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    Lucille 
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Voiced by: Vanessa Paradis (French and English voice, singing included); Selma Björnsdóttir (Icelandic dub), Arisa (Italian dub)

Lucille is the leading lady in A Monster In Paris.


  • Angelic Beauty: While she's not a real angel, Lucille's stage costume was made with this in mind.

    Francœur 
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Voiced by: Matthieu Chedid (French singing voice), Sean Lennon (English singing voice)

Francœur is a giant singing flea, with a gentle disposition, and is the main character of the film.


  • Amplified Animal Aptitude: He used to be a flea, but after being hit with what was ostensibly a growth potion he's not only a very capable singer, but demonstrates humanlike intelligence throughout the film. He also apparently keeps this intelligence when he turns small again.
  • Big Creepy-Crawlies: Francœur is a giant (albeit anthropomorphic) flea.
  • Cute Monster: He's a giant mutated flea, but his looks fall squarely in the Ugly Cute category.
  • Cute Mute: He can only "speak" in chirps and bleeps, but nobody cares because of how ridiculously cute it is. Did we mention he can sing, too?
  • Disney Death: It looks like Maynott succeeds in killing him, but he actually went back to being tiny just in time to save himself. Later he reveals his presence to Lucille and Raoul and the monkey go back to the lab to make him big again.
  • Gentle Giant: He's a 7-foot-tall flea monster, but he's a harmless 7-foot-tall flea monster. Best exemplified during the climax. When Charles, and later Émile, are in danger, his first instinct is to shield them with his body.
  • Good Wears White: Francœur is a sweet-natured and compassionate seven-foot flea who disguises himself in a white mask, hat, suit and pants.
  • The Grotesque: He's a sweet-natured, kind, passionate seven-foot-tall flea. The number that shares the film's title is about how no-one (up to that point) can manage to see past his terrifying, monstrous exterior long enough to see his true nature, and how he's forced to hide himself because of it.
  • Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Lucille's an average-sized woman while Francœur is a seven-foot-tall insect.
  • Immune to Bullets: Francœur takes a couple shots to the exoskeleton of his back without batting an eye. He avoids putting to the test what a bullet could do to his front, however.
  • In a Single Bound: Being a giant flea, and since the Square-Cube Law is ignored as usual, Francœur can naturally make tremendous jumps.
  • Instant Expert: Francœur learns to sing, dance and play guitar damn fast. He's later seen writing a piano piece!
  • Like Brother and Sister: With Lucille, according to Word of God.
  • Line-of-Sight Name: Francœur gets his name from a sign in the alley where Lucille finds him.
  • Meaningful Appearance: He wears large, wide-brimmed hats as part of his disguise.
  • Meaningful Name: Francœur means "honest heart".
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Inverted. He's a harmless creature whose eyes are red (although sometimes his sclerae are yellow and only his irides are red.) One of the first things that Émile notices about him are his "big, red bug eyes."
  • The Speechless: Francœur, outside of the songs, is incapable of speaking and chirps (or sings basic sounds) instead, which makes him even cuter. The set-up for A Monster in Paris (the song) implies he needs to hear music of any sort to be able to talk/sing.
  • Tiny-Headed Behemoth: Is overall enormous everywhere but his head. This checks out though as he is a flea, an animal that by default has a tiny head.
  • Vocal Dissonance: Let's be honest, nobody expects a 7-foot-tall flea monster to have such a high-pitched voice.

    Raoul 
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Voiced by: Gad Elmaleh (French), Adam Goldberg (English)

Raoul is an exuberant inventor and delivery driver.


  • Childhood Friend Romance: He becomes a couple with Lucille, a girl he's known since they were children.
  • Deadpan Snarker: He is very sarcastic.
  • Decoy Protagonist: Subverted. The movie starts out following him and Emile, but the focus shifts over to Francœur and Lucille, then it focus shifts to all of them at once.
  • Gadgeteer Genius: He invented and operates his Cool Car, Catherine.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Raoul is a very pleasant and optimistic young man, with a bright and vivid imagination for inventing. He is however, very boastful, sarcastic, and quick to anger.
  • Shipper on Deck: Raoul is very aware of Emile's affection for Maud and tries to help the two along in their relationship.

    Émile 
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Voiced by: Sébastien Desjours (French), Jay Harrington (English)

Raoul's main partner and best friend.


    Charles 
A very intelligent proboscis monkey who an assistant to a brilliant inventor.
  • Amplified Animal Aptitude: Smarter than most of the humans in the movie. It is somewhat implied it is because of the Professor's experiments.
  • Silent Snarker: Is entirely unimpressed by Raoul's attempts at playing scientist

    Commissioner Maynott 
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Voiced by: François Cluzet (French), Danny Huston (English)

Victor Maynott, otherwise known as Commissioner Maynott, is the main antagonist of A Monster in Paris.


  • Antagonist Title: Francœur isn't the monster of Paris, Maynott is.
  • Big Bad: The main antagonist of the film.
  • Cool and Unusual Punishment: His final fate. In a post-credits scene, Maynott is forced to endure off-key singing from his fellow inmates in prison.
  • Captain Ersatz: Has a lot of similarities with Gaston.
  • He Who Fights Monsters: He becomes so hell-bent on killing Francœur, the so-called "monster," that he causes a lot of destruction and attempts to kill innocent people. Lucille tells him that he's the real monster.
  • Humans Are the Real Monsters: He's a selfish, sociopathic glory hound perfectly willing to flat out murder innocent people to get what he wants. Lucille flat out tells him he's the real monster in Paris.
  • It's All About Me: Even though he should be doing something about the flood and its victims, he prefers to let it drag on until he can figure out a way to use it to make him look good.
  • Jerkass: Maynott is a greedy, pompous and wealthy police commissioner consumed by pride and ambition.
  • Miles Gloriosus: Zigzagged. Maynott is a boastful braggart about what he'll do to "the monster" if he ever finds it. When he really does come face-to-face with the giant flea, instead of cowering, he really does try to kill it.
  • Pet the Dog: After forcing his way into Lucille's dressing room to find Francœur (and narrowly missing him); Maynott actually seems legitimately remorseful and even tells Lucille she does not have to accept his invitation to his inauguration, something he was earlier (albeit perhaps unintentionally) trying to force onto her. This could just be a well-disguised attempt to save face, but it remains the only really nice thing he does in the film.
  • Politically Incorrect Villain: He's the main villain, and he has a very elitist/classist outlook on life. He's a wealthy man, and he only shows respect towards other wealthy people, regarding everyone else as "faceless masses" who can be easily manipulated. He also wants to have Lucille as a Trophy Wife, making him reek of sexism.
  • Punny Name: If he won the election, he would be Mayor Maynott.
  • There Are Two Kinds of People in the World: During his date with Lucille he tells her there are two kinds of people; the faceless masses and those with great destinies, such as himself. Later he insults Emile and Maud by telling them they're part of the faceless masses.
  • Villainous Crush: It's obvious he's eager to have Lucille as a Trophy Wife.

    Inspector Pâté 
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Voiced by: Philippe Peythieu (French), Bob Balaban (English)

Maynott's second-in-command.


    Maud 
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Voiced by: Ludivine Sagnier (French), Madeline Zima (English)

Émile's main love interest.


  • Proper Lady: She is soft-spoken, polite and has a gentle strength, contrasting the feisty and spirited Lucille.
  • Smooch of Victory: Gives Émile a BIG one after he defeats Maynott.

    The Professor 
An unnamed inventor who Raoul delivers a lot of strange things to.

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