The character sheet for CandyCandy.
!!Candace White Andree alias Candy
->Voiced by: MinoriMatsushima (TV series)
* [[spoiler: AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Annie loves her and at the same time envies her for being popular with guys ''and'' outspoken with her feelings.]]
* BreakTheCutie: The whole series thrives on this. She comes close many times, but ultimately picks herself up.
* DoorstopBaby: She and Annie were left on the doorstep of Pony's house
* HairOfGoldHeartofGold: As kind as she's blond.
** GirlishPigtails: Keeps her golden hair like this, alongside [[HairDecorations red ribbons]]
* HeartWarmingOrphan
* HospitalHottie: Wants to become a nurse.
* TheMessiah
* RagsToRoyalty: Starts as an orphan girl. Becomes the "companion" of a tiny RichBitch. Is adopted by a super ultra rich family despite the objections of others.
** RebelliousPrincess: She wants to forge her own destiny without relaying on her adoptive family.
* PluckyGirl: Maybe the TropeCodifier for shoujo manga.
* {{Tsundere}}: A Type B to Terry.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Has very, very pretty GreenEyes.
!!Miss Pony and Sister Lane/Maria
* GoodShepherd: Sister Lane
* NunTooHoly: Averted. Sister Lane is a kinda cute young nun, but she is pretty serious and wholesome.
* ParentalSubstitute: Both, for Candy and Annie and everyone in Pony's Home.
* TeamMom: Miss Pony. Siser Lane is a bit of a TeamDad.
!!Annie Brighton
->Voiced by: MamiKoyama, YumiTouma (OAV)
* HairDecorations: Like Candy, she uses hair ribbons. [[spoiler: It becomes plot-important when Candy is framed for trying to hurt her by Neil and Eliza and Annie can't testify in her favor, but leaves one of her hair ribbons to silently tell Candy that she believes in her innocence.]]
* 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 -- not only this deprives her of Candy's emotional support, but it doesn't help her to deal.]]
* HeartWarmingOrphan
* TheOjou
* ShrinkingViolet: Has ''severe'' self-esteem issues.
!!Thomas Steave alias Tom
* ChekhovsGunman: In the anime, he pretty much ''triggers the whole plot'' via being the only of the adopted kids who notices that someone left baby!Annie and baby!Candy in the doorstep. If not for him, the baby girls would have likely [[SnowMeansDeath frozen to death]]
* {{Cowboy}}: Is adopted by a rich landowner and raised in his ranch.
* HeIsAllGrownUp
* TallDarkAndHandsome
!!John
* HeartwarmingOrphan
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: He pretty much ''never'' grows up through the years.
!!Jimmy
->Voiced by: Sachiko Chijimatsu
!!Kurin/Clynn/Klint
* CanonImmigrant: Didn't exist in the manga
* TeamPet
!!The Regan parents
* AdultsAreUseless: Mr. Regan is almost never present.
* RichBitch: Ruth Regan. it's easy to see where Neil and Eliza got their nasty attitude.
!!Eliza Regan
->Voiced by: Yumi Nakatani
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her skin tone was noticeably darker than other girls's
* AlphaBitch: Only rivalled in nastiness by [[OniisamaE Aya Misaki]], [[Manga/{{Life}} Manami]] and [[NaruTaru Aki Honda]]
* JerkAss
* NoblewomansLaugh
* RichBitch
* OjouRinglets
* SpoiledBrat
!!Neil Regan
->Voiced by: Kiyoshi Komiyama, RyuseiNakao (OAV)
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Like his twin older sister
* DirtyCoward: Neil often does things due to Eliza pushing his buttons. It's not enough to excuse him, tho, as he follows her rather happily.
* JerkAss
* SpoiledBrat
* [[spoiler: VillainousCrush: Later he's revealed to have one on Candy.]]
** [[spoiler: ScarpiaUltimatum: Tries it on Candy, after a brief HopeSpot where we're ''almost'' led to believe that he might start getting better.]]
!!Dorothy
* {{Meido}}: For the Regans
!!Elroy Andree aka Great-Aunt Elroy
* AristocratsAreEvil: More like "super ultra lawful and strict"
* RichBitch: Not as utterly asshole_ish as the Regans, but still very bitchy and obsessed with the family honor.
!!Uncle William Andree [[spoiler: aka William Albert Andree]]
->Voiced by: MakioInoue
* BenevolentBoss: Sorta, to Candy.
* ThePatriarch: His authority over the Andree clan is almost absolute, and only he can stop Aunt Elroy's mean streak.
!!Anthony Brown
->Voiced by: KazuhikoInoue (TV series), RyoHorikawa (OAV)
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* FirstLove: For Candy, who loves him because she's sure that he's her Prince of the Hill. [[spoiler: He isn't, but she won't know it until the end.]]
* FlowerMotifs: Roses. He even breeds a special type for Candy, dubing it "Sweet Candy Rose"
* LonelyRichKid
* PrincelyYoungMan: Of the Gentleman type
* [[spoiler: StuffedIntoTheFridge]]
* UptightLovesWild
!!Alistair "Stear" Cornwell
->Voiced by: KanetaKimotsuki (TV series), MasayaOnosaka (OAV)
* {{Adorkable}}
* [[spoiler: BetaCouple: Him and Patty]]
** [[spoiler: HerHeartWillGoOn]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Basically, a school-aged AbsentMindedProfessor.
* [[spoiler: GoOutWithASmile: Is smiling sadly as his plane is shot down in WorldWarOne.]]
* {{Keet}}
* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* {{Megane}}
* PrincelyYoungMan: A dorkier version of the PrinceCharming type
* [[spoiler: StuffedIntoTheFridge]]
!!Archibald "Archie" Cornwell
->Voiced by: YujiMitsuya (TV series), HikaruMidorikawa (OAV)
* [[spoiler: LoveTriangle: Likes Candy and is jealous of Terry. Annie likes him and she's conflictedf and jealous of Candy. It's fixed rather fast, and he stays with Annie.]]
** [[spoiler: BetaCouple]]
* PrincelyYoungMan: The Gentleman type
* NiceGuy
!!Albert [[spoiler: aka Uncle William]]
->Voiced by: [[spoiler: MakioInoue]]
* BadassBeard
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He loves animals, and they love him back. Specially his pet skunk.
* [[spoiler: JustAKid: 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.]]
* [[spoiler: LongLostRelative: Stear, Archie and Anthony's uncle.]]
* [[spoiler: MysteriousProtector: To Candy, as Uncle William.]]
* [[spoiler: RebelPrince]]
* [[spoiler: TraumaInducedAmnesia]]
!!Poope the skunk
* CoolPet
!!Mr. Garcia
* BadassBeard
* DefrostingIceKing: Thank you, [[TheMessiah Candy]].
!!Mr. George
!!Sister Grace and Sister Margaret
* SternTeacher: Sister Grace. Sister Margaret is serious, but not as strict.
!!Patricia "Patty" O'Brien
->Voiced by: ChiyokoKawashima
* {{Adorkable}}
* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Stear.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: A ''massive'' one, when her beloved Stear dies in WorldWarOne.]]
* {{Meganekko}}
* TheOjou
* ShrinkingViolet
!!Marsha O'Brien
*[[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarrassing Grandmother]]: At first, to Patty
* CoolOldLady
!!Louisa
* HairDecorations: A blue hair bow
* GirlPosse: To Eliza
* [[spoiler: ImpoverishedPatrician - RichesToRags: Her family goes bankrupt and, as a result, she has to leave the very expensive BoardingSchool. [[LaserGuidedKarma Karma's a bitch, eh Louisa]]?]]
!!Terence "Terry" Grandchester
->Voiced by: KeiTomiyama
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys
* ButNotTooForeign: Half-English, half-American
* [[spoiler: HeroicBastard]]
* JerkAss <- -> JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* PetTheDog: Protects Candy when no one else can, has a soft spot for Susanna.
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* TroubledButCute
!!The Earl of Grandchester
* BlueBlood
* ParentalNeglect: To his son [[spoiler: Terry]]
!!Eleanor Baker
* [[spoiler: HotMom: To Terry]]
* [[spoiler: ParentalNeglect]]
!!Miss Mary Jane
* SternTeacher: To Candy, Frannie and other would-be nurses.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
!!Frannie Hamilton
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Tall, dark-haired and cold.
* [[spoiler: BrokenBird]]
* [[spoiler: DarkAndTroubledPast]]
* IceQueen
* {{Meganekko}}: Subverted, she's much colder than the standard.
!!Dr. Leonard
!!Catherine
* IllGirl: [[spoiler: But as Candy finds out, it's more psychosomatic than bodily - due to her abusive mother.]]
!!Charlie Sanders
!!Susanna Marlowe
->Voiced by: Koko Kagawa
* [[spoiler: AnArmAndALeg: Loses one of her legs when she's crushed by a lamp after saving Terry from being hit by it.]]
* TheCutie
** [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: But not as much as the FanDumb [[DieForOurShip likes to think she is.]]
* [[spoiler: DespairEventHorizon: Having lost her leg, her beloved Terry ''and'' her acting career, she crosses it and [[DrivenToSuicide tries to throw herself off a building]]. [[InterruptedSuicide Candy refuses to let her do so]].]]
* [[spoiler: IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Subverted. She decides to let Terry go, but he says otherwise and stays by her.]]
* InsecureLoveInterest: Terry's.
* ShrinkingViolet: To a degree.
!!Karen Kreiss