends to hang out with Belladonna Bindweed purely because nobody else tolerates her.
* ArchEnemy: Sets herself up as this to Mona, because Mona's father was the one who drove her father out of business, thereby ruining him and forcing her to transfer from Pentangle's to the far less fancy Cackle's.
* BetaBitch: Falls into this role with Belladonna quite easily.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Not quite as good at it as Belladonna, but she makes a good effort.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Has a tendency to do this at the worst possible times.
* TheDitz: She does ''not'' have Belladonna's cunning, even though she tries to pretend.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: A thoroughly unpleasant person, but unlike Belladonna she will occasionally display that she has a conscience.
* FalseFriend: Perhaps the one thing she does better than Belladonna is pretend that their friendship means something. At times she actually seems to care about Belladonna... but it's all an act. She's just as ready to ditch Belladonna if that's in her best interest. Illustrated perfectly in the episode where the girls accidentally take an "opposite potion" that takes their most prominent traits and makes them the opposite. As soon as Cynthia and Belladonna are affected, they share a joyful hug and proclaim themselves to be the bestest of best friends.
* LastNameBasis: Most people call her "Horrocks."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dyllis Mustardseed]]
!!Dyllis Mustardseed
->'''Portrayed by:''' (Narisha Lawson)
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The least popular girl at Cackle's Academy in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Dyllis is actually very sweet and upbeat, but has the unfortunate tendency to choose the ''wrong'' girls to try and befriend.
* ExtremeDoormat: She's so desperate to be liked that she refuses to stand up for herself.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Combined with EasilyForgiven towards Belladonna. It couldn't be clearer that Belladonna hates her, and yet she keeps wanting to hang around her.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Dyllis is very aware of her lack of popularity, and sometimes does foolish things in the hope that this will make the others like her.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Or possibly ''[[StalkerWithACrush with]]'' a crush. She really, really. ''really'' wants to be Belladonna's friend, and is always following her around, to the point where it looks like she's nursing a pretty heavy crush on her. Belladonna can't stand Dyllis, but sometimes takes advantage of the girl by hinting that they ''could'' be friends if Dyllis will just do this ''one'' thing for her...
* YesMan: She'll enthusiastically go along with anything Belladonna says. Her eagerness to please in general often leads her to exaggerating, like when Miss Hardbroom sends her out to collect a spleenwart leaf, she returns with an entire plant bigger than herself.
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[[folder:Isabella 'Izzy' Jones]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Saoirse Addison
One of the new 'ordinary' witches who starts at Cackle's in the fourth season of the 2017 series.
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* LongLostRelative: The fourth season finale reveals that [[spoiler:her father, Spike, is also Mildred's father, and she is shown smiling at the idea that Mildred is her sister]].
* WalkingSpoiler: Good luck talking about her without revealing she's actually Mildred's [[spoiler: long-lost sister]]
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