History Characters / CatsDontDance

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Suffers quite a bit of slapstick-based misfortune early on, ending with Danny accidentally slamming the door on her tail. Later on, there's the ladder scene mentioned under NotSoStoic.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Early in the film, when she demands to be lowered down after Danny unintentionally ruins a scene in ''Lil' Ark Angel'', she ends up falling headfirst on the ground and gets swung in the air around the set. Then, when she tries to sabotage the animals' big performance in the climax, she fails in many ways so humiliating that they would make [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] wince.

%%zce* CoolBigBro: To Pudge.

''(Sawyer walks away)''

* ShesGotLegs: They're quite long, and come with a nice set of HartmanHips.

* NationalAnimalStereotype: Subverted. She’s a white cat, whose speaking and singing voice are both provided by Black women.

* VibrantOrange: He has orange fur and is VERY enthusiastic about becoming a big movie star in Hollywood.

* GrumpyBear: Cranston seems to be one of the most bitter main characters, as he was one of the last ones to fully accept Danny. He is very pessimistic, even more so than Frances.

* VibrantOrange: He has orange fur and is very enthusiastic about becoming a big movie star in Hollywood.

* TrueBlueFeminity: She is an optimistic glass half-full kind of girl whose top and bow are blue.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: His surname is quite badass.

The characters who appeared in the film ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''.

* CoolBigBro: To Pudge.

* OffscreenTeleportation: When Darla is escorting Danny out of her mansion after giving him the Big and Loud musical number, Max holds a door open for them. They walk down the hall a short way, and Max is waiting for them at the exit with Danny's hat, despite him never moving from the first door. Leads to a Funny Moment when Danny stops, stares at Max, turns his head to see if he's still holding the door, then turns back and stares ahead blankly with a befuddled expression as Darla hands him his hat. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRCGxQ27J3A Can be seen here at 4:18]]. It's implied Max can actually move at incredible speeds as he managed move away from Darla to pursue Danny in the theater without anyone noticing as well as quickly pursue Danny on the balloon float seconds after seeing him on it.

* NiceHat: His straw hat.

* NiceHat: A brown one that can be seen in the picture on the right.

* NiceHat: Wears a few throughout the movie.

* NiceHat: A red beret.

* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: After he finally shows his talent and is appreciated because of it.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: InUniverse, Darla is known as an extremely cutesy character in her film roles and to the general public.

* PsychoPink: Darla dresses exclusively in pink. On-camera and in public, she bubbles with girlish charm and comes across with cutesy-poo goodness to the point of TastesLikeDiabetes. When the general public isn't watching, however, she's [[EnfantTerrible scary]] and a vicious Prima Donna. And if her tantrums aren't enough to scare you, she has a MightyGlacier manservant named Max who is loyal to her every command. That's why everyone at Mammoth Studios walks on eggshells around her.

** FilleFatale: However, her role as the Vamp is played slightly more straight when she shows shades of ''this'' trope during the ''Big and Loud'' number.

* VillainSong: ''Big and Loud'' is a straight stage number, and part of a ploy to set up Danny and his friends. Played straight with the DarkReprise.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Darla's looks are obviously [[http://www.cdd4ever.com/Backlot03/CDDMSheets/DarlaMS01.gif based on]] Creator/ShirleyTemple with some Jane Withers thrown in, and her first name is taken from Darla Hood of ''Film/TheLittleRacals''.

* BadassAdorable: A cute, friendly little cat who manages to make his and dreams of all his friends come true and even [[spoiler: manages to fight off ''MAX''.]]
* BatmanGambit: The ending number, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now," is a perfect example. By this point, Danny has realized how egotistical and cheating Darla really is. So he sets this whole audition up by first pretending to honor her, then tricking her into saying that she arranged a special live show with animals for the audience, and then whatever cheating Darla comes up with when the show starts, he coaches the other animals to go along with it. This results in the most spectacular audition in cinema history, ''and'' Darla outing herself as the one who flooded Mammoth Studios and then getting fired.

** During the flood, he gets sick of putting up with Sawyer's harsh and criticizing attitude and [[TheDogBitesBack decides to throw her attitude right back at her]].
** Later, during the climax, when Max attempts to murder him, he tricks him into getting close to him via balloon before popping it, and send him flying away. Then, when the animals protest against performing, he sternly orders them to leave if they are willing to accept what the people think of them.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Danny trusting Darla to set up an audition with L.B. Mammoth. The other animals call him out on this after he unintentionally got them fired.

* HiddenDepths: She is actually a great singer and dancer despite initially introduced as simply being a secretary.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She clearly regretted how she treated Danny after he apparently left Hollywood and after she read his list which he left behind.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Suffers quite a bit of slapstick based misfortune early on, ending with Danny accidentally slamming the door on her tail. Later on, there's the ladder scene mentioned under NotSoStoic.

* BigFun: The fact that she's played by Kathy Najimy is a dead givaway...

%%* ThePollyanna

* ActionHero: This what [[HiddenDepths he likes to play a role in]].

* NervousWreck: Completed with the constant shaking body.

* SingingVoiceDissonance: His speaking voice is very nervous and high piched, as opposed to his clean and deep singing voice.

* WhenSheSmiles: Especially in near the film's climax.

* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Wooly is a refined, well-read elephant who can play piano. Mammoth Studios uses him as their VanityPlate.

The director of ''Lil' Ark Angel'' who lives in constant fear of getting on Darla's bad side

* ButtMonkey: He's constantly man-handled by the movie's child-aged villain.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has this moment when Darla confesses the truth in the destruction of Mammoth Studios that got Danny and the other animals fired, leaving him horrified with L.B. Mammoth. He quickly attempts to make up with the animals alongside L.B. with ensuring their future stardom now that they proven themselves.

* AxCrazy: For such a young age, she's extremely creepy, deranged and unstable who will flood a movie studio with animals in it just so she doesn't have to work them.
* BerserkButton: As Danny learned the hard way, upstaging her during a shooting of ''Lil' Ark Angel'' will cause her to throw a ''very'' big hissy fit, revealing that she's nowhere near as pure and nice as the public thinks she is.
* BigBad: She is the primary obstacle for Danny and the other animals, who constantly terrorizes everyone on the set and floods the entire studio in hopes of killing them (or at least getting them fired).

* BitchInSheepsClothing: She acts friendly in the eyes of the general public. In reality, she is extremely mean and self-centered.
* BrightIsNotGood: Crossing over with LightIsNotGood; she has blonde hair, and wears primarily pink, but she is a self-centered prima donna who abuses her co-workers and threatens anyone who tries to take the spotlight from her.

* NiceCharacterMeanActor: On screen, Darla is the sweetest and cutest animal-loving little girl you'll ever meet. Offscreen, she's a self-centered prima donna who can't stand animals. She finally and accidentally reveals the latter personality at the end of the film, causing her to lose her job and her reputation.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Darla's looks are obviously [[http://www.cdd4ever.com/Backlot03/CDDMSheets/DarlaMS01.gif based on]] [[http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/CLASS/130-127~Shirley-Temple-Posters.jpg Shirley Temple]] with some Jane Withers thrown in, and her first name is taken from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darla_Hood another child star]].

* TastesLikeDiabetes: InUniverse, Darla is known as an extremely cutesy character on screen and to the general public.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Seriously, what's with this girl?

* VillainousBreakdown: When all her efforts to stop the animals impromptu number in the finale backfire immensely. It ends with her [[HoistByHisOwnPetard outing herself]] to an audience while she's ranting at Danny.

* MysteriousPast: Nothing about his early life, how he met and was hired by Darla, how he became what he is, or even what he is and/or used to be; is ever revealed.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has this moment when Darla confesses the truth in the destruction of Mammoth Studios that got Danny and the other animals fired, leaving him horrified with Flanigan. He quickly makes amends with the animals afterwards and ensures their future stardom is secured.

* SmokingIsCool: He's often shown smoking cigars--but considering that the movie is supposed to take place in the late 1930s/early 1940s, this a justified example of this trope.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasmineGuy (speaking), Natalie Cole (singing); Urara Takano (Japanese dub)

* AlliterativeName: While it's possibly a stage name, her first and last names both start with "D."
* AxCrazy: For such a young age, she's extremely creepy, deranged and unstable who will flood a movie studio with animals in it just to get what she doesn't have to work them.
* BerserkButton: As Danny learned the hard way, upstaging her during a shooting of ''Lil' Ark Angel'' will cause her to throw a ''very'' hissy fit, revealing that she's not as pure and nice as the public makes her out to be.

->'''Voiced by:''' Ashley Peldon (speaking), Lindsay Ridgeway (singing); Esmeralda Kame (Albanian dub), Chie Kojiro (Japanese dub), Lyudmila Ilyina (Russian dub), Cristina Hernandez (Latin Spanish dub), Aline Pinsonneault (Canadian French dub), Marlies Somers (Dutch dub), Beata Wyrąbkiewicz (Polish dub)

* WhiteGloves: Wears these.

* PintSizedKid: {{Justified}} since Pudge is a juvenile aged penguin.