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1The character sheet for ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark''.
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3[[foldercontrol]]
4!!The Tillermans
5[[folder:Owen Tillerman]]
6!!Owen Tillerman
7
8[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/centralpark_owen.png]]
9
10->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LeslieOdomJr, Eisuke Tsuda (Japanese), Pascal Nowak (European French), Gustavo Pereira (Brazilian Portuguese), Valentin Stilu (German), Gianluca Crisafi (Italian), Pep Papell (European Spanish), Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (Latin American Spanish)
11
12->''"I'm gonna own it\
13And my name is-\
14Yeah, my name is Owen and I own it\
15And I like my-\
16And I like my flowers when they bloom in the moon like the fruit of the loom\
17You can say I'm a loon but I'll celebrate my turtleheads and own it"''
18-->--'''Own It'''
19
20The park manager of Central Park.
21----
22* BadassBureaucrat: The man can weaponize rules and laws better than anyone, to the point of finding a law that can give him ''greater authority than the mayor in park matters.''
23* BlackAndNerdy: Everything about him just oozes nerdiness, from his fascination with the turtlehead flowers to enjoying getting the graffiti removed.
24* CharacterTic: Owen has a habit of rubbing his hands on his shorts when he's anxious.
25* TheDeterminator: For all his anxiety, he proves to be willing to pursue extreme lengths for the park, from personally driving all of the park's trash to the garbage dump to staking out at night to catch a tagger.
26* IncrediblyLameFun: He's the only person in his family and the park who's excited about the Hot Lips Turtlehead flower blooming in Central Park.
27* LethalChef: He's terrible at making pizza, failing at making the oven hot enough to cook it at all.
28* NatureLover: He really enjoys the blooming of Hot Lip Turtlehead flowers.
29* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
30** Birdie points out Owen doesn't really leave the park if he can help it, but he will make an exception if it benefits the park. Bitsy's actions, minus the Skater's Circle problem, to ruin the park is forcing him to do these things.
31** In "Dog Spray Afternoon", Shart tagging a tree causes Owen, who usually never raises his voice, to yell out in anger.
32** Owen is [[PapaWolf absolutely furious]] when a racist woman accosts Cole in the park, accurately pointing out that the only reason she did so was because Cole was Black.
33* ThePerfectionist: He is constantly on the alert for every single issue at the park he owns, wanting it all to go according to how he sees it.
34* TranquilFury: Whenever he gets angry, Owen never raises his voice, at most his voice gets really high.
35
36[[/folder]]
37
38[[folder:Paige Hunter]]
39!!Paige Hunter
40
41[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/centralpark_paige.png]]
42
43->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathrynHahn, Shomi Taiki (Japanese), Barbara Beretta (European French), Marcia Coutinho (Brazilian Portuguese), Marion Musiol (German), Mattea Serpelloni (Italian), Lourdes Fabres (European Spanish), Irina Indigo (Latin American Spanish)
44
45->''"C'mon kids here we go, there's a lead to pursue\
46And your momma needs a comment and she's gonna come through\
47I'll get the truth 'cause I'm a sleuth\
48C'mon and see 'cause\
49Momma's got this\
50Momma's got this"''
51-->--'''Momma's Got This'''
52
53Owen's wife and a journalist who wants to cover serious news.
54----
55* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Her mother seems to have been a nice woman, but she was not at all equipped to educate her daughter or guide her through her periods, because her own mother wasn't either. Paige then decided she would not let Molly go through the same thing and does as much as she can so that the experience isn't as traumatic as her own and that she has all she needs to go through it smoothly. While she ends up overcorrecting and being overbearing instead, Molly still ends up thankful for the care she has put and has a much better experience than Paige.
56-->''"Grandma didn’t know better\
57No, grandma never knew\
58Her mama never taught her, so she missed a step or two\
59I realized she just did her best and as I grew\
60I gathered tools she never had so that I could teach you"''
61* EekAMouse: She's shown to not like rats as shown in "Garbage Ballet". She gets worse when she drinks too much cough syrup.
62-->'''Paige:''' If it's a sock then why is it a rat?
63* IntrepidReporter: Paige dreams of being this, but is generally tasked with bland jobs. Also, she works for a small local newspaper.
64* HappilyMarried: Mutually supportive and complimentary.
65* MeaningfulName: Her full name is most likely related to her being a newspaper reporter. In other words, she is "hunting for pages."
66* ThePigPen: Downplayed. She looks fine, but sometimes she'll get so involved in her journalism that she can be oblivious to how messy she can be, and there are times when she'll forget to clean up her appearance, as demonstrated in her song "Momma's Got This".
67* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: She uses "shvitz" quite a bit.
68
69[[/folder]]
70
71[[folder:Molly Tillerman]]
72!!Molly Tillerman
73[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/centralpark_molly.png]]
74
75->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenBell (Season 1), Emmy Raver-Lampman (Season 2), Mayu Minami (Japanese), Creator/EmmylouHoms (European French), Priscila Keller (Brazilian Portuguese), Magdalena Turba (German), Margherita De Risi (Italian), Isabel Valls (European Spanish), Edurne Keel (Latin American Spanish)
76
77->''"I wanna be a superhero\
78Watch me fly\
79Anyway that I want to go\
80And you can give me all your problems\
81'Cause you know I'll solve them\
82It's a secret everybody already knows\
83Weirdos make great superheroes"''
84-->--'''Weirdoes Make Great Superheroes'''
85
86Owen and Paige's 13-year-old daughter who likes to draw comics.
87----
88* BrainyBrunette: Has brown hair, and is shown to be very creative and imaginative when it comes to making comics. Also, she is able to deduce where the graffiti artist will be after simply looking at a map.
89* DeadpanSnarker: She can be incredibly snarky and sarcastic around her family and some adults. Around kids her own age, she stumbles into shyness far more frequently.
90* FirstKiss: She kisses Brendan in "Hat Luncheon". Unfortunately, Brendan has a peanut allergy and she ate a peanut butter parfait, so he suffers an allergic reaction and his face swells up.
91* GirlishPigtails: She has a puffier version of this.
92* GracefulLoser: She's capable of taking her chess loss in "Squirrel, Interrupted" in stride. She says she knew she was going to lose, but wanted to learn how Constantine would defeat her for the next match. This is in stark contrast to Paige, who believed she would lose interest in chess if she ever suffered any loss.
93* HeroicBastard: If what Paige said as part of her compilation of lies in the Season 2 premiere is really false, then she and Owen made Molly first and then married.
94* HiddenDepths: "Squirrel, Interrupted" reveals her skills at chess. Paige is amazed by these, telling Molly she's better at it than herself when she was her age.
95* MaliciousSlander: After her kiss with Brendan goes poorly, a rumor starts going around her school that she actually killed him with a kiss. But lucky for her, they don't know it was her.
96* MotorMouth: Downplayed. She normally talks at a regular speed, but when she's around kids her own age, she acts awkwardly around them and ends up talking too much and a little fast.
97* StalkerWithACrush: She would stalk her crush, Brendan, in the park while he flies his kite and while she draws her comic. He's aware of her presence, but he doesn't seem to mind.
98* ToughRoom: Whenever Molly tries to tell a joke, no one laughs at it.
99* VocalDissonance: When Emmy Raver-Lampman took over voicing Molly, her singing voice became a little bit too mature to come out of a 13-year-old girl. Possibly justified, as this could be passed off as a sign of puberty.
100----
101!!Fista-Puffs
102
103Molly's superhero persona in her comics.
104----
105* {{Chickification}}: InUniverse. In "Garbage Ballet", when Molly's friend Hazel reads her comic, she realizes that Fista-Puffs used to be a badass that was saving the city, but ever since Kite Boy showed up, the comic derailed into nothing but her swooning over him.
106* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: She's Molly's superhero persona and despite doing amazing things, she's not afraid to call out her awkwardness in her own comic.
107* PrehensileHair: She can control using puffy pigtails and use them like arms.
108* PunnyName: Her name is a pun on "fisticuffs".
109* TimeMaster: She has the power to rewind time by five seconds. Although this could represent how Molly wants a redo in real-life whenever she makes an embarrassing mistake.
110[[/folder]]
111
112[[folder:Cole Tillerman]]
113!!Cole Tillerman
114[[quoteright:233:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/centralpark_cole.png]]
115
116->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TitussBurgess, Mineo Kiuchi (Japanese), Jean-Michel Vaubien (European French), Raphael Rossatto (Brazilian Portuguese), Dirk Stollberg (German), Gabriele Patriarca (Italian), Marc Gomez (European Spanish), Marc Winslow (Latin American Spanish)
117
118->''"I know it looks like dog-napping behavior\
119But trust me dad, I'm this furry guy's savior\
120Trapped up in the tower with only Bitsy to nuzzle\
121Shampagne is like — a way better Rapunzel\
122And it's not like I took him, if anything he took me\
123He took my breath away when he was taking a pee"''
124-->--'''Poops I'll Pick It Up'''
125
126Owen and Paige's 11-year-old son who loves animals.
127----
128* AnimalLover: When Birdie introduces him, he mentions he loves animals. And this is shown throughout the show, especially with his relationship with Bitsy's dog, Shampagne.
129* EveryoneHasStandards: As much as he loves animals, he freaks out when faced with a huge pack of rats.
130-->'''Paige:''' We're calling an exterminator.\
131'''Cole:''' (rapidly) Yep. Yep, yep, yep. Yep. Yeeeep.\
132'''Paige:''' A... gentle exterminator.\
133'''Cole:''' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I don't care anymore.]]
134* {{Fanboy}}: He's a big fan of a series of fantasy books about magical squirrels in Central Park. Though his father can't stand the books, he tags along with him for a scavenger hunt themed after the books.
135* FriendToAllLivingThings: He is caring and kind to all animals, especially Shampagne. He tries to do the same for even rats, such as trying to convince his mother to call off an exterminator, but he eventually decides to give up.
136* KiddieKid: His favorite things to do that don't involve animals are playing pretend and vigorous outdoor play such as somersaulting and hula-hooping. Also, his concept of "SpinTheBottle" is humorously literal (spinning the bottle and watching it), and it's implied he hasn't undergone puberty yet.
137* RomanticWingman: He encourages his sister in her nervousness to interact with her crush.
138* StalkerWithACrush: Cole has a rather... obsessive interest in Bitsy's dog, Shampagne.
139[[/folder]]
140
141!!Family Members and Friends of the Tillermans and the Hunters
142!!!Family Members
143[[folder:Celeste Tillerman]]
144!!Celeste Tillerman
145->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeniferLewis
146
147Owen's mother.
148----
149* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She usually gets distracted by other activities around her and Owen really hates this because her unfocused attitude costed him to buy a toy street sweeper when he was a kid and she caused him to miss the blooming of the corpse flower.
150* GoodIsNotDumb: She may be a fun and cheerful person, but in "Lunar Palaver", she once told Paige that Molly and Cole would eventually face discrimination based on their skin color, clearly showing she's not naive. This makes sense, since given her age, Celeste has likely faced a great deal of racism.
151* WackyParentSeriousChild: She likes having fun and going with the flow even if she forgets what she's doing, while Owen likes to make plans for things and stays focus on his goals.
152[[/folder]]
153
154[[folder:Abby Hunter]]
155!!Abby Hunter
156[[quoteright:188:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cp_abby_hunter1.png]]
157
158->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenBell
159
160Paige's younger sister who moved from Oshkosh, Wisconsin to live in New York City to become an actress on Broadway.
161----
162* BigSisterWorship: She loves her sister Paige and it was her that inspired her chase her dream to become an actress and move to New York City.
163* CoolAunt: Molly and Cole both adore her and enjoy spending time with her.
164* NaiveNewcomer: Now that she's living in New York, she still has a lot to learn when living in the city as it's a major shift from Oshkosh.
165* ThePollyanna: She always tries to keep a positive attitude and tries to see the positive side of everything regardless of how bad it is, especially when it comes to working for Bitsy.
166* RememberTheNewGuy: It was never mentioned that Paige has a younger sister in the past seasons as she makes her debut in Season 3. Although this is due to Kristen Bell stepping down from her role as Molly after Season 1, so Abby was created so Kristen can still have a role on the show.
167* WideEyedIdealist: She always sees the good in everything, even if she's living in a place like New York City. It becomes discussed in "A Matter of Life and Boeuf", Paige spends the entire episode trying to talk Abby out of working at the Brandenham, believing that her sister's status as this is making her blind to the kind of person Bitsy is. However, Abby later admits that she knows Bitsy is the worst sometimes, but is willingly choosing to try and find the good in her and the Brandenham anyway- not just [[FreudianExcuse because of her experience with playing villains in her past plays by questioning what their reasons would be for being "evil"]], but because she knows she'll never make it in New York if she just goes around believing everything is the worst all the time instead of trying to find the good in something, impossible as it may seem.
168[[/folder]]
169
170!!!Friends
171[[folder:Brendan]]
172!!Brendan [[spoiler:Brandenham]]
173[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cp_brendan_brandenham.png]]
174
175->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EugeneCordero, Yasuaki Takumi (Japanese)
176
177A boy who flies his kite in Central Park and Molly secretly has a crush on him and they would later become a couple. [[spoiler:He is Bitsy's great-nephew]].
178----
179* ConnectedAllAlong: He turns out to be a member of [[spoiler:the Brandenham family]].
180* FirstKiss: He's kissed by Molly in "Hat Luncheon". Unfortunately, he has a peanut allergy and Molly ate a peanut butter parfait, so he suffers an allergic reaction and his face swells up. Their subsequent attempts in "Hot Oven" don't really work out that well, but they're less deadly and more awkward.
181* GenericGuy: Brendan is usually portrayed as a simple NiceGuy who happens to be Molly's crush. The only other thing that makes Brendan stand out is that [[spoiler:he's member of the Brandenham family]].
182* NiceGuy: Brendan is a polite and pleasant boy who gets along with everyone. Even when Molly gave him an allergic reaction by accident, he doesn't hold it against Molly and continues to be friendly with her. [[spoiler: It makes the fact that he's related to [[{{Jerkass}} Bitsy Brandenham]] all the more surprising]].
183* OhNoNotAgain: In "Squirrel, Interrupted", [[spoiler:when Bitsy tells him that Anton was [[BlatantLies accidentally locked inside the broom closet downstairs]] and he needs to be set free, Brendan opens the door and sees Anton BoundAndGagged and he's not even surprised]].
184-->'''Brendan:''' I feel like this happens every year. I wished I'd gone to Jacob's bowling party.
185* PlotAllergy: He's revealed to have a peanut allergy when his face starts swelling up after Molly kisses him having just eaten peanut butter parfait.
186* SecretlyWealthy: When we first meet him, he looks like a regular kid at the park just flying his kite. [[spoiler:Then we get the reveal that he's a member of the Brandenham family, who's rich, and he keeps his family name a secret because he feels embarrassed when he tells people his last name and they get weirded out by him.]]
187* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: After Bitsy reveals her plan to buy Central Park to her brother's family, none of them take her seriously, except for Brendan. Thanks to him, the Tillermans are now aware of Bitsy's plan to buy the park]].
188* WalkingSpoiler: After learning about his last name, it's hard not to bring up his relationship with [[spoiler:Bitsy]].
189[[/folder]]
190
191[[folder:Hazel]]
192!!Hazel
193->'''Voiced by:''' Music/EsterDean
194
195Molly's friend at school.
196----
197
198[[/folder]]
199
200[[folder:Enrique]]
201!!Enrique
202->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/StephanieBeatriz
203
204Cole's best friend.
205----
206* DaddyDidntShow: Downplayed. His dad did come with him to the Squirrel Quarrels Squavenger hunt, but sat on the sidelines reading a book. It's clear from Enrique's interactions toward Owen that he wished his father were more active in his life.
207* KiddieKid: The main thing he has in common with Cole. They love playing Pirates and Squirrel Quarrels.
208
209[[/folder]]
210
211!!Brandenham Hotel
212[[folder:Bitsy Brandenham]]
213!!Bitsy Brandenham
214[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/centralpark_bitsy.png]]
215
216->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/StanleyTucci (Adult Bitsy), Keala Settle (Young Bitsy); Tsuyoshi Hirabayashi (Japanese), Bernard Alane (European French), Marcio Simoes (Brazilian Portuguese), Michael Iwannek (German), Gerolamo Alchieri (Italian), Xavi Fernandez (European Spanish), Beto Castillo (Latin American Spanish)
217
218->''"I'll make 'em pay\
219Tell their bankers to wire, pay\
220To build my empire, pay\
221My desire to raise every rent, and squeeze every cent\
222They'll pay\
223Oh, they'll pay!"''
224-->--'''Make 'Em Pay'''
225
226A business entrepreneur and the heiress of the Brandenham Hotel. She has a plan of destroying Central Park by making a huge business deal to own the property and sell it to multiple business and condos.
227----
228* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: In "A Fish Called Snakehead", she's revealed to be unlikable in New York in a poll created by the mayor. How unlikable? A SerialKiller did better than her in the poll. Another poll asked what's New York's most hated thing, with the options being slow walkers, New Jersey, Bitsy, rats, and tourists, Bitsy is the highest. If some dialogue is to be believed, she doesn't really care about it.
229* TheAlcoholic: She's always drinking constantly and in large doses.
230* BeneathNotice: How she was treated her entire life. This allowed her to operate as "The Shadow", as no one ever paid attention to her or knew she was there.
231* BigBad: Bitsy is the central antagonist of the series' first season, as she has a long plan to destroy the park slowly in order to force the city to sell it to her, and subsequently for her to sell the area to multiple companies. Among her actions are to make it harder for the park to be able to take the garbage out and pushing the city to block the money inflow of the park. She's also targeting Owen and tries to tarnish his reputation as park manager so that he can be fired and replaced with somebody who won't get in her way. Her antagonism takes a backseat during season two in favor of expanding her character and ''slightly'' humanizing her.
232* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Bitsy is the rich owner of a luxurious hotel, but she has connections with the mob and the government with which she intends to force the city to sell her the property of the park. Thanks to Birdie, Paige figures out in "Dog Spray Afternoon" that she is involved in a real state scheme buying cheap properties from the mayor for millions in order to send money to him under the table and push him to start screwing over the park.
233* TheDogBitesBack: During the 70s she operated as ''The Shadow'' and robbed a litany of hotels of their valuables just to get back at her abusive father, tarnishing his reputation.
234* EvilCripple: She isn't in a wheelchair but it's implied she has dwarfism, which is considered a disability.
235* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She loves her dog Shampagne just a, well, bit too much, to the point where she spoils Shampagne in ways he doesn't like.
236* EvenEvilHasStandards: While she may be a rich and terrible person who's trying to buy Central Park, she hates her stuck-up, privileged relatives because while she worked hard to get where she is, her relatives just coast through life with the money they were given or inherited. She hates how they only came to her birthday party just to brag and compare their riches and calls their behavior an embarrassment.
237* FieryRedhead: Before her hair started turning grey, she used to be a redhead.
238* {{Foil}}: While she and her brother, Ambrose, are short, cranky, rich old people, they have their differences. She has no family of her own, while her brother has a lot of family members. She inherited her family's hotel and worked hard to turn it into a multi-million dollar business without any help, while Ambrose inherited their father's money and hasn't earned money himself that wasn't interest.
239* FreudianExcuse: In the song "Make 'Em Pay", Bitsy expresses how she came from an abusive family, as well as not being popular with the other children in her youth.
240** As the Shadow, Bitsy left crumpled up wrappers in the shape of a penis. This was in defiance of her father, who wanted another son instead of Bitsy.
241* HatesRichPeople: Despite being rich and greedy herself, Bitsy seems to have only contempt for other rich people, due to growing up ignored and belittled by her rich family and her fellow rich classmates. She prides herself on having built up the Brandenham from nothing while others use her own birthday party to mooch off her success. Her whole drive to buy Central Park is in part to make them notice her.
242* HeyYou: Even though she has heard of Owen and Paige's name, she never calls them by their name. She usually refers to Owen as "park guy" or "park person" and she admits she refuses to learn Paige's name.
243* INeedAFreakingDrink: When in the presence of her family, she is so thoroughly annoyed by having to interact with them, she asks for an entire jar of beverage, and asks Helen to keep her having access to drinks all day.
244* InformedAbility: Bitsy claims to have built her hotel from the bottom up, but she is hardly ever shown to have any business sense that doesn't involve underhanded dealings. In addition, her employees all hate her and she has no idea how laundry works (she pronounces it "laundy").
245* JerkassHasAPoint: She may be a grump, but she's right about how her brother Ambrose is an UpperClassTwit.
246* TheLoad: Whenever she and Helen are in danger, Helen is the one who usually does all the work while Bitsy does nothing and complains or makes things worse for them as demonstrated in "Live it Up Tonight" and "Central Dark".
247* LonelyAtTheTop: Downplayed. She's hated by everyone, talked over and ignored by fellow businessmen, her constant companion can barely stand her, and even her precious dog likes Cole more than her. But she's also a misanthrope, so she barely seems to notice that she's ''miserable.''
248* LuxuriousLiquor: She's constantly drinking different alcohol beverages with martinis being her favorite drink.
249* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: She's so short that even Cole is taller than her.
250** Then again, as ''Make 'Em Pay'' shows her as being about the same height she was as a child and she mentions in her song being smaller than the other kids, and, given we see her being about the same size as a young adult in both ''The Shadow'' and ''Where There's Smoke'', it's heavily implied she has dwarfism or a similar growth disorder.
251* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Evokes the dog-loving hotel magnate and "Queen of Mean" herself, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Helmsley Leona Hemsley.]]
252* PetTheDog:
253** A literal since with her pet dog Shampagne whom she constantly showers him with affection.
254** Bitsy also compliments Molly on her drawings despite Molly being the daughter of the park manager Bitsy wants to get rid of.
255** She realizes that she genuinely loves the Brandenham hotel and would rather keep owning it than giving it up for the park (even if the park is worth a whole lot more money).
256* SelfMadeWoman: Downplayed. Bitsy prides herself on the fact that unlike her brother, she actually did make something out of herself by turning into a rich owner of a prosperous hotel. However, while the hotel was already her family's and she inherited it from her father, the hotel was in a really bad state, with the implication it was a consolation prize because her father wanted to give everything he owned to his son, and the only reason why it's the profitable business it is now is because of her management.
257* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: She is not afraid to express how she feels about certain people at her age.
258* TheUnfavourite: In her words, her brother was "the golden child" and she was never liked or respected by her father. A comment in "Squirrel Interrupted" implies that her brother got all the fortune of the family, while she got the Brandenham Hotel in pretty bad shape and had to make it the profitable business it is now herself.
259* VillainBall: In an attempt to be taken seriously by her brother's family, she reveals to them her plan to buy Central Park, a plan that's supposed to be a secret to the public because of the illegal actions she taking to make it possible. While none of them take her seriously, [[spoiler:Brendan]] is the only one who does and he later reveals this to the Tillermans, making Owen, the park manager, and Paige, a newspaper journalist, aware of her plan.
260* VillainSong:
261** "Make 'Em Pay". A musical number she sings when other entrepreneurs start talking over her, the song talks about her bitterness over how mistreated she was when young and how she'll make everyone that disrespected her pay for the insolence.
262** "Big Deal". A musical number about how she despises her brother and his extended family, and her plan to take over Central Park.
263** " That Was All Me". A musical number where she reveals why and how she operated as the Shadow.
264* WomanChild: She may be old, but she acts childish and sometimes [[BlowingARaspberry blow raspberries]].
265[[/folder]]
266
267[[folder:Helen]]
268!!Helen
269[[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/centralpark_helen.png]]
270
271->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaveedDiggs, Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto (Japanese), Guillaume Beaujolais (European French), Luiz Carlos Persy (Brazilian Portuguese), Felix Isenbugel (German) , Andrea Mete (Italian), David Jenner (European Spanish), Merlussa (Latin American Spanish)
272
273->''"If there's a will\
274there's a willy-nilly way\
275To be livin' like I'm top-notch\
276filthy stinking rich, watch!\
277Just gotta be smart like so\
278Keep playin’ my part like so\
279Don't step on my toes\
280Nobody knows what really goes on\
281In Bitsy's rich'n'famous lifestyle penthouse in the tower\
282Gonna have my hour with the willpower..."''
283-->--'''If There's A Will'''
284
285Bitsy's assistant. Beleaguered and disrespected, she plans to some day inherit all of Bitsy's money and get rid of Shampagne.
286----
287* BeleagueredAssistant: She's clearly very exasperated at having to serve Bitsy. She's only doing so in the hopes of inheriting Bitsy's fortune.
288* DragonWithAnAgenda: She's Bitsy's right-hand woman who constantly serves her, but only so that she may inherit Bitsy's fortune.
289* HiddenDepths:
290** Despite her serious personality, she loves monkeys and even has a monkey bank.
291** She's from Weehawken, New Jersey and despite wanting to be rich she still loves her hometown and gets frustrated when Bitsy keep talking down on it.
292* HyperCompetentSidekick: She's very competent at being Bitsy's assistant and usually does all the legwork for Bitsy when dealing with her hotel staff and rescuing her.
293* IntergenerationalFriendship: She ends up becoming as close to friendly as she can get with Cole when he offers to walk Shampagne for her.
294* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Helen seriously contemplates offing Shampagne to get the dog out of Bitsy's will, but ultimately can't go through with it due to Cole's influence. Then, she ends up saving Shampagne and Cole when they race into traffic anyway.
295* LongGame: Helen has been working for an unknown amount of years for Bitsy in order to make sure she is in her will and will get everything she can from Helen. Believing that she is in the home stretch, her main goal now is to make sure that Shampagne isn't in front of her.
296* MyMasterRightOrWrong: In "Celeste We Forget", she admits to Paige that she hates Bitsy for the way she treats her and would gladly hurt her, but she put in a lot of effort to gain Bitsy's trust, sacrificed all her happiness, and tries to make sure she's in her will to betray her trust now.
297* ServileSnarker: She'll make snarky comments at Bitsy without her knowing about it.
298* VagueAge: While she looks old, she isn't old like Bitsy and her exact age is unknown. In "The Shadow" Bitsy lampshades this and thinks her age is between 40 and 90.
299* {{Workaholic}}: She realizes she's this in "Mother's Daze". When she's finally given a day off and goes to a spa resort to relax, she grows bored and ends her day off because she didn't know how to relax and she would rather continue to try to get into Bitsy's will.
300[[/folder]]
301
302[[folder:Shampagne]]
303!!Shampagne
304
305%%->'''Voiced by:''' TBA
306
307Bitsy's pet dog.
308----
309* AmbiguouslyGay: He is referred to with male pronouns and has a romance with a great dane that is also referred to with male pronouns. This is not really brought up, as AnimalsLackAttributes.
310* MoralityPet: Literally. He's probably one of the few living things Bitsy shows any affections and kindness towards.
311* MyNaymeIs: He's named "Shampagne", but it is pronounced like the drink of the same name.
312* SpoiledSweet: A dog variant. Despite Bitsy constantly spoiling Shampagne with gifts and affection, he remains a rather well-adjusted and friendly dog.
313[[/folder]]
314
315!!Central Park
316People who work or are normally seen at Central Park.
317----
318!!!Park Workers
319[[folder:Elwood]]
320!!Elwood
321->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RoryOMalley
322
323->''"Don't sweat the small stuff\
324and isn't it all stuff?\
325You can just let go\
326Because you know\
327It won't make it better\
328It'll just make you feel worse today\
329And in this life, today's all we got\
330So when I have a problem, I just say:\
331'Oh well', 'moving on', 'anyway'!"''
332-->--'''Small Stuff'''
333
334
335A park ranger and Owen's partner at Central Park.
336----
337* BlitheSpirit: Deconstructed in his character song in the Season 3 finale. His philosophy is to coast through life without worrying about anything, which includes the consequences of his own actions. During the song he innocently reveals that--among other things--he [[spoiler:doesn't pay taxes, eats raw chicken, witnessed a crime committed by the Russian mob, and isn't even qualified to be a park ranger]].
338* TheDitz: He means well, but he's not the brightest worker at the park. In "Live It Up Tonight", he almost got Owen in trouble with an auditor who almost got him fired because he used the worm receipt to make a temporary home for his pet worm and then threw the receipt away and never told Owen about it. And in "Central Dark", he throws away all his electronics because he thinks that they don't work anymore due to the blackout.
339* TheFool: No matter what stupid thing he does, things will turn out more or less okay. Judging by his comment on how he "ate asbestos as a kid", this isn't a recent aspect of his life.
340* HiddenDepths: For how much of an airhead he is, he seems to be musically gifted. "You Are The Music", his duet with Birdie, shows that he is quite amazed by Elwood's skills with music even in-universe, and Owen even mentions he is probably the most skilled person in music he knows, even considering Birdie who plays music for a living. He's not particularly skilled as a teacher for it, though.
341* KarmaHoudini: In the Season 3 finale, he sings about how he [[spoiler:doesn't pay taxes, lied on his resume, and only sold three tote bags at the park fair]]. Luckily, Owen only [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne seems bothered by one of these]].
342* NumberTwo: He appears to be this to Owen, since he's the only park worker to update Owen on the status of the park.
343[[/folder]]
344
345[[folder:Fran]]
346!!Fran
347->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JanelleJames, Creator/YvetteNicoleBrown (singing voice)
348
349Another park ranger at Central Park who usually works with Owen and Elwood.
350----
351* DeadpanSnarker: She's usually this to Owen because of the way he take certain things seriously.
352* TakingYouWithMe: A non-lethal example. In "Of Course You Realize This Means Ward", when the other workers think Owen is going to fire them, thanks to Elwood misunderstanding Owen's words, she tells Owen she quits and she's going to take this place down with her. After Owen clears things up, he's shocked that she had that ready to go.
353[[/folder]]
354
355!!!Parkgoers
356[[folder:Birdie]]
357!!Birdie
358[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/centralpark_birdie.png]]
359
360->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoshGad, Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi (Japanese), Thierry Wermuth (European French), Olivier Podesta (singing, European French), Alexandre Moreno (Brazilian Portuguese), Manuel Straube (German), Gabriele Lopez (Italian), Miguel Antelo (European Spanish), Luis Leonardo Suarez (Latin American Spanish)
361
362->''"They call me Birdie, cause I sing like a bird, and I bathed on that fountain."''
363
364A busker at Central Park and the show's narrator.
365----
366* TheAgeless: [[spoiler:In "Castle Sweet Castle", when Birdie first meets the Tillerman many years ago, back when Molly was a toddler and Cole was a baby, he looks exactly the same as he does in the present, even wearing the same clothes]].
367* AllKnowingSingingNarrator: He knows what's going to happen in the story and points out a small detail that will be important later on. Although, he has to stalk the Tillermans so he can explain to the audience what's going on.
368* AmbiguouslyGay: Birdie shows hints that he has a crush on Owen. Sometimes calling him "cute", calling Owen his best friend, and loving it when he ''thinks'' Owen called him "baby".
369* BeneathNotice: How he explains to Paige how he knew about Bitsy's money-laundering scam with the Mayor — people say all kinds of sensitive things in front of him without much concern that he's listening.
370* ContinueYourMissionDammit: In numerous episodes, he has scenes where he tries to nudge the characters in the direction they need to take for the story to progress, such as singing loudly in order to get Molly to notice that Brendan is flying his kite in "Hat Luncheon".
371* FamilyOfChoice: Birdie admits in "Rival Busker" that he sees the Tillermans as his own family.
372* InkSuitActor: Closely resembles his voice actor, Creator/JoshGad.
373* MeaningfulName: He's called Birdie because he sings like a bird... and because he bathes in the Park's bird fountain.
374* PungeonMaster: Birdie loves to make puns!
375* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: When narrating, Birdie has a tendency to say sound effects out loud, such as making whooshing sounds when the camera moves or text flies in, or a whirring noise when a list is scrolling up the screen.
376* SayingTooMuch: In "Dog Spray Afternoon", Birdie reveals there are rules he needs to follow as the narrator, the biggest one being that he can't give spoilers to the characters in the story. [[InternalReveal He later blurts out to Paige that Bitsy is the one money laundering for Mayor Whitebottom,]] which in turn leads to a new narrator stepping in, with Birdie unaware of this.
377* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Despite the fact that Narrators aren’t supposed to interfere with the story, Birdie can’t bear to see the Tillermans in trouble and rushes in to help them, despite the threat of being removed from the story completely if he does.
378* StalkerWithoutACrush: Justified since he's the narrator, but he knows it's bad if he gets caught.
379* StreetPerformer: It's how he makes a living at Central Park and he plays the violin. It seems that being a narrator is also a job to him, though.
380[[/folder]]
381
382[[folder:Glorious Gary]]
383!!Glorious Gary
384->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristopherJackson
385
386->''"We gotta do it while we can\
387We gotta do it while we can\
388We gotta do it while we can\
389There's no time to waste, so take my hand..."''
390-->-- '''Do It While We Can'''
391
392A local skater in Central Park who usually skates around Skater's Circle.
393----
394* RhymeThemeNaming: His name is Gary and his best friend is named Larry, which is lampshaded by Owen.
395[[/folder]]
396
397[[folder:Griffin]]
398!!Griffin
399
400[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/centralpark_griffin.png]]
401
402->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndrewRannells, Creator/{{KENN}} (Japanese)
403->''"You've been distracted by a dude\
404Who's been uprooting the whole plot\
405I'm not trying to be rude\
406But there's no way in hell he's got\
407A pair of First Class Hands\
408Don't you wanna be in\
409First Class Hands?"''
410-->--'''First Class Hands'''
411
412Another busker in Central Park, who becomes the new narrator at the end of "Dog Spray Afternoon" after Birdie breaks the rule of revealing spoilers to a character in the story.
413----
414* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Griffin explains to Birdie that narrators aren't supposed to insert themselves in the story or meddle in the lives of its characters — in his own words, "they gotta make their own decisions, we just get to watch".
415* BystanderSyndrome: He will do anything to keep himself from being involved in the story, even letting Owen and Cole die.
416* EvilCounterpart: He's one to Birdie as both are street musicians that also serve as narrators to the story, but while Birdie is friendly to the main characters willing to help them on occasion at the risk of loosing his role of narrating, Griffin is apathetic to them even willing to let them die to maintain his occupation.
417* FreudianExcuse: It's possibly hinted he's the pig farmer's kid in the song "Too Close". In which case yes, he does have a personal reason why to not get too attached, even if the powers that be ultimately got tired of him.
418* HateSink: He manages to be this in the one episode he appears in, if only because he's such a egotistical and smug hypocrite who annoys everybody with his constant bragging. Then he allows an owl to attack a father and son (who also just so happen to be the people his job depends on being alive) just adding the final little bit of ''salt'' to his status as this before his bosses kick him out of the show.
419* {{Hypocrite}}: He ''claims'' to be a much better narrator than Birdie, but most of "First Class Hands" is him ''bragging'' about it, quite clearly breaking the established "don't make [the story] about you" rule. Not only that, his insistence on narrating the "right" way and never getting "too close" (physically or emotionally) to the people he's narrating almost gets Owen and Cole ''killed,'' which would've ruined the story ''way'' worse than Birdie's one spoiler did.
420* LackOfEmpathy: Because of his instance on following the rules and being a detached, objective, "perfect" narrator, Griffin lacks Birdie's attachment to the Tillerman family. He's ''so'' detached, in fact, that he doesn't do anything to help get Owen and Cole — who are stuck in a tree and getting attacked by an angry mother owl — down, even when he ''knows'' that he's the only one around to do something about it.
421* LoveHurts: Griffin's life philosophy, and why he refuses to get emotionally attached to anything.
422* LoveMakesYouDumb: Feels it's why Birdie got "fired", because getting 'too close' to the Tillermans is what led to him accidentally blurting out a spoiler.
423* {{Narcissist}}: Almost every scene he's in is just him bragging how awesome he is.
424* PutOnABus: After Birdie gets his role as narrator back, Griffin leaves the story completely, with no explanation to where he is going.
425* SafetyInIndifference: Griffin's main point in "Too Close", believing it's better to avoid attachments completely than to set yourself up for inevitable heartbreak.
426* TheSociopath: Shows signs of being one such as having a huge ego and showing no remorse in letting a father and child die if it meant he wasn't breaking the narrator rules.
427* TakingUpTheMantle: He becomes the narrator because Birdie accidentally broke the narrator rules by revealing a spoiler to Paige.
428* VillainSong: "First Class Hands". The song is one big brag of how much better he is at narrating than Birdie and subsequently trashing Birdie for messing up and losing his job.
429* WouldHurtAChild: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that Griffin himself doesn't directly hurt children, but he does allows an owl to attack an 11-year old boy and was willing to let said boy potentially fall to his death.
430* YouCantFightFate: Constantly preaches this to Birdie, as he believes narrators shouldn't try to mess with the consequences of character's actions.
431[[/folder]]
432
433[[folder:Louie]]
434->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinCorrigan
435
436->''"Louie's Hot Dogs! Easy to eat, hard to forget!"''
437
438A local hot dog vendor in Central Park.
439----
440* LovedByAll: His customers love him not just because his hot dogs are the best in the city, but because he's friendly to everyone and he helps them out. "He Touched Us (With His Hot Dogs)" is a testament to how beloved he is in New York City and why they help him break the park record for longest running vendor in Central Park.
441* RememberTheNewGuy: He's been selling hot dogs for 30 years in Central Park, but he's introduced in Season 3 "A Hot Dog to Remember" and this is the first time we have ever heard of him since there are other hot dog carts in the park.
442* SupremeChef: His hot dogs are some of the best there was.
443[[/folder]]
444
445!!Family Members of the Brandenham
446[[folder:Ambrose Brandenham]]
447!!Ambrose Brandenham
448->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EdAsner
449->''"What's soft and white and has a family crest?\
450Sitting on his fortune like a viper on his nest.\
451Big Deal."''
452-->--'''Big Deal'''
453
454Bitsy's older brother and the inheritor of the family fortune. He lives off of it and is quite nasty to his sister.
455----
456* BigBrotherBully: Raised as the favorite, Ambrose would bully Bitsy just like his own father and nanny would do to her. Even in their old age, he is still mean to her.
457* {{Foil}}: While he and Bitsy are short, cranky, rich old people, they have their differences. He has a lot of family members who mooches off of him while she has no family of her own. He inherited their father's money and hasn't earned money himself that wasn't interest, while she inherited her family's hotel and worked hard to turn it into a multi-million dollar business without any help.
458* IdleRich: Bitsy accuses him of being one, as all the money he made for himself was out of loans with the family money, while Bitsy took their rundown hotel and turned into a multi-million dollar business. Both of them also see his extended family as this, as they live by mooching off of him.
459* MiniatureSeniorCitizen: He's only slightly taller than Bitsy.
460[[/folder]]
461
462[[folder:Leopold Brandenham]]
463!!Leopold Brandenham
464->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanStevens
465
466->''"Driving is like negotiating. You should do it fast, tipsy, and make everyone feel like they're gonna die."''
467
468Bitsy and Ambrose's father.
469----
470* AllThereInTheManual: His name was revealed to be "Leopold" in the closed captions of the song "Clean Money".
471* TheAlcoholic: He's shown drinking a lot, even while he's teaching Bitsy how to drive.
472* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Considering everything Bitsy learned from business came from her father, it's safe to say this is how he was in past. In "Where There's Smoke", he sung "Clean Money", which is about having clean money mixed in with dirty money to ensure that no one can find out about the dirty money.
473* DrivesLikeCrazy: He thought Bitsy how to drive and gave her terrible advice that he stands firmly on.
474--> "Seat beats are for cowards. Everything is a parking spot if you park there. Never go under 40 miles an hour. ''(later on)'' Driving is like negotiating. You should do it fast, tipsy, and make everyone feel like they're gonna die."
475* PosthumousCharacter: He's been long dead since Bitsy and Ambrose inherited his assets, but his influence on Bitsy is what made her the woman she is today.
476* WantedASonInstead: He was not shy about how much he would have rather had a second son instead of Bitsy.
477--> '''Bitsy:''' He never missed an opportunity to tell me that he wished I'd been a boy. With a penis. He never said the penis part but it was implied.
478[[/folder]]
479
480!!What's New, New York?
481[[folder:Marvin]]
482!!Marvin
483->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TonyShalhoub
484
485The editor-of-chief of What's New, New York? and Paige's boss.
486----
487* BenevolentBoss: He originally had Paige write fluffy news and Paige is trying to convince him to let her write real news stories. But after she wrote a story about the turtlehead flowers getting destroyed thanks to the people trying to find Bitsy's dog, he printed her story online and gave her the chance to write real news.
488* DaEditor: He's a calmer version of this, but he still demands Paige to get him a story for the papers.
489[[/folder]]
490
491[[folder:Doug]]
492->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianHuskey
493
494A co-worker of Paige
495----
496
497[[/folder]]
498
499!!Others
500[[folder:Mayor Whitney Whitebottom]]
501!!Mayor Whitney Whitebottom
502->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HJonBenjamin
503
504The mayor of New York City.
505----
506* AlliterativeName: '''W'''hitney '''W'''hitebottom.
507* ButtMonkey: He may be the mayor, but Bitsy doesn't treat him like an equal and is not afraid to hurt him or throw stuff at him.
508* CorruptPolitician: He's in league with Bitsy, who wants the Central Park defunded so she can buy the park when it starts to deteriorate.
509* DirtyCoward: When a fight between the politicians and socialites breaks out during the Hat Luncheon, he hides under the table and doesn't try to pacify the fighting. He even abandons his people and has Paige help him escape in exchange he provides a quote to her.
510* ExtremeDoormat: To put it simply, he is a pushover.
511[[/folder]]
512
513[[folder:Anya]]
514!!Anya
515[[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/centralpark_anya.png]]
516
517->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JessicaLowe
518->''"Your husband-\
519Will love me despite my oligarch daddy"''
520-->--'''Show Up'''
521
522The daughter of a Russian mobster working with Bitsy. Molly and Paige befriend her when they find her running away from her wedding.
523----
524* PepTalkSong: "Show Up", a song meant to encourage her to show up at her own wedding, which she sings together with Paige and Molly.
525* PostStressOvereating: She's so nervous about marrying her fiancé that she starts stress eating. Eventually, she gets cold-feet and runs from the wedding, but not before grabbing some meat from the hotel's kitchen. Molly found her and hides her in her room, where she eats all the expensive snacks in her room.
526* RunawayBride: She flees her own wedding out of fear that, by marrying Zack, she will permanently tangle him with her family's shady business.
527[[/folder]]
528
529[[folder:Interim Mayor Leeds '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
530!!Interim Mayor Quincey Leeds
531
532->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SamRichardson
533
534The temporary mayor of New York City after Mayor Whitebottom resigned after Paige exposed his corruption.
535----
536* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He trusts Bitsy and believes her claims that she loves the park, with her very blatant attempt to cover up her firing an employee for giving a veteran a free upgrade for their honeymoon flying right over Quincey's head.
537* InnocentlyInsensitive: He accidentally riles up Owen's anxiety about his "We Heart the Park" campaign by talking about how the park commissioner might fire him if it goes wrong.
538* MundaneMadeAwesome: His family ran a laundry, so he's ecstatic at being in the Brandenham's laundry room and performs a musical number about it. Bitsy finds it annoying.
539* NiceGuy: Unlike Mayor Whitebottom, he's a pleasant individual who is friendly with everyone.
540* UnwittingPawn: Bitsy's goal is to get him to become permanent mayor and manipulate him into helping her buy Central Park.
541[[/folder]]

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