Multimedia: Animals | Humans
TV series: 101 Dalmatians: The Series | 101 Dalmatian Street (Dalmatian Family • Recurring Characters)
This character sheet is for all the humans who appear in multiple media in the 101 Dalmatians franchise.
open/close all folders
Anita and Roger Radcliffe/Dearly
One couple that love their dalmatians.
Roger voiced by: Ben Wright (101 Dalmatians), Billy Lee (singing voice), Jeff Bennett (101 Dalmatians TV series), Tim Bentinck (Patch's London Adventure 2003 sequel)
Anita voiced by: Lisa Davis (101 Dalmatians), Kath Soucie (currently)
Roger voiced in Swedish by: Per Myrberg (1961), Ulf Källvik (1995, Patch's London Adventure), Andreas Nilsson (first live-action film, Animated Storybook)
Anita voiced in Swedish by: Kristina Adolphson (1961), Monica Forsberg (1995, Animated Storybook, Patch's London Adventure), Myrra Malmberg (first live-action film)
A married couple who are the loving owners of the dalmatians.
- Adaptational Job Change: In the original book Mr. Dearly was a financier who was given a small fortune by the government for saving Britain from a recession (twice), in the original movie Mr. Radcliffe is a song writer who earns his fortune from the breakout success of his "The Villain Sucks" Song, and the live action movie has him work as a video game designer who makes a game based on the events of the film.
- Adaptation Name Change: The two were just "Mr. and Mrs. Dearly" in the book. Dodie Smith wrote Walt Disney about her unhappiness at this name change, and perhaps this was why their surname was changed back to "Dearly" for the live-action remake and the TV series.
- Adaptation Personality Change: While Anita is pretty close to her original book counterpart in personality, Roger is an almost completely different character. The original Mr. Dearley was a wealthy, stylish gentleman who was "a wizard with finances" and the go-to person for the British government in financial cases. Roger is a songwriter and anything but wealthy and stylish; he's a bit of a bumbler and has a slight Cowardly Lion streak. Of course, he has kept the original Mr. Dearley's kindness and love of animals in general (and dogs in particular), and is every bit as affectionate and caring towards his dalmatians as his book counterpart.
- Alliterative Name: Roger Radcliffe.
- Angrish: When Cruella comes to claim the puppies, Roger starts stuttering in anger.
- Ballet: Anita's movements in the original animated film (traced from footage of classically-trained ballerina Helene Stanley) imply she's had at least some training when she was younger, which given the implicit December 1958 setting of the film (meaning she would have been a teenager at her oldest around the time The Red Shoes (1948) put ballet lessons in vogue for little girls around England) would not be entirely out of the question.
- Cigarette of Anxiety: Roger nervously smokes his pipe like a chimney (on every tick of the clock, no less) while the puppies are being born.
- Deadpan Snarker: Roger is often like this, with Cruella.Cruella: Rumpert, My Boy! Did I wake you?
Roger: No, I had to get up to answer the door. Now, is there something you want, or did you drop by to remind me that that Halloween's coming? - Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe: Roger is rarely seen without his pipe in the original film.
- Dramatic Irony: Roger accuses Cruella of having kidnapped the puppies, even telling her "Where are they?!" on the phone, only to be rebuked by Anita. Yet, he's 100% right.
- Excellent Judge of Character: Roger is this towards Cruella. He is the one who invented "The Villain Sucks" Song "Cruella de Vil", after all. Not to mention that he remembers how much Cruella wanted Pongo's and Perdita's puppies and how aggressive and angry she got when she couldn't have them. As such, he proclaims her to be his "number one suspect" after they're kidnapped, even after Anita argues against his accusations. Turns out he was right about this, even though he doesn't find out in the end.
- Extreme Doormat: Anita in the original animated film. Even if she was trying to be nice, she let Cruella go on and insult her house and husband. At least she put her foot down in the live-action adaptation. Even more so in the animated series, where she works in Cruella's designer firm despite her obviously scheming and abusive manner.
- Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: In contrast to Cruella's cigarette holder, Roger smokes a pipe. His smoke is self-contained, unlike her smoking which fills the whole room with foulness.
- Happily Married: They marry at the start of the film and are in a good marriage.
- Heroes Love Dogs: To the point of exaggeration, where they proudly own 101 dogs by the end of the film.
- Horrible Judge of Character: Anita is far too reluctant to believe that Cruella could be the monster Roger calls her out as when the puppies are kidnapped in the first film, even after her violent outburst when they flat out refused to sell them to her. Even more so in the animated series where she's now working for Cruella. Luckily for everyone Roger is not nearly as oblivious.
- Large Ham: Naturally, considering Roger is the one who came up with "Cruella de Vil".
- Love at First Sight: Not so much - though it came eventually.
- Married to the Job: Roger, before meeting Anita. According to Pongo, he was "a musician of sorts" and "married to his work".
- Meet Cute: Arranged by Pongo, how Anita meets Roger.
- Nerves of Steel: While he does stutter a few times, Roger keeps himself contained when he tells Cruella he'll never sell her the puppies, and doesn't let her intimidate him.
- Nice Guy: Both of them are kind, loving people.
- No Social Skills: Roger, at least where Anita is concerned. Pongo even lampshades how in the park he'll just sit and smoke a pipe, ignoring the beautiful lady with her spotted dog, but Roger is enough of a gentleman to help her out of the pond where they both fall and offer his coat and handkerchief.
- Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: Roger adamantly refuses to sell the puppies to Cruella, no matter how much she offers, since he can tell what kind of person she really is.
- Troll: Roger comes up with the now infamous "Cruella de Vil" song based on a piano tune he had created. During her first visit to their household, he spends the entire time playing the theme very loudly from the attic, first on piano, then the trumpet, and concluding with the trombone.
Cruella de Vil
"Poison them, drown them, bash them in the head... I don't care how you kill the little beasts, but do it, and do it now!"
Voiced by: Betty Lou Gerson (101 Dalmatians); April Winchell/Tress MacNeille* (101 Dalmatians: The Series); Susanne Blakeslee (since 1997); Barbara Goodson (Disney on Ice); Michelle Gomez (101 Dalmatian Street)
Played by: Glenn Close (live action films), Emma Stone (Cruella), Wendy Raquel Robinson (Descendants)
Voiced in Swedish by: Gaby Stenberg (1961), Mona Seilitz (1995, live-action films, Animated Storybook)
"I live for furs!"
Cruella De Vil is the main antagonist of 101 Dalmatians franchise. She is a wealthy, fashion-obsessed heiress who wishes to use the skins of 99 Dalmatian puppies for a fur coat.
- Abusive Parents: Is this to her son Carlos in Descendants, and an Abusive Great-Aunt to her nephew Hunter in 101 Dalmatian Street.
- Accidental Misnaming: Sometimes her last name is mistakenly spelled "De Ville". Either way, she is always "that devil woman".
- Adaptational Attractiveness: In the cartoon, she looks like this
◊, but in the special "Disney Villains Designer Collection", she looks like this◊. - Adaptational Ugliness:
- In the movie, Cruella is a wild-haired harridan with a corpse-like face; in the original novel's illustrations, she's depicted as an elegant, cold-hearted beauty. She currently adorns the page image.
- In the 101 Dalmatian Street series, she looks even worse than in the movie. Putting it lightly, she makes Yzma look like a beauty queen in comparison. Justified, since in this distant Sequel Series she must be around 90 years old.
- Adaptation Name Change: An extremely subtle one; her surname is spelled "de Vil" (with a lowercase 'd') in the novels while Disney capitalizes the 'D' in the franchise.
- Animals Hate Her: For a good reason! Those who don't growl at her run whenever she's nearby.
- Arch-Enemy: To the dalmatians and the Radcliffes, but Roger in particular.
- Ax-Crazy: She's a Mood-Swinger and absolutely psychotic.
- Bad Boss: To Jasper and Horace. She verbally abuses them almost constantly until Jasper has finally had it and gives her a Big "SHUT UP!".
- Bad People Abuse Animals: At one point in the movie, she talks about wanting to poison, drown, and bash the dalmatians' skulls open, all in a children's movie, no less...
- Big Bad: The main villain of the 101 Dalmatians franchise.
- Big Bad Ensemble: With Lil' Lightning in the sequel.
- Bald of Evil: Has taken to wearing a wig, come the 101 Dalmatian Street era.
- Berserk Button: Being denied of something she wants appears to be one. She blows a fuse in both the animated and live-action films when Roger refuses to sell her the puppies.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Exaggerated. Right from the start, it's obvious that Cruella is a twisted, obnoxiously stuck-up lady, even when she seems to be at least on good terms with Anita. There's also the fact that she's literally covered in animal clothing.
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: She genuinely doesn't see why Dalmatian dogs are supposed to be beloved family pets instead of mindless fur animals. But since she has the drive and wherewithal to do anything she likes, she's terrifying.
- Breakout Villain: Easily the most iconic character to come out of 101. She remains the franchise's sole representative at the Disney Parks to this day and is notably the second Disney Villainnote to receive her own standalone film.
- The Chew Toy: For all her villainy in the series, Cruella is also put through the wringer quite a bit to balance things out.
- Cruella to Animals: The Trope Namer, though her cruelty to animals is downplayed in the Disney adaptations as compared to the original book.
- Determinator: Even after 6 decades since her first attempt, nothing will stop her from trying to get her puppy coat.
- The Dreaded: The dogs are understandably terrified of her, as are her henchmen, and even Anita seems to find her intimidating. Ironically, Roger, who sings about how much she is scary in "The Villain Sucks" Song, is not scared of her and has no problem telling her what he thinks.
- Driven to Madness: Not that she could ever be described as sane to begin with, but in the sequel she goes so crazy in her chase after the puppies that she ends up Laughing Mad and thrown into the back of an asylum truck. She currently provides the page image.
- Drives Like Crazy: Big time. Both the animation and the live-action. Her automobile is loud and she recklessly endangers both people and animals' lives. Most memorable is the scene in the animated film where she attempts to ram a truck carrying all of the dalmatians off the road. No wonder the poor truck driver calls her "a crazy woman driver".
- Eccentric Fashion Designer: A more sinister example of this trope. She's a fashion designer (at least in the live-action films; her job is unmentioned in the animated film, although it's mentioned that she's married to a furrier in the books) with a strong penchant for furs, with her obsessing on dalmatian spots. And although she acts bubbly, she's actually quite rude and self-centered.
- Enraged by Idiocy: She has very little patience for Horace and Jasper’s incompetence and chews them out almost every time.
- Evil Brit: Becomes this in 101 Dalmatians: The Series. Due to the show now being set in the US instead of the UK, with Cruella being the only character to still remain British while everyone else is now American, this version plays this trope painfully straight.
- Evil Is Hammy: Cruella's habit of Chewing the Scenery is one of the most fondly-remembered things about the movie. She's even hammier as played by Glenn Close in the live-action adaptation.
- Evil Is Petty: Her entire motivation for kidnapping nearly a hundred puppies is to make fur coats out of their exceptionally rare fur, even though Jasper points out that they won't be able to get very many out of them when they're not fully grown yet. This also applies to her kidnapping Roger and Anita's puppies—considering Cruella already had 84 other Dalmatian puppies, she did it purely as revenge for Roger standing up to her and refusing to sell their puppies.
- Evil Laugh: Cruella freely cackles at whatever she finds amusing as if it were the funniest thing to her. She also tends to laugh at what she perceives as holding little to no value.
- Evil Old Folks: She's significantly older in the 101 Dalmatian Street series which takes place in the modern era...and still just as nasty, if not more so.
- Facial Horror: Whatever's going on with her face, implied to be makeup, in 101 Dalmatian Street has cracks occasionally appear across it. It really modifies her iconic Nightmare Face when pulling it again at her ultimate defeat cracks the whole thing up.
- Failure Is the Only Option: Her attempts at skinning the puppies and buying Dearly Farm never succeed.
- False Friend: Cruella was apparently one of Anita's old school chums - Heaven knows why, since she's an absolute terror even when she's trying to be friendly. (In the original book, Mrs. Dearley admits to her husband that they weren't actually friends as children; they were just at school together and she was terrified of Cruella.) Roger immediately takes a disliking to her and quickly (and correctly) assumes that she kidnapped the puppies.
- Fan Disservice: Played for Laughs in the animated series.
- The Fashionista: And a thematic one, too! In the 1996 film, its sequel and Cruella, she wears a different outfit in almost every scene she appears in.
- Faux Affably Evil: Nearly parodied—her fake kindness is almost as foul as her real demeanor.
- Fur and Loathing: Cruella and her fur coat provide the page image.
- Gonk: In the TV series. Justified in that it serves as an indicator of her age and inflated vanity.
- Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Cruella's cigarette with holder. Unlike Roger's pipe, her cigarette fills every room she enters with a thick, unpleasant green haze, and she's also extremely rude about her smoking - blowing smoke in people's faces, snuffing out her cigarette in Anita's cupcakes and tapping it into her tea.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Her temper is terrible. She is easily enraged and infuriated and yells all the time.
- Hated by All: Roger makes it no secret that he hates her, Nanny seems to find her terribly unpleasant, Horace and Jasper are scared of her, the Dalmatians are really scared of her and even Anita, who initially tries to be nice to her, seems to find her intimidating. It's implied that Cruella doesn't have the best reputation overall, considering how much of a hit Roger's song ended up becoming.
- Inelegant Blubbering: After her car is destroyed by Jasper and Horace T-boning her in their chase after the puppies, she launches a few verbal grenades at the two before devolving into a crying mess. Jasper promptly tells her to shut up.
- Irony: 101 Dalmatians: The Series makes everyone in the show American, but makes her an Evil Brit. 101 Dalmatian Street keeps everyone in the show British, but makes her speak with an American accent.
- It's Personal: In 101 Dalmatian Street she's specifically after the Dalmatian family for her coat because they're Pongo and Perdita's descendants, as opposed to just buying 99 new puppies for a coat.
- Jerkass: When you get right down to it, Cruella really has no redeeming qualities and is just generally mean and unpleasant. Her Establishing Character Moment has her casually insulting Anita (who she claims is her old friend) by calling her home a "horrid little house" and mocking her husband, whilst putting out her cigarette in her muffin and putting ashes in her tea.
- Karmic Butt-Monkey: Cruella is often humiliated because of the puppies' antics, especially in the TV series. She has it coming due to being the main antagonist who hates puppies.
- Knight of Cerebus: She's one for 101 Dalmatian Street, where she is immediately portrayed as a huge and dangerous threat, with no lightness beginning at all, and turns the cartoony silly show's season finale into an escape from death. While she starts off seeming a bit eccentric in the original film, she also becomes this in the second half, contrasting Horace and Jasper's bumbling with a cold cleverness and her explosive temper that leaves little room for jokes.
- Laser-Guided Karma: In the season finale of 101 Dalmatian Street, she intends to have the puppies killed in an elaborate skinning machine. In the climax, she ends up going through the process after being knocked closely to the machine by Hunter, whom she had abused and mistreated throughout the season. And she would have died if Doug and Delilah hadn't rushed in to save her.
- Laughably Evil: As ruthless as she and her goons are in stealing (attempting to murder) the puppies, their overblown whimsy and bumbling make up a lot of the movie's humor.
- Lean and Mean: She's a slender, almost skeletal villain with a skeletal face.
- Light Is Not Good: Cruella dresses in a light-colored fur coat, but she is the villain.
- Little Black Dress: She does not pull it off quite as well as Audrey Hepburn...
- Mad Libs Catch Phrase: "Memo to myself..." in the TV series.
- Meaningful Name:
- Perhaps the supreme example. Her name is clearly a mutation of "Cruel Devil".
- Vil also means 'to skin' in Dutch.
- Misplaced Accent: She doesn't have her British accent in the new TV series.
- Mood-Swinger: Can snap from deceptively friendly to unsettlingly cheerful (complete with wild laughter) to terrifying, maniacal rage within the span of a few seconds. In both the 1961 and 1996 films her Hair-Trigger Temper can kick in within seconds of things not going her way, which leads to her flying through moods faster than anything.
- Name To Run Away From Really Fast: A fairly unsubtle example. Remove 2 letters and a space, and her name becomes the phrase "cruel devil".
- Near-Villain Victory: She comes very close to capturing the Dalmatians at the end of the first film—if Jasper and Horace hadn't accidentally lost control of their van and T-boned Cruella's car, there's no way the dogs could have escaped her. Her car was hanging right off the back of the truck they were on.
- Never My Fault: According to Disney Dossiers, "Cruella is impervious to outside ideas! (It's 'never her fault'.)"
- Nightmare Face: Especially during the chase scene in the film. The new animated series has her pulling these over practically ever time she's on screen.
- Not Good with Rejection: When Roger refuses to sell her the puppies, she throws a tantrum and swears revenge.
- Obviously Evil: "Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil, if she doesn't scare you no evil thing will..."
- Passive-Aggressive Kombat: The entire interaction between her and Anita is this from her end.
- Perfumigation: 101 Dalmatian Street, where she's significantly older, replaces her chain-smoking with a bottle of vivid green perfume. It's noxious enough to knock out dogs and caustic enough in liquid form to quickly eat through a metal chain link. Spraying it somehow repairs the cracks that appear on her face.
- Pragmatic Villainy:
- When Horace and Jasper are dithering on killing the puppies and skinning them, Cruella threatens to call the police on them, since "the police are everywhere", and she'd rather not face charges since technically she didn't kidnap the puppies.
- For all of her materialism and obsession with fur coats, Cruella is ultimately willing to settle for only half a dozen dog-skin coats if it means she can obtain them before the police find her and her cohorts.
- Psychopathic Woman Child: She is rather immature when she doesn't get her way. She threw a hissy fit when Roger refused to sell her the puppies.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: Subverted since her primary color is cream. However, the inside of the coat and her gloves are red and her dress is all black.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: After getting the body of her car shaved off on a bush, her irises and eventually her whole eyes turn devilish-red as she makes her last attempt to derail the moving van and recapture/kill the dalmatians.
- Rich Bitch: She is an intimidating and very wealthy woman.
- Smoking Is Glamorous: She's a fashionista who loves smoking. Downplayed for reasons as mentioned above.
- The Sociopath: Cruella is shallow, petty, and selfish to the point where she tries to buy and eventually steals a bunch of puppies - from her supposed "best friend" no less - so she can skin them and make coats out of their hides. She has no problem lying about masterminding the crime and at one point threatens to call the police on Jasper and Horace and put the full blame of the crime on them if they don't do the job quickly. As the film nears its end, she goes full Ax-Crazy mode, becoming physically abusive with Jasper and Horace, exploding with rage at the drop of a hat, and driving like a maniac to the point where she tries to crash a truck to get to the puppies (showing she has as little regard for human life as animal life). Consummate Liar? Lack of Empathy? Criminal and devious? Impulsive and manipulative? Cruella ticks all the boxes.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Like so many other Disney villains, Cruella has to put up with the idiotic antics of Jasper and Horace, and in the live-action remake, she goes as far as belittling them for their failure to catch the puppies. Ironically, Cruella is no strategic genius herself, especially since in both films, the puppies managed to outsmart her.
- Spell My Name With An S: Commonly misspelled as "de Ville".
- Took a Level in Jerkass: If that was possible for her to do, she definitely proved it was in 101 Dalmatian Street. Not only does she still want her puppy coat, she specifically targets ones related to Pongo and Perdita, and tries to get to the Dalmatian family by cutting off their electricity, food, and water, and raising their house temperature. And this time intends to also kill the parents for matching luggage, after tying them up to witness their children being killed in a brutal skinning machine, after demonstrating to the puppies what exactly the machine is going to do to them, using Dawkins' favorite doll as a test subject.
- Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: According to the novelization, Cruella used to attend school with Anita but she was expelled from school for drinking ink.
- Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: She's a sadistic animal killer in a children's film, and she can be genuinely frightening.
- Villain Decay:
- In the TV series, she has lost her desire to make fur coats out of puppies; her only goal is to get the Dearlys off the farm because it's her land, which is nothing in comparison. In-universe, it's explained by fur coats no longer being fashionable, and in the end, Cruella cares more about fashion than she does about fur. Out of universe, however, this change seems to be the result of Moral Guardians not wanting a vicious puppy killer on a Saturday Morning cartoon.
- Subverted in the 101 Dalmatian Street series as she regains her desire to create her coat out of Pongo and Perdita's descendants and is just as bloodthirsty as ever.
- Villainous Breakdown: During the climactic Chase Scene, as evidenced by her driving recklessly. This is especially acute after she accidentally drives her car into a ditch and, in driving it out, accidentally trashes it on some thorny brush. By now, she is plenty pissed off, and it's become clear that it's the dalmatians or her — and she doesn't care who gets in her way, as evidenced by her willingness to run the moving van the dalmatians are hiding in right off the road, and nearly succeeds in doing so. She has yet another one after Jasper T-bones her, wrecking both their vehicles and her dreams of having a dalmatian coat, after which she bawls out her henchmen for it.Cruella: You IDIOTS! YOU... YOU FOOLS!! OH, YOU IMBECILIES!!!
Jasper: AH, SHADDUP! - Villainous Cheekbones: She’s a Lean and Mean Big Bad with prominent cheekbones, which in her Nightmare Face makes her face look like a skull.
- "The Villain Sucks" Song: "Cruella De Vil".
- We Will Meet Again: After being foiled by the Dalmatians in the season finale of 101 Dalmatian Street, she vows to return and take her revenge on the dogs.
- Would Hurt a Child: Well, a puppy, anyway. But they're still the dog equivalent of human children, which she's actually willing to harm just to make fur coats out of them.
- With 101 Dalmatian Street, she's also willing to go there too with Hunter. Even more despicable is that he's her great-nephew!
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:
- Invoked in the original film where she threatens Jasper and Horace with washing her hands of them by calling the cops if the two thugs don't skin the puppies.
- In the season finale of the new series, she declares that she's "bored" with her great-nephew and has him locked up with the other pups.
- Younger Than They Look: She's an old schoolmate of Anita's, but she looks old enough to be Anita's mother. Might be all those cigarettes.
Nanny Cook
"The little dears."
Voiced by: Martha Wentworth (101 Dalmatians), Mary MacLeod (Patch's London Adventure 2003 sequel), Charlotte Rae (101 Dalmatians TV series), Russi Taylor (unknown)
Voiced in Swedish by: Sif Ruud (1961), Birgitta Fernström (1995, Patch's London Adventure)
Nanny's hired by Roger and Anita Radcliffe as a cook-and-housekeeper, although the Radcliffes seem to see her more as a member of the family than a servant. Like her employers, she deeply loves the dalmatians.
- All There in the Manual: She is never called anything but "Nanny" in the original movie, but spin-off and behind-the-cenes material has revealed that her full name is "Nanny Cook."
- Battle Butler: As Jasper and Horace learn the hard way. Too bad she was not quite good enough to stop them.
- Break the Cutie: The poor woman is heartbroken once she realizes Jasper and Horace stole the puppies and she couldn't stop them.
- Butt-Monkey: In the movie alone, she gets slammed behind the door three times.
- Beware the Nice Ones: She is not afraid to stand up to Cruella, and put up quite a struggle with Horace and Jasper before they mad'e off with the puppies.
- Combat Pragmatist: She throws a teapot at Jasper, though he closes the door before it can hit him.
- Composite Character: In the book there are two Nannies, Nanny Cook and Nanny Butler, who are the family's cook and butler, respectively. The movie's Nanny combines traits of the two.
- Cool Old Lady: A kind, motherly old housekeeper.
- Damsel in Distress: In the sequel, after Jasper and Horace trap the puppies in a Kanine Krunchies truck, Nana gets subdued, tied up and lowered down a well.
- Expy: Arguably a far, far nicer one of Aunt Sarah.
- Frying Pan of Doom: Arms herself with one in an attempt to free the puppies from Jasper and Horace in the sequel. It doesn't work, but it's the thought that counts.
- Heroes Love Dogs: She cares and pampers for the dalmatians like they were her own dogs, and is quite protective of the puppies.
- His Name Really Is "Barkeep": You'd be forgiven for thinking that Nanny is just her title, but it's actually her first name.
- Jump Scare: Gives Roger and Pongo one when she announces that THE PUPPIES ARE HERE!!!
- Mama Bear: In the sequel, she attacks Jasper and Horace with a frying pan after she catches them trapping the puppies into a Kanine Krunchies truck.Nanny: Let these puppies go right now, or I'm going to knock the stupid out of both of you!
- Meaningful Name: She is both a nanny and a cook.
- Never Bareheaded: Never seen without her white maid cap.
- Nice Girl: Motherly, sweet, protective, loyal, kind, and understanding. Practically Canine, in Pongo's Eyes?
- Prim and Proper Bun: How she styles her hair, which is fitting for a polite and sweet maid.
- Scullery Maid: She's the housekeeper and cook of the Radcliffe house, however she is well-treated by her employers and considered a member of the family.
- Supreme Chef: According to Pongo, the food she cooks is excellent.
- Thrown Down a Well: In the sequel, Jasper and Horace tie her up and lower her into a well after having successfully kidnapped the puppies. She reappears later in the movie with the police, however.
- Took a Level in Badass: Downplayed. She doesn't win the tussle, but Nanny shows far more wits in the sequel compared to the original movie, where she clubs Jasper with a frying pan and chases him and Horace around the farm after she catches them kidnapping the puppies again. She only gets subdued after they enter the pigs' den, where she gets knocked over and later tied down a well by the brothers.
- Undying Loyalty: To Roger and Anita.
Jasper and Horace Baddun
Jasper: "Ah, shut up, you idiot!" Horace: "Ah, I still don't like it, Jasper!"
Horace voiced by: Frederick Worlock (101 Dalmatians); Tony Pope (Escape from DeVil Manor, Animated Storybook); David Lander (101 Dalmatians: The Series); Jeff Bennett (current)
Jasper voiced by: J. Pat o'Malley (101 Dalmatians); Jan Rabson (Escape from DeVil Manor, Animated Storybook); Michael McKean (The Series); Maurice LaMarche (current);
Jasper voiced in French by: Claude Bertrand (101 Dalmatians)
Horace voiced in Swedish by: Rune Halvarsson (1961), Hasse Andersson (1995, Patch's London Adventure), Dan Ekborg (first live-action film, Animated Storybook)
Jasper voiced in Swedish by: Nils Hallberg (1961), Michael Börstell (1995), Johan Wahlström (first live-action film, Animated Storybook)
Jasper and Horace are Cruella De Vil's bumbling henchmen and the secondary antagonists in the first 101 Dalmatians film.
- Adaptational Comic Relief: Compared to their book counterparts, they're notably more bumbling and played more for laughs. This is probably tied to how they have been given much stronger individual personalities and get a lot more screen time — in the original book, the Baddun brothers were pretty much The Dividual with identical personalities, who only really appeared in Hell Hall, and though there was an element of comedy to them with their obsession with the show What's My Crime?, the movie greatly expands their roles and their comedy by having them a lot more involved in the plot and getting a fair amount of comical banter and slapstick scenes.
- Adaptational Villainy: While they are more bumbling and comical than in the novel, they are also more directly villainous — in the original novel the Baddun brothers, while generally agreed by all to be nasty people, were more Big Bad Wannabes than actual criminals. They did plan a few despicable crimes, mainly because they wanted a shot at appearing on What's My Crime?, but never actually got around to doing anything illegal. In the movie, they're routine criminals, who are hinted to have been in and out of jail a few times, and they talk about the criminals on What's My Crime like they're old friends. They're also the ones who steal the fifteen puppies, and are constantly aiding Cruella in trying to find and catch them again, which was not the case in the book.
- Adaptation Name Change: Horace was originally named Saul in the original novel.
- Arch-Enemy: Towards Nanny.
- Ascended Extra: They have much larger roles in the film than they did in the novel.
- Bad People Abuse Animals: Would've killed the puppies under Cruella's orders if not from Pongo and Perdita's intervention.
- Bald of Evil: Both are bald and act as antagonists.
- Big Brother Bully: They're brothers, and Jasper constantly wacks Horace around and calls him names.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: They both have bushy eye brows.
- Bumbling Henchmen Duo: Two incompetent goons for Cruella. They also have a bit of an Evil Duo dynamic, with Jasper being bossy and controlling and Horace being more dimwitted.
- Butt-Monkey: Horace in particular gets slapped around by Jasper as well as Cruella. And of course neither of them are any real match for the dogs.
- Character Catchphrase: For Horace: "I don't like it" and "I've been thinking".
- Co-Dragons: Both work under the Big Bad.
- Composite Character: In a fairly minor way. In the movie, it's Jasper and Horace who steal Pongo and Perdita's puppies — in the original novel, all we learn about the puppy thieves is that they were professional thieves who had been hired and paid by Cruella. They never actually appear on-page and we never find out who they were.
- Deadpan Snarker: Jasper has his moments.Jasper: (to Nanny) I wouldn't stay here if you asked me. (dodges a teapot thrown at him) Not even for a cup of tea!
- Drives Like Crazy: Much like their boss, Horace and Jasper go a little crazy with the driving at the end. Horace in particular is responsible for Cruella's downfall because he rips out the steering wheel in a panic, causing their truck to crash into Cruella's car.
- Dumbass Has a Point: Horace figures that maybe the dogs think like humans can. This is true, but is passed up by Jasper.
- Fat and Skinny: Jasper and Horace
- Fat Idiot: Horace, moreso in the animated series.
- Gag Nose: They both have a very big nose.
- Heel–Face Turn: In the sequel to the 1961 movie, they both give up their criminal ways and open up a dress store as President and Vice-President respectively.
- Hidden Depths: Perhaps overlapping with Dumbass Has a Point — but it's notable that Horace, who comes across as a Fat Idiot, is always the one who makes the correct deductions and figures out what exactly is going on. Too bad Jasper dismisses all his deductions as being idiotic.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: Several times Horace and Jasper try to cut their losses and call it quits on Cruella' scheme. After their theft of the puppies makes headline news, they immediately call Cruella to back out and offer to settle for just half of what they were promised. After spending an exhausting night searching for the dalmatians all around the country side after they had escaped, Horace declares their intent on giving up before being once again strongarmed by Cruella into continuing their search.
- Lean and Mean: Jasper is tall, lanky and has less qualms about kidnapping and killing the puppies compared to Horace.
- Meaningful Name: Their last name is Baddun, and they're definitely bad guys.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: They may be bumbling goons, but they can be just as cruel as Cruella when pushed. Any reluctance to kill the puppies is usually due to laziness, rather than sympathy. Jasper in particular seems to enjoy bullying Nanny, Sgt. Tibbs and the puppies, and unlike Horace against Perdita, does actually briefly get the upper hand on Pongo and nearly smash his skull in with a crowbar. During the final chase, Jasper tries to shove the truck the puppies are hiding on over a cliff, driver and all, cackling while he does it.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Neither of them really go out of their way to abuse the puppies unless they're actively making a nuisance of themselves (i.e. barking at them or getting in front of the TV) and it's made pretty clear that the two are only going to skin the puppies because were promised a big pay by Cruella.
- Red-Flag Recreation Material: One sign that they're no good is that their favourite Show Within a Show is a game show about guessing the crimes of criminals.
- Running Gag: Horace says something stupid (or maybe not) and Jasper smacks him on the noggin.
- Ship Tease: Horace with Nanny in the animated series.
- Smart Jerk and Nice Moron: Jasper is the tall, lanky one, who takes the lead and seems to enjoy being a criminal. Horace is the short, hefty one that follows Jasper because he can't think of anything better to do.
- Spanner in the Works: Jasper's plan to ram the van the Dalmatians are escaping on probably would have worked, but Horace panics at the last moment and tries to grab the wheel: the two swerve out of control and end up hitting Cruella instead.
- Stout Strength: Horace is able to haul a bag full of 15 puppies with one hand.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Aside from Jasper being taller and skinnier than Horace, the two of them look completely identical to each other.
- Terrible Trio: They form one with Cruella.
- Villain Decay: Suffering it far worse than Cruella in the TV series. Whereas she can still be somewhat menacing, they're just two cartoony goons.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Horace figures that the dogs can think like humans and evade them through tactics like covering their tracks and disguising themselves. Jasper, under the impression that it's Real Life and the dogs can't, dismisses his concerns.
The Truck Driver (Nigel)
Voiced By: Basil Ruysdael
Voiced in Swedish by: Hans Lindgren (1961), Bo Maniette (1995)
"Hey, lady! What in thunder are you tryin' to do?! Crazy women driver..."
—The Truck Driver to Cruella during the climax
The Truck Driver is a minor character from the first movie, who works in a Moving Van. While he doesn't even meet any of the protagonists, he indirectly helps them out in the climax when they hitch a ride on his truck as he goes toe to toe with a very pissed off Cruella.
- Badass Bystander: This is his role in the film. He's just an ordinary truck driver who just happens to catch the brunt of Cruella's road rage head-on, all because the Dalmatians are all riding in the back of his moving van, something he isn't aware of. He still fights back against Cruella, unintentionally keeping her from getting at the puppies until Horace and Jasper accidentally run her off the road.
- Badass Driver: Is more than able to counter Cruella's road rage attacks.
- The Determinator: Despite Cruella's aggressiveness, he fights her off as best as he can to keep her from toppling his van, even when she rams her car head-on into the back of his truck, getting it stuck and sending the truck swerving out of control.
- Named by the Adaptation: He is unnamed in the film, but according to the "My Side Of The Story" book, Lucky claims his name is Nigel.
- Politically Incorrect Hero: Definitely has the moral high ground over Cruella, but still, she's not a "crazy woman driver". She's crazy, and she just happens to be a woman. And driving.
Lars
Voiced by: Martin Short
Voiced in Swedish by: Fredrik Andersson
Lars is a major character in the sequel, Patch's London Adventure. He is an eccentric, spot-fixated artist who speaks with a French accent and is hired by Cruella to do a painting for her in exchange for her being his muse.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the PlayStation video game, he acts as an enemy who will attack Patch in the studio.
- Bound and Gagged: Suspended by his limbs from the floor and ceiling with Cruella throwing darts at him after he realizes her true intentions.
- Eccentric Artist: He's an artist obsessed with drawing black spots on many white canvases.
- Everyone Has Standards: Lars may be eccentric and obsessed with black spots, but even he's horrified at Cruella's willingness to kill the puppies, and instantly revolts against her.
- Heel–Face Turn: Upon learning Cruella's true intentions, he revolts by defending the puppies and helping Patch and Thunderbolt in defeating Cruella.
- Heroes Love Dogs: He melts at the sight of the Dalmatian puppies, and is horrified when he learns Cruella's plan involving them.
