| 1 | A list of the characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout''. |
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| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | !!Main Characters |
| 6 | [[folder:Dougal]] |
| 7 | !!Dougal / Pollux |
| 8 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dougal_original_series_profile_image.png]] |
| 9 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click to see his post-2005 CGI era form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dougal_cgi_era_profile_image.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 10 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Michael Karp (1963 series, Pinwheel dub), Music/RobbieWilliams (2005 film), Daniel Tay (US redub), David Holt (2007 CGI Series)\ |
| 11 | '''Voiced in French by''': Jacques Bodoin (1963-1966), Bernard Haller (1966), Christian Riehl (1966-1990), Henri Salvador (2005 film), Creator/MartialLeMinoux (2007 CGI Series) |
| 12 | |
| 13 | The main character of the show who is a temperamental, grumpy, but lively dog. Despite his love and greed for sugar, he is loyal to his friends, including Florence, his sweet young owner. |
| 14 | ---- |
| 15 | * ActionPet: |
| 16 | ** 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. |
| 17 | ** 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 vacuum, duster, and mop. |
| 18 | * ButtMonkey: Sometimes, he can suffer from either bad luck or being outsmarted by any of his friends. |
| 19 | * BreakoutCharacter: When he debuted in "Florence Wins a Surprise", Dougal become most popular with viewers before becoming the main character of the series (which was due to an unintentional move on Serge Danot's part). As a result, Dougal appears more frequently in merchandising. |
| 20 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Particularly in the original series. |
| 21 | ** "Oh, what's the use." or sometimes "Oh, give me strength." |
| 22 | ** 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) |
| 23 | ** Also, "Douce reine" in the French version, which translates to "Sweet queen". |
| 24 | * CheatersNeverProsper: Of course, he does try to cheat in the CGI series, particularly "The Race" when he uses an 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. |
| 25 | * TheComicallySerious: He is shown to be serious at times, despite being usually grumpy, and very much gets caught up in comical slapstick moments. |
| 26 | * DeadpanSnarker: He happens to have a sharp tongue around his friends, especially in the English versions. |
| 27 | -->'''Florence:''' ''(ariving to see Dougal, who is trying on a pair of glasses)'' Hello, Dougal. Why have you got glasses on for?\ |
| 28 | '''Dougal:''' [[SarcasmMode Because I'm going deaf.]]\ |
| 29 | '''Florence:''' Oh. Oh, I see. |
| 30 | * DetectiveAnimal: In "Dogtective" and "The Case of the Missing Carrots", Dougal would be wearing a deerstalker and calls himself the dogtective where he would be helping solve cases in the aforementioned respective episodes. |
| 31 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Dougal would be hit by this in the original series and the CGI revival series. An example of this happens in "Mr. Grimsdale's Holiday" where he leaves the delivery cart with Dylan so he can relax at Florence's house. But what he didn't consider was that his pie is also in the cart when Florence mentions that to him, causing him to search for Dylan and the cart before eventually getting caught out by Ermintrude and Florence. |
| 32 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: At least in the French version of his very first appearance, he barks like a normal dog. |
| 33 | * EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Dougal is completely embarrassed when his Auntie Primrose shows his baby photographs in an album to Florence and everybody in the episode "Auntie Primrose". |
| 34 | * ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: In "Dougal and the Blue Cat", Dougal has his doubts about Buxton the blue cat and doesn't seem to trust him completely as he suspects that his arrival may link up to the event Dougal witnessed the night before. It turns out that his suspicions about Buxton the blue cat are proven correct when he tries to take over the Magic Garden and captures everyone else after he witnessed Buxton being crowned king and overhearing his evil plan. |
| 35 | * GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: He is the Grumpy to Brian's Gleeful. Brian is happy-go-lucky and cheerful while Dougal is a bit pessimistic and grumpy. Regardless, Dougal is still good friends with him. |
| 36 | * GoodIsNotNice: Dougal would often be rude to anyone in the Magic Garden, though he isn't like that with his relationship with Florence. |
| 37 | * GratuitousEnglish: In the original French series, Dougal/Pollux, being an English character, would occasionally say certain phrases or words in English. Such episodes include "The Marvelous Cake", "Dylan, Sculptor", "Letter to the Queen", and "The Orchestra". |
| 38 | * GreenEyedMonster: He can be jealous of other people from time to time. One example is the arrival of Buxton the blue cat in "Dougal and the Blue Cat". |
| 39 | * 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. |
| 40 | * HeroicDog: Being Florence's dog, he always comes to her rescue, even in the 2005 film when he saves her life after re-imprisoning Zeebad. |
| 41 | -->'''Dougal''': It's what any incredibly heroic dog would do. |
| 42 | * IAmVeryBritish: He is British in both the English and French versions of the original series. The latter version had Dougal speaking in somewhat broken French with an outrageous English accent as a result of Ivor Wood, who was the show's co-creator at that time. |
| 43 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He sometimes brags about himself from time to time. |
| 44 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dougal may be pessimistic, selfish, and rude, but he is very loyal to his friends, especially Florence, his owner who he loves dearly. |
| 45 | * KnightInSourArmor: He may be grumpy and complain most of the time, but has heroism built underneath him and does everything he can to protect his beloved owner Florence, along with his friends. |
| 46 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Dougal will get hit by this sometimes and often in the CGI series if his schemes get found out. |
| 47 | * LazyBum: In the CGI series, he would tend to sit outside Florence's house eating his pies. |
| 48 | * TheLeader: Dougal self-appoints himself as this. |
| 49 | * LooseLips: In the 2005 film, this is how Zeebad found out about the map due to Dougal unwittingly letting slip of the information whilst being interrogated. |
| 50 | * NiceMeanAndInbetween: When he goes with Brian and Dylan or sometimes Florence, he fits in the role of the mean one as he is usually grumpy and selfish, mostly sarcastic and unsympathetic. |
| 51 | * NoSympathy: Dougal rarely shows any signs of sympathy to any of the characters in the original series when they are in despair. |
| 52 | * PuppyDogEyes: Although he is a grown dog, Dougal would do this sometimes to Florence with "Bones are for Eating" being one example. |
| 53 | * RedOniBlueOni: He is the red oni (grumpy, mostly rude, and sometimes selfish) that contrasts Florence's blue oni. |
| 54 | * RudeHeroNiceSidekick: He's definitely the Rude Hero that contrasts with Brian's Nice Sidekick. |
| 55 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He and his Australian cousin Digger are exactly the same breeds and nearly lookalike, but Digger has auburn fur and a maroon nose. His Auntie Primrose has a similar resemblance to Dougal, except her fur is much darker with grey strands of fur, and wears green lipstick. |
| 56 | * SweetTooth: [[TrademarkFavoriteFood His love for sugar is one of his defining character traits.]] |
| 57 | * TheUnapologetic: Displays this in the Nigel Planer version of "Once Upon a Time". |
| 58 | * UngratefulBastard: Dougal would sometimes show a lack of gratitude to his friends. This was lampshaded in "The Wishing Tree" by the one-time eponymous character, no less. |
| 59 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Brian, Dougal would often get irritated with him and even be rude to him. On occasion, he considers Brian his best friend. |
| 60 | * YouHaveToBelieveMe: When it comes to trying to tell everyone about Buxton's plans, no one, not even Florence herself, would believe him, especially when the cat is shedding tears. |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Florence]] |
| 64 | !!Florence / Margote |
| 65 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/florence_original_series_profile_image.png]] |
| 66 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click to see her post-2005 CGI era form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/florence_cgi_era_profile_image.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 67 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Music/KylieMinogue (2005 film and US redub), Sue Elliott-Nichols (2007 CGI Series)\ |
| 68 | '''Voiced in French by''': Patricia Danot (1963-1990), Vanessa Paradis (2005 film), Karine Foviau (2007 CGI Series) |
| 69 | |
| 70 | A sweet and kind-hearted girl who is Dougal's young owner and a good friend to everyone in the Magic Garden. |
| 71 | ---- |
| 72 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: Florence is quite mature for a young girl where she is level-headed in most situations and rarely gets frustrated. |
| 73 | * AllLovingHeroine: She is a sweet-natured young girl who loves all of her friends, especially Dougal in the gardens. If anyone in the gardens has a problem or encountered a situation, Florence is more than willing to help. |
| 74 | * {{Bookworm}}: Florence likes reading in her spare time where this trait comes up more often in the CGI series where at the start of "Snails Alive!" she was seen reading a book about a prince turned into a frog [[TearsOfJoy and she was moved to tears]] when she reads the happy ending where the prince was turned back to normal by a fair damsel with a kiss. |
| 75 | * BrainyBrunette: Has brown hair and is quite clever at either solving situations or setting up plans by using her wits. She is also very educated where one example is the CGI series episode "School's In, Out and Roundabout" where she helps Mr. Rusty solve his crosswords paper and she became the Magic Garden schoolteacher where she takes her role seriously in teaching her students, and as well as having to discipline Dougal for his rude behavior and interruptions. |
| 76 | * BreakTheCutie: |
| 77 | ** In "Florence's Party", Florence feels really sad and hurt that her friends seemingly not caring about her birthday. In the Nigel Planer version, the poor girl even blew her nose with a hankie that she got from her Aunt she never met when her friends flat-out ignore her without saying a word. |
| 78 | ** 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. |
| 79 | ** 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. |
| 80 | * ButtMonkey: Florence would sometimes become a victim of slapstick due to Dougal's antics in the CGI Series. |
| 81 | * CaringGardener: In the CGI series, Florence would plant flowers in her garden as well as watering them. |
| 82 | * CheerfulChild: Florence is generally positive, although it's more in the sense of being calm, optimistic, and sweet-natured. |
| 83 | * ChildrenDoTheHousework: Florence is capable of doing the housework in her house where she would be cooking pies for Dougal or keeping the house nice and tidy. She even started to wear a pink bandana over her hair and bow in Season 2 of the revival series while she does the housework. |
| 84 | * TheCutie: Florence's kind personality consists of her sweet nature, selflessness, and optimism is what makes her so adorable. |
| 85 | * DamselInDistress: |
| 86 | ** 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. |
| 87 | ** It also happens sometimes in the CGI Series, with "Read All About It!" being one example after her planned dramatic situation (which is an attempt to get Dougal to make an interesting story about it in the newspaper) goes horribly wrong when Train goes genuinely out of control with Florence still sitting in the carriage, holding on for dear life. Very fortunately, Dougal manages to save her. |
| 88 | * DeathGlare: Florence would give some serious ones to Dougal in the revival series if she finds out what he has done in his selfish or devious schemes. |
| 89 | ** In "Higgledy Piggledy", she gives one to Dougal before he strikes the potato into the final piggling hole as she is very cross with him for cheating after catching him rigging one of the holes that Ermintrude was playing to make her lose. He then deliberately misses the hole and loses, giving Ermintrude back her victory. |
| 90 | * DemotedToExtra: In the 2005 film, she was reduced from the role of the deuteragonist to a supporting character, given that she has less screen time due to being trapped in the frozen roundabout. The 2007 revival series reverts her back to her deuteragonist role. |
| 91 | * {{Determinator}}: Florence is always determined to try and help her friends or convince Dougal otherwise on different things. |
| 92 | ** In "Magic Fairy Ring", when seeing Dougal's disbelief in fairies, Florence is determined to try and get him into believing in fairies and teaches her friends to dance like fairies. She doesn't give up trying to open Dougal's eyes until she sees that none of her friends are able to dance like fairies though before Zebedee arrives to give her a helping hand. |
| 93 | ** A later episode "The Genius" has Florence being determined to prove Dougal wrong after he deems her and her friends "pathetic" when he was talking to Mr. [=McHenry=]. |
| 94 | * 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. |
| 95 | * DisneyDeath: At the end of the 2005 film, Florence appears to have died from hypothermia after being trapped in the frozen roundabout throughout the film, but it turns out she was comatose when an anxious Dougal revives her with kisses. |
| 96 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Florence wouldn't stand for any rudeness or wrongdoings that come from her friends, but she does feel sorry for them, regardless. |
| 97 | ** 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. |
| 98 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: Florence has a talent for culinary. In the original series episode "Baking A Pie", she has made a pie all by herself and uses Dougal's oven to cook it. Her culinary talent was shown more often in the revival series where she cooks pies for Dougal. |
| 99 | * FingerWag: Florence sometimes does a "no-no" finger wag to show her disapproval of Dougal or any of her friends' wrongdoings. |
| 100 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Florence is generally friendly to any living thing in the Magic Garden, besides her friends who are animals. Though, she isn't pleased when magpies eat her planted seeds to grow her vegetables, nor the insects that are trying to eat the flowers in her garden, causing her to try and shoo them away. |
| 101 | * AGirlAndHerX: Florence and her pet dog Dougal. |
| 102 | * TheHeart: She is the feminine member as well as the meditator of the gang to try to persuade everyone to get along. |
| 103 | * HeroesLoveDogs: She is very kind and nurturing towards Dougal. |
| 104 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Along with her friends minus Dougal, Florence didn't realize that Buxton was actually evil until she was chained up by the Blue Army and finally sees Buxton's true nature. It doesn't help that [[CassandraTruth she didn't believe Dougal earlier when he tried to warn her and everybody else about Buxton.]] |
| 105 | * InnocentBlueEyes: Florence has those in the post-2005 CGI era to emphasize her youthful innocence. |
| 106 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: She is a perfectly sweet and optimistic little girl with a kind and caring heart. Florence remains her optimism in times when her friends are in a spot of bother. |
| 107 | * KindheartedCatLover: Although she has Dougal as her dog, Florence is also fond of cats and takes a liking to Buxton when she meets him. |
| 108 | * LimitedWardrobe: Her dress consisting of a blue sweater and an orange skirt with a white petticoat is the only outfit Florence wears. This was lampshaded in the CGI Series episode "Barmy Army". |
| 109 | * LittleMissSnarker: While still being a sweet-natured little girl and not as snarky as Dougal, she does have her moments when dealing with him. The Nigel Planer episodes would somewhat occasionally have Florence being a DeadpanSnarker, usually leading more towards the "deadpan" part. |
| 110 | * MagicSkirt: Florence's orange knee-length skirt stays in place whenever she runs or jumps. Though her white panties can sometimes be very briefly shown whenever she runs past the camera frame. |
| 111 | * MinorLivingAlone: In the post-2005 CGI era, Florence is shown to be living in her house independently [[FeminineWomenCanCook and knows how to cook]], keeping house and looking after Dougal who lives with her. |
| 112 | * MoralityChain: To Dougal. Florence doesn't appreciate his rudeness and his selfish or devious antics, and her stern side towards Dougal has a strong effect when she confronts Dougal if things are going too far. |
| 113 | * NeverBareheaded: Florence is never seen without her bow, though in two episodes in the revival series (Chilled Out Brian and Radio Roundabout) she is seen without it when she is sleeping in bed. |
| 114 | * NiceGirl: She is a well-mannered, friendly, and sweet-natured young girl. |
| 115 | * NiceMeanAndInbetween: She's the nice one when she goes with Dougal and Brian in most episodes as she's optimistic, sweet, and more sympathetic. |
| 116 | * OnlySaneWoman: Florence is more sensible and [[CloserToEarth down-to-earth]] than Dougal or any of her friends whenever they do something that might be silly. |
| 117 | * OrangeBlueContrast: Florence wears an orange skirt that contrasts with her blue sweater. The collar of her sweater was also orange before it was changed to white in the post-2005 CGI era. |
| 118 | * PluckyGirl: Very kind-hearted, calm, and optimistic, but never tend to give up when helping her friends in situations, as well as trying to keep others' spirits up. |
| 119 | * RedOniBlueOni: She is the blue oni (very polite, kind-hearted, calm) in contrast to Dougal's red oni. |
| 120 | * TheReliableOne: Since she is level-headed and down-to-earth, Florence is the one that everyone would turn to her for help or advice. |
| 121 | * ReverseArmFold: Florence usually does this as it shows her calm patience, as well as her thinking on how to solve any situation. |
| 122 | * SignatureHeadgear: She wears a large blue hair bow on top of her head. |
| 123 | * SympathyForTheDevil: Towards Buxton at the end of "Dougal and the Blue Cat". After Buxton failed his plan to take over the garden and even failed the Blue Voice who removes his kingship, Florence is one of those who felt sorry for the blue cat as he is actually crying and forgives him. |
| 124 | * TokenMiniMoe: She is the only member of the gang who is a young girl [[TokenHuman and human]]. |
| 125 | * TranquilFury: Florence does get cross with Dougal often and sometimes with some of her friends, especially Zebedee, if their antics go too far, but she doesn't raise her voice unless she needs to if it is serious. |
| 126 | * TrueBlueFemininity: Other than her hair bow, she wears her blue sweater. |
| 127 | * WasTooHardOnHim: |
| 128 | ** In the CGI series episode "The Party", Florence begins to feel bad [[TranquilFury after she was 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. |
| 129 | ** 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 is what prompts her, along with everyone else, to set out to find Dougal in order to make it up to him. |
| 130 | * WhatTheHellHero: In the CGI Series, Florence would have to put her foot down with Dougal at times if he did something wrong which involve his nefarious schemes or selfish acts that caused trouble or discomfort for others. |
| 131 | * WhiteGloves: Used to wear these during the original series, until the post-2005 CGI era. |
| 132 | * WiseBeyondHerYears: She is shown to be quite sensible and mature for a young girl. |
| 133 | * YouthfulFreckles: She has those in the post-2005 CGI era. |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Zebedee]] |
| 137 | !!Zebedee / Zébulon |
| 138 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zebedee_original_series_profile_image.png]] |
| 139 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click to see his post-2005 CGI era form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zebedee_cgi_era_profile_image.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 140 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/IanMcKellen (UK; 2005 film and US redub), Wayne Forester (2007 CGI Series)\ |
| 141 | '''Voiced in French by''': Jacques Bodoin (1963-1990), Élie Semoun (2005 film) |
| 142 | |
| 143 | A good-hearted wizard who rules the Magic Garden and loves to bring joy to his friends, as well as serving as their ally. |
| 144 | ---- |
| 145 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the revival series, he was more mischievous and had the tendency to play tricks on others while in the English version of the original series as well as the 2005 film, he was much more calm, collected, suave and dignified. |
| 146 | * BigGood: Zebedee is a good and benevolent wizard who rules the Magic Garden and leaps to defend his friends from Zeebad. |
| 147 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: |
| 148 | ** 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. |
| 149 | ** At the beginning of each episode in the CGI Series, he tells the viewers a brief summary of what will happen in each episode. He sometimes does this at any point throughout an episode to tell the viewers what he'll be doing as his trick. |
| 150 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 151 | ** "Time for bed!" |
| 152 | ** In the CGI series: "It's time to party!" |
| 153 | ** In the French version, it's "Tournicoti, tournicoton!" which translates somewhat along the lines of "Twirly whirly". Also a VerbalTic, see below. |
| 154 | * DeusExMachina: He serves as this in the original series, as well as the CGI series to solve the main characters' problems. |
| 155 | * 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 and survived the fall after Zeebad was re-imprisoned. |
| 156 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the very first episode of the original series, he springs out of the box like any ordinary jack-in-a-box, surprising Mr. Rusty out of his hat. |
| 157 | * HeroicSacrifice: Subverted in the 2005 film, after being trapped in ice by Zeebad and plummeting into the abyss. In the climax, it is revealed that he survived but is still trapped in ice until it slowly melts where he is able to break himself free and springs back to the village. |
| 158 | * ItAmusedMe: While being the ruler of the Magic Garden, Zebedee does enjoy himself playing pranks on his friends in most episodes of the 2007 revival series. However, they are usually figured out by Florence when she calls for him and admonishes him when his mischief is causing trouble for his friends. But his pranks do come in handy to teach Dougal or anyone a lesson for their actions. |
| 159 | * PlayingWithFire: In the 2005 film, Zebedee produces some sort of fiery magic whilst battling Zeebad who produces icy magic. |
| 160 | -->'''Zeebad:''' I've waited 10,000 years for my revenge, and as you know, revenge is a dish best-served cold.\ |
| 161 | '''Zebedee:''' Some like it hot, Zeebad. |
| 162 | * PhraseCatcher: "[[SayMyName Zebedee, Zebedee,]] [[RuleOfThree Zebedee!]]", which is said by the village folk to summon him. |
| 163 | * RedIsHeroic: Zebedee has red skin and is very heroic. |
| 164 | * SealedGoodInACan: In the French version of the very first episode of the original series, Zebedee was locked in the box for 4,000 years. By the time Mr. Rusty opens the box, Zebedee springs out. |
| 165 | * TokenWizard: He is the only main character who can do magic. |
| 166 | * TheTrickster: Particularly in the CGI series (as well as in the French version of the original series), where his tactics are usually found out in the end by Florence and the others. |
| 167 | * 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!") |
| 168 | * WhiteGloves: Used to wear blue gloves during the original series, until the post-2005 CGI era they were changed to white. |
| 169 | * 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. |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[folder:Brian]] |
| 173 | !!Brian / Ambroise |
| 174 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brian_original_series_profile_image.png]] |
| 175 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click to see his post-2005 CGI era form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brian_cgi_era_profile_image.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 176 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/JimBroadbent (UK; 2005 film), Creator/WilliamHMacy (US redub), David Holt (2007 CGI Series)\ |
| 177 | '''Voiced in French by''': Jacques Bodoin (1963-1966), Serge Danot (1966-1990), Jean Anneron (Dougal and the Blue Cat), Dany Boon (2005 film), Martial Le Minoux (2007 CGI series) |
| 178 | |
| 179 | A slow, but well-meaning snail, who is hyperactive and happy-go-lucky to everyone. |
| 180 | ---- |
| 181 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: In the revival series, Brian became somewhat of a brainiac where he provides information from books and is shown to be smarter than any of the characters in some situations. |
| 182 | * CollectorOfTheStrange: In the CGI Series, Brian has a hobby of collecting different types of gravel as well as any other objects. |
| 183 | * DeadpanSnarker: He shows shades of this in the 2005 film. |
| 184 | * DisneyDeath: In ''Dougal and the Blue Cat'', he was seemingly killed when Buxton's treacle factory collapses as he was going back for Zebedee's mustache. When the gang explains to a remorseful Buxton what happened, Brian shows up alive and well with Zebedee's mustache. |
| 185 | * GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: He is the Gleeful to Dougal's Grumpy. Brian is happy-go-lucky and cheerful while Dougal is a bit pessimistic and grumpy. Regardless, Dougal is still friends with him. |
| 186 | * {{Keet}}: He was hyperactive in the original series. |
| 187 | * TheLancer: Brian serves as Dougal's companion, even if they may butt heads with each other. |
| 188 | * 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. |
| 189 | * NiceGuy: Despite being insulted by Dougal on a regular basis, he is still cheerful and happy-go-lucky. |
| 190 | * NiceMeanAndInbetween: He's the In-Between when he is paired up with Dougal and Dylan. While he is a happy-go-lucky snail, he does have his cynical moments. |
| 191 | * NeverBareheaded: 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. |
| 192 | * OcularGushers: Poor Brian does this in "Interior Des-asters" after Ermintrude accidentally wrecks the interior of his house. |
| 193 | * RudeHeroNiceSidekick: He is a happy-go-lucky and cheerful sidekick that contrasts with Dougal's Rude Hero. |
| 194 | * SelfInducedAllergicReaction: In the CGI Series episode "Nanny Ermintrude", Brian shows up with pink spots all over his face after he has rather foolishly eaten some chocolate where Florence admonishes him by saying that chocolate isn't good for him. His condition was worsened by Ermintrude's nettle soup, but luckily, he gets better when he joins Mr. Rusty, Florence, and Dylan for a walk. |
| 195 | * ShyShelledAnimal: Brian is sometimes seen as being timid or nervous. This is displayed in the original series episode "Dougal Makes A Film" where he hides in his shell when Dougal tells him to film underwater sharks. He is also shy to confess his love to Ermintrude in the 2005 film where she doesn't seem to take notice. |
| 196 | * TheSmartGuy: Brian became a bit of a brainiac in the CGI Series [[{{Bookworm}} where he has a vast library of books]] in his home. |
| 197 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: In "Dougal Sees Double", Brian does actually have a cousin that bears a striking resemblance. He isn't revealed until the end of the episode when Dougal actually sees his cousin without his special glasses. |
| 198 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Dougal, Brian would get offended by Dougal's rudeness on a regular basis. Nevertheless, he is still good friends with him. |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:Ermintrude]] |
| 202 | !!Ermintrude / Azalée |
| 203 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ermintrude_original_series_profile_image.png]] |
| 204 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click to see her post-2005 CGI era form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ermintrude_cgi_era_profile_image.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 205 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/JoannaLumley (UK; 2005 film), Creator/WhoopiGoldberg (US redub), Emma Tate (2007 CGI Series)\ |
| 206 | '''Voiced in French by''': Creator/MichelineDax (1963-1966), Pascaline Priou (1966-1990), Valérie Lemercier (2005 film), Barbara Tissier (2007 CGI series) |
| 207 | |
| 208 | A 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. |
| 209 | ---- |
| 210 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Ermintrude only wears her blue hat and her red neckerchief. |
| 211 | * AccidentalMisnaming: One of her character traits in the French version of the original series, especially with Dougal/Pollux. |
| 212 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the post-2005 era, she became more competent. |
| 213 | * AffectionateNickname: In the English version, she often calls her friends "dearheart". |
| 214 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She may be a friendly cow, but if she is pushed to her limits (particularly of Dougal's rudeness), she'll bound to get enraged. |
| 215 | * ButtMonkey: Happens to Ermintrude with slapstick often in the original series and in the 2005 film, as well as the 2007 series. |
| 216 | * 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 Magic Garden.]] 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. |
| 217 | * DeadpanSnarker: Has become a bit of one in the 2005 film, and even has a few moments in the 2007 revival series. |
| 218 | * DreadfulMusician: While being an aspiring opera singer and can sing rather well, her singing can be terrible at times. |
| 219 | * TheDitz: She can come off as this in the original series, especially in the French version. |
| 220 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: Ermintrude is also good at cooking as shown in some episodes of the revival series. |
| 221 | * GlassShatteringSound: |
| 222 | ** 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.]] |
| 223 | ** This also happens in the CGI series as well in the episode "Litterbugs", with one of the light bulbs on the roundabout exploding when she sings so loud. |
| 224 | * JerkassBall: In the post-2005 CGI era, Ermintrude sometimes grabs it in some episodes which tend to make her a bit arrogant or impulsive, until she realizes the error of her ways in the end. |
| 225 | * NeverBareheaded: Ermintrude always go anywhere with her hat. This is downplayed when she is seen without her hat on a few occasions. She is seen without her hat often in the 2007 revival series. |
| 226 | * NiceGirl: Regardless of Dougal constantly mocking her, Ermintrude is still very friendly to everyone in the Magic Garden. |
| 227 | * ObliviousToLove: In the 2005 film at least. Brian has a crush on her and Ermintrude doesn't seem to take notice until the end of the film. |
| 228 | * PinkMeansFeminine: In the original series, her skin is shown to be pink prior to being peach-coloured from Series 4 onwards and in the post-2005 CGI era. |
| 229 | * ProneToTears: In the book adaptations/yearly annuals of the original series' English version. |
| 230 | * RedIsHeroic: Has red spots on her body, as well as red limbs and a tail. She even wears a red neckerchief. |
| 231 | * SanityBall: Ermintrude became less ditzy and more competent in the post-2005 era. |
| 232 | * SassyBlackWoman: Her personality was retooled as this in the American version of the 2005 film with a sarcastic attitude added into it provided by Whoopi Goldberg. |
| 233 | * SignatureHeadgear: She is almost never seen without her blue-brimmed hat, except on a few occasions, including "Ermintrude's Hat, Part 1" and "Traffic Block and Road Race" from the original series. In some episodes of the CGI series, Ermintrude wears different types of hats such as a beige-brimmed hat with flowers on it. |
| 234 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: In "Dougal Sees Double" when Dougal wears his special glasses, he sees two Ermintrude's and greets them, thinking that the duplicate is her sister, leaving her completely puzzled and thinking that he has overdone the sugar. When Dougal isn't wearing his glasses, he actually sees Ermintrude's sister who looks just like her. |
| 235 | * TookALevelInBadass: Ermintrude became a bit of an ActionGirl in the 2005 film where she has a few moments. She rescues Dougal from Zeebad's lair by knocking on the ice cage door of Zeebad's henchman Sam, taking out a skeleton that was about to attack Dylan (who's already kicking ass with the skeletons) from behind, and working together with Dougal, Dylan, and Brian on stealing back the first two diamonds from Zeebad and place them in their slots on the roundabout. |
| 236 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Her fear of mice (musophobia) in the CGI Series episode "Ermintrude Gets A Fright". This is revealed [[EekAMouse when she screams and panics at the sight of two mice]] that Florence has found whilst planting her strawberries. Fortunately, Ermintrude overcomes her fear at the end of the episode. |
| 237 | * YouLeaveHimAlone: Ermintrude got the nerve to say this to Zeebad who is planning to eat Brian when the gang refuses to give up the map. She even got in front of Zeebad as she says this to defend Brian. |
| 238 | [[/folder]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[folder:Dylan]] |
| 241 | !!Dylan / Flappy |
| 242 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dylan_original_series_profile_image.png]] |
| 243 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click to see his post-2005 CGI era form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dylan_cgi_era_profile_image.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 244 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/BillNighy (UK; 2005 film), Creator/JimmyFallon (US redub), Jimmy Hibbert (2007 CGI Series)\ |
| 245 | '''Voiced in French by''': Jacques Bodoin (1963-1966), Christian Riehl (1966-1990), Paul Bisciglia (Dougal and the Blue Cat), Eddy Mitchell (2005 film), Xavier Fagnon (2007 series) |
| 246 | |
| 247 | A laid-back and sleepy rabbit who would often drift off to sleep from time to time and play his guitar. |
| 248 | ---- |
| 249 | * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: In one episode of the original French series, Dylan is revealed to have two unnamed identical twin brothers, who are all just as sleepy in personality as him. Earlier, Dougal challenged Dylan to a race from his sleeping tree to the station and back and mistook one of the rabbit's brothers for him when he arrived there. When he gets back to the tree (which Dylan never left), a distressed and worn-out Dougal thinks he lost the race, until Dylan's first brother shows up and lies down to sleep next to his sibling. At the tail end of the episode, Dougal and Florence find Dylan's second sleepy brother, who pops out of a nearby oven, shushing for some quiet. |
| 250 | * 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. |
| 251 | * BarefootCartoonAnimal: Dylan is the only animal to wear clothing, but doesn't wear shoes. |
| 252 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Easy-going he may be, but Dylan can engage in martial arts. Also in the climax of the 2005 film, Dylan finally snaps at Zeebad's doing of freezing the sun and retaliates by pelting him with a snowball. |
| 253 | * BlueIsHeroic: Wears a blue waistcoat and blue jeans. |
| 254 | * CharacterCatchphrase: In the CGI series: "I wish it was time for bed, man!" |
| 255 | * 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. |
| 256 | ** Also, in the original series, Dylan is shown to have culinary talents, such as making pancakes and spaghetti. He also opened a pizzeria at least twice, and in one episode, recited to Dougal the recipe for making an apricot pie (which Dougal was making for Florence). |
| 257 | * DeadpanSnarker: He does have his moments in the 2005 film. |
| 258 | * DemotedToExtra: Dylan's role was reduced to being a supporting character in Series 3 of the original series, but he does a fair amount of appearances. |
| 259 | * DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: To emphasize his sleepy and lazy demeanor. |
| 260 | * 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 other occasions, he used Dougal's bed for a nap and took the buttons from the dog's waistcoat so they could dance with his needle and thread. |
| 261 | * EruditeStoner: He was never actually ''mentioned'' to be stoned, but he was just tired and sleepy. |
| 262 | * ForgetfulJones: Dylan can sometimes have the habit of forgetting to remember things that he was going to do. At one point in "Look Back in Gaga", he has a tied forget-me knot in his hankie to help him remember to take the lever back to Zebedee who has given it to him to replace the broken handle of his hoe, but he couldn't remember until Florence notices the knot and Dougal bumping into the hoe. |
| 263 | * GratuitousItalian / GratuitousSpanish: In the black-and-white episodes of the original French version, he's a Spanish character with mañana attitude, and speaks with a Mexican accent. In the color episodes, he's switched to having more Italian characteristics. |
| 264 | * MellowFellow: Dylan is usually laid-back and rarely flips his lid. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Well, except on a few occasions, such as when he throws a snowball at Zeebad in the climax of the 2005 film.]] |
| 265 | * NiceGuy: Despite being ditzy and rather dopey, Dylan is very friendly and easygoing. |
| 266 | * NiceMeanAndInbetween: While he's mostly lazy and a bit ditzy, Dylan is the nice one when he is paired up with Dougal and Brian as he's more relaxed and laid-back than the two and also sympathetic. |
| 267 | * {{Sleepyhead}}: Due to being a HeavySleeper, he sometimes drifts off to sleep from time to time. |
| 268 | * TalkingInYourSleep: One episode of the original French version had him singing in his sleep in Italian while dreaming about riding a gondola. |
| 269 | * TookALevelInBadass: Dylan became more engaged and active when fighting the temple skeletons and Zeebad in the final showdown in the 2005 film. |
| 270 | * WaistcoatOfStyle: Subverted, because his blue waistcoat is just plain and simple. |
| 271 | * WhiteGloves: Used to wear these during the original series, until the post-2005 CGI era. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Mr. Rusty]] |
| 275 | !!Mr. Rusty / le Père Pivoine ("Father Peony") |
| 276 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_rusty_original_series_profile_image.png]] |
| 277 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click to see his post-2005 CGI era form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_rusty_cgi_era_profile_image.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 278 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Jimmy Hibbert (UK; 2005 film and 2007 CGI Series), Cory Edwards (US redub)\ |
| 279 | '''Voiced in French by''': Christian Riehl (1963-1990) |
| 280 | |
| 281 | 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. |
| 282 | ---- |
| 283 | |
| 284 | * BigOlEyebrows: He has big bushy grey eyebrows. |
| 285 | * CoolOldGuy: He may be elderly, but he still operates and make repairs on the Magic Roundabout. |
| 286 | * CowboysAndIndians: In the French version of the very first episode of the original series, it's revealed that, as a child, he used to play this with wooden horses (particularly Buffalo Bill hunting bison). |
| 287 | * 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. |
| 288 | * DemotedToExtra: He was reduced to being one of the supporting characters in Series 3, but still makes appearances very often. Also, he was reduced to a minor character in the 2005 film since he was one of the people who are trapped in the frozen roundabout. |
| 289 | * FriendToAllChildren: Very friendly to the children who love to ride the Magic Roundabout. He is especially good friends with Florence and at one point obliges to her request to play the barrel organ music for her. |
| 290 | * NiceGuy: He is an optimistic, fatherly and caring man. |
| 291 | * NeverBareheaded: 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 that revealed his bald head. Even the revival series episode "Who's Taken the Moon?" has Mr. Rusty wearing a sleeping cap at one point. |
| 292 | * OrganGrinder: Mr. Rusty always uses his barrel organ to make the Magic Roundabout revolve. |
| 293 | * ParentalSubstitute: Becomes this to Florence and the other children whenever necessary. |
| 294 | * TheReliableOne: Like Florence, Mr. Rusty is the person that people turn to for advice as he is wiser. Being one of Florence's friends, she would come to him for help in sorting out problems that her friends are having. |
| 295 | * WhiteGloves: Used to wear these during the original series, until the post-2005 CGI era. |
| 296 | [[/folder]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[folder:Mr. [=McHenry=]]] |
| 299 | !!Mr. [=McHenry=] / Bonhomme Jouvence ("Mr. Young") |
| 300 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_mchenry_original_series_profile_image.png]] |
| 301 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click to see his post-2005 CGI era form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_mchenry_cgi_era_profile_image.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 302 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Jimmy Hibbert (2007 CGI Series) |
| 303 | |
| 304 | An elderly gardener with a youthful personality who would ride along on his tricycle. |
| 305 | ---- |
| 306 | * CaringGardener: Despite being elderly, he always tends to his flowers. |
| 307 | * 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"). |
| 308 | * DemotedToExtra: He was reduced to being of the supporting characters in Series 3 of the original series. |
| 309 | * EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: In the CGI Series episode "Windbag", he ends up being a DreadfulMusician due to Zebedee tampering with his bagpipes and causing everyone else to get headaches. Fortunately, he, along with Basil and Coral use their tampered bagpipes to scare off the magpies from Florence's vegetable garden. |
| 310 | * PutOnABus: For unknown reasons, he fell into this in the 2005 CGI film and was somewhat replaced with Mr. Grimsdale. 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.) |
| 311 | * SignatureLaugh: Has this in the French version of ''Dougal and the Blue Cat'', as opposed to his usual verbal tic (see below). |
| 312 | * VerbalTic: In the French version, Mr. [=McHenry=] 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. |
| 313 | [[/folder]] |
| 314 | |
| 315 | [[folder:Train]] |
| 316 | !!Train |
| 317 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/train_original_series_profile_image.png]] |
| 318 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click to see his post-2005 CGI era form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/train_cgi_era_profile_image.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 319 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Lee Evans (2005 film), Creator/ChevyChase (US redub) |
| 320 | |
| 321 | An animate locomotive who is very punctual in the Magic Garden and always there to take the passengers to each destination. |
| 322 | ---- |
| 323 | * BigDamnHeroes: In the climax of the 2005 film, Zeebad has secured hold of the third diamond and mocks Dylan's attempts to use Zebedee's magic box to save Dougal and his friends, until a healed Train shows up from behind Zeebad and runs him over, knocking the diamond free for Dougal to chase after it and place it in its slot on the roundabout. |
| 324 | * CoolTrain: Train is not only a cool locomotive in general, but he can carry loads and passengers in his trucks and carriages. |
| 325 | * DeadpanSnarker: Train has his/her moments in the original series, particularly with "Piano Moving" being one example. |
| 326 | -->'''Dougal:''' ''(when Florence said she'd help, but only if Dougal is calm)'' I am calm!\ |
| 327 | '''Brian:''' You don't look very calm.\ |
| 328 | '''Train:''' He's about as calm as an elephant stampede. |
| 329 | * DemotedToExtra: Train was reduced to being one of the supporting characters in Series 3 of the original series. |
| 330 | * SentientVehicle: Train is a living steam locomotive. |
| 331 | * ShesAManInJapan: Train is a female in Eric Thompson's English dub of the original series. |
| 332 | * TheSilentBob: Train is completely silent in the 2007 CGI Series and the French version of the 2005 film. In the former, he can communicate to others by whistling. |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | !!Other Characters |
| 336 | [[folder:Florence's Friends]] |
| 337 | !!Florence's Friends (Paul, Basil, and Coral / Pio, Basile, and Coralie) |
| 338 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Ediz Mahmut and Daniella Loftus (2005 film), Sue Elliot-Nichols and Emma Tate (2007 CGI Series) |
| 339 | |
| 340 | A small group of children who are also Florence's friends where they would often spend time with her and ride the Magic Roundabout. |
| 341 | ---- |
| 342 | * CharacterCatchphrase: 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...") |
| 343 | * GirlishPigtails: Coral has her hair in two pigtails. |
| 344 | * 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. |
| 345 | [[/folder]] |
| 346 | |
| 347 | [[folder:Mr. Grimsdale]] |
| 348 | !!Mr. Grimsdale |
| 349 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_grimsdale_profile_image.png]] |
| 350 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Jimmy Hibbert (2005 film), Creator/JohnKrasinski (US redub), Wayne Forester (2007 CGI Series) |
| 351 | |
| 352 | The Magic Garden' delivery man and shopkeeper who sells things to the inhabitants and delivers them to their homes. |
| 353 | ---- |
| 354 | * 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. |
| 355 | * 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. |
| 356 | * HiddenDepths: In the CGI Series episode "Dylan's Big Gig", it is revealed that Mr. Grimsdale is also very handy with building skills when he builds a stage for Dylan's gig on such short notice as his decking is far too small for Dylan to do his gig. |
| 357 | * OverworkedSleep: In the CGI Series episode "Mr. Grimsdale's Holiday", due to rushing around and having to do so many deliveries that he ends up tired whilst driving his motorbike. He loses control when he wakes up, causing him to crash into his shop. |
| 358 | [[/folder]] |
| 359 | |
| 360 | [[folder:Soldier Sam]] |
| 361 | !!Solider Sam |
| 362 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/soldier_sam_profile_image.png]] |
| 363 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Ray Winstone (2005 film), Creator/BillHader (US redub), Jimmy Hibbert (2007 CGI Series)\ |
| 364 | '''Voiced in French by''': Gérald Jugnot (2005 film) |
| 365 | |
| 366 | 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. |
| 367 | ---- |
| 368 | * AbsurdPhobia: In the CGI Series episode "Barmy Army", Sam and his soldier friends are all afraid of bananas. |
| 369 | * 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. |
| 370 | * ButtMonkey: Sam can fall into this due to a number of AmusingInjuries throughout the film. |
| 371 | * CharlieBrownBaldness: He actually has some strands of hair on top of his bald head underneath his bearskin cap as revealed in "Parcel Force". |
| 372 | * 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. |
| 373 | * 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. |
| 374 | * HeelFaceTurn: Sam ultimately does this having realized the truth about Zeebad and rides an elk back to the village to turn against Zeebad. |
| 375 | * 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. He has no knowledge of torturing subjects and when Zeebad is out of earshot, Sam resorts to ask Dougal his "worst fear" [[{{Unishment}} and promptly feeds him sugar cubes.]] |
| 376 | * 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 realized 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. |
| 377 | * TooDumbToLive: When arriving at the temple, Sam goes in first as he thinks that the entrance might be too dangerous as he has six senses, but he failed to notice that there are tiles on the floor that activate the booby traps. When he steps on a tile, a spear flings out from the ground and stops in front of Sam's face before it can impale him. |
| 378 | -->'''Zeebad:''' Try concentrating on your other five, and you might not lose your head. |
| 379 | * UngratefulBastard: In the CGI Series episode "Barmy Army", Sam felt upset that his soldier friends are delayed and couldn't come to his party, however Florence and everyone else cheers him up by acting as his comrades and hoping to be invited to his party. When Sam's soldier friends do arrive for his party, how does Sam respond to Florence, Dougal, and their friends' kindness after what they did for him? He still doesn't invite them to his party and only allows his soldiers. However, Sam and his soldier friends panic and hide under the table due to being surrounded by bananas (which was all Zebedee's doing just to make Sam think otherwise), and eventually does invite Dougal, Florence, and their friends to his party in exchange for removing all the bananas from their sights. |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | [[folder:Fly]] |
| 383 | !!Fly |
| 384 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fly_profile_image.png]] |
| 385 | !!!Voiced by: Wayne Forester (2007 CGI Series) |
| 386 | |
| 387 | Dougal's housefly companion who loves to eat food and often hangs out with Dougal. |
| 388 | ---- |
| 389 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For his debut in the CGI episode "Dougal's Bad Smell Day" where he is talking to Dougal who's hiding in a rubbish bin, he is rather small and barely seen. However, he is bigger and more visible since his next appearance in "Dougal Goes to the Moon". |
| 390 | * FilchingFoodForFun: Fly has the habit of eating some food from Mr. Grimsdale's shop, much to Mr. Grimsdale's displeasure. |
| 391 | * FourLeggedInsect: Fly only has two arms and two legs. |
| 392 | [[/folder]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | !!Antagonists |
| 395 | [[folder:Madam Blue]] |
| 396 | !! Madam Blue |
| 397 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/FenellaFielding\ |
| 398 | '''Voiced in French by''': Christine Lefèvre |
| 399 | |
| 400 | The cunning female voice who says that she is blue and her main aim is to turn everything in the universe blue. |
| 401 | ---- |
| 402 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Though Madam Blue possesses a bigger threat and only her voice is heard, she isn't directly involved much as most of the villainous actions come from Buxton, who is the BigBad of the film. |
| 403 | * VillainousBreakdown: In response of finding out "Blue Peter's true identity who is none other than Dougal, [[UnstoppableRage Madam Blue unleashes a violent lightning storm around the factory]] which causes it to start collapsing and removes Buxton from his title. Afterwards before the factory fully collapses, Madam Blue breaks down and screams in agony over her failure of her plans to turn everything blue. |
| 404 | * TheVoice: The owner of the Blue Voice is never seen, but only her voice is heard. |
| 405 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Madam Blue is understandably furious with Buxton and punishes him by striping him of his title. |
| 406 | [[/folder]] |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder:Buxton the Blue Cat]] |
| 409 | !! Buxton the Blue Cat |
| 410 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buxton_profile_image.png]] |
| 411 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Eric Thompson\ |
| 412 | '''Voiced in French by''': Paul Bisciglia |
| 413 | |
| 414 | The cunning and evil cat who serves the Blue Voice by planning to take over the Magic Garden and turn everything blue. |
| 415 | ---- |
| 416 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: He is the only blue cat ever seen. However, it ends up subverted at the end of the film when Buxton blushes for shame, revealing his true colour of his fur to be white. |
| 417 | * BigBad: Despite Madam Blue being the GreaterScopeVillain, Buxton, after being crowned king by Madam Blue, plots to take over the gardens and make everything blue. He even imprisons everyone with the exception of Dougal in the dungeon. |
| 418 | * CardCarryingVillain: He quietly admits to being wicked and evil. |
| 419 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm so evil" in the English version. ("Moi, le chat" or "I, the cat" or "Me, the cat" in the French version.) |
| 420 | * CatsAreMean: Very sly and manipulative. |
| 421 | * CrocodileTears: Buxton uses this on everyone, sans Dougal, to keep them from finding out about his evil plans. |
| 422 | * HeelFaceTurn: After being stripped from his powers by Madam Blue, Buxton returns to the garden, crying in remorse for his actions [[EasilyForgiven and is promptly forgiven by everyone.]] |
| 423 | * TearsOfRemorse: Buxton does this [[VillainousBSOD after he was stripped from his reign of power.]] |
| 424 | * VillainSong: Buxton sings two: |
| 425 | ** "Success! King Buxton" (also sometimes referred to as "I Am King"), sung when he becomes king of the blue army. It's all about how triumphant he feels, and how he is determined to lead the blue army to victory by eliminating everything not blue. |
| 426 | ** "We Are Blue," in which he and "Blue Peter" (Dougal pretending to be evil) sing about how they're both very blue and very evil, but Buxton is moreso than Blue Peter. |
| 427 | * VillainousFriendship: When Dougal disguises himself and pretends to be an evil blue dog named "Blue Peter," Buxton appoints him as Prime Minister and strikes up a surprisingly genuine friendship with him. They sing a song together, and Buxton defends Dougal when Buxton's prisoners are insulting him. |
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| 429 | |
| 430 | [[folder:Zeebad]] |
| 431 | !!Zeebad / Zabadie |
| 432 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zeebad_profile_image.png]] |
| 433 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/TomBaker (UK), Creator/JonStewart (US redub)\ |
| 434 | '''Voiced in French by''': Michel Galabru |
| 435 | |
| 436 | The cold-hearted and tyrannous ice wizard who is Zebedee's arch nemesis and vows revenge on Zebedee for imprisoning him 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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| 438 | * AxCrazy: Zeebad is very violent with his magical powers. When he gets provoked by Dylan, who's snapped and thrown a snowball at him, he tries to zap him, but only zaps Ermintrude's tail, causing her to scream in pain. |
| 439 | * BigBad: He plans to freeze the world again with three diamonds while he does everything he can to try and kill Dougal and his friends with his powers. Furthermore, he was able to weaken Zebedee when he is distracted by stopping Sam from attacking the others and overpowers him by freezing half of his body before sending him plummeting into the chasm to his presumed demise. |
| 440 | * BlueMeansCold: Zeebad has icy blue skin and ice powers. |
| 441 | * CanonForeigner: He is the only character who didn't exist in the original series. |
| 442 | * CardCarryingVillain: He's well aware of his status as (in Dougal's words) a despicable fiend, considering it a gift. |
| 443 | * DeadpanSnarker: He was flanderized as a comical one in the US dub of the 2005 film. |
| 444 | * DirtyCoward: He immediately tries to escape his fate when Dougal eventually defeats him in the film. Inevitably, he's imprisoned in the titular roundabout again anyway. |
| 445 | * TheDreaded: He is so menacing that he is feared by Dougal and everyone when he is released back into the real world. However, throughout the film, the gang is slowly becoming less afraid of him until they are brave enough to take him on in the final battle. |
| 446 | * EvilCounterpart: As well as being an EvilSorcerer, Zeebad is [[ScaryJackInTheBox an evil jack-in-the-box figure counterpart to Zebedee.]] |
| 447 | * EvilOverlooker: PlayedWith. Movie poster art featuring him has his enlarged head looming in the background above the foregrounded heroes. |
| 448 | * AnIcePerson: Zeebad is an evil ice wizard and actually beats Zebedee in a duel. |
| 449 | * IcyBlueEyes: Being an evil ice wizard, Zeebad has those to represent his cold-hearted personality and his nature. |
| 450 | * {{Jerkass}}: Zeebad is openly unpleasant to everyone he meets, and doesn't even hide this behind the image of someone ''pretending'' to be nice. |
| 451 | * KickTheDog: When Sam is injured after the driller train exploded, Zeebad leaves him there for dead and makes his way to the frozen Magic Roundabout alone. Zeebad does it again when he fatally wounds Sam in the chest with his magic, revealing that the third diamond is inside him, and rips it out, ending Sam's life in the process. |
| 452 | * LackOfEmpathy: He is willing to freeze the world without caring much for those who are helpless and trapped in the frozen roundabout or nature around him. To push it further in the climax, he even fatally injures his former henchman Sam and unremorsefully ends his life on the spot upon taking the third diamond out of his chest. |
| 453 | * LargeHam: Being voiced by Creator/TomBaker, Zeebad's lines are quite hammy. |
| 454 | * LaughablyEvil: Thanks to the voice of Creator/JonStewart, he has a lot of hilarious one liners. |
| 455 | * ManipulativeBastard: He is very cunning and successfully convinces the gullible Soldier Sam, who is enlisted as Zeebad's henchman, to help him find the three enchanted diamonds, which he claims they are taken from him by a treacherous thief. |
| 456 | * NearVillainVictory: He succeeded in 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 stolen back the diamonds and placed them in the roundabout, which in turn re-imprison Zeebad back inside the roundabout. |
| 457 | * 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. That being said, he later abandons Sam when he's injured and kills him without regret once he turns on him, heavily implying that Zeebad [[SubvertedTrope solely saved Sam because of his usefulness]]. |
| 458 | * RedBaron: Doubles as a ShoutOut: in the US dub, he gives himself the title of [[Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Springs]]. |
| 459 | * SealedEvilInACan: He was imprisoned in a lava-filled cavern underneath 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. Fortunately, he gets re-imprisoned back to his prison in the end when all three diamonds are placed in their slots on the roundabout. |
| 460 | * StupidEvil: Though he's manipulative, his pride as an ice wizard causes him to believe that he can do anything and assume his wins far too quickly. He is proven wrong over and over again and makes many embarrassing mistakes in his pursuit of the heroes. |
| 461 | * SurroundedByIdiots: He can feel 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." |
| 462 | * WouldHurtAChild: Freezing the Magic Roundabout over whilst escaping from his prison, traps Florence and the children, which left them shivering. For Florence, she lost conscious and very nearly froze to death, until Dougal manages to rescue her from a near-death experience by waking her up in the end. |
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