Characters from The Sooty Show.
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Sooty
Sooty
The mischievous but lovable teddy bear who can't speak above a whisper and dabbles in magic, often with humourous results.- Clothes Make the Superman: It's Sooty's wand that is magic, not Sooty himself. Other characters can use the magic wand.
- Former Teen Rebel: Although he's still a big trouble-maker, apparently he was even worse than Scampi when he was his age.
- Funny Animal: Is a walking, talking bear.
- Hates Baths: On and off. He will often be seen taking a bath happily, but he doesn't like being made to take one.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Sweep. The two are the closest and are commonly seen playing together, but there's nothing romantic about it.
- Inept Mage: Sometimes his magic goes awry.
- Innocent Prodigy: He is shown to be very intelligent and quick-witted, but he can also be rather naive and dense.
- Naughty Is Good: He's a mischievous boy and commonly breaks the rules and pulls pranks, but is sweeter than the more by-the-book Soo, who obeys the rules but is snappy.
- Not Allowed to Grow Up: He always has been and always will be 5 years old.
- Phrase Catcher: His magic words "Izzy Whizzy Let's Get Busy!" (It would be his Catchphrase, were it not for the fact that he doesn't speak).
- Ping Pong Naïveté: He is shown to be very intelligent and quick-witted, but he can also be rather naive and dense.
- Prone to Tears: Cries if somebody doesn't wave to him.
- Purely Aesthetic Glasses: He only wears his glasses for reading or when he's inventing something. The fact that they actually have no lenses and are just for show is lampshaded at least once.
- Shrinking Violet: It was once suggested that he only whispers because he's shy.
- Silent Snarker: He only whispers, but occasionally his whisper will be a dry insult.
- Sweet Tooth: Likes to eat ice cream and at one point he stops pretending to be injured in order to get cake.
- The Voiceless: Sooty only communicates through inaudible whispering, which others have to translate for the audience's benefit.
Sweep
Sweep
Sooty's best friend; an excitable and innocent, albeit somewhat dim-witted dog who speaks in squeaks.- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: He tends to wear a collar and nothing else.
- Animal Jingoism: In Sooty & Co he claims not to like cats because he's a dog; this is dropped in Sooty when Miki, a puppet cat, is added to the cast.
- Beware the Nice Ones: In the episode "Derek Returns", he's so angry with Sooty and Scampi teasing him about missing his little duck friend Derek that he actually attacks them.
- Big Eater: Commonly seen stealing food and is easily-distracted if food is involved.
- Butt-Monkey: He is quite frequently teased by the others, usually about his intelligence.
- Crossdresser: He's been seen wearing a dress on more than one occasion.
- The Ditz: He will often have trouble finding things that are right in front of him or make other dopey mistakes.
- Drives Like Crazy: When he gets a hold of any vehicle, like the campervan, he will end up driving the vehicle erratically, and things never end well for him. One particular time when he took the campervan, he ended up getting apprehended by a policeman, but thankfully it was All Just a Dream.
- Funny Animal: Is a dog, but he walks upright and lives like a human.
- Genius Ditz: Although he's generally considered dim-witted, he has been shown to be able to build machines.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Sooty, and later with Scampi.
- Keet: He can be rather hyperactive when he's excited.
- Large Ham: Is often seen doing dramatic things like pretending to Faint in Shock when surprised, yelling something that apparently translates to "Sweep to the rescue!" when pretending to be a firefighter.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: He has an enormous pack of brothers and cousins with names similar to his.
- Motor Mouth: Squeaks frequently and quickly.
- Nice Guy: Despite his clueless nature and mischievous streak, he is ultimately well-intentioned and good-hearted.
- The One Who Wears Shoes: It's not often shown, but he wears wellies.
- Perpetual Frowner: The puppet is always shown with a frowning expression, but his personality isn't negative.
- Picky Eater: He dislikes vegetables in the episode "Bouncers".
- Precious Puppy: A cute looking grey puppy.
- Strong Family Resemblance: He looks just like his parents and his brother and his four cousins (albeit his brother is an identical twin).
- Suddenly Voiced: In the 1997-1998 animated series, Sooty's Amazing Adventures.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Bing a dog, he is commonly seen going after bones and sausages.
- The Unintelligible: Sweep only talks in high-pitched squeaks, and has to be 'translated' by other characters. However, his squeaks are clearly synched to a written script, and some long-time viewers of the show can understand him even without translation.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: In the Sooty & Co episode "Sooty's Magic Solutions", he's afraid of the dark. In the new show, he is initially afraid of water.
Soo
Soo
A female panda and the most collected and sensible of the puppets, and also the only one capable of comprehensible speech. She is Sooty's girlfriend.- Bratty Half-Pint: Quite often yells at the male puppet characters, especially if they mess up. The "half-pint" part is debatable, though.
- Closer to Earth: Is the only female protagonist and despite her shouty personality is the most likely to follow directions and the least goofy of the trio.
- Cute, but Cacophonic: Her voice seems to be girly-like, but gets grating whenever she screams or whines.
- Fangirl: Of Sooty, despite living with him. She's usually his biggest supporter, though she can turn against him, depending on the episode.
- Flanderization: In the 2001 series, she is much more of a Bratty Half-Pint, to the point of being an outright Jerkass Attention Whore. This especially shows when her voice actor changes in Series 2, making her sound more whiny and demanding.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: For all of her tattling and snarky comments, she does show that she cares about the boys... sometimes.
- Large Ham: Even though she's the most sensible of the protagonists, she is quite dramatic, often yelling and ranting at the boys when they get in her way.
- Little Miss Snarker: Despite being the most well behaved of the group, she can be quite rude in her dialogue, such as "Seeing as you put it like that and you asked so nicely, there only is one answer, isn't there? No! The answer is no!".
- Motor Mouth: Can go on long rants when she's angry.
- Not So Above It All: Even though she's the most sensible puppet character, she is often yelling at the boys to be quiet, occasionally pranks Matthew, and can be a borderline Little Miss Snarker.
- The Smart Girl / Women Are Wiser: She is noted for her high intelligence and vocabulary, especially compared to her mostly mute male counterparts. Notably, she won a special puppets-only edition
of the quiz show The Weakest Link. - Stepford Smiler: Her puppet is always smiling, even when she's crying or angry; her personality isn't one though.
- Vague Age: Unlike Sooty and Sweep, who are confirmed to be five and four years old respectively, Soo's age has never been revealed. Matthew refers to her as a "little girl" in "Amateur Dramatics", but in one episode, he's actually fooled when she pretends to be pregnant. Her behaviour doesn't really help either way, since she'll sometimes behave like a little kid and sometimes like an adult. It's safe to assume that she's older than Sooty but not yet an adult.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?" In the Sooty & Co episode "Sooty's Magic Solutions", she is afraid of spiders, but in the episode "Moose Loose in the Hoose" she is scared of mice instead.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Whatever age she's meant to be, she's incredibly smart. In the above Weakest Link special, she made most of the other puppet contestants look like nitwits.
Little Cousin Scampi
Little Cousin Scampi
Sooty's young cousin who is even more mischievous than Sooty himself.- Bratty Half-Pint: Even moreso than Sooty or Soo, he plays tricks on his friends and can be unkind at times.
- Demoted to Extra: In the rest of his appearances until the 2001 series.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In his debut episode, after all of his tricks, he sends the gang a tin of chocolates to say sorry.
- Meaningful Name: He's a little scamp.
- The Prankster: Even more so than the others. He plays tricks on everyone whenever he can.
- Put on a Bus: He doesn't appear in the new series. According to a fan who knows Richard Cadell, he is currently attending boarding school and might appear in Series 4 of the new series.
- Suddenly Voiced: In the 1997-1998 animated series, Sooty's Amazing Adventures.
- Token Evil Teammate: While definitely not evil, he tends to be the most mischievous and troublemaking out of the main four.
- Token Wholesome: The only male puppet to wear an outfit.
- Vague Age: Sooty's younger cousin and noticeably smaller than the other puppets, who are said to be 4 and 5 year olds, and yet Scampi is said to go to school and doesn't act like a toddler.
- The Voiceless: Like Sooty, he only communicates by whispering in another character's ear.
Matthew Corbett
Matthew Corbett
The presenter of the show and father-figure (and victim) of the puppets.- Amusing Injuries: The frequent victim of injuries that are usually played comedically, such as pulling a muscle while ice-skating, being hit in the finger with a hammer, etc.
- Bumbling Dad: He can flip between this and a genuinely responsible and capable adult, depending on whether he is aiming to entertain or actually educate the audience.
- Butt-Monkey: They just love to pick on him!
- The Chew Toy: Most of his injuries and misfortunes are played for comedy.
- Deadpan Snarker: Will occasionally snark at the puppets.
- Intergenerational Friendship: With the puppets. They seem more like a family, but Matthew frequently refers to them as his best friends.
- Large Ham: Often goes on long, dramatic rants.
- Mr. Vice Guy: Though whatever vice he displays is very likely to come back to bite him in some way, especially his ego.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Prone to bouts of this; he usually learns his lesson, only to get Aesop Amnesia and brag about something else.
- Team Dad: Acts as a gruff but kind authority figure to the puppets.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: In the Sooty & Co episode "Sooty's Magic Solutions", he's afraid of birds.
Richard Cadell
Richard Cadell
The new presenter since Sooty Heights; a cheerful magician who watches over the Sooty gang. Butch
Butch
A boisterous bulldog who occasionally appeared, but became a regular in the Sooty series.- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Wears a collar.
- Animal Jingoism: He hates Miki because she's a cat and he's a dog, and tries to get Sweep to do the same.
Miki
Miki
A tomboyish cat from Brazil who hangs out with Sooty and the gang in Sooty.- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Wears a collar, and then a neckerchief.
- Put on a Bus: It is said that she won't be appearing in the new series because she's gone back to Brazil.
