| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | !Scotland |
| 3 | !!'''Christie family''' |
| 4 | [[folder:As a whole]] |
| 5 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Sandybell has a lot of human friends, but they also include dogs, a squirrel, rabbits, birds and cats. Leslie also believes HuntingIsEvil and refuses to punish Sandybell for rescuing an injured duck. |
| 6 | * NiceGuy: Leslie is a [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure beloved teacher]] because of his righteous sense of justice, and also raised Sandybell to always be respectful and genuine |
| 7 | [[/folder]] |
| 8 | [[folder:Sandybell Christie]] |
| 9 | !!'''Sandybell Christie''' (サンディベル クリスティー) |
| 10 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YurikoYamamoto (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Barbara Delsol (French), Creator/AlessandraKarpoff/Creator/CinziaDeCarolis (Italian), Marianna Triantafyllidou/Creator/MatinaKarras (Greek), Nawal Hijazi (Arabic), Demi Chávez/Adriana Carillo (Latin American Spanish), Mario Dolores Gispert (European Spanish), Zélia Santos (European Portuguese), Creator/AnitaWall (Swedish), Tamara Zsigmond (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 11 | A 12 year old girl from Scotland who loves flowers, animals and making friends. The death of her father changes her life completely. |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | [[quoteright:568:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandybell2.png]] |
| 14 | [[caption-width-right:568:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandybell2_3.png[[/labelnote]] to see her in her outdoors outfit]] |
| 15 | [[caption-width-right:568:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandybelle3.png[[/labelnote]] to see her in her alternate outfit]] |
| 16 | [[caption-width-right:568:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandybellin_london.png[[/labelnote]] to see her London outfit]] |
| 17 | [[caption-width-right:568:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandybell3.png[[/labelnote]] to see her in her overalls]] |
| 18 | |
| 19 | * ABoyAndHisX: A girl and her collie/Scottish sheepdog mix, Oliver. |
| 20 | * AllLovingHero: She is very idealistic, believes humans are inherently kind, and does good things without expecting anything in return. |
| 21 | * BreakTheCutie: The death of her father leads to many dark secrets unfurling, like how she's not his biological daughter, that she was rescued from a shipwreck, that Honor Ronwood wants to kick her out and even if she somehow did manage to track her parents (which would be pretty hard considering they used fake passports on the ship), her mother is probably a victim of HumanTraffickers. Nevertheless, [[PluckyGirl Sandybell resolves to find her]]. |
| 22 | * ButNotTooBlack: [[spoiler: A variant. Sandybell has blonde hair, pale skin and blue eyes. Her biological father is stated to be from France, but he has black hair and tanned skin. This could imply he's a person of color, or that he's from the Southern region of France (that tends to be more phenotypically tanned).]] |
| 23 | * CheerfulChild: She's 12 at the start of the series and has a very energetic and kind personality. |
| 24 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: She risks her life to save a sheep from Kitty's car, Edward from the rushing stream, and [[spoiler: Jirobi from the exploding oil cannisters]]. Whenever Sandybell sees anyone in danger, she doesn't think and instantly acts to save them. |
| 25 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler: Has known Mark since she was 12, and is together with him four years later.]] |
| 26 | * CoolBigSis: Sandybell is viewed as this by the other kids, because she always has fun ideas like playing in the forbidden area and building a raft. |
| 27 | * CountryMouse: She grew up in rural Scotland, with her father Leslie, and has known nothing but flowers and fauna ever since. |
| 28 | * TheCutie: Sandybell is an adorable young girl with an upbeat demeanor in spite of the fact that she's an [[HeartwarmingOrphan orphan]]. She's a PluckyGirl who doesn't let the negativity of others bring her down, and impresses even her most dedicated of detractors with her spirit, eventually turning them into her friends. |
| 29 | * DamselInDistress: She's kidnapped by a hitman at one point, but is freed thanks to Mark and Oliver. |
| 30 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: As a baby, she was found in a shipwreck by Lesie Christie and Kern Longwood, with no clues of her parents in sight. Leslie adopted her and raised her as his daughter, moving to Scotland afterwards. |
| 31 | * {{Determinator}}: Nothing puts down Sandybell when she makes up her mind, much to Alec's annoyance. Mark calls it "inspiring". |
| 32 | * DivingSave: When Kitty's car was about to hit a sheep, Sandybell jumped in front of it and carried the sheep to safety. |
| 33 | * DubNameChange: |
| 34 | ** In the original Japanese version, she was known as Sandybelle, but in most foreign dubs she's called '''Sandybell'''. |
| 35 | ** In the Latin American dub, her name is changed to '''Sandybell Leslie'''. |
| 36 | ** In the French dub, her name is changed to '''Sandy'''. |
| 37 | * DudeMagnet: Mark has a not so subtle crush on her. Charles has a crush on her too, of the LovingBully variant. |
| 38 | * ExactEavesdropping: Sandybell happens to hear Mrs. Ronwood speak badly her to her husband, and is deeply hurt at first. However, she then becomes horrified when she continues to eavesdrop and hears him reveal her true origins - that she was stranded on a ship as a baby and her parents were nowhere to be found. |
| 39 | * FashionableAsymmetry: She wears mismatched socks - both are yellow, but the right side has pink stripes at the top and the left one has blue ones. |
| 40 | * GenkiGirl: She is always cheerful, even if she's in the most chaotic of situations. Exemplified the most in an early episode where Sandybell and Maggie are playing on swings. Maggie is scared and cover her eyes while Sandybell keeps laughing as she goes higher and higher. |
| 41 | * GirlishPigtails: She wears her hair like this, fitting her youthful nature. She tends to tie it up with beads and bows. |
| 42 | * GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She is very feminine, usually dresses in pink and is a CaringGardener. However, she also enjoys riding Oliver like a horse, playing football with the other kids and is a skilled swimmer. |
| 43 | * GreenThumb: Sandybell tends to the Countess of Wellington's garden after she rejects the Shearer's gardener, and later plants the white narcissus the Countess gifted her into her own makeshift garden, surrounded by further flowers and stones. |
| 44 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair and InnocentBlueEyes, and is a kind and sweet soul. |
| 45 | * HappilyAdopted: Though she didn't know she was adopted, before her father dies, he tells her that she's not his child by blood - he found her in a wrecked ship in the aftermath of a stormy sea. |
| 46 | * HeartwarmingOrphan: The biggest factor in Mrs. Ronwood's change of demeanor towards her is because she's always cheerful no matter how nasty her and Eva are to her. |
| 47 | * InconsistentSpelling: In the original Japanese version, her name is '''Sandybelle'''. However, all foreign versions of the anime change it to '''Sandybell'''. |
| 48 | ** Sandybell's name is spelled as "Sandybelle" in-universe many times, most prominently in the final episode with the tapestry that reads "Sandybelle [[spoiler: & Mark]]", even in the dubbed versions. This makes it odd when many DVD box covers spell her name as "Sandybell". |
| 49 | * IntrepidReporter: She decides to pursue this career at Ronwood's newspaper company. Unfortunately, because EvilIsPetty, Kitty also takes an interest there. |
| 50 | * IWillFindYou: Sandybell was born and raised in Scotland - or so she thought. She finds out later that she was rescued by her adoptive father Leslie from a shipwreck, and the only clue of her past is a daffodil earring. She decides to travel all around Europe to find her mother. |
| 51 | * KidDetective: When thieves steal important from items Mr. Ronwood's office, Sandybell and Oliver work together to find the culprit. She's also an IntrepidReporter that ousts drug organizations in the country. |
| 52 | * KiddyCoveralls: Sandybell wears orange overalls and enjoys playing with animals and in nature, defies the adults who tell her where she can't play, and is the ringleader of the RagtagBunchOfMisfits. |
| 53 | * KidHero: Sandybell is 12 at the start of the story. She helps bust corrupt drug dealers, saves animals from danger and rescued Edward while he was drowning, amongst other deeds. |
| 54 | * LittleMissBadass: Early in the series, she rescues Edward while he's struggling in the river (using her small size to support him against the currents). During the France arc, Sandybell even jumps on top of a fleeing Jirobi's car so he can't run away from the cops, and manages to retrieve him after he's gravely self-injured by the explosion. |
| 55 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Mark. He constantly thinks of her when he's sleeping on the streets, and can't help but see her in everything he draws. |
| 56 | * LongHairIsFeminine: She [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandybell_0.jpg actually]] has long hair, and loves flowers and the colour pink. |
| 57 | * MissingMom: She was raised by a single father, Leslie, and would constantly question him about her mother. However, he refused to tell her anything about her, just that she was a very pretty lady who died of a disease when she was little. He eventually confesses, when he's on the brink of death, that he never knew her mother and she's adopted. The rest of the anime is about Sandybell looking for her, [[spoiler: and eventually finding her in the island of Lefkada]]. |
| 58 | * {{Motifs}}: Flowers. The Countess of Wellington gifts her a white lily, and she loves to tend to the plants at the garden, where she meets Mark. |
| 59 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Sandybell encounters a frenzied horse running around and calms it down. The horse warms up to her, and allows it to ride it around. When [[AlphaBitch Kitty]] (the true owner of the horse) sees this, she {{Bitch Slap}}s Sandybell for riding her horse (even though her own negligence caused it to run away). |
| 60 | * ObliviousAdoption: Leslie deliberately hid the fact that he wasn't Sandybell's biological dad. He was able to keep up the charade until he was diagnosed with a fatal illness. He then confessed the truth to her before dying, leaving Sandybell in utter shock. |
| 61 | * OrphansPlotTrinket: Before Leslie dies, he gives Sandybell a daffodil earring and says it's all he has of her biological mother. [[spoiler: Linda has the other earring]]. |
| 62 | * PerpetualSmiler: Sandybell is a playful girl and loves animals, so she smiles a lot. It goes hand in hand with her being a GenkiGirl. However, as the arcs progress, Sandybell slowly starts to lose her smile, even breaking down when she goes to London for the first time. |
| 63 | * PinkIsFeminine: Her default outfit is a pink dress with blue ruffles, with a white apron over it. Her final outfit in the series is also a long, pink, poofy gown. |
| 64 | * PluckyGirl: While in Scotland, Sandybell risked being hit and punished if it meant defying Kitty and saving animals. She also stood up to Charles' GangOfBullies and refused to stop seeing Mark, in spite of what Leslie told her. She's also dedicated to getting news stories out regardless if everyone else at Ronwood's mocks her. |
| 65 | * ThePollyanna: Sandybell is this to the point she can be considered an {{Expy}} of the original ''Literature/{{Pollyanna}}'', being a jovial HeartwarmingOrphan who doesn't let the bad things in her life weigh her down. She's introduced as a [[SpiritedYoungLady chaotic mess]] who doesn't fear anything, and throughout the series, she never lets her hope for a better future fall through. |
| 66 | * RedIsHeroic: Sandybell has red ribbons in her hair and at some point also dons red overalls (that match with Ricky's). |
| 67 | * SearchingForTheLostRelative: Sandybell was raised by a single father, and longs for the mother she never met. After becoming a journalist, she travels across Europe to find clues about her fate. |
| 68 | * ShipwreckStart: Pushing the shipwreck from the story start into {{Backstory}}: as Sandybell's father Leslie succumbs to his illness, [[spoiler: he tells her she's adopted. He goes on to explain that when he was young, he and his best friend Kern Longwood found an abandoned baby in a shipwreck accident, that baby being Sandybell. There was no mother in sight, and her father's corpse was on the ship as well. Thus, Leslie took home Sandybell and raised her as if she was his own]]. |
| 69 | * SpiritedYoungLady: When she was in Scotland, Sandybell would often defy rules set by those around her (like playing on the swings of a random BigFancyHouse, and entering the Wellington castle without permission to retreieve the kid's ball), and fight with people who's ideals clashed with hers (like taking the injured bird Kitty shot, and declaring that hunting wasn't right). It helped colour the neighbourhood kid's perception of her as a CoolBigSis. |
| 70 | * StylishSunhats: During the London arc, she dons a beautiful, wide-brimmed white sunhat with yellow flowers on the top. |
| 71 | * TwoFirstNames: Both "Sandybell" and "Christie" are common as surnames, especially the former. |
| 72 | * UnlimitedWardrobe: Sandybell goes through a variety of different outfits at different arcs in the show, such as her pink beret and overalls. |
| 73 | [[/folder]] |
| 74 | [[folder:Leslie Christie]] |
| 75 | !!Leslie Christie (レスリー クリスティー) |
| 76 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yoshio Kaneuchi (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Jean-Luc Kayzer (French), Augusto Di Bono/[[DuelingDubs Sergio Tedesco]] (Italian), Kostas Skokos/George Mazis (Greek), Samir Chamas (Arabic), David Povall (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Jorge Mota (European Portuguese), Creator/TomasBolme (Swedish), Géza Koroknay (Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 77 | Sandybell's father. Before he dies, he confesses to her that she's adopted. |
| 78 | ---- |
| 79 | [[quoteright:720:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leslie_2.jpg]] |
| 80 | * BitchSlap: While he's generally a doting dad, he'll gladly dish these out here and there to Sandybell. |
| 81 | * DubNameChange: |
| 82 | ** He was known as '''Cristóbal''' in the Latin American Spanish dub. |
| 83 | ** He was known as '''Luís Christie''' in the European Portuguese dub. |
| 84 | * {{Fainting}}: He faints constantly as part of his illness. When he faints in the middle of the night, it's a sign that things aren't going to get any better. |
| 85 | * FriendToAllChildren: He was a school teacher and well-respected by his students for being kind and understanding. |
| 86 | * GenderBlenderName: "Leslie" is more commonly used as a girl's name. |
| 87 | * GoodParents: When he was young, he had a promising future as an excellent teacher at a prestigious school in London, but after rescuing baby Sandybell from a stormy sea and deciding to raise her, he quit his job and moved to a small town in Scotland. Sandybell remembers him as a kind, caring, doting father and misses him dearly after he's gone. |
| 88 | * IcyBlueEyes: They're very prominent, especially amongst his graying hair. |
| 89 | * MandatoryMotherhood: Gender-inverted and averted. In a flashback, it's revealed that Leslie had a fiancee. They broke up because she didn't agree to raise Sandybell. |
| 90 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: After he dies, Sandybell is forced to leave Scotland and move to the Ronwood's. |
| 91 | * SecretlyDying: He has a heart condition and passes away on Christmas day. |
| 92 | [[/folder]] |
| 93 | !!'''Wellington family''' |
| 94 | [[folder:As a whole]] |
| 95 | * BlueBlood: The Wellingtons are a noble family, and Mark's mother is a Scottish noble. |
| 96 | * BigFancyHouse: A castle in this case, that's run down on the outside, but very spacious on the inside. |
| 97 | * FamilyEyeResemblance: Mark inherited is IcyBlueEyes from his mother. However, his hair is red while hers is blonde. |
| 98 | * FlowersOfFemininity: Subverted. Both Mark and his mother tend to the Castle's flower garden in their spare time, and are happy to let the children help there too. |
| 99 | * ImpoverishedPatrician: In spite of their Blueblood, the Wellingtons are near-penniless by the time the story starts. |
| 100 | * RichesToRags: The Wellington family was once wealthy, but due to a number of poor financial decision on his father's part, they're left near-penniless by the start of the story. |
| 101 | * SpoiledSweet: A variant. They're not rich, but of BlueBlood, but don't look down on the ordinary commonfolk of Scotland. |
| 102 | ** The Countess welcomes Sandybell when she enters the castle to retrieve the children's football, and when the Shearers send a gardener to extend an olive branch, she rejects it. Sandybell and her friends offer to tend to the garden, she allows them and rewards them with cookies. |
| 103 | ** Mark spends his days drawing in the countryside and when Sandybell asks who he is, he says he is "the Prince of the Garden" and hides his heritage. Very few people know he's the son of a Countess, though there are some exceptions like Kitty. |
| 104 | [[/folder]] |
| 105 | [[folder:Mark Blanche Wellington]] |
| 106 | !!Mark Blanche Wellington (マーク＝ブランチ＝ウェリントン) |
| 107 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanetoShiozawa (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Eric Baugin (French), Alberto Sette (Italian), Yannis Kalatzopoulos/Fotis Armenis/Argyris Pavlidis (Greek), Muhammad Ibrahim (Arabic), Javier Ponton (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), João Paulo Costa (European Portuguese), Creator/TomasBolme (Swedish), Péter Galambos (Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 108 | The son of the Countess of Wellington who befriends Sandybell when she's invited to her mansion. |
| 109 | ---- |
| 110 | [[quoteright:550:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marc2_5.png]] |
| 111 | [[caption-width-right:550:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marc_1.png[[/labelnote]]to see his outdoors outfit]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | * BigDamnHeroes: When Charles gets his GangOfBullies to destroy the Countess' garden and attack Sandybell for trying to protect it, Mark appears, and starts fistfighting Charles. Charles is too slow to avoid him and ends up with a nasty beating, and Sandybell grows a new appreciation for him. |
| 114 | * BreakTheCutie: After his parents die in a car accident, he's hounded endlessly over his BlueBlood and told that as a Wellington he must restore honour to their name or leave their legacy in shame. Mark can't take it anymore, and runs away. |
| 115 | * DubNameChange: |
| 116 | ** His name was changed to '''[[BarelyChangedDubName Marcos]]''' in the Latin American Spanish dub. |
| 117 | ** Similarly, in the European Portuguese dub his name was changed to '''[[BarelyChangedDubName Marco]]'''. |
| 118 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: Kitty can clearly see he likes Sandybell, and it makes her green with envy. |
| 119 | * GoldDigger: Enforced. Because the Wellingtons are losing money, it was proposed that Mark marry Kitty. [[spoiler: Mark refuses, and runs away on the night of the engagement party to pursue his dream of being a painter.]] |
| 120 | * HairColorDissonance: His hair is red, but is depicted as [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294099/mediaviewer/rm2342439681/ brown]] in other instances. |
| 121 | * HomelessHero: He is explicitly shown to be sleeping in the gutters after running away from home. |
| 122 | * InconsistentSpelling: Averted. In the final episode, his name is explicitly spelled as "Mark" on the tapestry. |
| 123 | * InnocentBlueEyes: At heart, Mark was a kid who wasn't allowed to have a normal childhood because of factors out of his control, and secretly yearns for normalcy. He also has cold, baby-blue eyes. |
| 124 | * IntimateArtistry: His hobby is drawing, and he loves Sandybell. [[spoiler: The night he runs away from his ArrangedMarriage to Kitty, he first goes to Sandy's house, opens the window and leaves her his drawing notebook with a note telling her that he will become a painter, and one day he will return to look for her.]] |
| 125 | * IWillFindYou: He promises Sandybell this before running away, knowing that he must restore his family prestige before they can be together. To his shock, Sandybell moves out of Scotland too and they actually bump into each other along the way. |
| 126 | * ModestRoyalty: He's the son of the Countess, but wears worn out clothes when he's drawing and painting the countryside. Sandybell even meets him this way. |
| 127 | * NiceGuy: He's a genuine and down-to-earth guy who stays strong and is humble in spite of his origins. He noticably lacks Kitty's RichBitch attitude and is like his mother instead. |
| 128 | * PerpetualSmiler: By the start of the story, Mark is a happy kid who wants to be friends with everyone. [[spoiler: When things [[BreakTheCutie get worse and Mark is driven to the streets, he starts being unable to do this any longer]].]] |
| 129 | * PrettyBoy: He has striking blue eyes, ruffled hair and is very good looking. |
| 130 | * RagsToRiches:[[spoiler: To express his grief of losing his mother, Mark began painting unconventional art. One day, an art dealer took interest in them and put them on display at the European New Artist Paintings Exhibition. His artwork was popular it won the Grand Prix award, which carried a heavy monetary reward]]. |
| 131 | * RedheadInGreen: When Sandybell meets Mark, he's wearing tattered brown clothes over a green shirt. |
| 132 | * SingleTargetSexuality: He's attracted to Sandybell and only Sandybell, and by the end of the anime, they're an OfficialCouple. |
| 133 | * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: He helps Sandybell find her mother as he was the only one who knew Laurent, who had clues on Linda Edwards, Sandy's biological mother]]. |
| 134 | * TearsOfJoy: [[spoiler: When Lusanne tells Mark he was looking for him ever since he found his paintings and wants to display them in the contest, Mark cries in relief, finally finding success after years of living as a starving artist.]] |
| 135 | * TrueArtIsAngsty: [[spoiler: After the deaths of the Count and Countess of Wellington, Mark becomes a shell of his former self. To make matters worse, he is engaged to [[RichBitch Kitty Shearer]] purely so that the Wellingtons can save face and access her inheritance. Mark is disgusted by this, so he breaks off their engagement and runs away, willingly choosing to live on the streets rather than enter a marriage he hates. The grief of losing his parents at a young age motivates him to create dark and unconventional art. One day, famed art collector Roussanne notices Mark's artwork, likes it, and puts it on a museum, catapulting him into the public eye]]. |
| 136 | * VagueAge: Mark is a wide-eyed idealist and tends to behave like a KiddieKid at times, but he's also of marriageable age[[note]]In Scotland, the youngest age you can get married is 16[[/note]] and has a crush on Sandybell (who, according to WordOfGod, is 12). Though by the end of the series, Sandybell is 16. |
| 137 | ** In the second episode, Kitty tries to propose the idea of Mark marrying her, but the Countess says that they are too young to get married and shuts it down. After Mark's BirthdayEpisode, his engagement to Kitty occurs. So Mark was probably 15 upon meeting Sandybell, and 16 for most of the series. This would mean him and Sandybell have a three year age gap. |
| 138 | * WantedPoster: In one episode, Mark becomes a wanted criminal after stealing a bike (to chase some thieves who ran off with his paintings). Sandybell and Ricky are shocked to see his mugshot in the local newspaper. He manages to at least become acquitted afterwards. |
| 139 | * WealthyEverAfter: Mark becomes wealthy after an art dealer discovers his paintings. Formerly a runaway from home who spent his days living on the street, he finally accumulates enough money to bring [[BlueBlood the Wellingtons]] prestige again, and [[spoiler: is in a relationship with Sandybell]]. |
| 140 | * WideEyedIdealist: He becomes this after meeting Sandybell, inspired by her free-spiritedness and courage to do whatever he wants. |
| 141 | [[/folder]] |
| 142 | [[folder:Countess of Wellington]] |
| 143 | !!Countess of Wellington |
| 144 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Ai Sakuma (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Danielle Dinan (French), Maddalena Vadacca/[[DuelingDubs Sonia Scotti]] (Italian), Niki Tsigalou (Greek), Unknown (Arabic), Amparo Brown (Latin American Spanish), Maria Louisa Sola (European Spanish), Glória Férias (European Portuguese), Creator/ElisabethBolmeNordqvist (Swedish), Ildikó Mics (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 145 | A kind lady who, in spite of her wealth and status, is friendly to everyone around her. |
| 146 | ---- |
| 147 | [[quoteright:397:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/countess_of_wellington.jpg]] |
| 148 | * DotingParent: She was very loving to Mark, and also took care of Sandybell while she was at the castle. |
| 149 | * FriendToAllChildren: She befriends Sandybell by giving her a white lily. Sandybelle holds her in high regard after this. She also invites the children to eat at the castle after they help out at the garden. |
| 150 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: The Countess of Wellington loves flowers and dedicates herself to a garden of them. She's also a FriendToAllChildren. |
| 151 | * GoodParents: She loved Mark with all her heart. With her death, he became a shell of his former self and began making dark art to cope. |
| 152 | * NoNameGiven: Her first name is never revealed, we only know her through her title. |
| 153 | * {{Ojou}}: She is a Scottish countess, after all. |
| 154 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: After she dies, Mark is forced by his father to marry Kitty, beginning his subplot of running away from home. |
| 155 | * ParentalSubstitute: Sandybell saw in her the mother she never had, and loved spending time with her. Sadly, she was taken away from her shortly afterwards. |
| 156 | * PrimAndProperBun: She has short hair, but ties it into a bun at the back of her head. |
| 157 | * ShippingTorpedo: Kitty and her mother go to the Countess' estate and tell her about having Kitty marry Mark. The Countess opposes it, saying that Kitty and Mark are much too young to get married, and Kitty spends the car ride home fuming. |
| 158 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: She was a kind, thoughtful lady, but passed away in a traffic accident while she was very young. |
| 159 | [[/folder]] |
| 160 | !!'''Shearer family''' |
| 161 | [[folder:As a whole]] |
| 162 | * DotingParent: Mr. and Mrs. Shearer wouldn't trade the world for Kitty and adore her. They behave more like friends than parents. Especially Mrs. Shearer, who holds Kitty like a child as she cries. |
| 163 | * DubNameChange: |
| 164 | ** They became the '''Shiara''' family in the Italian dub. |
| 165 | ** They became the '''Schiller/Shiller''' family in the Latin American Spanish dub. |
| 166 | * IOweYouMyLife: [[spoiler: After Alec retrieves Kitty from the drug dealers and beats the crud out of them, all three of them thank him and call him a hero. Even Kitty, who was a stuck up snob for most of the series, stares at him with gratitude]]. |
| 167 | * ShipperOnDeck: Initially for Mark/Kitty. [[spoiler: However, when Kitty tells her parents she has fallen for Alec, Mr. and Mrs. Shearer approve of him dating their daughter]]. |
| 168 | * UpperClassTwit: Kitty and her mother are both stuck-up snobs. Mr. Shearer is more modest, having been born into poverty. |
| 169 | [[/folder]] |
| 170 | [[folder:Kitty Shearer]] |
| 171 | !!Kitty Shearer (キティ＝シアラー) |
| 172 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamiKoyama (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Raphaëlle Schacher (French), Creator/EmanuelaPacotto/[[DuelingDubs Anita Bartolucci]] (Italian), Vina Papadopoulou/Leta Musouti (Greek), Marcel Marina/Wafa Tarabih (Arabic), Denise Libre (Latin American Spanish), Clara Nogueira (European Portuguese), Creator/ElisabethBolmeNordqvist (Swedish), Ágnes Zsíros/Zsófia Riha/Éva Madarász (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 173 | A wealthy girl who lives in the same neighborhood as Sandybell. She pines for Mark and does not like the fact that he shows signs of a crush on someone else, so she tries her best to have Mark all for herself. |
| 174 | ---- |
| 175 | |
| 176 | [[quoteright:705:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ks_3.png]] |
| 177 | [[caption-width-right:550:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kitty_shearer.png[[/labelnote]]to see her original outfit, with jacket]] |
| 178 | [[caption-width-right:550:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kitty_shearer_3.png[[/labelnote]]to see her default outfit]] |
| 179 | [[caption-width-right:550:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/weddingdresskitty.png[[/labelnote]]to see her wedding outfit]] |
| 180 | * AlphaBitch: She is stuck-up, petty, domineering and rude, and her most prominent trait in the first few episodes is her [[SpoiledBrat entitlement]] due to being born a Shearer. She treats Sandybell as a punching bag for her wrath, often screams at her BeleagueredAssistant Scappan, and tries to strong arm Mark into doing things she wants, even if he doesn't want it. Kitty's main desire is to get whatever she wants, and when she's denied that, she becomes a monster. |
| 181 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Kitty believes that Sandybell is the reason why Mark doesn't reciprocate her feelings, when in actuality Mark just isn't attracted to her. Even if Sandybell never existed, Mark still would have run away from home because he wanted to follow his dreams of being an artist. Of course, her attitude doesn't help things. |
| 182 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Mark outright admits to not wanting to marry her, to her shock. She still tries to convince him anyway, not realizing that it's driving them further apart. |
| 183 | * AnimalJingoism: Of sorts. Her name is ''Kitty'' and she's afraid of rats. |
| 184 | * ArrangedMarriage: Ever since she learned of Mark, she's been trying to coax him into this, even offering to elevate his economic status if he agrees. |
| 185 | * BeautyIsBad: Despite her awful personality, she is stunningly beautiful. |
| 186 | * BitchSlap: Slapped Sandybell for riding her horse, and threatened her with worse things if she catches her with it again. |
| 187 | * BreakTheHaughty: Her first dose of reality is when Mark leaves her because he can't stand to be married to someone he hates. Then, while working at Ronwood Newspaper Agency (a job she got thanks to {{Nepotism}}), she's kidnapped and attacked by drug dealers who are angry the newspaper has been exposing their illicit deeds. [[spoiler: Kitty learns that life isn't as easy for everyone as it is for her, and apologizes to all the people she's hurt. She accepts that Mark loves Sandybell and even returns the Wellington castle (that her family purchased) as a sign of solidarity.]] |
| 188 | * CantTakeCriticism: When Leslie suggests that Kitty stop hunting, instead of listening to him Kitty stares at him with fury, while the Headmaster cowers in her presence. |
| 189 | ** In another instance, when Alec tells her that she's being LethallyStupid in pursuing the drug dealers because she's unprepared for it, she's so angry she slaps him. |
| 190 | * CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: She goes from being an obsessed rival hell-bent on breaking up Sandybell and Mark's friendship to someone who's a genuine friend to her and accepts her romance with him; PostTimeskip she's given them her blessing and moved on with Alec]]. |
| 191 | * ClingyJealousGirl: She tries to blacken Sandybell's image in front of Mark, from accusing her of theft to embaressing her, because she's jealous that he likes her. She is happy when she's finally engaged to Mark, but when he runs away from home, she takes out her anger on Sandybell. |
| 192 | * CoolCar: Kitty owns two - a bright red one (that she takes Sandybell for a spin in) and a dark blue sports car, that she often uses to tail Sandybell and her friends. |
| 193 | * CoolCrown: On Mark's birthday, she wears a thin, wired crown alongside a FairytaleWeddingDress. |
| 194 | * ControlFreak: Even when she's distantly afar from him, Kitty tries to control Mark's interactions with Sandybell and impede into his personal life using whatever means she can, believing that she can mold Mark into being hers and hers only. |
| 195 | * DamselInDistress: Kitty and Scappan are kidnapped and BoundAndGagged by Jirobi's mafia members. Luckily, Alec rescues them. |
| 196 | * DearJohnLetter: Before Kitty and Mark are set to be engaged, he runs away from Scotland and leaves a letter towards Kitty telling her he can't be with her and bidding her farewell. |
| 197 | * DubNameChange: She was known as '''Rita''' in the European Portuguese dub. |
| 198 | * EntitledToHaveYou: She believes her and Mark are meant to be, and was angling to marry him before the events of the story. When he refuses, she doesn't want to believe it and tries to go after him, [[spoiler:but eventually accepts it in the end.]] |
| 199 | * EvilIsPetty: |
| 200 | ** Her many attempts to sabotage Sandybell and Mark's friendship, include paying Charles and other people to make her look bad. Even after Mark runs away, she continues to be a bully to Sandybell. |
| 201 | ** After Mark runs away, Kitty arrives to Sandybell's house and demands that she tell her where he is. When she notices that Sandybell has Mark's paintings, she steals them. |
| 202 | ** She decides to work at Ronwood's newspaper company because Sandybell works there, and gets her father to ensure she gets a high position. |
| 203 | * EvilRedhead: Downplayed, but she's a SpoiledBrat from a well-off family with red hair and constantly antagonizes Sandybell. When Sandybell gains the affections of Mark, she becomes livid and her bullying increases. |
| 204 | * TheFashionista: All of Kitty's clothes are either colour-coordinated, very long and frilly, or have pretty accessories. She undergoes the most costume changes of any character in the show, highlighting how vast her UnlimitedWardrobe is. |
| 205 | * FairytaleWeddingDress: During Mark's party, Kitty wears a blue, frilly dress with her signature cravat. When she's getting married to him, she also proposes another of these - a blue dress with a yellow flower on the chest. |
| 206 | * FieryRedhead: The {{Jerkass}} variation. She has red hair and is very haughty and belittling to Sandybell and her friends. |
| 207 | * GreenEyedMonster: She tries to sabotage Sandybell's chances with Mark, and is obsessed with coming between the two. She is so paranoid that when Sandybell receives a letter, Kitty steals it, thinking it's from Mark, when it's actually from her old friend Charles. |
| 208 | * TheGunslinger: Kitty hunts for pleasure and owns a hunting rifle that she shoots ducks and other poultry with. |
| 209 | * HateSink: Kitty is a self-centered AttentionWhore who's incapable of thinking about anyone other than herself. A good chunk of the early episodes involve her trying to deface Sandybell's reputation in one way or the other because Sandybell either stood up to her animal abuse or called her behaviour out. She's also a GreenEyedMonster when it comes to Mark and frequently makes him uncomfortable. Even when Sandybell moves to London, Kitty is petty enough to start working at the same place she does, because she's a {{Jerkass}}. [[spoiler:If it wasn't for the job waking her up and helping her realize what a SpoiledBrat she had been, Kitty would have stayed this way til the end of the anime.]] |
| 210 | * IWillFindYou: Kitty is the StalkerWithACrush variant of this. She's humiliated at being left at the alter (figuratively) by Mark, and frequently tries to lure him out - she succeeds a few times, but he always runs away from her. |
| 211 | * {{Jerkass}}: She's hot-blooded, stubborn, refuses to budge unless she gets her way and believes she's entitled to treat people however she wants. She wasn't well-liked in Scotland because of her attitude, and in London, people only tolerate her for the money. When Alec slaps her across the face, she cries and runs away, having suddenly learned that not everyone is going to put up with her bitchy attitude. |
| 212 | * JerkassHasAPoint: |
| 213 | ** In an early episode, she yells at the other kids for trespassing on the river bank, which is the property of the Shearers. The kids whine and sulk, but her family could have been held legally responsible if they sustained any injuries. |
| 214 | ** She accuses Sandybell of stealing after seeing her with Mark's paint and easel. While Sandybell didn't, Kitty's suspiscion is reasonable given how it was widely reported that a theft occurred, and Sandybell isn't an artist.[[note]]There actually was no thief, Mark just took out his material in the morning and one of the Wellington's servants misunderstood the situation[[/note]] |
| 215 | * JerkassRealization: [[spoiler:A core part of her reformation is realized how badly she's treated Sandybell, Mark and Alec. She makes amends to them in different ways - to Mark and Sandybell, she gives them her blessing and gifts them some of her familial property, and to Alec, she acknowledges his strengths as a person and thanks him for saving her life]]. |
| 216 | * LethallyStupid: She thinks it's a good idea to follow Jirobi's mafia without any protection, all for the sake of publishing a news story. This allows Jirobi to take her hostage and demand a ransom from her extremely wealthy father. |
| 217 | * MissFanservice: When Mark is going to draw her, she strips down to her bikini. Mark is NotDistractedByTheSexy. |
| 218 | * NationalStereotypes: She is a Scottish redhead who's HotBlooded and violent. |
| 219 | * PrettyInMink: One of her OpulentOutfits is a leopard print coat with thick, yellow furs around the collar and wrists. |
| 220 | * RecognitionFailure: At one point, Kitty goes to London and sees a poor street artist, who she begins laughing at and insulting alongside other onlookers. Unbeknownst to Kitty, that street artist was Mark, and he was deliberately hiding his face from her. |
| 221 | * RedheadInGreen: In the first arc, she predominantly wears a green shirt and a ClassyCravat. Her equestrian outfit consists of the same shirt but with denim overalls and a white coat. |
| 222 | * RichBitch: Her father is the Chairman of the British conglomerate Shearer & Co., while Sandybell is from a single-parent household and her father is a schoolteacher. As a result, she's snobbish to her and believes Mark is downgrading himself by associating with a "poor" girl. |
| 223 | -->'''Kitty:''' Sandybell, I want you to see that castle over there. That belongs to my family. Now look at the one over there. That belongs to Mark. And over there, you can see your house. See? Our families are very rich, and yours is poor. Face it, Sandybell, you will never be like us. |
| 224 | * TheRival: A one-sided example. She views Sandybell as a rival for Mark's affections, but Sandybell doesn't hold any contempt for her. Nevertheless, Kitty will always try to be one step ahead of Sandybell, from using her wealth to get a higher position at her job, to gaining access to special events that could lead to breaking news stories, to pursuing the drug gang the newspaper company ran stories on...[[DamselInDistress only to get kidnapped by them]]. |
| 225 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Whenever Kitty wants to find dirt on Sandybell or ruin her day, she bribes her closest associates (Charles, David, James, Eva) into doing whatever she asks. Notably, Alec is the first case of someone refusing her money. |
| 226 | * ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler: In the GrandFinale, she gushes about what an adorable couple Sandybell and Mark are, to everyone's surprise]]. |
| 227 | * ShoutOut: With her regal aura, her good looks, her [[TheFashionista fashionista way of dressing]], her being an UpperClassEquestrian and the episode where Mark is commissioned to draw her, Kitty is a dead ringer for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Fisher Kitty Fisher]]. Even their names sound similar. |
| 228 | * SmugSnake: In the first episode, Kitty is certain that Sandybell will get punished for rescuing an injured bird, and later, punished for "stealing" the Countess's painting, and smirks as she tells on her. To her surprise, both times not only does Sandybell ''not'' get punished, but the Countess takes a shine to her and gifts her a white narcissus. |
| 229 | * SpoiledBrat: Both her mother and father indulge her every desire and she's never disciplined for her bad behaviour. |
| 230 | * StalkerWithACrush: She frequently spies on the Wellington castle with binoculars to get a glimpse of Mark, conducts {{Zany Scheme}}s to pull Mark into her vicinity (like sponsoring a renowned artist she knows he likes to stay at her house) and when Mark runs away, she doesn't leave a single stone unturned to find him, even going as far as to financially incentivize Eva to bring her information on Sandybell and Mark. |
| 231 | * StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale: Averted. Kitty has a crush on Mark, but it is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs. Mark is seriously traumatized by it (especially since he's also coping with the death of his parents at the same time) and runs away from her whenever he sees her. Kitty is called out by many for her unhealthy behaviour, including her own father. [[spoiler: Part of her CharacterDevelopment is letting go of her entitlement towards him]]. |
| 232 | * StylishSunhats: Throughout the show, her most recurring outfit includes a blue sunhat that has a rose, that matches with the rest of her attire. |
| 233 | * TrueBlueFemininity: Almost all her clothes have some form of blue on them, whether they're her dark blue overalls over a green shirt, her blue fancy gown with a matching hat, or her all-white outfit with a blue cravat. |
| 234 | * UnlimitedWardrobe: She's always dressed in stylish, fancy clothes to show off her status as the Shearer heiress. |
| 235 | * UpperClassEquestrian: Kitty rides her own horse and is mentioned to be part of an elite equestrian club. |
| 236 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: While BoundAndGagged by the gang, Kitty sees a rat crawl past, and her eyes widen. |
| 237 | * VagueAge: Kitty is old enough to drive her own car and get married, but she also likes Mark, who likes Sandybell. In Scotland, the marriageable age is 16, and to get a license for driving you have to be at least 17 years old, unless you are getting or have applied for the enhanced rate of the mobility component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in which case the minimum age is 16. Not helping that the anime gratuitously shows Sandybell and Ricky as KidsDrivingCars, though that's only with one specific do-anything vehicle. We do know that at the very least, she is older than Sandybell, mentioning it in an early episode. |
| 238 | * ViolentGlaswegian: Kitty delivers a BitchSlap to Sandybell when she sees her on her horse. She also slaps Alec because she was offended by his insinuation that she was terrible at her work. To her shock, Alec hits her back. |
| 239 | [[/folder]] |
| 240 | [[folder:Mr. Shearer]] |
| 241 | !!Mr. Shearer (シアラー氏) |
| 242 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yonehiko Kitagawa (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Unknown (French), Unknown (Italian), Unknown (Greek), Unknown (Arabic), Guillermo Romano (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Bert-Åke Varg (Swedish), Ottó Szabó (Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 243 | |
| 244 | Kitty's father. |
| 245 | ---- |
| 246 | [[quoteright:476:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kittysdad.png]] |
| 247 | * ADayInTheLimelight: One episode focuses on his [[SelfMadeMan backstory]] and how he rose from poverty to wealth. |
| 248 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: He's darker skinned than Kitty. |
| 249 | * {{Fainting}}: When he hears that Kitty has been kidnapped, he collapses on the floor clutching his chest while wife holds him. He starts sweating from shock, while Alec tries to calm him down and promises that he will save Kitty. |
| 250 | * GoldDigger: Averted. His only interest in marrying his daughter Kitty to Mark is to have more prestige by having family ties with the nobility; but when Mark makes it clear he's not interested, he understands. Even with his employees, he is a rigid, but generous man. |
| 251 | * NamedByTheDub: The European Portuguese dub names him '''Óscar'''. |
| 252 | * SelfMadeMan: He was born into poverty, but worked his way up to become one of the wealthiest men in the country. |
| 253 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Of the Shearers. While Kitty is a SpoiledBrat, he's rather jolly and kind, even supporting Mark's dream of being a painter. |
| 254 | [[/folder]] |
| 255 | [[folder:Mrs. Shearer]] |
| 256 | !!Mrs. Shearer |
| 257 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Maria Tamar (French), Unknown (Italian), Sasha Sofou (Greek), Unknown (Arabic), Guillermo Romano (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Unknown (Swedish), Judit Czigány (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | Kitty's mother. |
| 260 | ---- |
| 261 | [[quoteright:266:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mama_shearer.png]] |
| 262 | * AGlassOfChianti: She drinks wine at the ball. |
| 263 | * BlatantLies: She loves to lie to exaggerate Kitty's image. |
| 264 | -->'''Partygoer:''' Mrs. Shearer, congratulations on your daughter's engagement. |
| 265 | -->'''Mrs. Shearer:''' Oh, thank you! You know, Mark wrote her love letters every day until he proposed! |
| 266 | * {{Ojou}}: She's a rich lady and loves to deck herself in jewellery. |
| 267 | * SatelliteCharacter: We don't know much about her apart from the fact that she's Kitty's mother and spoils her. |
| 268 | [[/folder]] |
| 269 | !!Other |
| 270 | [[folder:Charles]] |
| 271 | !!Charles (チャールズ) |
| 272 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yoko Shiuya (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Jérôme Berthoud/Serghe Faliu (French), Creator/PatriziaScianca, Nicola Bartolini Carrassi/[[DuelingDubs Luca del Fabbro]] (Italian), Argyris Pavlidis/George Mazis/Yiannis Papaioannou/George Vassiliou (Greek), Samir Maalouf (Arabic), Unknown (Latin American Spanish), Luis Fenton (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Benny Haag (Swedish), Zoltán Boros (Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 273 | A boy who frequently follows around Sandybell and her friends to bother them. He is often yelled at by her. |
| 274 | ---- |
| 275 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charkes.png]] |
| 276 | * DubNameChange: |
| 277 | ** He was known as '''Carlos''' in the Latin American Spanish and European Portuguese dubs. |
| 278 | ** He was known as '''Charlie''' in the Hungarian dub. |
| 279 | * EveryoneHasStandards: When one of his pranks brings Sandybell to tears, he looks crestfallen and feels horrible for his actions. Charles assumes his prank caused Sandybell to cry, but it was actually because of the stress of watching her father succumb to his illness. Charles spends his next few appearances trying to show he's sorry for Sandybell. |
| 280 | * FieryRedhead: Downplayed as he's more of TheGadfly than anything, but he has red hair and he finds fun in harassing people. |
| 281 | * GangOfBullies: Charles, alongside George and David, leads one. Though by the time Sandybell leaves Scotland, he's grown out of it. |
| 282 | * GreenThumb: When Sandybell leaves Scotland, he decides to look after her garden in her place. |
| 283 | * {{Jerkass}}: His pasttime is following Sandybell and her friends around, and looking for ways to prank them. The vilest thing he did was tear up the garden that Sandybell worked hard on, but luckily Mark appeared and gave Carlos and his goons a good beating before he can damage the countess' flower. |
| 284 | * LovingBully: He has a crush on Sandybell, which is most apparent when he's ready to throw one of his own friends under the bus to get her approval. She's also the focus of his bullying becaue it gets her to pay attention to him. When she leaves Scotland, he cries and doesn't take it well. |
| 285 | -->'''Charles:''' ''"Poor Sandybell....who knows if we'll ever see each other ever again?"'' |
| 286 | * RedheadedStepchild: He has red hair, but that's not the reason he's hated by everybody. |
| 287 | * ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler: In the GrandFinale he's invited to Sandybell and Mark's party, and is happy to see that they've gotten together, celebrating their union with his friends]]. |
| 288 | * WouldHitAGirl: He hits Sandybell's head with a closed fist after Kitty insinuates that he likes her. |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
| 290 | [[folder:Mr. and Mrs. Scott]] |
| 291 | !!Mr. Scott |
| 292 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasaharuSato (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Pierre Baton (French), Unknown (Italian) Spyros Milionis/Pavlos Milionis/Makis Reumatas/Yiannis Papaioannou (Greek), Wahid Jalal (Arabic), Ignacio Campero (Latin American Spanish), Luis Fenton (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Åke Lindström (Swedish), György Simon (Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 293 | !!Mrs. Scott |
| 294 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MiyokoAso (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Unknown (French), Unknown (Italian) Eleni Kapsaskis/Leta Musouti/Rania Ioannidou (Greek), Unknown (Arabic), María Santander (Latin American Spanish), Enriqueta Linares (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Creator/ElisabethBolmeNordqvist (Swedish), Júlia Zsolnai (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 295 | A couple who live next door to the Christies and are their friends. |
| 296 | ---- |
| 297 | [[quoteright:567:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scotts.png]] |
| 298 | [[caption-width-right:567:Mr. and Mrs. Scott]] |
| 299 | * AffectionateNickname: Mrs. Scott calls Sandybell "daughter". |
| 300 | * CallingTheOldManOut: Both of them reprimand Leslie for slapping Sandybell - despite being a childless couple, they consider her a substitute daughter and know that she isn't a bad kid. |
| 301 | * CallingTheYoungManOut: Mrs. Scott does this to Kitty when she accuses Sandybell of being an accessory to Mark's disappearance based on no evidence. |
| 302 | -->'''Mrs. Scott:''' Miss, you are a very cruel woman. |
| 303 | * FriendToAllChildren: Not only do they adore Sandybell, they also care for Maggie and take Ricky out for dinner. |
| 304 | * ParentalSubstitute: They keep an eye on Sandybell when Leslie's not around and even offer to adopt her after his death. However, Leslie has already entrusted her to Kern. [[spoiler: Though at the end of the anime, Sandybell returns to Scotland and since her mother will return to Greece soon, it's implied they become this trope.]] |
| 305 | * PrimAndProperBun: Mrs. Scott wears her red hair in a bun. |
| 306 | * ShipperOnDeck: When the Scotts notice Sandybell unusually upbeat, Mr. Scott jokes that it must be over a boy. Sandybell is ''red-faced'' to say the least, and spends the walk with Oliver grumbling about how she's above romance. |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | [[folder:Oliver]] |
| 309 | !!Oliver (オリバー) |
| 310 | A collie/Scottish sheepdog mix who's Sandybell's best friend. |
| 311 | ---- |
| 312 | [[quoteright:765:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oliver_76.png]] |
| 313 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: Inverted, as he's a dog, yet Sandybell rides him like a horse and he even pulls carts. |
| 314 | * AnimalCompanion: To Sandybell. He's been her best friend since she was really young. |
| 315 | * AnimalsRespectNature: He is protective over Sandybell's garden. |
| 316 | * BigFriendlyDog: Oliver loves all the children he meets (except Kitty) and is eager to play with them. |
| 317 | * ChariotPulledByCats: He pulls carts full of children, and is willing to allow them on his back too. |
| 318 | * {{Determinator}}: Not even starvation, aggressive stray dogs, dog catchers or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the British weather]] could stop Oliver from journeying across Great Britain in order to be with Sandybell again. |
| 319 | * DubNameChange: |
| 320 | ** He was known as '''Tambour''' in the French dub. |
| 321 | ** He was known as '''Olavo''' in the European Portugeuese dub. |
| 322 | * EvilDetectingDog: Oliver does not like Kitty or her bitchy attitude. |
| 323 | * TheHomewardJourney: Inverted: After Sandybell moves, Oliver runs ''away'' from his home in Scotland and follows her all the way to London. |
| 324 | * HorseOfADifferentColor: He's a very big dog, so he can do tasks atypical of a horse. |
| 325 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Sandybell, of course. Makes sense since he's a dog. |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | [[folder:Maggie]] |
| 328 | !!Maggie |
| 329 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Unknown (French), Unknown (Greek), Samara Nohra (Arabic), Unknown (Latin American Spanish), Luisita Soler (European Spanish), Creator/FedericaValenti/[[DuelingDubs Paola Del Bosco]] (Italian), Unknown (European Portuguese), Gunilla Norling (Swedish), Ilona Molnár (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 330 | One of Sandybell's friends who she often plays with in Scotland. |
| 331 | ---- |
| 332 | [[quoteright:167:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maggie_5.jpg]] |
| 333 | * ClingyJealousGirl: A platonic example. Maggie doesn't like when Sandybell plays with other children, and complains to her mother when Sandybell spends time with the Countess instead of playing with her. Her mother tells Leslie, and Sandybell gets in trouble. |
| 334 | * PerpetualFrowner: She often frowns and is quite ill-tempered. |
| 335 | [[/folder]] |
| 336 | !London |
| 337 | !!'''Ronwood family''' |
| 338 | [[folder:As a whole]] |
| 339 | * InconsistentSpelling: Averted. While "Longwood" is the more common rendition of the name, their name is explicitly spelled as '''Ronwood''' in many stills of the show. |
| 340 | * KarmaHoudini: The wife and daughter of the Ronwood family never get their just desserts for tormenting an orphan and making her life a living hell. Though it should be mentioned that when they eventually warm up to Sandybell, they do regret their actions deeply, so they are at the very least aware of what they did was wrong. |
| 341 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Eva looks just like Honor, down to the hair and face. |
| 342 | * ToxicFamilyInfluence: Honor goes out of her way to make Sandybell feel unwelcome and has Eva bully and sabotage her. However, Eva finds that Sandybell is a NiceGirl and eventually becomes her friend. |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | [[folder:Mr. Ronwood]] |
| 345 | !!Kern Ronwood |
| 346 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Ichiro Murakoshi (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Michel Derain (French), Unknown (Greek), Ismail Nanoua (Arabic), Hannibal Brown (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Roberto Columbo/[[DuelingDubs Dario Penne]] (Italian), Unknown (European Portuguese), Bert-Åke Varg (Swedish), Cs Németh Lajos (Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 347 | After the death of her father, Sandybell moves to London to live with his best friend, Mr. Longwood. He owns the newspaper publication Longwood News, where Sandybell later decides to work at. |
| 348 | ---- |
| 349 | [[quoteright:697:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kankan_2.png]] |
| 350 | * BadassNormal: He saved Sandybell with his best friend Leslie when they found her shipwrecked as a baby. |
| 351 | * CoolOldGuy: To Sandybell, and the rest of his employees at the newspaper publication. He helps Sandybell realize her dream is to be a journalist. |
| 352 | * DubNameChange: |
| 353 | ** He became '''Mr. Lozano''' in the Italian dub. |
| 354 | ** He was known as '''Leonardo Ronwood''' in the European Portugeuese dub. |
| 355 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone calls him "Kan Kan", as it's a play on his first name, Kern. |
| 356 | * GoodParents: He's a good father to Eva as well as Sandybell. |
| 357 | [[/folder]] |
| 358 | [[folder:Honor Ronwood]] |
| 359 | !!Honor Ronwood |
| 360 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Keiko Yamamoto (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Anna Gaylor (French), Unknown (Italian), Leta Musouti (Greek), Samara Nohra (Arabic), Amparo Brown (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Clara Nogueira (European Portuguese), Mia Benson (Swedish), Katoi Rácz (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 361 | The wife of Mr. Ronwood. |
| 362 | ---- |
| 363 | [[quoteright:441:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/honor_54.png]] |
| 364 | * AbusiveParents: Honor and Eva do not like that Kern has decided to adopt an orphan in the form of Sandybell, and make her life as difficult as they can. |
| 365 | * CharacterDevelopment: While she was initially awful to Sandybell, she eventually comes to realize the error of her ways and is touched by her kind personality. |
| 366 | * DubNameChange: In the European Portugeuese dub her name was changed to '''Ana'''. Unlike her and her husband, Her daughter Eva's name wasn't changed. |
| 367 | * ParentalFavouritism: Guess who's her favourite child? (Hint: it's not Sandybell). |
| 368 | * WickedStepmother: She makes her disdain towards Sandybell clear by serving her food on a broken plate, amongst other things. |
| 369 | [[/folder]] |
| 370 | |
| 371 | [[folder:Eva Ronwood]] |
| 372 | !!Eva Ronwood (エバ ロンウッド) |
| 373 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Seiko Nakano (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Régine Teyssot (French), Cinzia Massironi/[[DuelingDubs Laura Lenghi]] (Italian), Unknown (Greek), Badr Haddad (Arabic), Wendy Elizabeth Torres (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Clara Nogueira (European Portuguese), Gunilla Norling (Swedish), Ildikó Ősi (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 374 | The daughter of Mr. Ronwood. |
| 375 | ---- |
| 376 | [[quoteright:472:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evalongwood.png]] |
| 377 | * AmazingTechnicolorHair: Eva has pink hair and the same hair texture as her mother. |
| 378 | * CharacterDevelopment: She's a thorn in Sandybell's side at first, but eventually has a JerkassRealization and becomes a better person. |
| 379 | * CuddleBug: Post-reformation, she acknowledges Sandybell as an older sister and loves cuddling her. She is sad when she has to see her go. |
| 380 | * ExactEavesdropping: Mrs. Ronwood suspects that her husband's kindness towards Sandybell must be because she's his illegitimate daughter, and has Eva constantly spy on them to find out the truth. Ronwood eventually gets sick of this and sits them down, telling them that Sandybell actually lost both her parents at sea and they couldn't locate them because they used fake passports. |
| 381 | * FatBitch: She's on the tubby side and not a nice person. For a while, anyway. |
| 382 | * HiddenDepths: She wants to be a doctor and attends Saint Hill's Girls School, an expensive private medical school that trains people into becoming medical professionals. |
| 383 | * {{Jerkass}}: She knows Sandybell is an orphan but still treats her poorly. She also takes advantage of the fact that her mother shares her disdain for Sandybell and they work together to make her life a living hell. |
| 384 | * JerkassRealization: Eva eventually realizes that Sandybell has been nothing but sweet to her and her awful mother, and they both mend their ways, with Eva becoming a good friend to her afterwards. |
| 385 | * RoseHairedSweetie: Inverted. She has pink hair but is rude and unlikable, as she hates that she's no longer an only child. However, post-CharacterDevelopment she becomes a sweeter person prone to cuddling with Sandybell. |
| 386 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Eva has a red bow on top of her pink hair. |
| 387 | * ToxicFamilyInfluence: After Sandybell moves in with the Ronwoods, Honor goes out of her way to make her feel unwelcome and her daughter Eva follows suit. However, when Eva actually gets to know Sandybell she realizes that she's a NiceGirl and decided to be her friend. |
| 388 | [[/folder]] |
| 389 | !!'''Friends and associates''' |
| 390 | [[folder:Ricky Kendall]] |
| 391 | !!Ricky Kendall (リッキー ケントル ) |
| 392 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinoriMatsushima (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Ophélie Brissot/Marine Boiron (French), Creator/IreneScalzo (Italian), Rania Ioannidou (Greek), Giselle Nasr (Arabic), Creator/JesusBarrero (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Mia Benson (Swedish), Károly Kassi/Zoltán Fekete/Péte Minárovits(Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 393 | A boy from an orphanage who befriends Sandybell and becomes her assistant at Longwood's newspaper publication company. |
| 394 | ---- |
| 395 | [[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ricky_6.png]] |
| 396 | * BigSisterWorship: To Sandybell. He's awed by her IntrepidReporter shenanigans. |
| 397 | * CheerfulChild: He's a happy go lucky Londoner boy, and enthusiastically helps Sandybell in her exploits. |
| 398 | * CrushBlush: |
| 399 | ** When Kitty and Scappan are kidnapped, Ricky goes around asking for information about their whereabouts. When a civilian tells him something heloful and he tells Sandybell, she is so elated she kisses him on the cheeks, and Ricky turns deep red. |
| 400 | ** When Princess Katherine kisses him on the forehead for taking her out, Ricky turns red around the cheeks. |
| 401 | * InnocentBlueEyes: He has big, bright blue eyes. His emphasize his youth in contrast to the adults around him. |
| 402 | * DubNameChange: In the European Portuguese dub his name was changed from Ricky to '''Rui'''. |
| 403 | * InconsistentSpelling: Is his surname '''Kendall''' or '''Kentle'''? |
| 404 | * KiddyCoveralls: Ricky wears blue overalls over a red sweater and is mischevious little boy who likes to steal Mr. Ronwood's van and [[KidsDrivingCars drive it around]]. Like Sandybell, he's full of energy and playful, and the two often get up to {{Zany Scheme}}s together. |
| 405 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: He was in a group of these while he was at the orphanage. |
| 406 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Ricky accidentally causes the fall of a colosseum by chucking a stone at it, and the debris crushes Sandybell. Thankfully him, Alec and Scappan work together to lift it off. |
| 407 | [[/folder]] |
| 408 | [[folder:Alice]] |
| 409 | !!Alice (アリス) |
| 410 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yoko Kawanami (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Régine Teyssot (French), Unknown (Italian), Unknown (Greek), Unknown (Arabic), Unknown (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Unknown (Swedish), Unknown (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 411 | One of Sandybell's friends in London. |
| 412 | ---- |
| 413 | [[quoteright:228:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maggie_1_1.png]] |
| 414 | * InnocentBlueEyes: She has blue eyes and is a fraught, easily startled child who often needs Sandybell and Ricky to resassure her. |
| 415 | * PinkIsFeminine: She wears a baby pink dress, though she has a blue hair bow. |
| 416 | * ProneToTears: Alice tends to be emotionally overwhelmed easily and often expresses it by crying. |
| 417 | * ShrinkingViolet: She is very shy and prone to episodes of anxiety. |
| 418 | [[/folder]] |
| 419 | !!'''Ronwood News''' |
| 420 | [[folder:Alec Peterson]] |
| 421 | !!Alec Peterson (アレック・ピーターソン) |
| 422 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KatsujiMori (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Vincent Violette (French), Fabrizio De Giovanni/[[DuelingDubs Gianni Marzocchi]] (Italian), George Mazis (Greek), Wahid Jalal (Arabic), Creator/JesusBarrero (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Stig Engström (Swedish), Zoltán Csankó (Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 423 | A freelance journalist that works at Ronwood Newspapers alongside Sandybell. Despite their frosty start, they become friends. |
| 424 | ---- |
| 425 | |
| 426 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alec_17.jpg]] |
| 427 | * AbusiveParents: His father was addicted to drugs. On bad days, when the drugs were driving him crazy, he would frequently assault Alec, his mother and his sister. As a result, he has a burning hatred for drugs and those who deal them. |
| 428 | * AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Alec always chooses to put the safety of his female associates above his own, particularly Sandybell and Kitty |
| 429 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin is a darker shade than the other characters, but we're never given any tells if he's from a different race. To be fair, his job does involve him working in the sun. |
| 430 | * ArchEnemy: After Alec writes news articles exposing a drug organization in Athens, they target him and his fellow journalists. |
| 431 | * BadassNormal: He is an ordinary civilian, but taught himself how to fight and uses his martial arts skills to defend Kitty and Sandybell when they're in danger. |
| 432 | * BigDamnHeroes: So many times. When Kitty is kidnapped by [[ScaryBlackMan Jirobi]]'s drug gang, Sandybell & Co. appear in their [[CoolCar multipurpose vehicle]] and Alec delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the members. He also comes to Sandybell and Ricky's aid when they're being intimidated by his goons. Being the oldest of the team and having a pretty messed up DarkAndTroubledPast, he's a skilled martial artist and valiantly defends them. In a non-combat example, when Sandybell's legs are stuck under a pillar, he gathers Ricky and Scappan to lift it off. |
| 433 | * BitchSlap: He slaps Kitty after she slaps him first, causing her to run away crying. He also slapped her earlier for suggesting they abandon Sandybell when she was under debris. |
| 434 | * BrutalHonesty: Alec is blunt and to the point, having no tact when he tells people what he thinks of them. |
| 435 | * CoolShades: He dons a pair of dark blue shades with reflective surfaces. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alec2.png See here]]. |
| 436 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: He was born into a poor family and having a drug addict father didn't help. |
| 437 | * DefrostingIceQueen: He was initially very hypercompetitive towards everyone at Ronwood's, ''especially'' Sandybell and Kitty (even though it was thanks to the former that he got the job). However, he learns to overcome this and [[spoiler:gives Mark a pep talk about being there for Sandybell]]. |
| 438 | * DubNameChange: In the European Portuguese dub his name is changed to '''Gustavo Petersen'''. |
| 439 | * HotBlooded: Most prominent in his rivalry with Sandybell, where he gets agitated easily and swears to outdo her. He's also angered at Kitty for her bratty behaviour and slaps her (to be fair, she slapped him first). |
| 440 | * FriendInThePress: Overtime he develops this sort of relationship with Sandy, with Alec regularly using his connections and journalistic skills to assist her investigations. |
| 441 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Alec's abrasive personality has resulted in him not being very well-liked amongst the other reporters. He doesn't care, as he doesn't like them either. |
| 442 | * IcyBlueEyes: It adds to his handsomeness, being very striking against his dark hair. |
| 443 | * IntrepidReporter: Alec used to be associated with the drug scene of Europe and as a result, he uses his connections with his former friends to rat out information that he then publishes in Ronwood newspapers. |
| 444 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's acts like a sour {{Jerkass}} on the outside who doesn't hide his harsh opinions. However, he secretly cares for Sandybell and her friends, and risks his life and sustains greivous injuries to save them when they're kidnapped. |
| 445 | * MadeOfIron: Alec is implacable when he's in a fight, being unfazed when he's hit unless he loses blood. He fights as if he doesn't care what injuries he endures along the way and very rarely is he brought down. |
| 446 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Shares his name with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Peterson Alec Peterson]]. |
| 447 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Alec delivers many to the drug dealers he meets in Greece and France, especially when they have Sandybell and Kitty hostage. [[MadeOfIron No matter how much]] he's attacked and stabbed, Alec continues to attack them and doesn't stop until they're either knocked out or have run away. |
| 448 | * RealMenWearPink: Alec is the strongest of the main cast and wears a hot pink jacket. |
| 449 | * RescueRomance: [[spoiler: Kitty falls for him when he saves her and Scappan from being BoundAndGagged. In the final episode, Kitty and Alec eventually get married]]. |
| 450 | * TheRival: Alec viewed Sandybell as one in Longwood's newspaper agency, and was willing to do anything to get one over her, even if it meant using dirty tricks. He later outgrew this. |
| 451 | * ShipperOnDeck: For Sandybell/Mark; he even encourages Mark to follow his dreams so one day, he can come back for Sandybell. |
| 452 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: He's very tall, good-looking, and has dark hair and a slight tan. He captures the heart of [[spoiler: Kitty]]. |
| 453 | * WouldHitAGirl: While he isn't a violent person by nature, even he gets sick of Kitty's bullying and slaps her. Thrice! |
| 454 | [[/folder]] |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[folder:Scappan]] |
| 457 | !!Scappan (チャールズ) |
| 458 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Mugihito}} (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Michel Modo/Jean-Claude Montalban (French), Creator/MarcoBalbi (Italian), Unknown (Greek), Ismail Nanoua (Arabic), Edgar Wald (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Unknown (Swedish), László Horányi (Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | Kitty's assistant who helps her with her newspaper career. |
| 461 | ---- |
| 462 | [[quoteright:583:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scappan.png]] |
| 463 | * BeleagueredAssistant: He's often yelled at by Kitty and maltreated to excessive degrees. |
| 464 | * BigFun: Flash Scappan is on the tubby side, but is a good-natured, jolly fellow. |
| 465 | * ButtMonkey: Though a minor character, he is the show's resident punching bag and bears frequent humiliations and the like because of his association with Kitty. |
| 466 | * DubNameChange: In the European Portuguese dub his name is changed to Campos. |
| 467 | * InformedAbility: Scappan claims to be a man of many talents, but is clumsy and is frequently yelled by the editor-in-chief as well as Kitty. |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | !France |
| 470 | |
| 471 | [[folder:Julian Brooks]] |
| 472 | !!Julian Brooks (ジュリアン ブルックス) |
| 473 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Rumiko Ukai (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Unknown (French), Unknown (Italian), Yvonne Metaxakis (Greek), Unknown (Arabic), Unknown (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Unknown (Swedish), Erika Kiss (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 474 | A friend of Ricky's from his church. She enters the same fashion design contest as Mark, though she uses unsavory means to win. |
| 475 | ---- |
| 476 | [[quoteright:385:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/julianbrooks.png]] |
| 477 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: She's possibly part-black based on her complexion and hair texture. |
| 478 | * CheatersNeverProsper: A variant. She steals Mark's drawing to win, but is so wracked with guilt she declines the award. |
| 479 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Like Ricky, she was an orphan and never knew her parents. She eventually moved from London to Paris, hoping to become a fashion designer, but was unsuccessful and on the verge of giving up by the time she met Sandybell and Ricky. |
| 480 | * DubNameChange: She became '''Julia''' in the Greek dub. |
| 481 | * InnocentBlueEyes: She has deep blue eyes and brown, messy hair tied in pigtails. |
| 482 | * GracefulLadiesLikePurple: She wears a purple frilly shirt, with a golden pendant. |
| 483 | * AGlassOfChianti: Julian, Sandybell and Ricky drink to her victory, before it's found out she's a cheater. |
| 484 | [[/folder]] |
| 485 | [[folder:Princess Catherine of Romanek]] |
| 486 | !!Princess Catherine of Romanek |
| 487 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Unknown (French), Unknown (Italian), Unknown (Greek), Unknown (Arabic), Unknown (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Unknown (Swedish), Unknown (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 488 | A young Princess who arrives to France on tour. She befriends Ricky, and asks him to take her sightseeing. |
| 489 | |
| 490 | She eventually returns to the Kingdom of Romanek. |
| 491 | ---- |
| 492 | [[quoteright:712:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princess_2_2.png]] |
| 493 | [[caption-width-right:712:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/catherine_63.png[[/labelnote]] to see her civilian disguise]] |
| 494 | * BigDamnKiss: She kisses Ricky on the forehead because she's had so much fun with him, and he helped her hide her royal heritage so she could live in the shoes of an ordinary child. |
| 495 | * EverythingsSexierInFrench: Her romantic encounter with Ricky takes place in France. The Japanese title for that episode is even called ''The underground sewers of Paris are a labyrinth of love''. |
| 496 | * EverythingsSparklyWithJewellery: Catherine wears a sparkly giant crown, two necklaces, a golden pendant and a large medallion made of gold. |
| 497 | * FantasyCounterpartCulture: Romanek is likely Vatican City based on it's proximity to France. |
| 498 | * GratuitousPrincess: The nation she's from, Romanek, is never expanded upon or mentioned more than once, and she returns there after appearing in only two episode. |
| 499 | * GreenThumb: One of the things her and Ricky do while out is tend to a garden. |
| 500 | * InnocentBlueEyes: She has blue eyes and has spent most of her life as a sheltered Princess. |
| 501 | * LonelyRichKid: Ricky was her first friend in a long time, and she was elated when he took her out and showed her around France. She especially loved seeing the water fountain. Deconstructed when she eventually has to return to her country, and is sad to part ways with Ricky. |
| 502 | * OjouRinglets: Catherine has thick, cymotrichous curls tied into braids and secured by a GemEncrusted headpiece. |
| 503 | * PerpetualFrowner: Because she's often constrained by her royal image and overbearing family, she always frowns, which is most prominent in her photographs. She actually starts smiling genuinely after meeting Ricky. |
| 504 | * PrincessesPreferPink: She wears a fancy, volominous gown with GiantPoofySleeves, a hot-pink sash, and tons of jewellery. |
| 505 | * RebelliousPrincess: Catherine actually hates being a Princess and feels suffocated by having to put on a ProperLady social image. She rants about her life when she's finally away from the journalists. |
| 506 | -->'''Catherine''': "I don't get why journalists do this. Everyone always asks the same questions. ''What's your favourite subject in school?'' "Latin", I have to say. I have to say that because of my role as a Princess, but the truth is, I hate studying!" |
| 507 | * TrueBlueFemininity: In her civilian disguise, she wears a dark blue dress and removes most of her jewellery, though she retains her OjouRinglets. |
| 508 | [[/folder]] |
| 509 | [[folder:Lusanne]] |
| 510 | !!Lusanne |
| 511 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Makoto Terada (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Pierre Laurent (French), Unknown (Italian), Unknown (Greek), Unknown (Arabic), Carlos Petrel (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Unknown (Swedish), László Horányi (Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 512 | A famed art dealer who takes an interest in Mark's career. |
| 513 | ---- |
| 514 | [[quoteright:709:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lusanne.png]] |
| 515 | * InconsistentSpelling: Is it '''Roussanne, Lusanne''' or '''Luzanne'''? |
| 516 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Because he portrayed Mark's paintings in public, Mark won the grand prize at the European Grand Prix and climbed out of his poverty. |
| 517 | [[/folder]] |
| 518 | [[folder:Jirobi]] |
| 519 | !!Jirobi |
| 520 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Unknown (French), Unknown (Italian), Unknown (Greek), Unknown (Arabic), Unknown (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Unknown (Swedish), Unknown (Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 521 | A scar-faced French gangster who's affiliated with an unnamed mafia. He is men were responsible for kidnapping Kitty. |
| 522 | ---- |
| 523 | [[quoteright:719:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jirobi_5.jpg]] |
| 524 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: He has very dark skin, and he's even darker than Alec and Mr. Ronwood. He's likely black based on his features. |
| 525 | * CoveredInScars: He has nasty scars all over his face (particulary his cheeks), which is likely from his past dealings as a mafia member. |
| 526 | * DirtyCoward: He tries to run away for god when the police find his location, while leaving his men to shoot at them. |
| 527 | * GlassCannon: He's a tough gangster, but once he's found by the French police he runs away like a DirtyCoward. |
| 528 | * IOweYouMyLife: While trying to escape from the police, he drives away and Sandybell jumps on the back of the car. Jirobi recklessly drives into some oil barrels and a fire erupts from the car. Sandybell falls to the ground but thankfully doesn't sustain any injuries. Upon seeing Jirobi, Sandybell steels herself towards him and lifts the car off of him while bringing him to safety. Jirobi is so touched that he tells Sandybell she's an amazing person and accepts being arrested. |
| 529 | * ObviouslyEvil: He has scars all over his face. |
| 530 | * ScaryBlackMan: He's a black man CoveredInScars and has dealings with the drug mafia. He nearly kills two of the anime's main characters. |
| 531 | * SinisterSchnoz: He has a larger nose than most of the other characters, and is plainly evil. |
| 532 | * WouldHurtAChild: He kidnaps Sandybell and Ricky, has them BoundAndGagged, and nearly kills Sandybell. Despite this, she still tries to save him from being killed himself. |
| 533 | [[/folder]] |
| 534 | !Miscellaneous |
| 535 | !!Edwards family |
| 536 | |
| 537 | [[folder:Edward Lawrence]] |
| 538 | !!Edward Lawrence (エドワード) |
| 539 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Takashi Tanaka (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Gilles Guillot (French), Albert Sette/[[DuelingDubs Dante Biagoni]] (Italian), Yiannis Papaioannou (Greek), Michel Tabet (Arabic), Robert Alexander/Jorge García (Latin American Spanish), Hector Vyreia (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Stig Engström (Swedish), Tibor Kárpáti (Hungarian), Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 540 | |
| 541 | An injured man Sandybell meets at the hospital. [[spoiler: He is the biological uncle of Sandybell Christie]]. |
| 542 | ---- |
| 543 | [[quoteright:353:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edward_1.jpg]] |
| 544 | * BlueBlood: Edward is of a BlueBlood or at least very wealthy, which is alluded to many times. |
| 545 | ** At the hospital, he mentions to Sandybell that people only visit him to get favours out of him. |
| 546 | ** When Kitty throws a party and invites all the nobles and wealthy people of Scotland, Edward is one of the guests. |
| 547 | ** He states that his sister was disinherited by their father for marrying someone he did not approve of. |
| 548 | * BrutalHonesty: Edward does not care how he sounds to people, and isn't afraid to veer into RefugeInAudacity territory. |
| 549 | -->'''Edward:''' Mr. Shearer, your party is boring. The Wellingtons seem to be having more fun, so I'll go there instead. |
| 550 | * ContrivedCoincidence: He happens to be in the hospital for a broken leg at the same time as Leslie. [[spoiler: A.k.a., the very same Leslie who's the adoptive father of his niece]]. |
| 551 | * CoolOldGuy: He has saved Sandybell's life many times, and she views him as a protector. Sandybell also remarks how he has a tendency to know when she's sad, as he always appears to give her emotional support. |
| 552 | * DeclarationOfProtection: It's not stated, but after Sandybell befriended Edward, he felt a connection to her and watches her from the shadows to help her whenever she needs it. Many a villain who tries to mess with her is swiftly taken out by him. |
| 553 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Thanks to her optimism, he starts seeing the world the same way Sandybell does. |
| 554 | * DubNameChange: His name was changed to '''Eduardo''' in the European Portuguese dub. |
| 555 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: Strikes one up with Sandybell while she visits the hospital. [[spoiler: It becomes heatrtwarming when afterwards it's found out he's her uncle]]. |
| 556 | * IWillFindYou: Edward's sister Linda mysteriously vanished after she eloped with her husband to another town. Her last letter stated that her and her husband were moving through towns to find work, but he believes that she's been taken by HumanTraffickers. |
| 557 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Edward is jaded because of people approaching him with insincere intentions, as well as the disappearance of his sister, and as a result doesn't have any qualms about behaving rudely to them because he's more concerned with his own problems. Sandybell is the first genuine friend he's made in a long time. |
| 558 | * ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:By the end of the series, Sandybell's mother returns to Greece to care for the orphans[[note]]Having built a bond for them for years, and feeling attached to them as if they were her own children[[/note]], but not without going to Scotland first and paying her respects to Leslie's grave, while also attending Sandybell and Mark's party. Thus Edward becomes this trope fully, having taken over as Sandybell's primary parental figure alongside Mr. and Mrs. Scott]]. |
| 559 | * RefugeInAudacity: His very first meeting with Sandybell. He was in the hospital for a broken leg, and he was brought flowers by some strangers (who actually wished to curry his favour because of his BlueBlood). Edward insulted them and called them out for this, then saw the flowers Sandybell was bringing for her father Leslie and ''demanded those instead''. She would have never befriended Edward if it wasn't for Leslie overhearing everything and asking her to share them with him. |
| 560 | * SourOutsideSadInside: He deliberately acts like a {{Jerkass}} on the outside to stop people from getting close to him, and he's deeply torn up about losing his sister. Especially as his father is on his deathbed and his DyingWish is to make amends with her after their last argument. |
| 561 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler: To Sandybell, who is his biological niece through his sister. He doesn't piece together that she's his niece until the very end]]. |
| 562 | * {{Tsundere}}: Of sorts. He doesn't like people and is very closed off, but after Sandybell befriends him, he becomes more open and friendly. |
| 563 | [[/folder]] |
| 564 | |
| 565 | [[folder:Linda Edwards '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']] |
| 566 | !!Linda Edwards (エドワード) |
| 567 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Akiko Tsuboi (Japanese)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Dany Tayarda (French), Mariagrazia Errigo (Italian), Leta Musouti (Greek), Unknown (Arabic), Guadalupe Romero (Latin American Spanish), Unknown (European Spanish), Unknown (European Portuguese), Unknown (Swedish), Erika Kiss (Hungarian), Lyudmila Ilyin (Russian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 568 | |
| 569 | The biological mother of Sandybell Christie. |
| 570 | ---- |
| 571 | [[quoteright:550:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nun_2.png]] |
| 572 | [[caption-width-right:550:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/linda_20.png[[/labelnote]]to see her in her youth]] |
| 573 | [[caption-width-right:550:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/linda_85.png[[/labelnote]]to see her post-time skip]] |
| 574 | * AmnesiacsAreInnocent: After the horrific shipwrecking accident where her husband died, she lost her memory and forgot she had a daughter. She has since moved to the Greek island of Lefkada, where she works as a nun and acts as a kindly mother figure to children. Deconstructed when her memory returns and sje chooses to stay in Greece because she's come to love her job (though she visits Sandybell in Scotland). |
| 575 | * ButNowIMustGo: She spends some time bonding with Sandybell, but she loves her life of caretaking for the orphans and eventually returns to Lefkada to do so (with the implication that her and Sandybell visit each other from time to time). |
| 576 | * CongruentMemory: She didn't recognize Sandybell at first. However, after the girl fell into the water, Linda remembered years ago, how the same thing happened during the shipwrecking incident, and puts two and two together, realizing Sandybell is her long lost daughter. |
| 577 | -->'''Linda:''' ''"Sandybell, my daughter!"'' |
| 578 | * DubNameChange: |
| 579 | ** She became '''Linda Lawrence''' in the French dub. |
| 580 | ** The European Portuguese dub changed her name to '''Luísa'''. |
| 581 | * EnglishRose: Has the typical markings of one - she is from England, very pretty, chaste until marriage and a shy, demure soul by nature. Sandybell's father was instantly charmed upon seeing her and wanted to get married, but her father disapproved of him. |
| 582 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Much like her daughter, she's an empathetic soul who loves taking care of children. However, she's way more timid than her, and is too scared to react when she sees one of her children fall into the sea (compared to Sandybell who instantly jumped in and tried to rescue her). |
| 583 | * FairytaleWeddingDress: She was married in one. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandybell_2.png See here]]. |
| 584 | * FriendToAllChildren: When Sandybell inquires about her, she's told that Linda works at a convent as a caretaker of children. |
| 585 | * IdenticalStranger: She looks eerily like the Countess. |
| 586 | * LoveHurts: When Linda told her father about the man she wanted to marry, he rejected him. Linda is seen crying in her flashback as Edward pleads with him to reconsider. Later, she and her husband had Sandybell. One day, when the two were on a cruise ship, the engine malfunctioned and the ship began to sink. Linda managed to make it to a lifeboat, while he drowned. |
| 587 | * MissingMom: She is Sandybell's amnesiac, long-lost mother. |
| 588 | * OrphansPlotTrinket: Her daffodil earring. She has one half, while Sandybell has the other. |
| 589 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Sandybell has her eyes and hair colour. |
| 590 | * TokenReligiousTeammate: She's a nun. Given where she works, she's likely a Greek Orthodox Christian. |
| 591 | [[/folder]] |
| 592 | |
| 593 | [[folder:François Phillippe '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']] |
| 594 | !!François Phillippe |
| 595 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' N/A[[note]]The character doesn't have a line of dialogue[[/note]] |
| 596 | The husband of Linda and the father of Sandybell. He is from France, and was wed to Linda when they were both very young. Unfortunately, the shipwreck accident that separated Sandybell and her mother claimed his life. |
| 597 | ---- |
| 598 | |
| 599 | [[quoteright:550:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandybellsdad.png]] |
| 600 | [[caption-width-right:550:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandybell_1.png[[/labelnote]]to see him in his youth]] |
| 601 | |
| 602 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Likely a nod to his Mediterranean heritage, being a Frenchman. |
| 603 | * EverythingsSexierInFrench: He is from France and Linda's FirstLove. She continued to fall for him even though her father disapproved of him. |
| 604 | * NiceGuy: He was shown to be a kind-hearted man who adored Sandybell, and even Edward vouched for him to their father. |
| 605 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: A rare male example. In Linda's flashback, when the passengers of the ship were escaping in lifeboats, a sudden current swept him up and took him away from her. Despite this, he continued to hold Sandybell above the water so that she wouldn't drown and eventually died later. |
| 606 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He is killed off minutes after being introduced. |
| 607 | * TheVoiceless: He never speaks. |
| 608 | [[/folder]] |
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