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11[[folder:Ofelia]]
12!!Ofelia / [[spoiler:Princess Moanna]]
13[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ofelia_new.JPG]]
14->'''Played By:''' Creator/IvanaBaquero
15
16A little girl who knows a little magic -- enough to, say, restore a statue's lost eye to it, and to recognize a fairy no matter what it looks like. Ofelia adores fairy tales and making up stories, even though her mother tells her she's too old for them. But when the CallToAdventure comes -- in the form of a mysterious Faun who tells Ofelia that she is the reborn Princess Moanna, of the underworld -- Ofelia will do anything to fulfill her Quest.
17----
18* ActionGirl: In the process of the movie she survives nearly getting eaten by a child-eating monster and escape with her baby half-brother from a household full of fascist stormtroopers with orders to kill her.
19* BigSisterInstinct: Once her baby half-brother is born, she'd die for him. [[spoiler:Literally]].
20* BreakTheCutie: The whole movie is this. Her mother marries a sociopathic asshole, she's sent on a couple life-threatening quests by a scary faun, her mother ''dies''... [[spoiler:and then she's shot! How fun!]]
21* ColorMotif: Is constantly wearing green, to symbolize her connection with nature and life.
22* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Setting up her ordeal with the Pale Man.
23* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:After her mother's death.]]
24* DiedHappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:She gets to rejoin her father and mother at the fairy underworld.]]
25* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:After getting shot by Vidal, she dies in Mercedes' arms.]]
26* DoomedNewClothes: Her new dress of course.
27* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Ends up getting shot by Vidal, but her spirit goes to the fairy underworld.]]
28* MeaningfulName: In fiction, girls named Ofelia are commonly associated with mental illness or [[spoiler:dying tragically]].
29* PimpedOutDress: Receives two -- a beautiful dark green velvet her mother makes her, and [[spoiler:a red and gold one when she dies and returns to the Underworld.]]
30* PluckyGirl: She's determined and resourceful, no matter what she's up against.
31* ReincarnateInAnotherWorld: According to the fairy tale, the princess originally died and reincarnated as a human on Earth. [[spoiler:In the end, she dies again but reappears in the underworld.]]
32* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:The underworld, on the other hand is just right for her.]]
33* {{Troll}}: She smiles to herself when Carmen tells her that her behavior has aggravated Vidal.
34* WhatTheHellHero: From the Faun after causing the death of two of the fairies in the box.
35[[/folder]]
36
37----
38!The Human World
39
40[[folder:Captain Vidal]]
41!!Captain Vidal
42[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vidal.gif]]
43->'''Played By:''' Creator/SergiLopez
44
45Ofelia's new stepfather, a loyal Francoist enforcer, and a captain in the Armed Police.
46----
47* AbusiveParents: He's nothing but cruel to Ofelia, and, while he is extremely attentive towards his son, it's only because he's projecting his own daddy issues onto his child. [[spoiler:He also shoots Ofelia.]]
48* AxCrazy: Brutally murders two hunters under the merest suspicion of them being rebels.
49* AllegoricalCharacter: He is fascism personified, in his obsession with complete control of every aspect of his life, in securing a son only to carry on his name, and dying a glorious death.
50* AssholeVictim: After all the evil things he has done, [[spoiler:Vidal getting shot in the face at the end is a fate well-deserved.]]
51* AwesomenessByAnalysis: A villainous example, but he's quite observant, such as when he deduces that Ferreiro is a rebel collaborator by him having an identical bottle of antibiotics as the one recovered from the rebel campsite.
52* BadBoss: Downplayed. Vidal regards his underlings with professionalism even if he's frequently annoyed at their failure. However he has a few notable moments.
53** When interrogating the hunters, he has his men restrain them. When his patience tires and he shoots the elder, he doesn't even bother warning the policeman holding him to move. If the policeman hadn't noticed on his own, he would have been killed with the hunter.
54** When returning to find the compound under attack, Garcés hurries to inform him of the situation, and Vidal just shoves him out of the way mid-sentence.
55* BigBad: He is the leader of the Policia Armada in the area, an abusive parent to Ofelia and a cold sadist with no remorse.
56* BloodKnight: Exemplified when he states to his underlings that the best way to die is in battle.
57* ChildSupplantsParent: A downplayed example. Just before his death in battle, Vidal's father smashed his pocket watch and had it delivered to his son so he would know the exact minute he died in (and by extension, how he died). Instead of honoring him, Vidal denies that his father ever had a watch, and fixes it in secret with the intention of repeating, and appropriating the stunt before his own son's eyes. However this ends in [[AssholeVictim abject failure]] because none of his men survive to take the watch, and the rebels tell him that his son [[UnPerson won't even know his name]].
58* ClassicVillain: Pride and rage.
59* ClockKing: Downplayed, Vidal (who does have a clock motif) makes many plans, manipulating the rebels to come to him while reinforcing the countries power as well as estimating where the rebels will go and whether or not his house staff are trustworthy.
60* ClocksOfControl: A fascist villain who is obsessed with his watch. According to the director's commentary, his room is supposed to look like the inside of a watch.
61* ControlFreak: Over the course of the film, and notable rewatches, you will start to notice that when Vidal's plans go awry, he loses his shit. The more his planning is undone, the more unstable he becomes.
62* TheDeterminator: Exemplified when he chases down Ofelia [[spoiler:despite the pain of his facial wound and being drugged.]]
63* DisappearedDad: His father was killed in UsefulNotes/{{Morocco}} when Vidal was only a boy, which made him obsessed with having a son of his own. [[spoiler:He in turn becomes one to his newborn son as Mercedes promises the baby will never know anything about him.]]
64* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He is left utterly bewildered when Dr. Ferreiro chooses to MercyKill a captured rebel to spare him more ColdBloodedTorture at Vidal's hands, despite knowing that Vidal would undoubtedly kill him for doing so.
65** It's also why he's [[spoiler:unable to see the Faun at the end.]]
66** He's taken completely by surprise and left speechless again when the same rebels he has brutalized for the entire movie just refuse to [[ItsAllAboutMe honor his last request]].
67* FaceDeathWithDignity: Intends to go that way, but ends up subverted: upon being confronted by the rebels after killing Ofelia and knowing that he will be shot down, Vidal hands over his son to Mercedes, telling her to at least tell about the time of his death to his son so that the latter can continue on his legacy. [[SubvertedTrope However, Mercedes refuses by saying that the boy will never even know his father's name and Vidal visibly loses his composure right before Pedro shoots him in the cheek.]]
68* FantasyForbiddingParent: More so than Carmen, he violently dismisses Ofelia's fairy tales as "mierda" (lit. shit.).
69* FauxAffablyEvil: Best seen with the hunters and the stuttering rebel, Vidal retains his polite and calm demeanor, even as he's breaking bones or murdering people. With the Captive, he gives him a HopeSpot and even states he'll let him go, knowing full well that the man will fail his test. His voice barely rises as he's describing [[ToThePain some torture techniques]].
70* FreudianExcuse: See DisappearedDad above, since his own father's death shook him up badly. But it [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse doesn't excuse his depravity at all]].
71* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Upon realising that he has been defeated at the end, he calmly hands over his son to the rebels before allowing them to shoot him.]]
72%%* HateSink: At the end of the day he is nothing more than a vicious, soulless monster.
73* HeirClubForMen: He only wants a son to carry on his family legacy -- not for something as ridiculous as having a boy to ''love''.
74* HeManWomanHater: Vidal is a chauvinist that underestimates women at best -- Mercedes -- or views them as little more than means to have an heir at worst -- Carmen.
75* HeroKiller: He slaughters a bunch of rebels, [[spoiler:among these an [[Film/TheDevilsBackbone older Jaime]]]], tortures [[spoiler:the stuttering kid]] horribly and murders [[spoiler:Dr. Ferreiro]]. [[spoiler:Oh, and he kills Ofelia at the end]].
76* ItsAllAboutMe: Vidal is more concerned about preserving his legacy than actually caring for his child. Even in his last moments, his main concern is that the child know about ''his'' exploits.
77-->'''Vidal:''' Above me, there's no one.
78* {{Jerkass}}: Downplayed. He is in no way a nice person, but he tends to fall under FauxAffablyEvil and acts more dissonantly cruel rather than openly obnoxious. However, there are times where he's just rude such as when he dismisses Carmen's story about how they met as a fairy tale, or when he shoves a bleeding Garcés out of the way when the man was only trying to do his job.
79* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: If it looked like there's any shred of decency in him, it's really more about fulfilling his selfish desires.
80* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He gets shot in the cheek by Pedro at the end. And considering he shot Ofelia in cold-blood, his fate is poetic justice at its finest]].
81* KickTheDog: Vidal treats this as his daily routine.
82* KillerCop: He is a member of the Spanish Armed Police with a murderous streak.
83* KnightTemplar: While his mindless cruelty with the hunters can make him seem more like a PsychoForHire, underneath that beats the heart of a proud fascist. As he states at the dinner with his superiors; he's happy to be stationed at the mill, and he wants fascism to win and destroy the "evils" of freedom and equality. He wants his son to grow up in a "new clean Spain" and he'll kill and torture all who defy the Francoist regime to see that happen.
84* LegacySeeker: Vidal's father died when he was a baby, but he clearly reveres the legacy he left in the form of his pocket watch -- left so that Vidal would know "how a brave man died" -- and wants to leave a legacy of his own: a son that will revere his memory and the new, "clean" Spain that he will inherit. His obsession is so great that he instructs the doctor to let Carmen die if it's a choice between her and the baby.
85* ObliviouslyEvil: He thinks he's creating a "new, clean Spain" and that he will be remembered as a great soldier. In the director's commentary, del Toro states that Vidal is a sociopath, but legitimately believes that he is acting for the good of the community.
86* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:After Ofelia takes her half-brother away from him, Vidal eventually tracks down Ofelia, takes her half-brother back and shoots Ofelia.]]
87* ParentalFavouritism: He loves his son dearly but thinks nothing of Ofelia except as an unwanted requirement to marrying her mother and getting his son, [[spoiler:And thinks nothing about ''killing'' the girl later on.]]
88* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He sees Carmen as little more than means to getting his child. After [[spoiler:killing the doctor and Carmen's health deteriorating, he orders TheMedic to make sure the child is born over the life of his wife]].
89* PragmaticVillainy: He was annoyed that he killed two innocent hunters he's mistaken for rebels. Only because his men didn't check on them thoroughly, thus wasting his time, and killing innocent civilians would probably incite the townspeople to support the rebels.
90* RageAgainstTheMirror: In once scene, as he's shaving himself, he raises his razor to his mirror and slits across his reflection's throat. It says quite a lot about what a horrifying man Vidal is that this moment, when his daddy issues and misanthropy spills over into outright suicidal ideation, is one of the only humanizing moments he gets in the entire movie.
91* {{Sadist}}: He clearly enjoys inflicting pain on others. Beating a young man's face in with a bottle in front of his father, before shooting them both dead, had no point other than the cruelty of it.
92* TheSociopath: A psychopathic officer willing to torture and kill as many partisans as he has to to make sure fascists take power in Spain. He cares for nothing but his own power and legacy, not even blinking when he [[spoiler:shoots his adopted daughter]] to keep his biological son under his thumb. The actor portraying him even described Vidal as an evil monster who is impossible to defend.
93* SpoiledBrat: One of the maids calls him one in the novelization after he came down to the kitchen to complain about his coffee being burned.
94* SupernaturalProofFather: [[spoiler:Is unable to see the Faun.]]
95* TortureTechnician: Does it in the town's barn.
96* TroubledAbuser: Haunted by his father's death and his obsession with having a child of his own.
97* {{Unperson}}: [[spoiler:Mercedes won't tell Vidal's son of his true origins or his father's name.]]
98* VillainousValor: One of the other redeeming factors about him is that he's undeniably brave, as he leads his troops from the front against the rebels and [[FaceDeathWithDignity faces the music]] with almost inhuman detachment.
99* WellDoneSonGuy: His father was a war hero, and is well-loved even after his death, and Vidal feels he could never live up to him. It's also inverted as he actually wants to become more admired than his father.
100* WickedStepfather: To put it very, very mildly. He's cruel, uncaring, and violent. [[spoiler:Taken to the extreme when he actually ''shoots'' Ofelia]].
101* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Would kill one, actually.]]
102[[/folder]]
103
104[[folder:Carmen]]
105!!Carmen
106[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carmen.JPG]]
107->'''Played By:''' Creator/AriadnaGil
108
109Ofelia's mother and Vidal's new wife.
110----
111* AlliterativeName: The novelization gives her last name as Cardoso.
112* BrokenBird: The poor woman is quite depressed with her circumstances what with a dead husband, a {{Jerkass}} new husband, and a difficult pregnancy. Any time she tries to find joy it gets ruined or shot down. When she's yelling to Ofelia that magic isn't real, she sounds like she's at the end of her rope.
113* DeathByChildbirth: Because she burns down the mandrake root that was healing her, and TheMedic that attends her has orders to save the baby over Carmen.
114* ExtremeDoormat: Her pregnancy and her need to support Ofelia makes her quite submissive to Vidal.
115* FantasyForbiddingParent: Though she's ''way'' more nice about it than Vidal. [[spoiler:At least, until right before her death.]]
116* HoistByHerOwnPetard: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:When discovering the enchanted mandrake Ofelia put under her bed to aid her pregnancy, Carmen throws it into the fireplace and desperately yells at Ofelia that magic isn't real. Unfortunately, burning the mandrake results in her pregnancy complications returning, and she goes into labor which ends in her death.]]
117[[/folder]]
118
119[[folder:Mercedes]]
120!!Mercedes
121[[quoteright:303:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mercedes.JPG]]
122->'''Played By:''' Creator/MaribelVerdu
123
124Vidal's housekeeper.
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126* ActionGirl: Unlike Carmen.
127* BadassBoast: To [[spoiler:Vidal]] when she has the upper hand on him.
128-->'''Mercedes:''' I'm not some old man! Or a wounded prisoner! [[PrecisionFStrike Motherfucker]]... Don't you dare touch the girl. You won't be the first pig I've gutted!
129* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:Mercedes preferred to take her own life than give her pursuers the satisfaction of killing her, and she's holding her knife to her throat, just before she is rescued by the rebels.]]
130* BrokenBird: Implied. Take notice of the look in her eyes.
131* ChastityDagger: Mercedes carries such a knife. It's the same knife she uses in the kitchen, and she's [[{{Foreshadowing}} shown multiple times folding it back into her dress after she's done chopping vegetables.]] Her knife is not only used against Vidal, as is traditional, but also to cut through ropes binding her wrists.
132* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:With almost everyone dead, including Ofelia, she is left as this.]]
133* TheGlomp: She and her brother share some Big Damn Hugs.
134* MamaBear: Although Ofelia isn't her child, Mercedes protects her as if she were.
135* TheMole: For the rebels.
136* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:In the end she takes Vidal's baby.]]
137** She has elements of this towards Ofelia as well.
138* PreMortemOneLiner: To Vidal, who wanted his son to know all about him and his father's watch.
139-->'''Mercedes:''' No. He will not even know your name.
140[[/folder]]
141
142[[folder:Dr. Ferreiro]]
143!!Dr. Ferreiro
144[[quoteright:286:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_ferreiro.JPG]]
145->'''Played By:''' Álex Angulo
146
147A doctor in the service of Vidal who is also a secret member of the Republican faction (of the Spanish Civil War) and aids the rebels.
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149* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Faced with certain death, Ferreiro just calmly walks away. After being shot, he takes his glasses off rather calmly before slumping to the ground.]]
150* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Vidal shoots him from behind as he walks away.]]
151* MercyKill: [[spoiler:He euthanizes a captured rebel to spare him more of Vidal's brutal torture.]]
152* TheMole: Like Mercedes, he pretends to loyally serve Vidal but is secretly helping the rebels.
153* NiceGuy: The only kind and humane member of Vidal's staff.
154* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives a small but effective one to Captain Vidal.
155-->'''Dr. Ferreiro:''' To obey--just like that--for obedience's sake... without questioning... That is something only men like you can do, Captain.
156* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: The novelization shows him to have this mindset toward the rebels, though he still does his best to help them.
157[[/folder]]
158
159[[folder:The Mayor]]
160!!The Mayor
161->'''Played By:''' Juanjo Cucalón
162
163The town's mayor, who attends Vidal's dinner.
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165* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: He assumes Vidal is merely doing his job and doesn't really want to be fighting the rebels. Vidal is quick to set him straight.
166* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He seems to be a caring man and questions Vidal's orders to cut rations, noting that one ration card per family may not be enough.
167[[/folder]]
168
169[[folder:The Priest]]
170!!The Priest
171->'''Played By:''' Francisco Vidal
172
173A priest who attends Vidal's dinner.
174----
175* {{Hypocrite}}: He states that families will need to be careful to get by on limited rations, while piling his own plate full of food.
176* LackOfEmpathy: He's dismissive of the rebels' suffering when he hears one of them is wounded.
177-->''"God has saved their souls. What happens to their bodies hardly matters to Him."''
178* LesCollaborateurs: A member of the Catholic Church who gladly assists the fascist regime.
179[[/folder]]
180
181[[folder:Pedro]]
182!!Pedro
183->'''Played By:''' Roger Casamajor
184
185Mercedes' brother, and leader of the Republican cell in the area.
186----
187* BigDamnHeroes: He and his rebels save Mercedes from the Captain's henchmen right when they're about to take her back to inflict ColdBloodedTorture on her.
188* ChummyCommies: Wears a pin of a red star with a hammer and sickle in it, showing his devotion to communism. He is also the unambiguously heroic leader of LaResistance.
189* TheGlomp: He and his sister share a few Big Damn Hugs.
190* HeroOfAnotherStory: While the movie focuses on Ofelia, there's fighting going around and he's in the middle of it.
191* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:He is the one to kill Vidal in the end, placing a bullet right in Vidal's cheek.]]
192* RebelLeader: Commands the local resistance fighters.
193* ScarfOfAsskicking: He wears a blue scarf in the film.
194* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: DefiedTrope. He refuses to give up the fight even when Dr. Ferreiro encourages him to, although after that talk he at least urges Mercedes not to risk her life with him.
195-->'''Dr. Ferreiro:''' You must take care of Mercedes. If you love her, take her away. This is a lost cause.\
196'''Pedro:''' I'm staying, doctor. That's it.
197[[/folder]]
198
199[[folder:Garcés & Serrano]]
200!!Garcés & Serrano
201->'''Played By:''' Manolo Solo (Garcés) & César Vea (Serrano).
202
203Vidal's thuggish sergeants and subordinates.
204----
205* DoubleTap: Garcés can be seen performing it on the rebels his men have shot in the battle, much like the rest of the policemen in the movie.
206* CoDragons: To Vidal.
207* EvenEvilHasStandards: Downplayed, they have stone faces in war and executing prisoners, but look shocked by Vidal's brutality against the hunters. Serrano also can't look when Vidal executes a prisoner with a throat wound.
208* FatAndSkinny: Downplayed, Garcés is slimmer and while Serrano isn't fat, he's certainly more broad than Garcés.
209* KickTheDog: Garcés gloats when he has Mercedes at his mercy, [[KarmicDeath seconds before his death]].
210* LeanAndMean: Garcés, thinner, shorter and meaner than Serrano.
211* PerpetualFrowner: Serrano usually has a dour expression.
212* PetTheDog:
213** In the opening scene, Serrano stops the car at Ofelia's request when Carmen feels sick, and asks Carmen if she's okay.
214** When Dr. Ferreiro euthanizes the torture victim, Serrano has his back turned (despite Vidal having ordered him to watch the doctor), suggesting that he's letting him do it.
215* PunchClockVillain: Serrano comes off as this compared to Garcés, who takes more pleasure in his actions.
216* SmugSnake: Garcés especially in his final scene.
217* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:Garcés]] is shot repeatedly by the rebels. Though multiple gunshots aren't uncommon in the film as most combatants make sure to shoot their victims more than once to ensure death.
218* ThoseTwoGuys: Up until the end they don't get much differentiation in terms of personality until they chase down Mercedes.
219* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Serrano gets wounded by the rebels' BigDamnHeroes that rescues Mercedes, but manages to return to the base to tell Vidal. Presumably he is finished off during or after the final rebel assault, but we don't know for sure.]]
220* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: When Garcés sees Mercedes making her escape, his first idea is to pull a pistol and try to shoot her, but he's interrupted by Vidal who demands she be taken alive.
221[[/folder]]
222
223----
224!The Underworld
225
226[[folder:Faun]]
227!!The Faun
228[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thefaun.jpg]]
229->'''Played By:''' Creator/DougJones\
230'''Voiced By:''' Pablo Adán
231
232An ancient creature, he has been waiting in the Labyrinth for the reincarnated princess to return.
233----
234* TheBeastmaster: The novelization says he uses bats, rabbits and ravens as messengers as well as his fairies.
235* BerserkButton: He ''really'' doesn't like it when rules are broken, [[spoiler:especially when it results in the loss of his fairies]].
236* DecompositeCharacter:[[spoiler: One of the intermissions from the novelization includes a tale revealing that the older version of him in the human world is actually a wooden magical replica created by the redhead, younger faun from the Underworld realm]].
237* EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:Subverted in the end when he looks young again with red hair, revealed to be a good guy after all.]]
238%%* TheFairFolk
239* FaunsAndSatyrs: He's a Faun.
240* IHaveManyNames: Claims to have had many names over the years.
241* IKnowYourTrueName: The novelization says he controls his fairies this way.
242* InvisibleToNormals: When Vidal walks in on him and Ofelia talking, Vidal just sees the latter talking to herself.
243%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be downright scary, but he really does want the princess to return.
244* MerlinSickness: Gets visibly more healthy and youthful as the film goes on.
245* MoodSwinger: He can go from tender to menacing at the drop of a hat.
246* PlantPerson[=/=]{{Planimal}}: He seems to be made from rotting wood.
247* PunchClockHero: WordOfGod says the Faun doesn't care if Ofelia gets home or not.
248* RapidAging: Inverted; he becomes visibly younger as the film progresses. When we first meet him, he moves as if his joints are stiff; by the film's end, his movement is quite normal.
249* ShadowWalker: The novelization explains his teleportation by having him melt into shadows.
250* SwissArmyTears: According to the novelization, he feeds the fairies his tears to help them remember the missing princess.
251* TimeAbyss: He's so old, his true names can only be pronounced by "the wind and the trees."
252* TrueNeutral: WordOfGod says that he's neither good or evil. He just does his job to observe and shepherd Ofelia while not particularly caring if she lives or dies.
253* TheUnpronounceable: Claims to have had names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce.
254* WouldntHurtAChild: [[spoiler:The Faun didn't actually want to harm the baby, although he's pretty effective at playacting otherwise.]]
255[[/folder]]
256
257[[folder:Fairies]]
258!!The Fairies
259
260Three fairies that are friends with the Faun.
261----
262* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The two that were eaten by the Pale Man show up in the end.]]
263* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Green, blue, and red.
264* FacePalm: [[spoiler:When Ofelia eats from the Pale Man's banquet.]]
265* FairyCompanion: To the Faun, and later Ofelia.
266%%* TheFairFolk
267* ForgetfulJones: The novelization says that fairies tend to be forgetful creatures.
268* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:The blue and red fairies get their heads bitten off by the Pale Man.]]
269* OurFairiesAreDifferent: They first appear as stick insects, but transform after Ofelia shows them what they're "supposed" to look like.
270* TheUnintelligible: The fairies speak through insect like chattering, but the Faun knows what they're saying. [[spoiler:Especially when the surviving fairy told him how Ofelia disobeyed him.]]
271[[/folder]]
272
273[[folder:Toad]]
274!!The Toad
275
276A giant toad that lives under a fig tree and is part of Ofelia's first task.
277----
278* AmphibianAtLarge: It's a toad that's bigger than normal toads.
279* WasOnceAMan: The novelization says it used to be a human soldier named Umberto Garces, who was cursed after he helped drown a witch named Rocio.
280[[/folder]]
281
282[[folder:Pale Man]]
283!!The Pale Man
284[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pale_man.jpg]]
285->'''Played By:''' Creator/DougJones
286
287A child-eating monster, whose lair Ofelia enters at the Faun's instruction to get a precious dagger. The Pale Man sits frozen at the head of a banquet table, his eyes sitting on a plate in front of him. He springs to life when Ofelia disregards the Faun's warning and eats the forbidden food.
288----
289* AllegoricalCharacter: According to del Toro, [[http://screenanarchy.com/2006/12/pans-labyrinthinterview-with-guillermo-del-toro.html the Pale Man represents the Catholic Church, which was highly complicit in Spanish fascism at the time the movie takes place.]] There is also the part about him sitting at a table loaded with all sorts of delicious food that he does not eat, but will kill and consume anyone who takes as much as an apple.
290* AllThereInTheManual: The Bonus Comics on the DVD reveal he was once a being of excess banished to that room, and unable to eat the food before him, turning into the emaciated being Ofelia encounters. He believed that the dagger was the only thing that could harm him [[spoiler:but in reality it was all that was keeping him alive, and when Ofelia left, he collapsed in on himself and disappeared]].
291* BerserkButton: He does ''not'' tolerate anyone taking so much as a piece of fruit from the vast feast in front of him, even if he doesn't eat any of it.
292* ChildEater: Frescoes on the ceiling of his lair depict him killing and devouring young children. His lair also contains heaps of shoes from the children he consumed. [[spoiler:Despite this preference he doesn't mind the taste of fairies, either.]]
293* EatsBabies: His eating of children, even toddlers, shows him to be a creature of frightening evil.
294* EyesDoNotBelongThere: His eyes fit ''into his palms''.
295* EyelessFace: His eye sockets are on his palms, and his face is eyeless with only two holes for nostrils and no lips.
296* TheFairFolk: A supernatural being who preys upon humans, but is also bound by magical rules and has a magical weakness.
297* FoodChains: Ofelia was told not to eat any food of his table. He wakes up when she takes some fruit.
298* FormerlyFat: He's designed to look like a fat man who lost a huge amount of weight. Now he has flaps of excess skin hanging off his bony frame.
299* HumanoidAbomination: Even if he was human at one point, he certainly isn't ''now'', having been so horrible that TheFairFolk had him imprisoned.
300* LeanAndMean: An emaciated creature that eats children (when he can get any, that is).
301* LightIsNotGood: A pale creature that lives in a church-like golden room, and yet eats children. To [[https://twitter.com/realgdt/status/827065272028766208?lang=en quote]] del Toro: "The Pale Man represents all institutional evil feeding on the helpless. It's not accidental that he is a) Pale b) a Man."
302* RuleOfSymbolism: Most of it is related to {{Greed}} and the exploitation of the weak.
303** The Pale Man sits at a table filled with the most delicious food, which he does not partake in. However, if anyone dares to take as much as a single apple, he will mercilessly hunt them down and eat them.
304** The Pale Man has eyes in the palms of his hands, representing how he only sees that which he reaches out to take.
305* TheScrooge: A non money variant. He has a vast banquet of delicious food in front of him that he never touches but flies into a rage if someone else takes any amount off it, no matter how small.
306* SiblingMurder: The novelization says his first human victim was his brother.
307* SinisterNudity: A perpetually naked MonstrousHumanoid responsible for the murders of many, ''many'' children... though thanks to his advanced age and emaciation, his genitals are hidden beneath a layer of loose skin.
308* TheSpeechless: He never speaks a word and only screams.
309%% * VaderBreath
310* WasOnceAMan: The novelization says he used to be human.
311[[/folder]]
312
313[[folder:King & Queen of the Underworld]]
314!!King & Queen of the Underworld
315->'''Played By:''' Federico Luppi & Ariadna Gil
316----
317* BigGood: Of the Underworld.
318* CastingGag: Doubling as TheCameo, Luppi played one of the main characters ([[spoiler:and also a supernatural one]]) in ''Film/TheDevilsBackbone''.
319* DimensionLord: Ruling the Underworld.
320* HairOfGold: The Queen has an unearthly shade of blonde hair, as opposed to the dark hair Carmen has in the normal world.
321* LightIsGood: Their throne room is brightly lit.
322* TimeAbyss: They're content to wait until the end of time for their daughter to come home.
323[[/folder]]
324
325[[folder:Mandrake]]
326!!The Mandrake
327
328A plant "that dreamed of being human." The Faun gives it to Ofelia in order to help cure her mom.
329----
330* BloodMagic: Requires two drops of blood from Ofelia everyday.
331* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Carmen throws it into the fireplace when Vidal discovers it under her bed. [[DeathByChildbirth It doesn't end well for her.]]]]
332%%* NatureSpirit
333* PlantPerson: It resembles a root shaped like a human baby.
334* {{Synchronization}}: After being placed in a bowl of milk by Ofelia, it begins to simulate Carmen's movements (i.e., tossing and turning when she does the same in bed.) [[spoiler:This is probably why Carmen begins to go into pained labor when the Mandrake is burned.]]
335[[/folder]]
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