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6	This is a CharacterSheet for the Creator/{{Pixar}} film ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}''.
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10	[[folder:Carl Fredricksen]]
11	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carl.png]]
12	[[caption-width-right:350: "So long, boys! I'll send you a postcard from Paradise Falls!"]]
13	->'''Voiced by:''' Jeremy Leary (child); Creator/EdAsner [[labelnote:Foreign VA's]]Music/CharlesAznavour (French), Creator/ShozoIizuka (Japanese), Tito Resendiz (Latin American Spanish), Fred Maire (German), Otto Schenk (Austrian German)[[/labelnote]]
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15	Carl Fredricksen (born 1931) is the protagonist. He is a cranky and widowed 78-year-old retired balloon salesman. He is also appears at the end of ''Dug's Special Mission'', as is the co-lead in ''WesternAnimation/DugDays'' and ''WesternAnimation/CarlsDate''.
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17	* AdrenalineMakeover: Becomes more rugged-looking after the climax.
18	* AllLovingHero: {{Downplayed}}. After Carl finally understands Ellie's last words in her adventure book, he becomes an all-round pleasant guy to Russell and Dug except for Muntz after realizing his idol had gone insane. However, as the latter falls to his demise thanks to Carl's clever actions, he gasps in horror at the sight.
19	* AmazonChaser: As a child, Carl fell for Ellie's fiery spirit.
20	* BigNo: He yells one in the theater when he realizes that Muntz has been called a fraud.
21	* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:He really did respect Charles Muntz before his reveal.]]
22	* CharacterDevelopment: Throughout his journey, Carl starts to see that he needs to move on from Ellie's death and live his life.
23	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Ellie -- They met as children in the intro and the following TimeSkip shows them getting married.
24	* ComicBookFantasyCasting: His appearance is based off that of Creator/SpencerTracy.
25	* CoolOldGuy: Carl becomes more warm and fun at the ending.
26	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Downplayed. Carl's childhood and adulthood were not troubled whatsoever, especially since he had Ellie. The truly bad parts was Ellie's miscarriage and Carl trying to make their childhood promise come true... only for his beloved wife to fall and die sometime later. And after his wife's death, Carl became a surly and lonely man.
27	* DeadpanSnarker: Carl is very sarcastic and deadpan in his delivery as well.
28	* DeathSeeker: It's strongly implied that this was what motivated Carl to finally go to Paradise Falls, at least ''at first''. After all, with Ellie dead and having no family left to speak of, [[spoiler:what better way to go out in style than to do the one thing he was still able to pull off? Even if he knows that it'd likely be a one-way trip that could go terribly wrong.]]
29	* DefrostingIceKing: His sour and grumpy exterior is softened by his experiences in Paradise Falls and the friendships he eventually forms with the others.
30	* EarnYourHappyEnding: He has to care for a rambunctious scout and an endangered bird plus evade his former childhood hero to get his house to Paradise Falls.
31	* {{Expy}}: Carl was supposedly modeled on Spencer Tracy's appearance in the film ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'', right down to the black rectangular glasses.
32	* GadgeteerGenius: Carl qualifies, given he outfitted his house with shower curtain sails and a steering system. Carl retrofitted his entire house into an airship in less than ''one night''. He's better than Series/{{MacGyver\|1985}}!
33	* GrumpyOldMan: Carl can be quite impolite and sarcastic. This is mostly due to the death of his wife.
34	* HappilyMarried: To Ellie -- Even if they had trouble [[LawOfInverseFertility making a family]] and fulfilling their dream to go to South America since by the time they were able to afford the trip Ellie soon passed away. This is demonstrated at the end, when Carl looks through Ellie's Adventure Book one last time to find the message [[spoiler:"Thanks for the adventure! Now go have a new one."]]
35	* HeroicBSOD: When [[spoiler: Muntz burns the house to keep Carl busy while he takes Kevin.]] And really, he technically has been in a prolonged one since Ellie's death. [[spoiler:At least up till the end.]]
36	* HopelessWithTech: Implied in the credits from the way Carl is pictured holding up a computer mouse by the cord, looking baffled by it.
37	* IWasQuiteALooker: Like his wife, Carl was quite attractive as a young man.
38	* IntergenerationalFriendship: He (an elderly man) forms this with Russell (a hyperactive child) eventually.
39	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Stubborn and curmudgeonly, but he's also loyal and, in is own way, caring.
40	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The Feminine Boy to Ellie's Masculine Girl, especially as children -- she was more rambunctious while he was more quiet.
41	* MeaningfulName: Carl means "strong man". Considering the physical and emotional obstacles Carl goes through in this movie, it's definitely fitting.
42	* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: He's roughly the same size as Russell.
43	* TheMourningAfter: When the film starts, he's a heartbreaking example. He's deep in grief, and (since Ellie was the social one of their lifelong pair) doesn't even understand that he needs to reach out for help in overcoming it.
44	* MovingBeyondBereavement: Carl's character arc involves him moving on from the death of his wife, Ellie. He starts out as a loner who wants to go to Paradise Falls and stay there at all costs to honor his wife's memory; however, after some bonding with Russell and Kevin, he eventually finds Ellie's photo book of their many moments shared in their life which has her writing out that she was satisfied with how their life went. This ultimately helps him finally move on from her death and race to save both Russell and Kevin from [[spoiler: Charles Muntz]].
45	* MyGreatestFailure: Failing to fulfill Ellie's dream to go to Paradise Falls like she always wanted is his greatest regret, to the point where he can't even bear to look at the back half of her Adventure Book no matter how many times he opens it. [[spoiler:It's only when he sees how it's filled with photos of the happy life she lived with him that he is finally able to start moving on from her death.]]
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47	* OhCrap: He gets this when [[spoiler:he sees the flight caps of victims that Muntz killed, and he realizes that Muntz has gone insane]].
48	* PapaWolf: He gains a protective streak for Russell. The climax of the movie has him [[spoiler:risk his life going back to Muntz’s zeppelin to save Russell and Kevin. When Russell offers his help to Carl again, Carl argues with him and says he wants Russell to be safe.]]
49	* ParentalSubstitute: Acts as a father figure to Russell.
50	* PerpetualFrowner: "Grumpy" becomes his default facial expression after Ellie's death, and seemingly the only things he finds satisfaction in are taking the house to Paradise Falls and meeting Muntz. Thankfully, he grows out of this by the film's end.
51	* TheQuietOne: Carl was a ''really'' quiet kid. He barely makes a sound during the flashback.
52	* RedOniBlueOni: The reserved blue to both Ellie and Russell's more impulsive reds.
53	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The mellow Savvy Guy to Ellie's spunky Energetic Girl.
54	* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: He insults the man from the company who wants to destroy his house.
55	* ShrinkingViolet: As a kid, he's really shy and doesn't utter a single word.
56	* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Carl wears squared shaped glasses and is a GadgeteerGenius who converts his house into a fully functional airship using thousands of balloons.
57	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: When they were kids, he was the Tiny Guy to Ellie's Huge Girl.
58	* TookALevelInBadass: Carl saved his friends just by using a rope and a piece of chocolate.
59	* TookALevelInCheerfulness: His adventure with Russell mellows him out from the cantankerous, grumpy man he was after Ellie's death into a much happier and accepting elderly man who accepts Russell as his grandson figure, Dug and Kevin as his pets.
60	* TookALevelInIdealism: He becomes reinvigorated with life after reading Ellie's last written message in her notebook.
61	* TookALevelInJerkass: A completely justifiable example. In the opening, he's almost always shown smiling and laughing and seems to be quite good with the children he sells balloons to, while in the present day he's bitter and sarcastic towards Russell. All of the flashback scenes occurred while [[TheLostLenore Ellie]] was still alive.
62	* TookALevelInKindness: In the present time, he's rude, lonely and bitter after Ellie's death but meeting Russell, Kevin and Dug after arriving in Paradise Falls, meeting his idol, Muntz who's now a cruel, obsessive and egotistical person who wants Kevin to restore his fame and reading Ellie's last message in her notebook prompts him to become nicer and willing to save Russell and Kevin from Muntz when the latter abducted them.
63	* TragicKeepsake: The bottlecap "badge", Ellie's Adventure Book, her photo, the house itself... and the airport passes Carl was going to surprise her with just before her final hours. Really, a huge part of the plot is based on this trope and Carl's need to let go of them.
64	* UnlikelyHero: No one expected a cantankerous septuagenarian who keeps to himself to be TheHero.
65	* UptightLovesWild: While not stuffy as a kid, his slightly more reserved demeanor stands out in contrast with Ellie's more wild behavior. And Carl is smitten almost instantly.
66	* UsedToBeASweetKid: Carl was much more energetic and accepting of people as a young boy. To be fair, the opening makes it clear that Carl was a pretty sweet guy throughout his life up until Ellie died.
67	* WhatTheHellHero: Russell calls him out for [[spoiler: letting Muntz take Kevin while he tried to save the house instead.]]
68	* WhenEldersAttack:
69	** He uses his cane to fight off another elder.
70	** He also gets into an altercation early in the film with some of the builders, leading him to striking one of them with his cane hard enough to draw blood (although that one backfires as it gets him court ordered to a retirement home).
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73	[[folder:Ellie Fredricksen]]
74	[[quoteright:263:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ellie_old_263.jpg]]
75	[[caption-width-right:263: "You and me, we're in a club now."]]
76	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ElieDocter (child)
77
78	Ellie Fredricksen is a character who, despite being dead before the events depicted, plays a significant role in the movie. She was the wife of Carl Fredricksen. Ellie only has speech during her childhood scenes, as she is voiced by Creator/ElieDocter (as a child), the director's daughter, but doesn't speak for the rest of her appearances during her life sequence.
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80	* ArcWords: "Thanks for the adventure! Now make a new one!"
81	%%* BespectacledCutie: As an old lady, she wears glasses and she looks even cuter. %%How does her glasses make her appear cuter? Also, this entry could use some details regarding personality.
82	* BreakTheCutie: When the doctor tells her she can't have children, Ellie breaks down crying in her hands.
83	* CharacterDevelopment: As a kid, Ellie was a spirited and impulsive risk-taker, wanting the impossible to happen. She made Carl promise to take her to Paradise Falls, even though they're kids with no money to travel. As an adult, Ellie became more proactive in taking charge of her life and willing to accept the mundane aspects: she marries Carl, helps renovate their dream house, and pursues a career as a zookeeper. Even though Carl and she planned to go to Paradise Falls, it was more of an in-joke at that point since she happily used their savings for mundane emergencies. [[spoiler:At some point, Ellie started filling her scrapbook with pictures of her and Carl after their wedding, showing that she considered their marriage the greatest adventure of all. When she was giving it to Carl while dying, she was trying to reassure him that he didn't need to take her to Paradise Falls]].
84	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Carl -- They met as children in the intro and the following TimeSkip shows them getting married.
85	* ChildishToothGap: She had one as a young girl.
86	* ColorMotif: Pink.
87	* FieryRedhead: Ellie had the classic red hair and was always a spunky and energetic person.
88	* GenkiGirl: Much more so as a child, though she was still lively and spirited even as an adult. And tellingly, she remained somewhat youthful even as she aged.
89	* GlassesOfAging: While Carl has worn glasses since childhood, Ellie in the "Married Life" sequence isn't seen wearing glasses until the TimePassesMontage to her elderly years.
90	* HappilyMarried: To Carl -- Even if they had trouble [[LawOfInverseFertility making a family]] and fulfilling their dream to go to South America since by the time they were able to afford the trip Ellie soon passed away. This is demonstrated at the end, when Carl looks through Ellie's Adventure Book one last time to find the message [[spoiler:"Thanks for the adventure! Now go have a new one."]]
91	* IWasQuiteALooker: Her looks quietly faded as times go by.
92	* LawOfInverseFertility: It's heavily implied that she miscarried, thus denying Carl and Ellie the child they so desired.
93	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Her death transformed Carl into a sullen, angry, grumpy man who refuses to interact with others.
94	* TheLostLenore: To Carl. It is made worse by the fact that she was never able to have children, so her death leaves Carl completely alone. Carl's refusal to leave his house is partially because it's the only way he can keep Ellie's spirit alive.
95	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The Masculine Girl to Carl's Feminine Boy, especially as children -- she was more rambunctious while he was more quiet.
96	* MeaningfulName: Ellie means "shining light". When Carl is alone in bed and later by the table, the sun is shining where Ellie used to be, literally symbolizing how the "light" of his life is gone.
97	* MessyHair: When meeting Carl as a little girl, she takes off her helmet to reveal a wild poof of bright red hair.
98	* MotorMouth: As a kid, she was quite the fast talker and it served as a contrast with [[TheQuietOne Carl]].
99	* NiceGirl: A loving and sweet person since childhood.
100	* OnceMoreWithClarity: While dying, she gives Carl her scrapbook after filling it up. He takes it to mean that he should fulfill her promise to go to Paradise Falls. [[spoiler:It was actually releasing him from the promise; when he looks into it much later, it's filled with photos of her married life and a thanks to him for the adventure, while telling him to find another one]].
101	* PrefersGoingBarefoot: As a child, she did.
102	* PosthumousCharacter: She strongly influences the story.
103	* RedOniBlueOni: The impulsive red to Carl's reserved blue, though she appeared to have mellowed out a bit as she aged.
104	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The spunky Energetic Girl to Carl's mellow Savvy Guy.
105	* ShesAllGrownUp: She goes from a gawky, androgynous little girl to a beautiful woman and continues to age gracefully up to her deathbed.
106	* SilverFox: She appears to be beautiful, even in old age.
107	* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her death is responsible for Carl's attitude for most of the film.
108	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: When they were kids, she was the Huge Girl to Carl's Tiny Guy.
109	* {{Tsundere}}: When she first meets Carl, she's fiery and all "tsun" towards him. But when she realizes how shy he is, it quickly goes away and she goes straight to "dere". Though in her childhood sequences, she switches between the two easily due to being a FieryRedhead.
110	* UsedToBeATomboy: As a kid, she was more rowdy with messy hair and going barefoot. She's much more feminine as an adult though she's still clearly quite tomboyish.
111	* TheVoiceless: Ironically, the audience never hear her speak during her adulthood.
112	* VoiceForTheVoiceless: She does all the talking for Carl when they were children.
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115	[[folder:Russell]]
116	[[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/russell_up.jpg]]
117	[[caption-width-right:290: "The wilderness must be explored! Caw-caw, rawr!"]]
118	->'''Voiced by:''' Jordan Nagai
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120	Russell is the deuteragonist. He is a Junior Wilderness Explorer who accompanied Carl Fredricksen to Paradise Falls. He also appears at the end of ''Dug's Special Mission'' and features in an episode of ''Dug Days''.
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122	* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Russell tries to act like a grown-up.
123	* AmbiguousSituation: What little we learn of his home life doesn't paint a very clear picture.
124	* AsianAirhead: Zig-zagged. Even though he fails to read the room often and is incredibly naive, he's remembered just about everything he's learned in his time as a Wilderness Explorer, from recognizing types of clouds to vegetation and some basic survival skills.
125	* AsianAndNerdy: A dorky boy who is Asian.
126	* BewareTheNiceOnes: He takes down ''dogfighters'' by exploiting their AttentionDeficitOohShiny nature.
127	* BigFun: He's a chubby, sweet kid.
128	* CannotTellALie: If only Russell could've laid low about his discovery of Kevin...
129	* CheerfulChild: Even cheerful in a jungle.
130	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Goes hand in hand with CannotTellALie.
131	* ChestOfMedals: His Wilderness Explorer sash is absolutely covered in all the badges he's earned. The last one he needs to become a Senior Wilderness Explorer is the "Assisting the Elderly" badge, which kicks off the plot in the present day.
132	* {{Determinator}}: Either by [[WellDoneSonGuy gaining his father's approval]] or saving his friends.
133	* DisappearedDad: We never see Russell's dad, and from what we hear about him, he's pretty neglectful of his son.
134	* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:He gets captured by Muntz in the film's climax, and is rescued by Carl right before he can fall 10,000 feet.]]
135	* FriendToAllLivingThings: He quickly wants to adopt both Dug and Kevin when he first meets them.
136	--> '''Russell:''' An Explorer is a friend to all / Be it plant or fish or tiny mole!
137	--> '''Carl:''' That doesn't even rhyme!
138	* GeniusDitz: Despite having dozens of merit badges, including in Zoology, he doesn't realize there's no such thing as a [[SnipeHunt snipe]]. Another example is when he doubts there's a bus stop in Paradise Falls, and then, a few lines later, figures he might be able to use his city bus pass. In South America.
139	* HeroicResolve: He simply cannot climb a rope... until he realizes Carl is in trouble.
140	--> '''Russell:''' [[LetsGetDangerous You leave Mr. Frederickson alone!!]]
141	* IntergenerationalFriendship: He and Carl become close friends. Russell is around ten, while Carl is a senior citizen.
142	* LikeASonToMe: One interview says that [[spoiler:Russell was designed to be the child Ellie and Carl were unable to have, in both a figurative and literal spirit. Figurative in that if they had had a child, that child would be very much like Russell (especially at the end when he has both a mother and father figure in his life), and that Russell fills the hole Ellie left behind when she died, much like Carl and Ellie's potential child would have. Literal in that if you look close enough, Russell has features VERY similar to that of both Ellie and Carl...]]
143	* LittleStowaway: Unintentionally, Russell ends up staying in the house when it takes air, thus forcing Carl to take him along.
144	* TheLoad: Russell at first seems to fit this category: he loses his Wilderness Explorer GPS, literally acts as a deadweight while Carl is towing the house, cannot put up his tent, and reveals to Muntz that he and Carl have met "the Monster of Paradise Falls" (i.e. Kevin the Bird). Probably meant to be an inversion of how in many films where a crotchety old man is paired up with a spunky kid, it's the adult who's portrayed as inept and in need of rescue. Plus, Russell has the excuse that he has no real way of getting home under his own power. If Carl doesn't do it, the poor kid is toast. However, he eventually [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]].
145	* MotorMouth: Carl tries to get him to play "Who Can be Quiet the Longest":
146	-->'''Russell:''' My mom loves that game!
147	* NiceGuy: A kind and helpful child.
148	* ThePollyanna: Almost always optimistic, even in the face of certain doom.
149	* PluckyComicRelief: Not as much as Dug, but still notable.
150	* TagalongKid: He accidentally gets stuck under the house when it takes off, and becomes Carl's main companion on his adventure to Paradise Falls.
151	* TooDumbToLive:
152	** He makes some very poor survival choices throughout the movie, though since he's a sheltered little kid it's hardly surprising.
153	** He even goes after Muntz to rescue Kevin by himself. It just leads to him getting captured.
154	* TookALevelInBadass: Not as much as Carl, but he does become considerably more self-reliant as the movie goes on.
155	* UnlikelyHero: A harebrained and chubby little boy is hardly what you'd call prime hero material.
156	* WellDoneSonGuy: Russell's motivation is to earn his last badge and, thereby, his father's praise.
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158
159	[[folder:Kevin]]
160	[[quoteright:161:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/up_kevin_68rd2dte.jpg]]
161	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PeteDocter
162
163	Kevin is a giant, flightless bird of a species unknown to science. She is the main target of Charles Muntz's hunt in South America. Russell named her "Kevin" before he learned her actual gender.
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165	* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: She taps Carl on the head with her beak to copy this trope.
166	* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Kevin is pretty smart for a bird, and knows how to dodge traps [[spoiler: Muntz and his dogs]] set for her.
167	* AnimalGenderBender: Her colours are based on the Himalayan monal (a pheasant species), specifically the male form (in general, male birds tend to be much more colourful than the females where prominent sexual dimorphism is present). That said, she's meant to be a fictional species of bird so the trope is downplayed.
168	* AnimalNemesis: [[spoiler:In a roundabout way to Muntz, as she's Literature/MobyDick to his Ahab. Unlike most, though, she isn't even responsible for any degree of pain he went through, he just wants her so he can prove he was right.]]
169	* ArtifactName: They have a GenderBlenderName as they're still called Kevin even after Dug reveals she's a girl.
170	* ArtisticLicenseOrnithology: While mostly averted due to how realistic of a bird Kevin is portrayed, the only mistake is how she's shown to love chocolate, while it can give birds food poisoning in real life.
171	** The idea behind this is that Kevin probably loves eating the soft pulp of cacao pods, which she finds by the smell of the cacao seeds. Although the wild seeds are bitter tasting, when the chocolate is produced from them, it contains a larger amount of cacao powder in the candy bar and loses its regular inedible traits becoming a super dangerous treat for non-human species.
172	* BewareTheSillyOnes: Kevin looks like a goofy-looking colorful lanky bird, but she's smarter than she looks and isn't afraid to attack you if you hurt what [[MamaBear triggers her maternal instinct]].
173	* CartoonCreature: The creators say that she's based on the male Himalayan Monal pheasant, but her real species remains unknown to this day.
174	* CharacterTics: Has a few:
175	** Swallows and retches Carl's walker.
176	** Cuddling Russell.
177	** Tapping Carl on the head with her beak.
178	** Hissing at Dug.
179	* CuteButCacophonic: She sounds like something awful's happening to a parrot.
180	* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Gets captured by Muntz in the climax of the film, making it up to Carl and Dug to rescue her]].
181	* {{Expy}}: Of the [[WesternAnimation/RoadRunner Road Runner]], who's a fast-running, colorful bird that's impossible to catch.
182	* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The fact that she's not only female but a mother is hinted at by the affectionate way she acts toward Russell when she first meets him, at least once cradling him like a baby]].
183	* FragileSpeedster: She's a quick runner, but once she's hurt she's slower thus easier to catch.
184	* GenderBlenderName: Russell unintentionally gives her a masculine name.
185	* GentleGiant: If you're Carl or Russell, played straight. If you're a dog, averted.
186	* MamaBear: Towards Russell and [[spoiler:her babies]]. She was prepared to attack Carl when she perceived him to be a threat to Russell.
187	* SamusIsAGirl: Which Russell lampshades:
188	-->'''Russell:''' Kevin's a girl?
189	* ShownTheirWork: Her quirks, mannerisms, and body language are a composite of several real birds. Parrots are the primary inspiration, but there's some cassowary and hawk in Kevin as well. Her bright colors are based on the (male) [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Br0aM3kJJ3s/SUjDlad4abI/AAAAAAAAABU/eOol256rnH0/s400/himalayan_monal.jpg Himalayan Pheasant]]. The loud call she gives to her babies is almost identical to a peacock.
190	* SuperSpeed: She's obviously flightless, but she can run like the wind. Her speed makes her hard prey to catch, much to the dismay of Muntz and his dogs.
191	* TomboyishName: Even as her true gender is revealed, Russell and Carl keeps calling her "Kevin".
192	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Kevin '''absolutely''' '''''LOVES''''' chocolate, which in reality is '''''NOT''''' in the least bit safe for birds to consume.
193	* YourTomcatIsPregnant: [[spoiler:Kevin the "snipe" is really a mama (or at least assumed to be by the characters). But her name [[TomboyishName remains Kevin even after the discovery]].]]
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196	[[folder:Dug]]
197	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1015.jpg]]
198	[[caption-width-right:350: "I have just met you, and I love you!"]]
199	->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Peterson
200
201	Dug is a Golden Retriever who is the low dog in Charles Muntz' dog pack, who can speak via a voice device on his collar. He also appears in ''Dug's Special Mission'' as the protagonist, in ''George & A.J.'' as a minor character, and is the star of ''WesternAnimation/DugDays'' and ''WesternAnimation/CarlsDate''.
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203	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: All of Charles' dogs consider him unfit to be one of them, Alpha assigned him a "special mission" with the intention of getting him out of the way.
204	* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Downplayed. Dug is definitely a dim bulb, but a few of his actions (particularly the way he outwits Alpha) show a supra-canine problem-solving ability.
205	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: He gets easily distracted by a "[[MemeticMutation SQUIRREL!]]"
206	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: [[spoiler:After tricking Alpha into wearing the ConeOfShame, the rest of the pack immediately sit to him as their new alpha.]]
207	* BabiesEverAfter: The ending credits show him being the father of ''lots of puppies'' with a female golden retriever.
208	* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Compared to all of Charles' army of ferocious looking dogs, Dug's more fluffier and cuter and is also one of the heroes.
209	* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a sweet, goofy and dim-witted dog. But try to hurt Carl, and he won't be above ''BITING YOU'' to protect his master.
210	* BigFriendlyDog: He's definitely the nicest, and stupidest of the dogs.
211	* BirthdayEpisode: He reveals in his short that the day that he found Carl and Russell was his birthday. Alpha, Beta, and Gamma sarcastically wish him a happy birthday.
212	* BreakoutCharacter: One of the fan favorites and had his own spinoff series Dug Days.
213	* BreakTheCutie: Poor dog keeps getting [[KickTheDog kicked]] through the movie:
214	** Even if it's played for laughs, it's still sad to see Dug humiliated with the ConeOfShame.
215	** Carl calling him a bad dog during his HeroicBSOD. It's the worst thing Dug could ever imagine hearing.
216	** In "Dug's Special Mission", Dug is called a "bad dog" and mocked by his pack. ''On his birthday''. Luckily for him, he meets Carl and Russell not too short after which lightens the mood.
217	* ButtMonkey: Gets this treatment from the rest of Muntz's canine army.
218	* CanineCompanion: Eventually becomes one to Carl, based on the credits scenes and ''WesternAnimation/DugDays''.
219	* CannotTellAJoke: His one attempt is a dismal flop.
220	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Dug's mind is in the clouds most of the time.
221	* ConeOfShame: "I do not like the cone of shame..."
222	* TheDogBitesBack:
223	** A literal example when he [[spoiler:bites Muntz to protect Carl]].
224	** Later, he puts the ConeOfShame on Alpha and humiliates him after the latter treated him like crap for the whole movie.
225	* DogsAreDumb: Dug's principal characteristics are courage and devotion... not brains.
226	* DogsHateSquirrels: He really, really doesn't like squirrels and thinks a dead squirrel would make for a funny punchline.
227	* DogsLoveFireHydrants: Seen in ''Dug Days'', once Dug has been introduced to suburbia.
228	** Justified in "Smell", when Dug gets distracted by the fire hydrant while investigating the strange smell. He is able to smell the other dogs (and one human) that have peed there recently.
229	** Exaggerated in "Flowers", when Dug's dream fantasy includes a giant fire hydrant.
230	* DontExplainTheJoke: "See? It is funny because the squirrel gets dead!"
231	* DumbIsGood: Dug is noticeably stupider than all the other dogs, who can talk in complex sentences and even, in at least one case, ''cook''. The dogs themselves are not ''that'' intelligent, but they're still smarter than Dug.
232	* HappilyMarried: The credits show that he fell in love and had many puppies.
233	* HeelFaceTurn: Dug eventually leaves Charles Muntz and joins Carl in the end.
234	* HeroicDog: He's a dog who is one of the main heroes, turning against his first owner and pack to save the innocent Carl and Russell.
235	* LookalikeLovers: The ending credits has Dug having puppies with a female golden retriever that's a perfect copy of him.
236	* LoveAtFirstSight: A platonic example, but he instantly takes a liking to Carl and Russell after meeting them.
237	-->'''Dug:''' My name is Dug. I have just met you, and I love you.
238	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Dug decides that Carl is his master after being repeatedly mistreated by Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Omega.
239	* NiceGuy: A heroic, kind, [[UndyingLoyalty undyingly loyal]] dog to Carl and Russell.
240	* OddNameOut: Dug's is the only name (that we hear) that is not from a letter in the Greek alphabet.
241	* OscarBait: An unusual example: the creators say that Dug was added to the film with the aim of winning the "Palme D'og" award for "best canine performance" at the Cannes Film Festival. Which may be the only time in history that fiction writers have made an artistic decision to boost their chances of winning a joke award.
242	* PerpetualSmiler: Though he can be serious when the situation calls for it, his signature wide, enthusiastic grin occupies his face for a good chunk of the time.
243	* PluckyComicRelief: One of the funniest characters in the movie.
244	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He's a cute Golden Retriever.
245	* TalkingAnimal: Courtesy of Muntz' special collar.
246	* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: His voice-activated collar constantly tells other characters what he's thinking, seemingly without Dug being able to control it.
247	* TokenGoodTeammate: To the other dogs.
248	* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Even though Carl was upset with him for unknowingly leading Muntz to them, he still followed Carl and hid under his porch.]]
249	[[/folder]]
250
251	[[folder:Charles F. Muntz ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]]
252	[[quoteright:192:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charlesmuntz.png]]
253	[[caption-width-right:192: "Adventure is out there!"]]
254	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristopherPlummer
255
256	Charles F. Muntz is a famous explorer admired by Carl Fredricksen and his wife Ellie as children, and the main antagonist. In the movie, he found the bones of a tropical bird in South America but the scientific community claimed they were fake. Insulted, Muntz searches the South American wilderness for a live member of the same bird species, traveling in a zeppelin with his many pet dogs, whom he equips with special collars he invented that enable them to speak.
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258	* AffablyEvil: Muntz is normally friendly and polite. He loves his dogs. He's a good host. But when Muntz thinks someone else is trying to catch Kevin, he turns homicidal.
259	* AlasPoorVillain: Carl shakily gasps in horror when Muntz falls to his death.
260	* AllForNothing: His obsession to prove the bird skeleton wasn't a fake leads him to spend sixty years in Paradise Falls hunting down a live bird and slowly descending into madness. By the time the film's main events take place, the age of explorers is long gone, the majority of Muntz' naysayers are probably dead, and South America itself is no longer considered the mysterious lost world that it was in his generation. [[MeaninglessVillainVictory Even if he had successfully captured Kevin and returned to civilisation, he'd be far less relevant and his discovery would quickly fade from the public eye, if it was ever noticed to begin with.]]
261	* AnyLastWords: Towards the end of the film, Muntz asks Carl if he has any last words after cornering him in the sword fight (which were the former's last words in the film). Carl's response is to spit out his false teeth at him and run off while putting them back in.
262	* AxCrazy: It may not be clear at first, but when he strongly implies that he's actually murdered others in the past just because he was paranoid that they were after his bird, AKA Kevin, it's quite obvious he's gone completely insane after decades in isolation. And it goes FromBadToWorse from there. By the end of the movie, he attempts to kill Kevin, Dug, and Russell (a ''[[WouldHurtAChild kid]]'' mind you) in cold blood with a rifle.
263	* BenevolentBoss: He's a good master to his dog minions.
264	* BigBad: The main antagonist of the film. His objective to capture Kevin and prove her existence to the world led to him killing everything else in the way.
265	* BrokenPedestal: As children, Carl and Ellie idolized Muntz and both wanted to be explorers like him, and the older Carl even claims that he and Ellie were Muntz's "biggest fans". Though Ellie doesn't live to see Muntz's true colors, Carl witnessed his madness.
266	* CharacterCatchphrase: "Adventure is out there!"
267	* ClearMyName: When he first returned from Paradise Falls, Muntz was called a fraud when he didn't bring back a live subject [[note]]While he is accused of fabricating it, it is never explicitly revealed if the skeleton he presented was real or not[[/note]]. He spends the rest of his life in Paradise Falls obsessively trying to capture the beast to prove that he was right.
268	* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He was modeled after Creator/KirkDouglas.
269	* CoolOldGuy: The guy's in his nineties, and he almost takes Carl Fredricksen down in a sword fight and designs collars that allow dogs to talk! Some of the other adventures that we only hear bits and pieces of sound pretty epic. Many decades in the South American rainforest haven't diminished his charisma one bit. His sanity, on the other hand...
270	* CutLexLuthorACheck: If he wasn't so obsessed with catching Kevin, he could have become a billionaire with his talking dog collars.
271	* DetrimentalDetermination: As a young man, he was humiliated with accusations that the skeleton he brought from Paradise Falls was actually fake and declared that he would bring another of its species alive if it was the last thing he did. The film shows exactly ''what'' that mindset can do to a person if they don't give up by having Muntz become ''obsessed'' over his hunt to the point of paranoia and insanity, killing anyone that he encounters that he believes is simply after the bird he was after. When Carl and Russell see this side of him, Carl instantly loses all respect of his former idol and declares him to be crazy. And Muntz's sanity just goes downhill from there, even after he catches the bird alive, since now he is determined that it stay that way no matter what happens.
272	* DisneyVillainDeath: It really does not get more dramatic than falling to one's death from 10,000 feet. Notable since the creators went to great lengths to ''avoid'' this trope, coming up with numerous other ways for Muntz to go, but defaulting back to the trope when it became clear that it was the only appropriate option. It's also a much more abrupt, realistic take on the trope than usual; no dramatic slow-motion arm flailing here, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he just plummets like a stone.]]
273	* EgomaniacHunter: Muntz has become one of these, ad nauseum. While he doesn't seek to kill Kevin, having vowed to capture her alive, he still plans to remove the bird from its natural environment to regain his honor and reputation.
274	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He may be completely insane and amoral, but he greatly cares about his dogs. He even showcases to be saddened when he mentions the ones he lost in the maze.
275	* EvilCounterpart: To Carl. Both of them were fixated on the past, and on living their adventure. One was able to move on, the other wasn't.
276	* EvilOldFolks: Was turned into this after being revoked of his membership and being called a fraud.
277	* FaceHeelTurn: After being called a fraud, he returned to Paradise Falls to capture the bird, and after many, ''many'' years of failures, he obviously lost sight that keeping the bird with her family was more important than proving himself right.
278	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: He plummets to his death from an airship that is about 10,000 feet above sea level.
279	* FatalFlaw: His 60-year desperation to capture Kevin ultimately leads to his death.
280	* {{Foil}}: Muntz, like Carl, is an elderly man determined to fulfil his lifelong dream. But while Carl's dream is simply to have a final adventure, borne out of love for his late wife, Muntz's dream is to capture Kevin and restore his reputation, borne out of his own wounded pride. Carl also lived a long, happy life with Ellie before embarking on his adventure, while Muntz spent decades in isolation pursuing his obsession, [[SanitySlippage slowly going mad in the process]]. And while Carl ultimately comes to terms with the past and puts aside his dreams, Muntz continues down his dark path, ultimately to his own death.
281	* GadgeteerGenius: He built translators for his dogs.
282	* GentlemanAdventurer: In his youth, he wandered the world, visiting strange places, hunting dangerous beasts, and playing gin rummy with Theodore Roosevelt.
283	-->'''Muntz:''' Ah yes, the ''Arsinotherium.'' Beast charged me while I was brushing my teeth. Used my shaving gear to bring him down!
284	* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Muntz spent sixty years trying to catch Kevin with only his dogs for company. When Carl meets him, it's clear Muntz's sanity has deteriorated.
285	* GunNut: Towards the end, he goes completely off the rails and tries to kill Russell, Kevin and Dug with a ''rifle''.
286	* HeroesLoveDogs: Inverted. He's the BigBad, but he has a soft spot for his dogs.
287	* MadScientist: He's an explorer who discovered a new species of bird, but went mad from being accused of his discovery being fake.
288	* MotiveDecay: By the time he duels Carl, he vows he's bringing Kevin back "dead or alive."
289	* MysteriousMiddleInitial: The first initial for his middle name is "F" but the actual name remains a mystery.
290	* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Charles Muntz was modeled after Charles Lindbergh, right down to the nose. His character arc also seems to be inspired by the story of Jimmy Angel, an aviator whose desire for gold got him and his family trapped in the South American jungle for days. This would be a bit of stretch if Paradise Falls weren't modeled after Angel Falls. Jimmy discovered the falls while thinking it was a landmark where his previous client had found gold, and stranded his plane atop them.
291	* OffscreenVillainy: It's all but outright stated that Muntz has murdered other explorers that crossed his path in Paradise Falls. These explorers all had their own reasons for being there and were uninterested or possibly even unaware of Kevin's existence, but Muntz's [[TheParanoiac obsessive paranoia]] led him to believe that they were trying to find his prize and steal his glory.
292	* OhCrap:
293	** Muntz has a moment of shock when he sees Russell on his dirigible's windshield.
294	** He has a similar reaction when his foot gets snagged on some balloons, leading to his DisneyVillainDeath.
295	* OlderThanTheyLook: The creators stated that he was 23 at the beginning of the movie, which makes him 92 by the time Carl meets him. He's still impressively fit for his age.
296	* TheParanoiac: To Muntz, ''everyone'' is out to take the bird from him. If the scene where Carl and Russell first meet him is any indication, he has to be convinced by some seriously extreme evidence to not assume people he meets are out to get him, and it takes very little for him to backslide into turning on them. It's also heavily implied that Carl and Russell are not the first innocent explorers that have had to face his wrath.
297	* SanitySlippage: Being isolated from the rest of the world and eluded by a bird for sixty years has made him a heartless man, consumed by bitterness, paranoid to the extreme, and convinced that anyone who comes across him is after the bird.
298	* SerialKiller: Charles is heavily implied to have flat out murdered anyone who he sees as trying to steal 'his' bird in the past.
299	* ShadowArchetype: To Carl. Charles represents what could've become of Carl, had he not let go of his past dreams. The creators outright say that if Carl had not met Russell and formed a bond with him on his adventure, he would've continued down his obsessive path to the point where he'd become just like Muntz.
300	* SlasherSmile: Gives one when he turns against Carl and Russell.
301	* SmallNameBigEgo: By the time the film's main events take place, Muntz has largely faded from the public's memory, thanks in part to his previous humiliation over Paradise Falls. When they meet Muntz, Carl still idolizes him from his childhood, but the younger Russell has never even heard of him. Modern society is also much more knowledgable of South America than it was in Muntz’s time, so even if he did bring Kevin back, few would care about or even notice his achievement.
302	* TragicVillain: Muntz was once a good and noble explorer whose passion for adventure inspired others, but then he was wrongly accused of making a false discovery, and humiliatingly cast out from the order of explorers. This injustice caused Muntz to spend sixty years desperately trying to find evidence to prove he wasn't a fraud. All those years of failure and isolation turned Muntz into a bitter shadow of his former self, unable to let go of his past humiliation or move on from his outdated mission. In the end, Muntz's obsession leads to his own death, and the worse thing is, even if he succeeded in his mission, it would've been for nothing.
303	* VillainousCheekbones: Has a pair to rival [[Film/ANewHope Grand Moff Tarkin]].
304	* WalkingSpoiler: Very little can he said about this character without revealing that he's the film’s BigBad. Though this didn’t stop the [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil marketing from telling us that]].
305	* WiseOldFolkFacade: Muntz is initially quite cordial with Carl (who's a big fan of him) and Russell, but turns against them when they refuse to help him hunt down the bird he's been pursuing.
306	* WouldHurtAChild: He has no qualms killing Russell if it means getting to Kevin.
307	[[/folder]]
308
309	[[folder:Alpha]]
310	[[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/922705_1326128718071_full.jpg]]
311	[[caption-width-right:100: "Soon enough, the bird will be ours yet again."]]
312	->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Peterson
313
314	Alpha is the secondary antagonist and the leader of Charles Muntz's pack of dogs.
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316	* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Alpha isn't necessarily the smartest in Muntz' dog-pack, but he seems to be the best at anticipating future events and planning.
317	* AngryGuardDog: Alpha is very firm in following the master's orders, and is willing to attack others if he's commanded to.
318	* TheComicallySerious: When his collar does his squeaky voice, it's hard to take him seriously.
319	* ConeOfShame: Alpha is the TropeNamer. [[spoiler:Dug sticks it on him for the win, and becomes the new alpha.]]
320	* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Zigzagged, the loose wire in his voice translator gives him a HeliumSpeech, until his master solves the problem, giving him [[EvilSoundsDeep a deeper voice]].
321	* TheDragon: To Muntz, leading the rest of the pack.
322	* EvilSoundsDeep: Alpha is a DoubleSubversion, as his collar gives him a squeaky voice, but only when it's not working right. However, when his voice becomes deep, it becomes ''really'' deep.
323	* HeelFaceTurn: The credits show all of the villain's dogs, including Alpha, assisting the infirm.
324	* HumiliationConga: In less than a minute, he gets locked into the steering wheel of the Spirit of Adventure by Dug with a conical device looking similar to the ConeOfShame leading to his voice collar getting broken once again and having all his {{Mooks}} laugh at his misfortune before finally being dethroned as the alpha dog by the very same dog he tried to maul.
325	* LargeHam: The broken wire in his collar doesn't help.
326	* LaserGuidedKarma: Gets his voice switched back to chipmunk and gets the Cone of Shame.
327	* LaughablyEvil: He looks menacing, but his broken collar gives him a squeaky voice that makes it impossible to take him seriously.
328	* NotSoAboveItAll: Even the serious and haughty Alpha can't fight off his canine instincts to shout "SQUIRREL!" when he thinks he sees one.
329	* PerpetualFrowner: While Beta and Gamma crack smiles every now and then and can even be humorous as well, Alpha is never comical, even with his ridiculous squeaky voice, and there is no point whatsoever in the movie when he smiles. He does smile twice in the short ''Dug's Special Mission'', though.
330	* RetiredMonster: A snapshot in the closing credits shows Alpha among the dogs that Russell brings to the retirement home to visit the occupants. He's politely offering his paw to an old lady (although, amusingly, he's still in the ConeOfShame).
331	* RightHandAttackDog: Muntz' foremost dog, a rangy and nasty-looking Doberman.
332	* TalkingAnimal: Thanks to the collar Muntz built, Alpha can speak with humans.
333	* VocalDissonance: In-universe. Despite his imposing appearance, his voice sounds high-pitched and squeaky due to a malfunction in his collar.
334	[[/folder]]
335
336	[[folder:The Dogs]]
337	[[quoteright:302:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/up_wallpapers_1280x1024_07_np_1350x298.jpg]]
338	->Beta '''Voiced by:''' Creator/DelroyLindo
339	->Gamma '''Voiced by:''' Jerome Ranft
340
341	A group of guard dogs who work under Muntz.
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343	* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Muntz has definitely dedicated some time to training his dogs. Other than talking, they can cook and fly planes. As a matter of fact, these dogs are much more intelligent and humane than your average real life household dog.
344	* {{Angry Guard Dog}}s: A whole pack of them. They aren't so angry when Charles acts cordially towards Carl and Russell, though.
345	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: They get easily distracted by a [[RunningGag SQUIRREL]]!
346	* BigThinShortTrio: Alpha is a slender, long-legged doberman pincher, Beta is a bulky rottweiler, and Gamma is a short, stocky bulldog.
347	* BullyBulldog: Gamma is a bulldog who works for [[spoiler: the villain]].
348	* DogsAreDumb: Most of them have not yet mastered human speech.
349	* HeelFaceTurn: The credits show all of the villain's dogs, including Alpha, assisting the infirm. That said, [[PunchClockVillain they were never really evil to begin with]].
350	* JerkassHasAPoint: During a routine search for Kevin, Alpha chuckles to himself on getting Dug out of their hair. Beta, however, states that Muntz won't be pleased for losing one of his dogs. Alpha begrudgingly realizes he's right.
351	* LookBehindYou: Whenever they hear a "squirrel", they get distracted easily. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Russell]] tricks them into [[spoiler:crashing their planes and parachuting out]]. Gamma's response?
352	-->"[[LampshadeHanging I]] ''[[LampshadeHanging hate]]'' [[LampshadeHanging squirrels]]!"
353	* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Smart as they are, they're still animals and can't ignore their instincts for certain things like tennis balls and SQUIRRELS! They also bark a lot when agitated, making it difficult to understand their translated speech.
354	* OhCrap: Gamma says "Uh-oh" when Carl throws a tennis ball from his cane in order to [[spoiler:rescue Kevin, only for the dogs to realize that they have been tricked]].
355	* {{Punch Clock Villain}}s: Lampshaded. They do whatever [[spoiler:Muntz]] tells them to. In the scene where he says that they are his guests now, you can even hear one of them say "I like you temporarily!"
356	* {{Right Hand Attack Dog}}s: [[spoiler:To Muntz.]]
357	* {{Talking Animal}}s: Muntz built translation collars for his dogs so they can speak with humans.
358	* TerribleTrio: Alpha, Beta and Gamma form one, with Alpha being the relatively competent but bad-tempered leader and Beta and Gamma being his dim-witted sidekicks.
359	* ThemeNaming: Most of them have Greek letters as their names, which also indicate their ranks in the pack. Beta and Gamma are Alpha's companions, and Epsilon is briefly mentioned as being a SupremeChef. Dug is the OddNameOut - he's so low-ranking there is no letter left for him.
360	[[/folder]]

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