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3!Main Characters
4[[folder: Candice "Candy" White Andrew]]
5->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinoriMatsushima (TV series) [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Amélie Morin (French), Creator/LauraBoccanera (Italian), Cecilia Gispert (Latin American Spanish), Isabel Ribas (European Portugeuese), Creator/MatinaKarras (Greek)[[/labelnote]]
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7[[quoteright:570:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/351240dz.jpg]]
8 [[caption-width-right:570: [[MeaningfulName Isn't she sweet? ]]]]
9[[caption-width-right:570:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cs_9.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see them in the anime]]
10
11An orphan young woman raised in the orphanage "Pony's Home". While being a teenager, she is adopted by the clan Adley, the biggest, very rich, influential and highly respected clan in the United States of America. From then on Candy must go through many troubles in her life. However, she never becomes dejected, but stays cheerful, diligent and optimistic.
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14* AllLovingHeroine: Candy is very kind-hearted, helpful, optimistic, cheerful and vivid and doesn't have any inferiority complex because of being an orphan at all. So many people love her very much.
15* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Annie loves her and at the same time envies her for being popular with guys ''and'' outspoken with her feelings.
16* AttractiveBentGender: In her {{Bifauxnen}} disguise, Candy makes such an adorable {{Bishonen}} that she even manages to ''almost'' make Eliza go SweetOnPollyOliver. If only Eliza had not recognized Candy at the end...
17* BelligerentSexualTension: With Terry. At first, both always annoy and tease each other, but soon they like each other more and more, and she learns that [[StepfordSnarker there's quite a bit of pain under his snark]].
18* BlitheSpirit
19* BreakTheCutie: The whole series thrives on this. She comes close many times but ultimately picks herself up.
20* DoorstopBaby: She and Annie were left on the doorstep of Pony's house.
21* DudeMagnet: Because of her heart of gold, Anthony, Terry, Archie, Stear, Albert and even Neil felt something more than friendship for Candy.
22* EarnYourHappyEnding: And earned it, she did.
23* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Blonde, [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold kindhearted]], and loved by many people in the story.
24* {{Expy}}: Creator/KeikoNagita said that Anne of ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' inspired Candy, as both are spirited young women who don't let their OrphansOrdeal limit them.
25* GirlishPigtails: Keeps her golden hair like this.
26* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: As kind as she's blond.
27* HeartwarmingOrphan: An abandoned orphan who spent the first years of her life at the orphanage.
28* HerHeartWillGoOn: Thanks to the help of her friends, she manages to get ahead after Anthony's death.
29* HeroicBSOD: After Anthony's death.
30* HospitalHottie: Wants to become a nurse and works hard for it.
31* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:She willingly breaks off with Terry, having realized not only that Susanna loved him deeply (probably more than Candy herself ever did), but that their love simply will not survive in the circumstances that they're in.]]
32* KiddyCoveralls: Candy wears green overalls and likes doing woodwork, spending time in nature, riding horses and playing with her pet raccoon. She's OneOfTheBoys even though she's a girly girl herself.
33* MeaningfulName: Candy is a sweet girl.
34* PluckyGirl: Maybe the TropeCodifier for shoujo manga: when Candy breaks down, she gets up as soon as she can and refuses to stay down. The primary reason why she can keep going through life despite all the hardships thrown at her is because the poor girl refuses to let anyone or anything stop her from being happy. Someone gets in her way, she ''will'' find her way around them.
35* RagsToRiches: Starts as an orphan girl. Becomes the "companion" of a RichBitch. Is adopted by a super ultra rich family despite the objections of others.
36* RebelliousPrincess: She wants to forge her own destiny without relaying on her adoptive family.
37* RepetitiveName: Candy Candy.
38%%* {{Shorttank}}
39* ShipperOnDeck: Ships Patty/Stear and [[spoiler: Archie/Annie]].
40* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her crush on Anthony.
41* SweetPollyOliver: In the BoardingSchool's SchoolFestival she's supposed to [[YouAreGrounded be locked in a room]] after a spat with the nuns, but her friends smuggle her a box with two disguises sent to her by Uncle William. And one of them is a boy outfit with a wig and a CoolMask, which lets her escape.
42* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: She's a nice and compassionate tomboy, while Eliza is a mean and girly RichBitch.
43* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Candy is an extroverted tomboy who climbs trees and loves mischief. Her friend Annie is a shy, docile, demure girl.
44* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: For all her tomboy traits, Candy is very motherly to the Pony Home kids and has no problems with dresses as long as they're not super elaborate.
45* TownGirls: The Butch to Annie's Femme and Patty's Neither.
46* {{Tsundere}}: Type B. She's sweet, kind-hearted, compassionate... unless she's around Terry.
47* WhatBeautifulEyes: Has very, very pretty green eyes.
48* YouthfulFreckles: Showcasing her kindness and child-like innocence.
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder: Annie Brighton]]
52->Voiced by: Creator/MamiKoyama, Creator/YumiTouma (OAV)
53
54Candy's childhood friend. When Annie was ten she was adopted by the Brightons, a wealthy family that had already lost a daughter some years ago.
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57[[quoteright:564:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/annie_9.jpg]]
58[[caption-width-right:564:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sx.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see them in the anime]]
59* AdaptationDyeJob: Dark-haired in the anime series, blonde elsewhere.
60* BetaCouple: [[spoiler:She and Archie]]
61* CassandraTruth: Sorta. Annie is the only one in the St. Paul School who shows worry over the news talking about [[spoiler: the prospect of a world-wide war]], but everyone else tells her to calm down and that nothing will happen. [[spoiler: [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI She's actually right]].]]
62* HappilyAdopted: By the Brightons. Subverted when, [[ParentsAsPeople in a well-intentioned but ill-advised move]], [[spoiler: they make her cut off all ties with Candy so people won't know that she's adopted and ostracize her as a result -- not only this deprives both girls of their mutual emotional support, but it doesn't help her to deal with her issues.]]
63* HeartWarmingOrphan: Played ''very'' straight when she's a little girl. [[spoiler: When she arrives to St. Paul, however, the girl is so utterly terrified of being bullied because of this trope that she hides her origins from the other students at first. [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Not that it works for long, anyway]].]]
64* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: As a teenager, Annie sometimes pulls her hair up in a style that slightly looks like an old-fashioned noblewoman's wig.
65* ShrinkingViolet: Has ''severe'' self-esteem problems, and even when she begins to overcome them she remains very shy and quiet.
66* SignatureHeadgear: Like Candy, she uses hair ribbons. [[spoiler: It becomes very important when Candy is framed for trying to hurt her by Neil and Eliza: Annie can't testify in her favor, but she manages to leave one of her hair ribbons to silently tell Candy that she believes in her innocence.]]
67* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Candy's Tomboy. Candy is an extroverted tomboy who climbs trees and loves mischief. Annie is a shy, docile, demure girl.
68* TownGirls: The Femme to Candy's Butch and Patty's Neither
69[[/folder]]
70
71[[folder: Albert]]
72->Voiced by: Creator/MakioInoue
73[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thevariousfacesofalbert_3.jpg]]
74 [[caption-width-right:330:The various Faces of Albert]]
75
76
77A free-spirited man that crosses paths with Candy many, MANY times in the story.
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79
80* BigBrotherMentor: Not only to Candy, but to [[spoiler: Terry]] as well.
81* FirstGuyWins: Out of Candy's potential love interests, he's the only one left in the end and [[spoiler: he met her [[FirstGirlAfterAll long before either Anthony or Terry]], as it turns out Albert was her beloved Prince of the Hill that she met as a child.]]
82* FriendToAllLivingThings: He loves animals, and they love him back. Specially his pet skunk.
83* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: A blonde man with a big heart.
84* JustAKid: [[spoiler: The reason why he's not able to lead the Andree clan properly is that he's considered too young to do it. He decided to TakeAThirdOption and create the "Uncle William" persona instead.]]
85* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Without his beard, he's [[BeautifulAllAlong as gorgeously bishonen]] as the other guys.
86* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Stear, Archie and Anthony's maternal uncle.]]
87* MysteriousProtector: To Candy, as [[spoiler:Uncle William]].
88* PrinceCharming: [[spoiler:The last episode of the series reveals he is the mysterious "Prince from the Hill".]]
89* RebelPrince
90* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Happens to him towards the end.
91* UncannyFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Without his beard and RoundHippieShades, he looks almost exactly like his nephew Anthony. A HUGE plot point since this is why Candy couldn't recognize him as her Prince: when they met he was clean shaved and with his hair cut short... but the second time, his looks were completely different.]]
92[[/folder]]
93
94[[folder: Alistair "Stear" Cornwell]]
95->Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki (TV series), Creator/MasayaOnosaka (OAV)
96
97The eldest of the Cornwell brothers, and Anthony's cousin. He's outspoken, very book-smart and prone to accidents.
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100[[quoteright:412:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stearmanga.jpg]]
101[[caption-width-right:412:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stear.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see them in the anime]]
102%% * BetaCouple: [[spoiler:Him and Patty.]]
103* BrainyBrunette: His craziest inventions tend not to work, but he can make simpler stuff that ''does'' function and is very book-smart.
104%% * BunnyEarsLawyer: Basically, a school-aged AbsentMindedProfessor.
105* {{Keet}}: Downplayed: he has several traits of the archetype (cheerful, easily excitable, clumsy), but is capable of serious moments [[spoiler: and ultimately dies in a very, ''very'' tragic manner.]]
106* FanBoy: He and Archie are big fans of the actress Eleanor Baker.
107%% * PrincelyYoungMan: A dorkier version of the PrinceCharming type.
108%% * RebelPrince: Later, when [[spoiler: he joins the Air Forces to go into war despite Aunt Elroy banning him from it. [[KillTheCutie It doesn't end well]].]]
109* TearfulSmile: [[spoiler:He is smiling sadly as his plane is shot down in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.]]
110
111[[/folder]]
112
113[[folder: Archibald "Archie" Cornwell]]
114->Voiced by: Creator/YujiMitsuya (TV series), Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (OAV)
115
116The youngest Cornwell brother and Anthony's other cousin, very polite and kind but also very blunt when angry.
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119[[quoteright:480:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/archie1.jpg]]
120[[caption-width-right:564:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ar_8.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see them in the anime]]
121
122* TheDandy: Puts a lot of concern on his clothes and physical appearance and will avoid situations that risk his clothes getting ruined. Also, he has been referred to as "that elegant guy" on some occassions.
123* DudeLooksLikeALady: Has sometimes been mistaken for a girl, much to his chagrin. [[LongHairedPrettyBoy It's probably due to the hairstyle.]]
124* LoveTriangle: Likes Candy and is jealous of Terry. Annie likes him and she's conflicted and jealous of Candy. Terry is, well, ''Terry''. Candy is oblivious at first, and later she feels ''horrible'' when she finds out how badly it affects Annie. It's fixed rather fast, however: when Candy explains the deal, Archie [[LoveEpiphany soon realizes]] that while he likes Candy a lot, [[SecondLove Annie is the one he truly loves]].
125* PrincelyYoungMan: The Gentleman type
126* WhatTheHellHero: Deals some of these to Terry, who is TheRival for him.
127[[/folder]]
128
129[[folder: Anthony Brown]]
130
131[[quoteright:480:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anthonybrown2.jpg]]
132[[caption-width-right:480:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/an.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see them in the anime]]
133
134->Voiced by: Creator/KazuhikoInoue (TV series), Creator/RyoHorikawa (OAV)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/TomasBolme (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]
135
136One of the youngest Andrees, alongside his cousins Alistair and Archibald, and a very naive and sweet young man whom Candy adores. He likes her back and does his best to help her.
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138
139* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Dies randomly at the end of an episode, with the following episode dealing with the fallout.
140* FirstLove: For Candy, who loves him partly because he looks like her Prince of the Hill but also because he is such a nice boy.
141* FlowerMotifs: Roses. He even breeds a special type for Candy, dubing it "Sweet Candy Rose"
142* LonelyRichKid: Unlike the more gregarious Cornwell boys, he's very shy and lonely.
143* NiceGuy: A very kind-hearted boy.
144* RebelPrince: Attempts this in the anime, as he wants to join a riding contest but Elroy won't let him. [[spoiler: Candy helps him with a small BatmanGambit where, with Tom and other kids's help, she tricks Aunt Elroy into thinking people are spreading MaliciousSlander about the Andrees and Anthony wants to save their honor.]]
145* PrincelyYoungMan: Of the Gentleman type
146* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: The most kind-hearted boy dies prematurely.
147* UptightLovesWild: He's fascinated by Candy's PluckyGirl nature.
148[[/folder]]
149
150[[folder: Terrence "Terry" Grandchester]]
151->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeiTomiyama [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Thierry Bourdon (French), Andrés Turnes/Jorge Nicolini (Latin American Spanish), Creator/TomasBolme (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]
152
153A handsome, solitary, unsociable and rebellious youth who does everything alone and pretends to be cool. Terrence meets Candy right before their arrival to the famous and respected St. Paul School in London.
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155[[quoteright:564:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/terrygrandchester.jpg]]
156[[caption-width-right:564:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dd_79.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see them in the anime]]
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158* ADayInTheLimelight: He gets a whole episode to himself in the anime, which explains his DarkAndTroubledPast.
159* BelligerentSexualTension: With Candy. At first both always annoy and tease each other, but soon they like each other more and more.
160* BullyHunter: Who even ''whips'' Neil and his gang when they harrass Candy.
161* ButNotTooForeign: Half-English, half-American
162* CallingTheOldManOut: A HUGE and well-earned one, when [[spoiler: the Earl refuses to help Candy when both she and Terry are in '''massive''' trouble due to Eliza's machinations. Terry then ditches St. Paul School to both pursue his acting career ''and'' [[ItsNotyouItsMe to not cause Candy any more problems]].]]
163* ChickMagnet: Lots of fangirls in-story and in RealLife.
164* DespairEventHorizon: Hits this ''hard'' after [[spoiler: Susana's loss of her legs/acting job and suicide attempt coming after she saved ''his'' life, and Candy ending their relationship over it ''and'' how they simply don't work well together.]] It's so bad that it affects his acting skills, leading him from a once a promising actor to a drunkard working cheap shows in the slums. Thankfully, he chose to work himself back up to the top after some pep talks with his friends and [[spoiler: seeing Candy one last time.]]
165* HeroicBastard: More exactly [[spoiler:he is the product of an affair between an English lord and an American actress. As a result Terry's status in the high-class English society is ''very'' shaky in comparison to the children the Earl had with his lawful wife, who also [[WickedStepmother is quite bitchy to Terry himself]].]]
166* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His heart is in the right place most of the time, but his behavior is ''terrible'' -- even when he ''is'' trying to do things right.
167* LongHairedPrettyBoy
168* PetTheDog: Protects Candy when no one else can, has a soft spot for Susanna.
169* TheRival: He and Archie
170* RoyalBastard: He is the love child of [[spoiler:a British duke and an American actress. Apparently, his father left his mother because he felt he needed to start behaving "properly" but still acknowledged and supported Terry, sending him to St. Paul's College.]]
171* TakeAThirdOption: Between [[spoiler: throwing Candy under the bus to save his position at Saint Paul's School]] and [[spoiler: TakingTheHeat for Candy and greatly dishonoring himself and the Granchesters]] Terry chose to... [[spoiler: cut ties with his dad, drop out of Saint Paul and pursue his promising acting career in America.]]
172* TallDarkAndSnarky
173* TroubledButCute: He's very rebellious and snarky to everyone, even the nuns. But the girls (Candy, Susanna, Eliza for a short while) adore him.
174[[/folder]]
175
176[[folder: Patricia "Patty" O'Brien]]
177
178->Voiced by: Creator/ChiyokoKawashima
179
180Candy's roommate in the St. Paul school, a shy girl who starts developing a stronger side with her help.
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182[[quoteright:563:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/patty_0.jpg]]
183[[caption-width-right:563:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pett.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see them in the anime]]
184* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Stear.
185* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: A ''massive'' one, when her beloved fiancè Stear dies in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.]]
186* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler: After her HeroicBSOD after Stear's death, with the support of her friends she decides to continue with her life]].
187* {{Ojou}}: NiceGirl type.
188* ShrinkingViolet
189* TownGirls: The Neither to Candy's Butch and Annie's Femme.
190[[/folder]]
191
192!Other Characters
193[[folder: Miss Pony and Sister Lane/Maria]]
194
195[[quoteright:577:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misspony_sistermaria_manga.jpg]]
196[[caption-width-right:577:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/u_1.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see them in the anime]]
197A kindly old lady and a nun who keep the OrphanageOfLove afloat, becoming Candy's mother figures.
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199
200* CoolOldLady: Miss Pony
201* GoodShepherd: Sister Lane
202* NunTooHoly: Averted. Sister Lane is a kinda cute young nun, but she is pretty serious and wholesome.
203* ParentalSubstitute: Both, for Candy and Annie and everyone in Pony's Home.
204* TeamMom: Miss Pony. Sister Lane is a bit of a TeamDad.
205[[/folder]]
206
207[[folder: Thomas "Tom" Steave]]
208
209Another orphan from "Pony's Home", two or three years older than Candy and Annie. He and Candy stay friends through the years.
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212* ChekhovsGunman: [[AdaptationExpansion In the anime]], he pretty much ''triggers the whole plot'' via being the only orphan child who notices that someone has left baby!Annie and baby!Candy in the doorstep of Pony Home. If not for Tom, the two baby girls would have likely [[SnowMeansDeath frozen to death]].
213* {{Cowboy}}: Is adopted by a rich landowner and raised in his ranch.
214* ShipTease: Sometimes, as he and Candy grow up. He also shows some jealousy of Anthony when they meet, apparently guessing that he's most likely to end up as the UnluckyChildhoodFriend. [[spoiler: And his adoptive father [[ShipperOnDeck wanted them to marry at some point]]. It doesn't go through, however.]]
215* VitriolicBestBuds: Him and Candy, as children. Perfectly shown when, the day before Tom leaves the orphanage, he and Candy start hitting each other and Miss Pony has to separate them, but when Mr. Steave comes for him they say their goodbyes in peace.
216[[/folder]]
217
218[[folder: Susanna Marlowe]]
219->Voiced by: Koko Kagawa
220
221[[quoteright:565:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/susanavol6.jpg]]
222[[caption-width-right:565:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/susana_6.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see them in the anime]]
223A promising and very pretty young actress, her partner is Terrence G. Grandchester. Susanna also has feelings for Terrence, as well as ''deep'' insecurities about what she means for him.
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225
226* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Loses one of her legs when she's crushed by a falling lamp after saving Terry from being hit by it.]]
227* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Not from her, but from her [[MyBelovedSmother overprotective mother.]] Mrs. Marlowe tries to manipulate Terry into marrying Susanna since she blames him for the loss of her daughter's career ([[JerkAssHasAPoint and she has a good point about it]], but Susanna herself ends up rejecting the deal later).]]
228* BreakTheCutie: This girl goes through HORRIBLE hardships in a very short time span.
229* CareerEndingInjury: [[spoiler:She lost her leg due to her pulling a DivingSave to rescue Terry from a falling lamp post, which ended up ruining her career.]]
230* ClingyJealousGirl: She tends to be more passive-aggressive than outwardly aggressive.
231* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Having lost her leg, her beloved Terry ''and'' her lifelong dream of being an actress, she crosses it and [[DrivenToSuicide tries to throw herself off a building]] [[SnowmeansDeath during a massive snow storm.]] [[InterruptedSuicide Candy refuses to let her do so]].]]
232* {{Expy}}: Her design looks a lot like an adult version of [[Anime/HeidiGirlOfTheAlps Klara Sesseman]], also their personalities and roles in the story are quite similar, with the difference that Susana's actions are due to unrequited feelings instead of friendship and loneliness. Also that while at the beginning Klara presented as a invalidated in a wheelchair and then regains the ability to walk, Susana is upside down since she is first presented as a healthy girl completely and then becomes invalid when losing a leg in an accident.
233* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: A sweet, if naive and clingy young girl with wavy blond hair.
234* HeroicSacrifice: Non-lethal version, since [[spoiler: due to her pulling a DivingSave to rescue Terry from a falling lamp post, she lost her leg ''and'' her career.]] It's even lampshaded by Candy:
235-->'''Candy:''' "She... she loves him so much! Her love is so strong that [[spoiler: she sacrificed herself for him!]]"
236* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Subverted. [[spoiler:She decides to let Terry go, ''explicitely'' saying that [[TheLoad she doesn't want to be a burden on him]], but he decides otherwise and, after making peace with Candy, stays by her side.]]
237* InsecureLoveInterest: Terry's.
238* ShrinkingViolet: To a degree.
239* TragicDream: [[spoiler:She was quite well on her way to theatrical stardom, and then '''shit happened'''.]]
240[[/folder]]
241
242[[folder: John]]
243
244Out of all the kids from "Pony's home", he is the closest to Candy aside of Annie.
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246
247* HeartwarmingOrphan
248* NotAllowedToGrowUp: He pretty much ''never'' has a proper growth spurt through the years.
249[[/folder]]
250
251[[folder: Jimmy]]
252->Voiced by: Sachiko Chijimatsu
253
254A kid that lands 'self in "Pony's Home" midway through the story.
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256
257* HotBlooded
258* JerkAss: At first.
259[[/folder]]
260
261[[folder: Poope]]
262
263Albert's pet skunk.
264
265[[/folder]]
266
267[[folder: Clint]]
268
269A white raccoon who lives near "Pony's Home" and becomes Candy's beloved pet
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271
272* CanonImmigrant: Didn't exist in the manga.
273* NonHumanSidekick
274* TeamPet
275[[/folder]]
276
277[[folder: Uncle William Andrew]]
278->Voiced by: [[spoiler: Creator/MakioInoue]]
279
280The ''actual'' boss of the Andree family, he is never ever seen but handles himself through letters and telegrams. He seems to be the only person who Aunt Elroy fears.
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282
283* BenevolentBoss: Sorta, to Candy.
284* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Never ''ever'' appears. [[spoiler: Until the audience finds out who he actually is - ''[[ItWasWithYouAllAlong he's been there all the time]]''.]]
285* ThePatriarch: His authority over the Andree clan is ''absolute'', and only he can stop Aunt Elroy's mean streak flawlessly.
286[[/folder]]
287
288[[folder: Mr. George]]
289
290A butler for the Andrees, who sometimes takes care of Candy. He seems to be Uncle William's right hand.
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292
293* OldRetainer: A somewhat younger version.
294[[/folder]]
295
296!Antagonists
297!!Legan siblings
298[[folder:Tropes that apply to both]]
299* AmbiguouslyBrown:
300** Eliza was pale-skinned in the manga, but in the anime series she has a light tan.
301** Neil was pale-skinned in the manga, but the anime portrays him as light-skinned in some shots and dark-skinned in the other.
302* TheBully: They bully just about everyone (except the GirlPosse) at Boarding School, but particularly to Candy. Eliza also bullies Terry for rejecting her feelings.
303* ButtMonkey:
304** Eliza becomes this late into the arc at St. Paul's School. Starting with falling into a pit trap made by her brother (intended for Terry, who ironically ends up saving Eliza from the pit), she endures [[HumiliationConga one humiliation after another.]]
305** Whenever Neil gets his dosing of LaserGuidedKarma, it tends to be far more physical than what Eliza gets.
306* DevilInPlainSight: Somehow, no one seems to notice their constant smug smiles and evil glares.
307* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
308** Despite her LackOfEmpathy for other people, Eliza does care about her brother Neil and is visibly worried for him whenever he gets physically hurt, and also genuinely liked Anthony [[spoiler: to the point where after his passing, she blamed Candy for "killing him" and wanted to take all the roses from his garden to keep as mementos of him.]] Subverted with her and Terry, as she was merely [[VillainousCrush infatuated with him]] after [[RescueRomance he'd saved her]] and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe treated her nicely]], but the moment [[ItsAllAboutMe he goes against her wants and talks to her badly]], she [[EvilIsPetty resents him and feels nothing of screwing him over along with Candy.]]
309** Aside from being a MommasBoy, Neil does clearly care about his sister Eliza and is worried for her whenever she's in trouble.
310* {{Flanderization}}:
311** In the novel, Eliza stops being an antagonist after the Boarding School chapters and just appears as an occasional bitchy side character who has largely stopped tormenting Candy because she's grown ''bored'' of it. In the manga and anime, she continues to actively sabotage Candy's life even after Candy leaves the school, with her goals changing from wanting to bully, disparage and dishearten Candy enough to drive her away from their shared social settings to wanting to make Candy forever miserable by ruining her career, reputation, and entire life [[ForTheEvulz just for kicks.]]
312** In the final arc of the manga and novel, [[spoiler: Neil goes from an idiotic, airheaded bully to a full-on incel who stalks, imprisons and hurts her. He even forces a kiss on her, which the anime [[https://ultraericthered.tumblr.com/post/177454157855 removed]] for being too disturbing.]]
313* ForTheEvulz:
314** Eliza actually HAD an inner monologue that admits that she finds chaos and evil ''fun''.
315** There really is no other plausible explanation for Neil's behavior in the anime and manga.
316* HateSink:
317** Eliza was created as a character the audience would hate... and ''damn, does she succeed in the most spectacular way.''
318** Neil is usually portrayed as ditzy, but on some occassions he reveals that he's learned how to be manipulative from her.
319* {{Jerkass}}:
320** Eliza has hated Candy ever since she stepped foot in the Legan house and treated her like a punching bag for her frustrations, for no reason. When Candy wins the hearts of the boys she likes and becomes more socially popular, Eliza's anger increases and her pranks and abuse go further.
321** Neil, be it him robbing a dead boy of his clothes, destroying the rose garden and framing Candy for something she didn't do (which gets her sent off to Mexico).
322* KarmaHoudini:
323** Eliza's's usually able to get off scott-free for her actions, and even when she ''does'' get in trouble she's good at weaseling her way out of it.
324** Neil is also this, except when LaserGuidedKarma (often quite literally) hits him in the face. The novel and anime also never show the fall-out of his failure to get Candy for himself. [[spoiler: [[AdaptationalKarma Subverted in the manga, where he is publicly humiliated due to Albert's intervention and is last seen literally crying to his mommy about it]], much to Eliza's secondhand embarrassment.]]
325* KickTheDog: They bully Candy for being an outsider, and find fun in humiliating and pranking her. Any time they feign benevolence, it's always so she can be lured into a trap. They also bully her friends including Archie and Annie for being associated with her.
326* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Any time they face conflict they attempt to use the family name/wealth to weasel their way out of it.
327* SmugSnake: Neil and Eliza are used to always getting their way and when Terry, Annie and the Cornwells begin fighting back and aiding Candy, they're shocked.
328* TheSociopath:
329** Eliza lacks any real empathy for others and sees them as her personal playthings for her to use as she likes. Points added for being unbelievably sadistic and mean-spirited towards everyone but those who are indeed stronger than herself.
330** Neil once suggested poisoning animals (a common trait of many RealLife sociopaths) and [[spoiler:tried to force Candy to be his wife first through physical assault, and then by verbal abuse and threats]].
331* SpoiledBrat: Elroy spoils them to no end and prioritizes them over Candy. She is harsher to Candy than she is to Eliza and Neil.
332[[/folder]]
333[[folder: Eliza Legan]]
334
335->'''Voiced by:''' Yumi Nakatani [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Bernadette Morin (French), Inés Mariscal (Latin American Spanish), Irene Cruz (European Portugeuese), Creator/AnitaWall (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]
336
337The whimsical daughter of the Reagan family, a branch of the Audrey clan. Candy was originally "adopted" so that Eliza could have a playmate, and ever since then she has done her best to break her.
338----
339[[quoteright:960:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eliza_leagan_candy_candy.jpg]]
340[[caption-width-right:960:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/el_8.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see them in the anime]]
341
342* AdaptationalVillainy: The anime and manga have her getting up to even more nasty deeds than she committed in the original novel and portray her as being that much more despicable a person who is driven primarily by hatred toward Candy and general sadism, whereas the novel depicted her as more of a realistic [[TheSociopath sociopath]] whose actions are motivated out of [[LackOfEmpathy a need to]] [[ItAmusedMe alleviate her boredom]], and she eventually gives up on antagonizing Candy for this exact same reason: she grew bored of it.
343* AlphaBitch: Only rivaled in nastiness by [[Anime/PrincessSarah Lavinia Herbert]], [[Manga/DearBrother Aya Misaki]], [[Manga/Life2002 Manami]] and [[Manga/ShadowStar Aki Honda]]. She is so haughty she acts as if she is the lady of the family and as if those teenagers who are not her friends must obey her. Eliza often annoys Candy with her brother Neil, intends to harm her by intriguing and always insults and humiliates her as an example, considering an orphan as a worthless being.
344* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason for her RescueRomance VillainousCrush on Terry, and possibly why she liked Anthony too.
345* BitchAlert: The moment she opens her mouth, she lets everyone know just how much of a bitch she is indeed.
346* DeadpanSnarker:
347 -->'''Candy:''' That was so much fun.
348 -->'''Eliza:''' That's right. More good things are about to happen.
349 -->'''Candy:''' What things?
350 -->'''Eliza:''' Things that have nothing to do with you.
351* DubNameChange: She became '''Lisa Legan''' in the Swedish dub.
352* EvenEvilHasStandards: At one point early into episode 13 when she and Neil are contemplating a way to retaliate at Candy, Neil, without any context, states his plan is "poisoning." Eliza thinks he means he intends to poison ''Candy'', gasping "Candy?" in a very shocked tone, but Neil tells her that he actually means to poison horses in the stables, a plan she finds more sound. She's got [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals as much qualms about animal cruelty as her brother does]], but clearly she'd find murder of another person, no matter how much she might hate said person, a step too far even for her.
353* EvilIsPetty: She becomes angry whenever she sees Candy being happy and successful.
354* EvilRedhead: In the anime movie. Her hair is pink in the anime series and strawberry-blond in the novel and manga illustrations.
355* ItAmusedMe: The original novel and 1992 OVA versions of Eliza torment Candy less out of [[ForTheEvulz wanton sadism]] and more out of the need to avoid being ''bored'': as a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] she desires constant stimulation and [[LackOfEmpathy gets it at the expense of other people]]. This is what she ''actually'' means when she says that she desires a "playmate".
356* JerkassHasAPoint: While Candy works at a hospital, she comes across a mentally ill man who impersonates another man's identity. Unlike Candy, who decides to keep his secret, Eliza calls the police. When Candy is shocked and calls her out, Eliza rightfully points out that he was committing a crime. And even if he wasn't, he has a criminal record for assault anyway, making Eliza's actions all the more justified.
357* LaserGuidedKarma: While Eliza generally [[KarmaHoudini gets away with the shit she pulls]], the times she ''does'' get karma-slapped tend to be rather spectacular. [[spoiler:When she finds out that Candy is [[{{Bifauxnen}} the boy she had danced with]] in the SchoolFestival despite being supposed to be locked away, she tries to rat her out her to the nuns. However, Candy manages to return to the punishment cellar in time with some help from Terry -- and the sisters not only let go of Candy, ''but they get Eliza grounded'' for "lying". And since Eliza was the one who got Candy punished in the first place, this makes it a definite example of this trope.]]
358** Also, she once organizes a tea party to thank Terry for saving her life but doesn't invite Candy. Terry, RebelPrince that he is, deliberately misses said meeting to hang out with Candy instead, greatly humiliating Eliza in front of her GirlPosse.
359** The first instance of Terry saving Eliza involved her falling into a large pit that her brother Neil and his friends had dug as a trap intended for Terry. All because she'd followed Candy out to her meeting with Terry and had been hanging her head up high in a snobbish manner without looking where she was going.
360** The earliest instance takes place when she and Neil lock Candy away in the attic of the Andree's BigFancyHouse. Not only the Andree boys find her and [[SheCleansUpNicely doll her up in a]] PimpedOutDress, but she and Anthony pull a DanceOfRomance, while all Eliza and Neil can do is helplessly watch in rage and jealousy.
361* NoblewomansLaugh: Her laugh whenever it's not an EvilLaugh.
362* PetTheDog: Her only genuine moments of this tend to be her EvenEvilHasLovedOnes moments, and also one very small moment in Episode 77 where she showed visible worry for her party guest, the French military paramedic Michael, when he was called back to the war, with no certainty that he'd be returning from there alive.
363* OjouRinglets: Her hair is tied in elegant coils, befitting her status as a true Andree.
364* RescueRomance: [[spoiler: Falls for Terry after he saves her.]]
365* RichBitch: Definitely one of the 'finest' (in the negative way) amongst Anime history (it's telling because this is an old anime and she still has few competitors). Eliza is rich, and she's not afraid to flaunt it to the more commoner Candy... as well as torturing her with her richness and continues to make Candy's life worse.
366* StylishSunhats: In some episodes, she dons a bright orange wide-brimmed sunhat with a red ribbon, that is accompanied with a [[FluffyFashionFeathers feathery fan]]. [[https://femalevillains.fandom.com/wiki/Eliza_Leagan_(Candy_Candy)?file=Irisa_18.png See here]].
367* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: She is a mean and girly RichBitch, while Candy is a nice and compassionate tomboy.
368* VillainousCrush: A brief one, on Terry. Since he's smitten with Candy instead, he doesn't give a crap ''and'' [[HumiliationConga humiliates her]] for treating the girl he likes badly.
369* WoundedGazelleGambit: While Terry seems to save her from drowning, the Cornwell brothers declined helping her because they believe that she actually ''can'' swim and was faking in order to make a move on Terry. The novel hints that they were correct, as Eliza is described as gleefully faking unconsciousness.
370[[/folder]]
371
372[[folder: Neil Legan]]
373
374->'''Voiced by:''' Kiyoshi Komiyama, Creator/RyuseiNakao (OAV) [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/TomasBolme (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]
375
376The younger brother of Eliza. He's a typical playboy; villainous and cruel just like his sister, also brutal, gloating and cowardly.
377----
378[[quoteright:564:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/neil_vol9_4.jpg]]
379[[caption-width-right:564:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lo_6.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see them in the anime]]
380* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[spoiler: Post-puberty he realizes he has feelings for Candy and tells her, but she rejects him. Neil refuses to take no for an answer, culminating in Candy smacking him after his ForcefulKiss.]]
381* AdaptationalKarma: [[spoiler: The manga actually shows Neil's reaction in the fallout of Albert revealing himself as Grandfather William and declaring Neil and Candy's marriage to not be happening and it ain't pretty.]]
382* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: The AttemptedRape scene was cut from the anime (though his VillainousCrush on Candy persists)]].
383* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: The G-Rated version, even though the scene heavily resembles one. In the novel/manga (final arc), Neil forces a kiss on Candy as he forces her into a hug, even though she screams at him to stop.]]
384* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler: As an adult, he is this to Candy. After he forces himself on her and kisses her, Candy runs away and locks herself in a room. Neil screams that she must marry him, or he will make sure she is locked in there forever.]]
385* DirtyCoward: Neil often does things due to Eliza pushing his buttons or pressuring him to. It's not enough to excuse him, though, as he follows her rather happily. He also acts notably more cowardly when in trouble than Eliza does.
386* EntitledBastard: Combined with EntitledToHaveYou when he develops a VillainousCrush [[spoiler: on Candy]]. In the manga, she hits him when he gets overly physical with her.
387* FinalBoss: In every version of the story (novel, manga and anime), Neil [[spoiler: and his VillainousCrush on Candy]] is the last obstacle Candy faces before [[EarnYourHappyEnding she earns her happy ending.]]
388* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: At one point it looks like he may end up being decent after all, [[BaitTheDog but nope, he only gets WORSE]] [[spoiler: as he tries to force Candy to marry him and attempt to physically assault her.]]
389* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: In this case, falling in love with Candy makes him ''eviller'', he forces her to be his wedded wife while knowing she doesn't feel the same way.]]
390* MommasBoy: He's very spoiled by his mother and seems very dependent on her.
391* OffstageVillainy: In the novel, [[spoiler: his entire forced courtship of Candy is only relayed in bits and pieces through Candy's letters to other people.]]
392* RichBastard: Again, much like his sister. Must've ran in the family.
393* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:One day Neil is almost thrashed by some guys of a street gang, but Candy saves him by beating them. Therefore he develops a VillainousCrush on her and even forces her to become engaged to him.]]
394* ScarpiaUltimatum: [[spoiler:Tries it on Candy, after a brief HopeSpot where the audience is ''almost'' led to believe that he might start getting better. He attempts to use his political power to make Candy marry him until Albert intervenes.]]
395* VillainousCrush: [[spoiler:Later he's revealed that ''this'' is what he actually feels for Candy, but he didn't realize it as a kid mainly due to Eliza's influence.]]
396[[/folder]]
397!!Other Legans
398[[folder: Elroy Andrew]]
399
400The apparent leader of the powerful Andree clan, whose authority is only limited by that of the never-seen "Uncle William". A very lawful and stuck-up woman who does her best to keep the clan in line.
401----
402[[quoteright:335:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elroy_1.jpg]]
403* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her skin tone is a similar shade to the Legans.
404* AristocratsAreEvil: More like "super ultra lawful and strict", [[HonorBeforeReason which is pretty much an obsession to her.]]
405* GrumpyOldMan: Female example.
406* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:She raised her nephew Albert in stead of his dead parents.]]
407* RichBitch: Not ''as'' utterly asshole-ish as the Legans, but still very bitchy and obsessed with the family honor.
408[[/folder]]
409!!School
410[[folder: Louisa]]
411
412Eliza's almost-as-bitchy best friend in school.
413----
414
415* BetaBitch: To Eliza, as the only member of her GirlPosse who has something of a personality.
416* BreakTheHaughty
417* RichesToRags: [[spoiler:Her family goes bankrupt and, as a result, she has to leave the very expensive and traditional BoardingSchool. [[LaserGuidedKarma Karma's a bitch, eh Louisa]]?]]
418[[/folder]]
419
420!Minor Characters
421[[folder: Dorothy]]
422
423* GirlishPigtails
424* {{Meido}}: For the Legans
425* NiceGirl
426[[/folder]]
427
428[[folder: Mr. [=McDermott=]]]
429
430* BigFriendlyDog: He has one, a sweet Saint Bernard named Mienna. [[spoiler: When he passes away, she goes to live in the Pony Home.]]
431* CoolOldGuy
432* DistractedFromDeath: [[spoiler:Candy was having a nice chat with [=McDermott=], then she went to attend other matters. When she returned, he had passed away]]
433[[/folder]]
434
435[[folder: Eleanor Baker]]
436
437A very beautiful and popular actress, [[spoiler: and Terry's mother. She's the one he got his good looks AND acting ability from.]]
438----
439
440* MysteriousParent: [[spoiler:Terry's.]]
441* ParentalNeglect: [[spoiler:She loves Terry deeply, but heavily priorises her career over her son.]]
442* TeenPregnancy: Implied, [[spoiler:since Eleanor looks almost disturbingly young for the mother of a boy in his late teens ''and'' the Earl of Granchester looks notoriously older than she does.]]
443* WalkingSpoiler
444[[/folder]]
445
446[[folder: Marsha O'Brien]]
447
448Patty's cheerful, kinda thoughtless grandmother.
449----
450
451* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: She embarrasses her granddaughter Patty when she shows up at St. Paul to spend the weekend there, since she was homeschooled and thus never went to any kind of school.
452* CoolOldLady
453[[/folder]]
454
455[[folder: The Earl of Grandchester]]
456
457A very rich nobleman who appears later in the story. He has his hands full with his legal wife and children and barely takes care of his eldest child [[spoiler: Terry]], conceived out of wedlock with an American woman.
458----
459
460* BlueBlood
461* ParentalNeglect: To his eldest son [[spoiler: Terry]].
462[[/folder]]
463
464[[folder: Miss Mary Jane]]
465
466A good friend of Miss Pony and the owner of a famous nursing school. When Candy decides to forge her own destiny, she starts attending her school.
467----
468
469* CoolOldLady
470* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
471* SternTeacher: To Candy, Frannie and other would-be nurses.
472* TricksterMentor: Subjects Candy to more than one SecretTestOfCharacter.
473[[/folder]]
474
475[[folder: Frannie Hamilton]]
476
477[[quoteright:234:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frannie.jpg]]
478
479Candy's roommate and foil in the nursing school, a young woman with a deeply wounded heart hidden under her lawful and cold facade.
480----
481
482* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Tall, dark-haired and rather cold and snippy.
483* BrokenBird: Thanks to a DarkAndTroubledPast including [[spoiler: a MissingMom, ParentalNeglect from her alcoholic father, etc.]]
484* IceQueen
485* PutOnABus: More exactly, [[spoiler:she becomes a war nurse and leaves to Europe.]]
486[[/folder]]
487
488[[folder: Cookie]]
489
490A young boy Candy meets
491[[/folder]]
492
493
494[[folder: Mr. Garcia]]
495
496* DefrostingIceKing: Thank you, [[AllLovingHero Candy]].
497* JerkAss
498[[/folder]]
499
500[[folder: Karen Kreiss]]
501
502* AlliterativeName: '''K'''aren '''K'''reiss
503* TheRival: Feels this way about Susanna when it comes to acting.
504[[/folder]]
505
506[[folder: Dr. Leonard]]
507
508* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
509[[/folder]]
510
511[[folder: Sister Grace and Sister Margaret]]
512
513The two nuns who run the St. Paul school. Sister Grace is the eldest and more serious one, whereas Sister Margaret is younger and somewhat easier to get along with.
514----
515
516* GoodShepherd: Sister Margaret
517* GrumpyOldMan: Sister Grace is another example
518* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The serious and kind Sister Margaret, in contrast with...
519* SternTeacher: Sister Grace, who's VERY inflexible but doesn't relish in unnecessary cruelty to her pupils. But ''Heaven help them'' [[BerserkButton if she believes]] [[LawfulStupid they have broken the rules.]]
520[[/folder]]
521
522[[folder: Catherine]]
523

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