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Candice "Candy" White Andrew
Voiced by: Minori Matsushima (TV series) Other Languages
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An orphan young woman raised in the orphanage "Pony's Home". While being a teenager, she is adopted by the clan Adley, the biggest, very rich, influential and highly respected clan in the United States of America. From then on Candy must go through many troubles in her life. However, she never becomes dejected, but stays cheerful, diligent and optimistic.
- All-Loving Heroine: Candy is very kind-hearted, helpful, optimistic, cheerful and vivid and doesn't have any inferiority complex because of being an orphan at all. So many people love her very much.
- Always Someone Better: Annie loves her and at the same time envies her for being popular with guys and outspoken with her feelings.
- Attractive Bent-Gender: In her Bifauxnen disguise, Candy makes such an adorable Bishōnen that she even manages to almost make Eliza go Sweet on Polly Oliver. If only Eliza had not recognized Candy at the end...
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Terry. At first, both always annoy and tease each other, but soon they like each other more and more, and she learns that there's quite a bit of pain under his snark.
- Blithe Spirit
- Break the Cutie: The whole series thrives on this. She comes close many times but ultimately picks herself up.
- Doorstop Baby: She and Annie were left on the doorstep of Pony's house.
- Dude Magnet: Because of her heart of gold, Anthony, Terry, Archie, Stear, Albert and even Neil felt something more than friendship for Candy.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: And earned it, she did.
- Everyone Loves Blondes: Blonde, kindhearted, and loved by many people in the story.
- Expy: Keiko Nagita said that Anne of Anne of Green Gables inspired Candy, as both are spirited young women who don't let their Orphan's Ordeal limit them.
- Girlish Pigtails: Keeps her golden hair like this.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: As kind as she's blond.
- Heartwarming Orphan: An abandoned orphan who spent the first years of her life at the orphanage.
- Her Heart Will Go On: Thanks to the help of her friends, she manages to get ahead after Anthony's death.
- Heroic BSoD: After Anthony's death.
- Hospital Hottie: Wants to become a nurse and works hard for it.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: She willingly breaks off with Terry, having realized not only that Susanna loved him deeply (probably more than Candy herself ever did), but that their love simply will not survive in the circumstances that they're in.
- Kiddy Coveralls: Candy wears green overalls and likes doing woodwork, spending time in nature, riding horses and playing with her pet raccoon. She's One of the Boys even though she's a girly girl herself.
- Meaningful Name: Candy is a sweet girl.
- Plucky Girl: Maybe the Trope Codifier for shoujo manga: when Candy breaks down, she gets up as soon as she can and refuses to stay down. The primary reason why she can keep going through life despite all the hardships thrown at her is because the poor girl refuses to let anyone or anything stop her from being happy. Someone gets in her way, she will find her way around them.
- Rags to Riches: Starts as an orphan girl. Becomes the "companion" of a Rich Bitch. Is adopted by a super ultra rich family despite the objections of others.
- Rebellious Princess: She wants to forge her own destiny without relaying on her adoptive family.
- Repetitive Name: Candy Candy.
- Shipper on Deck: Ships Patty/Stear and Archie/Annie.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Her crush on Anthony.
- Sweet Polly Oliver: In the Boarding School's School Festival she's supposed to be locked in a room after a spat with the nuns, but her friends smuggle her a box with two disguises sent to her by Uncle William. And one of them is a boy outfit with a wig and a Cool Mask, which lets her escape.
- Tender Tomboyishness, Foul Femininity: She's a nice and compassionate tomboy, while Eliza is a mean and girly Rich Bitch.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Candy is an extroverted tomboy who climbs trees and loves mischief. Her friend Annie is a shy, docile, demure girl.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: For all her tomboy traits, Candy is very motherly to the Pony Home kids and has no problems with dresses as long as they're not super elaborate.
- Town Girls: The Butch to Annie's Femme and Patty's Neither.
- Tsundere: Type B. She's sweet, kind-hearted, compassionate... unless she's around Terry.
- What Beautiful Eyes!: Has very, very pretty green eyes.
- Youthful Freckles: Showcasing her kindness and child-like innocence.
Annie Brighton
Voiced by: Mami Koyama, Yumi Touma (OAV)
Candy's childhood friend. When Annie was ten she was adopted by the Brightons, a wealthy family that had already lost a daughter some years ago.
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- Adaptation Dye-Job: Dark-haired in the anime series, blonde elsewhere.
- Beta Couple: She and Archie
- Cassandra Truth: Sorta. Annie is the only one in the St. Paul School who shows worry over the news talking about the prospect of a world-wide war, but everyone else tells her to calm down and that nothing will happen. She's actually right.
- Happily Adopted: By the Brightons. Subverted when, in a well-intentioned but ill-advised move, they make her cut off all ties with Candy so people won't know that she's adopted and ostracize her as a result — not only this deprives both girls of their mutual emotional support, but it doesn't help her to deal with her issues.
- Heart Warming Orphan: Played very straight when she's a little girl. When she arrives to St. Paul, however, the girl is so utterly terrified of being bullied because of this trope that she hides her origins from the other students at first. Not that it works for long, anyway.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: As a teenager, Annie sometimes pulls her hair up in a style that slightly looks like an old-fashioned noblewoman's wig.
- Shrinking Violet: Has severe self-esteem problems, and even when she begins to overcome them she remains very shy and quiet.
- Signature Headgear: Like Candy, she uses hair ribbons. It becomes very important when Candy is framed for trying to hurt her by Neil and Eliza: Annie can't testify in her favor, but she manages to leave one of her hair ribbons to silently tell Candy that she believes in her innocence.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Candy's Tomboy. Candy is an extroverted tomboy who climbs trees and loves mischief. Annie is a shy, docile, demure girl.
- Town Girls: The Femme to Candy's Butch and Patty's Neither
Albert
Voiced by: Makio Inoue
The various Faces of Albert
A free-spirited man that crosses paths with Candy many, MANY times in the story.
- Big Brother Mentor: Not only to Candy, but to Terry as well.
- First Guy Wins: Out of Candy's potential love interests, he's the only one left in the end and he met her long before either Anthony or Terry, as it turns out Albert was her beloved Prince of the Hill that she met as a child.
- Friend to All Living Things: He loves animals, and they love him back. Specially his pet skunk.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: A blonde man with a big heart.
- Just a Kid: 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 Take a Third Option and create the "Uncle William" persona instead.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Without his beard, he's as gorgeously bishonen as the other guys.
- Long-Lost Relative: Stear, Archie and Anthony's maternal uncle.
- Mysterious Protector: To Candy, as Uncle William.
- Prince Charming: The last episode of the series reveals he is the mysterious "Prince from the Hill".
- Rebel Prince
- Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Happens to him towards the end.
- Uncanny Family Resemblance: Without his beard and Round Hippie Shades, he looks almost exactly like his nephew Anthony. A HUGE plot point since this is why Candy couldn't recognize him as her Prince: when they met he was clean shaved and with his hair cut short... but the second time, his looks were completely different.
Alistair "Stear" Cornwell
Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki (TV series), Masaya Onosaka (OAV)
The eldest of the Cornwell brothers, and Anthony's cousin. He's outspoken, very book-smart and prone to accidents.
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- Brainy Brunette: His craziest inventions tend not to work, but he can make simpler stuff that does function and is very book-smart.
- Keet: Downplayed: he has several traits of the archetype (cheerful, easily excitable, clumsy), but is capable of serious moments and ultimately dies in a very, very tragic manner.
- Fan Boy: He and Archie are big fans of the actress Eleanor Baker.
- Tearful Smile: He is smiling sadly as his plane is shot down in World War I.
Archibald "Archie" Cornwell
Voiced by: Yūji Mitsuya (TV series), Hikaru Midorikawa (OAV)
The youngest Cornwell brother and Anthony's other cousin, very polite and kind but also very blunt when angry.
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- The Dandy: Puts a lot of concern on his clothes and physical appearance and will avoid situations that risk his clothes getting ruined. Also, he has been referred to as "that elegant guy" on some occassions.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Has sometimes been mistaken for a girl, much to his chagrin. It's probably due to the hairstyle.
- Love Triangle: Likes Candy and is jealous of Terry. Annie likes him and she's conflicted and jealous of Candy. Terry is, well, Terry. Candy is oblivious at first, and later she feels horrible when she finds out how badly it affects Annie. It's fixed rather fast, however: when Candy explains the deal, Archie soon realizes that while he likes Candy a lot, Annie is the one he truly loves.
- Princely Young Man: The Gentleman type
- What the Hell, Hero?: Deals some of these to Terry, who is The Rival for him.
Anthony Brown
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One of the youngest Andrees, alongside his cousins Alistair and Archibald, and a very naive and sweet young man whom Candy adores. He likes her back and does his best to help her.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: Dies randomly at the end of an episode, with the following episode dealing with the fallout.
- First Love: For Candy, who loves him partly because he looks like her Prince of the Hill but also because he is such a nice boy.
- Flower Motifs: Roses. He even breeds a special type for Candy, dubing it "Sweet Candy Rose"
- Lonely Rich Kid: Unlike the more gregarious Cornwell boys, he's very shy and lonely.
- Nice Guy: A very kind-hearted boy.
- Rebel Prince: Attempts this in the anime, as he wants to join a riding contest but Elroy won't let him. Candy helps him with a small Batman Gambit where, with Tom and other kids's help, she tricks Aunt Elroy into thinking people are spreading Malicious Slander about the Andrees and Anthony wants to save their honor.
- Princely Young Man: Of the Gentleman type
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: The most kind-hearted boy dies prematurely.
- Uptight Loves Wild: He's fascinated by Candy's Plucky Girl nature.
Terrence "Terry" Grandchester
Voiced by: Kei Tomiyama Other Languages
A handsome, solitary, unsociable and rebellious youth who does everything alone and pretends to be cool. Terrence meets Candy right before their arrival to the famous and respected St. Paul School in London.
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- A Day in the Limelight: He gets a whole episode to himself in the anime, which explains his Dark and Troubled Past.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Candy. At first both always annoy and tease each other, but soon they like each other more and more.
- Bully Hunter: Who even whips Neil and his gang when they harrass Candy.
- But Not Too Foreign: Half-English, half-American
- Calling the Old Man Out: A HUGE and well-earned one, when the Earl refuses to help Candy when both she and Terry are in massive trouble due to Eliza's machinations. Terry then ditches St. Paul School to both pursue his acting career and to not cause Candy any more problems.
- Chick Magnet: Lots of fangirls in-story and in Real Life.
- Despair Event Horizon: Hits this hard after Susana's loss of her legs/acting job and suicide attempt coming after she saved his life, and Candy ending their relationship over it and how they simply don't work well together. It's so bad that it affects his acting skills, leading him from a once a promising actor to a drunkard working cheap shows in the slums. Thankfully, he chose to work himself back up to the top after some pep talks with his friends and seeing Candy one last time.
- Heroic Bastard: More exactly he is the product of an affair between an English lord and an American actress. As a result Terry's status in the high-class English society is very shaky in comparison to the children the Earl had with his lawful wife, who also is quite bitchy to Terry himself.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: His heart is in the right place most of the time, but his behavior is terrible — even when he is trying to do things right.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy
- Pet the Dog: Protects Candy when no one else can, has a soft spot for Susanna.
- The Rival: He and Archie
- Royal Bastard: He is the love child of a British duke and an American actress. Apparently, his father left his mother because he felt he needed to start behaving "properly" but still acknowledged and supported Terry, sending him to St. Paul's College.
- Take a Third Option: Between throwing Candy under the bus to save his position at Saint Paul's School and Taking the Heat for Candy and greatly dishonoring himself and the Granchesters Terry chose to... cut ties with his dad, drop out of Saint Paul and pursue his promising acting career in America.
- Tall, Dark, and Snarky
- Troubled, but Cute: He's very rebellious and snarky to everyone, even the nuns. But the girls (Candy, Susanna, Eliza for a short while) adore him.
Patricia "Patty" O'Brien
Voiced by: Chiyoko Kawashima
Candy's roommate in the St. Paul school, a shy girl who starts developing a stronger side with her help.
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- Birds of a Feather: She and Stear.
- Heroic BSoD: A massive one, when her beloved fiancè Stear dies in World War I.
- Her Heart Will Go On: After her Heroic BSoD after Stear's death, with the support of her friends she decides to continue with her life.
- Ojou: Nice Girl type.
- Shrinking Violet
- Town Girls: The Neither to Candy's Butch and Annie's Femme.
Other Characters
Miss Pony and Sister Lane/Maria
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A kindly old lady and a nun who keep the Orphanage of Love afloat, becoming Candy's mother figures.
- Cool Old Lady: Miss Pony
- Good Shepherd: Sister Lane
- Nun Too Holy: Averted. Sister Lane is a kinda cute young nun, but she is pretty serious and wholesome.
- Parental Substitute: Both, for Candy and Annie and everyone in Pony's Home.
- Team Mom: Miss Pony. Sister Lane is a bit of a Team Dad.
Thomas "Tom" Steave
Another orphan from "Pony's Home", two or three years older than Candy and Annie. He and Candy stay friends through the years.
- Chekhov's Gunman: In the anime, he pretty much triggers the whole plot via being the only orphan child who notices that someone has left baby!Annie and baby!Candy in the doorstep of Pony Home. If not for Tom, the two baby girls would have likely frozen to death.
- Cowboy: Is adopted by a rich landowner and raised in his ranch.
- Ship Tease: Sometimes, as he and Candy grow up. He also shows some jealousy of Anthony when they meet, apparently guessing that he's most likely to end up as the Unlucky Childhood Friend. And his adoptive father wanted them to marry at some point. It doesn't go through, however.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Him and Candy, as children. Perfectly shown when, the day before Tom leaves the orphanage, he and Candy start hitting each other and Miss Pony has to separate them, but when Mr. Steave comes for him they say their goodbyes in peace.
Susanna Marlowe
Voiced by: Koko Kagawa
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A promising and very pretty young actress, her partner is Terrence G. Grandchester. Susanna also has feelings for Terrence, as well as deep insecurities about what she means for him.
- An Arm and a Leg: Loses one of her legs when she's crushed by a falling lamp after saving Terry from being hit by it.
- Blackmail: Not from her, but from her overprotective mother. Mrs. Marlowe tries to manipulate Terry into marrying Susanna since she blames him for the loss of her daughter's career (and she has a good point about it, but Susanna herself ends up rejecting the deal later).
- Break the Cutie: This girl goes through HORRIBLE hardships in a very short time span.
- Career-Ending Injury: She lost her leg due to her pulling a Diving Save to rescue Terry from a falling lamp post, which ended up ruining her career.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: She tends to be more passive-aggressive than outwardly aggressive.
- Despair Event Horizon: Having lost her leg, her beloved Terry and her lifelong dream of being an actress, she crosses it and tries to throw herself off a building during a massive snow storm. Candy refuses to let her do so.
- Expy: Her design looks a lot like an adult version of Klara Sesseman, also their personalities and roles in the story are quite similar, with the difference that Susana's actions are due to unrequited feelings instead of friendship and loneliness. Also that while at the beginning Klara presented as a invalidated in a wheelchair and then regains the ability to walk, Susana is upside down since she is first presented as a healthy girl completely and then becomes invalid when losing a leg in an accident.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: A sweet, if naive and clingy young girl with wavy blond hair.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Non-lethal version, since due to her pulling a Diving Save to rescue Terry from a falling lamp post, she lost her leg and her career. It's even lampshaded by Candy:Candy: "She... she loves him so much! Her love is so strong that she sacrificed herself for him!"
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Subverted. She decides to let Terry go, explicitely saying that she doesn't want to be a burden on him, but he decides otherwise and, after making peace with Candy, stays by her side.
- Insecure Love Interest: Terry's.
- Shrinking Violet: To a degree.
- Tragic Dream: She was quite well on her way to theatrical stardom, and then shit happened.
John
Out of all the kids from "Pony's home", he is the closest to Candy aside of Annie.
- Heartwarming Orphan
- Not Allowed to Grow Up: He pretty much never has a proper growth spurt through the years.
Jimmy
Voiced by: Sachiko Chijimatsu
A kid that lands 'self in "Pony's Home" midway through the story.
- Hot-Blooded
- Jerkass: At first.
Poope
Albert's pet skunk.
Clint
A white raccoon who lives near "Pony's Home" and becomes Candy's beloved pet
- Canon Immigrant: Didn't exist in the manga.
- Non-Human Sidekick
- Team Pet
Uncle William Andrew
Voiced by: Makio Inoue
The actual boss of the Andree family, he is never ever seen but handles himself through letters and telegrams. He seems to be the only person who Aunt Elroy fears.
- Benevolent Boss: Sorta, to Candy.
- He Who Must Not Be Seen: Never ever appears. Until the audience finds out who he actually is - he's been there all the time.
- The Patriarch: His authority over the Andree clan is absolute, and only he can stop Aunt Elroy's mean streak flawlessly.
Mr. George
A butler for the Andrees, who sometimes takes care of Candy. He seems to be Uncle William's right hand.
- Old Retainer: A somewhat younger version.
Antagonists
Legan siblings
Tropes that apply to both
- Ambiguously Brown:
- Eliza was pale-skinned in the manga, but in the anime series she has a light tan.
- Neil was pale-skinned in the manga, but the anime portrays him as light-skinned in some shots and dark-skinned in the other.
- The Bully: They bully just about everyone (except the Girl Posse) at Boarding School, but particularly to Candy. Eliza also bullies Terry for rejecting her feelings.
- Butt-Monkey:
- Eliza becomes this late into the arc at St. Paul's School. Starting with falling into a pit trap made by her brother (intended for Terry, who ironically ends up saving Eliza from the pit), she endures one humiliation after another.
- Whenever Neil gets his dosing of Laser-Guided Karma, it tends to be far more physical than what Eliza gets.
- Devil in Plain Sight: Somehow, no one seems to notice their constant smug smiles and evil glares.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones:
- Despite her Lack of Empathy for other people, Eliza does care about her brother Neil and is visibly worried for him whenever he gets physically hurt, and also genuinely liked Anthony to the point where after his passing, she blamed Candy for "killing him" and wanted to take all the roses from his garden to keep as mementos of him. Subverted with her and Terry, as she was merely infatuated with him after he'd saved her and treated her nicely, but the moment he goes against her wants and talks to her badly, she resents him and feels nothing of screwing him over along with Candy.
- Aside from being a Momma's Boy, Neil does clearly care about his sister Eliza and is worried for her whenever she's in trouble.
- Flanderization:
- In the novel, Eliza stops being an antagonist after the Boarding School chapters and just appears as an occasional bitchy side character who has largely stopped tormenting Candy because she's grown bored of it. In the manga and anime, she continues to actively sabotage Candy's life even after Candy leaves the school, with her goals changing from wanting to bully, disparage and dishearten Candy enough to drive her away from their shared social settings to wanting to make Candy forever miserable by ruining her career, reputation, and entire life just for kicks.
- In the final arc of the manga and novel, Neil goes from an idiotic, airheaded bully to a full-on incel who stalks, imprisons and hurts her. He even forces a kiss on her, which the anime removed
for being too disturbing.
- For the Evulz:
- Eliza actually HAD an inner monologue that admits that she finds chaos and evil fun.
- There really is no other plausible explanation for Neil's behavior in the anime and manga.
- Hate Sink:
- Eliza was created as a character the audience would hate... and damn, does she succeed in the most spectacular way.
- Neil is usually portrayed as ditzy, but on some occassions he reveals that he's learned how to be manipulative from her.
- Jerkass:
- Eliza has hated Candy ever since she stepped foot in the Legan house and treated her like a punching bag for her frustrations, for no reason. When Candy wins the hearts of the boys she likes and becomes more socially popular, Eliza's anger increases and her pranks and abuse go further.
- Neil, be it him robbing a dead boy of his clothes, destroying the rose garden and framing Candy for something she didn't do (which gets her sent off to Mexico).
- Karma Houdini:
- Eliza's's usually able to get off scott-free for her actions, and even when she does get in trouble she's good at weaseling her way out of it.
- Neil is also this, except when Laser-Guided Karma (often quite literally) hits him in the face. The novel and anime also never show the fall-out of his failure to get Candy for himself. Subverted in the manga, where he is publicly humiliated due to Albert's intervention and is last seen literally crying to his mommy about it, much to Eliza's secondhand embarrassment.
- Kick the Dog: They bully Candy for being an outsider, and find fun in humiliating and pranking her. Any time they feign benevolence, it's always so she can be lured into a trap. They also bully her friends including Archie and Annie for being associated with her.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Any time they face conflict they attempt to use the family name/wealth to weasel their way out of it.
- Smug Snake: Neil and Eliza are used to always getting their way and when Terry, Annie and the Cornwells begin fighting back and aiding Candy, they're shocked.
- The Sociopath:
- Eliza lacks any real empathy for others and sees them as her personal playthings for her to use as she likes. Points added for being unbelievably sadistic and mean-spirited towards everyone but those who are indeed stronger than herself.
- Neil once suggested poisoning animals (a common trait of many Real Life sociopaths) and tried to force Candy to be his wife first through physical assault, and then by verbal abuse and threats.
- Spoiled Brat: Elroy spoils them to no end and prioritizes them over Candy. She is harsher to Candy than she is to Eliza and Neil.
Eliza Legan
Voiced by: Yumi Nakatani Other Languages
The whimsical daughter of the Reagan family, a branch of the Audrey clan. Candy was originally "adopted" so that Eliza could have a playmate, and ever since then she has done her best to break her.
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- Adaptational Villainy: The anime and manga have her getting up to even more nasty deeds than she committed in the original novel and portray her as being that much more despicable a person who is driven primarily by hatred toward Candy and general sadism, whereas the novel depicted her as more of a realistic sociopath whose actions are motivated out of a need to alleviate her boredom, and she eventually gives up on antagonizing Candy for this exact same reason: she grew bored of it.
- Alpha Bitch: Only rivaled in nastiness by Lavinia Herbert, Aya Misaki, Manami and Aki Honda. She is so haughty she acts as if she is the lady of the family and as if those teenagers who are not her friends must obey her. Eliza often annoys Candy with her brother Neil, intends to harm her by intriguing and always insults and humiliates her as an example, considering an orphan as a worthless being.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: The reason for her Rescue Romance Villainous Crush on Terry, and possibly why she liked Anthony too.
- Bitch Alert: The moment she opens her mouth, she lets everyone know just how much of a bitch she is indeed.
- Deadpan Snarker:Candy: That was so much fun.Eliza: That's right. More good things are about to happen.Candy: What things?Eliza: Things that have nothing to do with you.
- Dub Name Change: She became Lisa Legan in the Swedish dub.
- Even Evil Has Standards: At one point early into episode 13 when she and Neil are contemplating a way to retaliate at Candy, Neil, without any context, states his plan is "poisoning." Eliza thinks he means he intends to poison Candy, gasping "Candy?" in a very shocked tone, but Neil tells her that he actually means to poison horses in the stables, a plan she finds more sound. She's got as much qualms about animal cruelty as her brother does, but clearly she'd find murder of another person, no matter how much she might hate said person, a step too far even for her.
- Evil Is Petty: She becomes angry whenever she sees Candy being happy and successful.
- Evil Redhead: In the anime movie. Her hair is pink in the anime series and strawberry-blond in the novel and manga illustrations.
- It Amused Me: The original novel and 1992 OVA versions of Eliza torment Candy less out of wanton sadism and more out of the need to avoid being bored: as a sociopath she desires constant stimulation and gets it at the expense of other people. This is what she actually means when she says that she desires a "playmate".
- Jerkass Has a Point: While Candy works at a hospital, she comes across a mentally ill man who impersonates another man's identity. Unlike Candy, who decides to keep his secret, Eliza calls the police. When Candy is shocked and calls her out, Eliza rightfully points out that he was committing a crime. And even if he wasn't, he has a criminal record for assault anyway, making Eliza's actions all the more justified.
- Laser-Guided Karma: While Eliza generally gets away with the shit she pulls, the times she does get karma-slapped tend to be rather spectacular. When she finds out that Candy is the boy she had danced with in the School Festival despite being supposed to be locked away, she tries to rat her out her to the nuns. However, Candy manages to return to the punishment cellar in time with some help from Terry — and the sisters not only let go of Candy, but they get Eliza grounded for "lying". And since Eliza was the one who got Candy punished in the first place, this makes it a definite example of this trope.
- Also, she once organizes a tea party to thank Terry for saving her life but doesn't invite Candy. Terry, Rebel Prince that he is, deliberately misses said meeting to hang out with Candy instead, greatly humiliating Eliza in front of her Girl Posse.
- The first instance of Terry saving Eliza involved her falling into a large pit that her brother Neil and his friends had dug as a trap intended for Terry. All because she'd followed Candy out to her meeting with Terry and had been hanging her head up high in a snobbish manner without looking where she was going.
- The earliest instance takes place when she and Neil lock Candy away in the attic of the Andree's Big Fancy House. Not only the Andree boys find her and doll her up in a Pimped-Out Dress, but she and Anthony pull a Dance of Romance, while all Eliza and Neil can do is helplessly watch in rage and jealousy.
- Noblewoman's Laugh: Her laugh whenever it's not an Evil Laugh.
- Pet the Dog: Her only genuine moments of this tend to be her Even Evil Has Loved Ones moments, and also one very small moment in Episode 77 where she showed visible worry for her party guest, the French military paramedic Michael, when he was called back to the war, with no certainty that he'd be returning from there alive.
- Ojou Ringlets: Her hair is tied in elegant coils, befitting her status as a true Andree.
- Rescue Romance: Falls for Terry after he saves her.
- Rich Bitch: Definitely one of the 'finest' (in the negative way) amongst Anime history (it's telling because this is an old anime and she still has few competitors). Eliza is rich, and she's not afraid to flaunt it to the more commoner Candy... as well as torturing her with her richness and continues to make Candy's life worse.
- Stylish Sunhats: In some episodes, she dons a bright orange wide-brimmed sunhat with a red ribbon, that is accompanied with a feathery fan. See here◊.
- Tender Tomboyishness, Foul Femininity: She is a mean and girly Rich Bitch, while Candy is a nice and compassionate tomboy.
- Villainous Crush: A brief one, on Terry. Since he's smitten with Candy instead, he doesn't give a crap and humiliates her for treating the girl he likes badly.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: While Terry seems to save her from drowning, the Cornwell brothers declined helping her because they believe that she actually can swim and was faking in order to make a move on Terry. The novel hints that they were correct, as Eliza is described as gleefully faking unconsciousness.
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Neil Legan
Voiced by: Kiyoshi Komiyama, Ryūsei Nakao (OAV) Other Languages
The younger brother of Eliza. He's a typical playboy; villainous and cruel just like his sister, also brutal, gloating and cowardly.
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- Abhorrent Admirer: Post-puberty he realizes he has feelings for Candy and tells her, but she rejects him. Neil refuses to take no for an answer, culminating in Candy smacking him after his Forceful Kiss.
- Adaptational Karma: The manga actually shows Neil's reaction in the fallout of Albert revealing himself as Grandfather William and declaring Neil and Candy's marriage to not be happening and it ain't pretty.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: The Attempted Rape scene was cut from the anime (though his Villainous Crush on Candy persists).
- Attempted Rape: The G-Rated version, even though the scene heavily resembles one. In the novel/manga (final arc), Neil forces a kiss on Candy as he forces her into a hug, even though she screams at him to stop.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: As an adult, he is this to Candy. After he forces himself on her and kisses her, Candy runs away and locks herself in a room. Neil screams that she must marry him, or he will make sure she is locked in there forever.
- Dirty Coward: Neil often does things due to Eliza pushing his buttons or pressuring him to. It's not enough to excuse him, though, as he follows her rather happily. He also acts notably more cowardly when in trouble than Eliza does.
- Entitled Bastard: Combined with Entitled to Have You when he develops a Villainous Crush on Candy. In the manga, she hits him when he gets overly physical with her.
- Final Boss: In every version of the story (novel, manga and anime), Neil and his Villainous Crush on Candy is the last obstacle Candy faces before she earns her happy ending.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: At one point it looks like he may end up being decent after all, but nope, he only gets WORSE as he tries to force Candy to marry him and attempt to physically assault her.
- Love Makes You Evil: In this case, falling in love with Candy makes him eviller, he forces her to be his wedded wife while knowing she doesn't feel the same way.
- Momma's Boy: He's very spoiled by his mother and seems very dependent on her.
- Offstage Villainy: In the novel, his entire forced courtship of Candy is only relayed in bits and pieces through Candy's letters to other people.
- Rich Bastard: Again, much like his sister. Must've ran in the family.
- Rescue Romance: One day Neil is almost thrashed by some guys of a street gang, but Candy saves him by beating them. Therefore he develops a Villainous Crush on her and even forces her to become engaged to him.
- Scarpia Ultimatum: Tries it on Candy, after a brief Hope Spot where the audience is almost led to believe that he might start getting better. He attempts to use his political power to make Candy marry him until Albert intervenes.
- Villainous Crush: Later he's revealed that this is what he actually feels for Candy, but he didn't realize it as a kid mainly due to Eliza's influence.
Other Legans
Elroy Andrew
The apparent leader of the powerful Andree clan, whose authority is only limited by that of the never-seen "Uncle William". A very lawful and stuck-up woman who does her best to keep the clan in line.
- Ambiguously Brown: Her skin tone is a similar shade to the Legans.
- Aristocrats Are Evil: More like "super ultra lawful and strict", which is pretty much an obsession to her.
- Grumpy Old Man: Female example.
- Parental Substitute: She raised her nephew Albert in stead of his dead parents.
- Rich Bitch: Not as utterly asshole-ish as the Legans, but still very bitchy and obsessed with the family honor.
School
Louisa
Eliza's almost-as-bitchy best friend in school.
- Beta Bitch: To Eliza, as the only member of her Girl Posse who has something of a personality.
- Break the Haughty
- Riches to Rags: Her family goes bankrupt and, as a result, she has to leave the very expensive and traditional Boarding School. Karma's a bitch, eh Louisa?
Minor Characters
Dorothy
- Girlish Pigtails
- Meido: For the Legans
- Nice Girl
Mr. McDermott
- Big Friendly Dog: He has one, a sweet Saint Bernard named Mienna. When he passes away, she goes to live in the Pony Home.
- Cool Old Guy
- Distracted from Death: Candy was having a nice chat with McDermott, then she went to attend other matters. When she returned, he had passed away
Eleanor Baker
A very beautiful and popular actress, and Terry's mother. She's the one he got his good looks AND acting ability from.
- Mysterious Parent: Terry's.
- Parental Neglect: She loves Terry deeply, but heavily priorises her career over her son.
- Teen Pregnancy: Implied, since Eleanor looks almost disturbingly young for the mother of a boy in his late teens and the Earl of Granchester looks notoriously older than she does.
- Walking Spoiler
Marsha O'Brien
Patty's cheerful, kinda thoughtless grandmother.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: She embarrasses her granddaughter Patty when she shows up at St. Paul to spend the weekend there, since she was homeschooled and thus never went to any kind of school.
- Cool Old Lady
The Earl of Grandchester
A very rich nobleman who appears later in the story. He has his hands full with his legal wife and children and barely takes care of his eldest child Terry, conceived out of wedlock with an American woman.
- Blue Blood
- Parental Neglect: To his eldest son Terry.
Miss Mary Jane
A good friend of Miss Pony and the owner of a famous nursing school. When Candy decides to forge her own destiny, she starts attending her school.
- Cool Old Lady
- Reasonable Authority Figure
- Stern Teacher: To Candy, Frannie and other would-be nurses.
- Trickster Mentor: Subjects Candy to more than one Secret Test of Character.
Frannie Hamilton
Candy's roommate and foil in the nursing school, a young woman with a deeply wounded heart hidden under her lawful and cold facade.
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Tall, dark-haired and rather cold and snippy.
- Broken Bird: Thanks to a Dark and Troubled Past including a Missing Mom, Parental Neglect from her alcoholic father, etc.
- Ice Queen
- Put on a Bus: More exactly, she becomes a war nurse and leaves to Europe.
Cookie
A young boy Candy meets
Mr. Garcia
- Defrosting Ice King: Thank you, Candy.
- Jerkass
Karen Kreiss
- Alliterative Name: Karen Kreiss
- The Rival: Feels this way about Susanna when it comes to acting.
Dr. Leonard
Sister Grace and Sister Margaret
The two nuns who run the St. Paul school. Sister Grace is the eldest and more serious one, whereas Sister Margaret is younger and somewhat easier to get along with.
- Good Shepherd: Sister Margaret
- Grumpy Old Man: Sister Grace is another example
- Reasonable Authority Figure: The serious and kind Sister Margaret, in contrast with...
- Stern Teacher: Sister Grace, who's VERY inflexible but doesn't relish in unnecessary cruelty to her pupils. But Heaven help them if she believes they have broken the rules.
Catherine
