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     Nina 
The protagonist; a cheerful four-year-old girl.
  • Aesop Amnesia: At the end of each episode she says, "That'll never happen again" but it always does.
  • Animal Lover: Unless they are watching her when she is trying to pee (as shown in "Camping"), she likes all animals - for instance, in "Traffic", she enjoys watching the cows.
  • Annoying Younger Sibling: She's not all that annoying, but Frank will sometimes roll his eyes at her.
  • Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Often distracted by things surrounding her, running water, or her own imagination.
  • Big "NO!": In "Waterpark" (no bathroom in sight) and "Mall" (the bathroom was closed) she's heard yelling, "NO!".
  • Book Worm: Downplayed, we never see her read, but she does say in one episode she loves story time.
  • Catchphrase: That'll never happen again because now I know, don't wait to go; I (really) can't hold it much longer; I need to go right NOW; Nope, I'm fine. Also "Can't wait, can't wait" was a one-episode catchphrase in "Mall".
  • Cheerful Child: Whenever she doesn't need to go she seems very bubbly and happy.
  • Children Are Innocent: She's a child and is portrayed as childishly naive.
  • Mr. Imagination: More like miss, and downplayed, but she does imagine a lot; she has several Fantasy Sequences.
  • No Full Name Given: Her last name is unknown.
  • Phrase Catcher: Sometimes causes people to say a Title Drop.
  • Pink Means Feminine: She's a little girl in a Princess Phase, and she wears a pink swimsuit in "Beach", a pink snowsuit in "Snow", and loves the colour pink in "Traffic".
  • Potty Dance: Zigzagged — she seems squirmy when she needs to pee, but she dances around anyway, making it hard to tell if this trope is being played.
  • Potty Emergency: Once an Episode, she has to get to a bathroom.
  • Princess Phase: Downplayed — in "Mall", she expresses a desire to play at being a princess.
  • Shy Bladder: As shown in "Camping", she doesn't want anyone to see her peeing, even animals.
  • Throw It In!: In "Play", she has to be in a play, but needs to go again, so she has her usual adventure, and then she is onstage and forgot her line, so she finishes saying her Catchphrase "Because now I know, don't wait to go"
  • Youthful Freckles: Has freckles on her face and she's a child.

    Frank 
Nina's older brother.
  • Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Downplayed — not nearly as easily-distracted as his sister, but he once got distracted by a drink in "Wedding". His reason: "It's in a pineapple!"
  • Character Tics: Commonly shown rolling his eyes.
  • Comedic Underwear Exposure: When Nana uses the toilet paper from his mummy costume, his underwear was visible.
  • Deadpan Snarker: He never actually makes snide remarks, but he sometimes rolls his eyes and sighs.
  • No Full Name Given: We don't know his surname.
  • Phrase Catcher: When he rolls his eyes, his family will say his name in indignation.
  • Say My Name: Sometimes when he does his eye-roll, one of his parents or Nina will say, "Frank".
  • Tall, Dark, and Snarky: Downplayed, he is taller than Nina but not very tall, he has dark hair, and sometimes he rolls his eyes and sighs.
  • Throw It In!: In Parade, there was no toilet paper, so Nana used the toilet paper making his mummy costume. He continued posing in his underwear.
  • Title Drop: He says, "Coming through! Nina needs to go!" in "Water Park".
  • Toilet Paper Mummy: Once, he wrapped himself in toilet paper to cosplay as a mummy.

     Nana 
Frank and Nina's grandmother, and Kate's father, who is a ninja who carries an umbrella.
  • The Ace: She has never exhibited an inability to do something.
  • Action Girl: Or rather Action Elderly Lady — she's a dynamic ninja.
  • Animal Lover: Loves animals, and often calls on them for help.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Well, sort of. Needing to go to the bathroom is hardly a dire situation, but she does get Nina to the bathroom in the nick of time, and do everything else in the nick of time. Averted only once in "Mall" when the janitor gets to the bathroom and closes it before she gets there. Of course she finds another bathroom.
  • Big "NO!": In "Mall", when a bathroom is being closed, she yells, "NO!".
  • Catchphrase "Hello darlings", "To the bathroom!", "Hop in", and "That's why I always carry an umbrella".
  • Cool Bike: Something of a cross between a motorbike and a mobility scooter.
  • Action Mom: She's a ninja and is the mother of Nina's mother.
  • Cool Old Lady: Is elderly, a woman, and her family like her and she's a ninja.
  • Crazy-Prepared: Especially the umbrella, which can do many things.
  • The Determinator: She never gives up on helping her granddaughter.
  • Friend to Bugs: She's shown talking to butterflies once.
  • Large Ham: She makes going to the bathroom seem like an adventure.
  • Limited Wardrobe: Always wears either a black jacket, pink tee and black skirt, or a black Lycra jumpsuit.
  • Never Mess with Granny: Is an elderly lady with grandchildren and also a secret agent.
  • Noodle Incident: The potatoes at the fair reminded her of an old sweetheart. It is never revealed who the sweetheart was or why the potatoes reminded her of them.
  • Out-of-Character Moment: Her Big "NO!" in "Mall", when the bathroom is being closed (since she's usually even-keeled), and letting the bathroom be closed in the first place (since she usually always succeeds). After the "no", she snaps out of it.
  • Phrase Catcher: Her grandchildren call her name when she appears.
  • Pungeon Master: she tells a lot of puns, including "We're gonna have a ball" when on a wrecking ball, and "Where there's a wall, there's a way", when going past a wall.
  • The Reliable One: She is always there when you have a child in need of a bathroom, and has helped out several other people too, such as handing a baby a toy rabbit.
  • Say My Name: Frank and Nina yell, "Nana!" when she arrives.
  • Speaks Fluent Animal: Whether talking or making animal noises, animals can understand her.
  • Unnamed Parent: Her real name is unstated.

     Kate 
Nina's mother (her name is revealed behind-the-scenes).
  • Aesop Enforcer: Downplayed, she says, "Remember to listen to your body" in "Beach", and usually says, "Are you sure?" and "Let me know if you do" after being told by Nina that no bathroom is required.
  • Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Downplayed — she's not normally as scatty as her daughter, but in "Beach", she got distracted by volleyball, her favorite sport.
  • Good Parents: She is shown to respect Frank and Nina and love them very much.
  • No Full Name Given: We don't know her last name.
  • Title Drop: In "Snow" and "Train", she tells Nat "Nina needs to go" when Nat wants to do something or asks why they're in a rush.

     Nat 
Nina's father (like Kate, his name is revealed behind-the-scenes).
  • Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: He's a bit easily distracted. In "D.I.Y.", for instance, he is distracted by all the hardware being sold.
  • Beach Bury: In "Beach", Frank buries him in the sand.
  • Bumbling Dad: Downplayed. While he's definitely not stupid, he is a bit easily distracted and once got paint all over him in "D.I.Y. " And of course he's a dad.
  • Comically Missing the Point: In "D.I.Y", Nina needed to go while in a hardware store, and Nina asks, "Do they have a bathroom?" He says yes and shows her a display bathroom, to which Nina says, "Thanks, Dad, but I need a bathroom I can use."
  • No Full Name Given: We don't know his last name.
  • Third-Person Person: He refers to himself in third person as "dad" twice in "Zoo".
  • Totally Radical: In "Beach", he tells Nina, "Radical, dude!"

     Aunty Gladys and Uncle Walter 
Nina and Frank's aunt and uncle, so supposedly the sister and brother-in-law of either Kate or Nat, who have a camper van. They got married in "Wedding".
  • Almost Kiss: Nana says, "You may kiss the bride" in "Wedding" and they lean in to kiss, but we don't see them kiss.
  • Big Damn Heroes: At the end of "Traffic", Gladys shows up in the nick of time in her caravan (which has a bathroom).
  • Happily Married: As of "Wedding", they are a married couple, and we never hear of them having any drama.
  • The Quiet One: The only piece of dialogue we hear Gladys say is "I have a bathroom you can use".
  • The Voiceless: Walter has no dialogue.

     The Animals 
Various animals that Nana talks with.
  • Animal Talk: They seem to be able to speak to each other between species.
  • Nearly Normal Animal: Mostly normal, but the lizard wears sunglasses and they once built a toilet, of sorts. The deer also wears binoculars and salutes Nana.
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