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* EarthyBarefootCharacter: Her tendency to go barefoot or wear open-toed shoes may have something to do with the fact that she lives in the forest as a hermit.
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* BarefootLoon: She goes barefoot at home, and outside, she only wears open-toed shoes (flip-flops or sandals), which may have to do with her nonconformist attitude as an artist.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Implied; Ursula goes barefoot at home, and outside, she only wears open-toed shoes (flip-flops or sandals).
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MinamiTakayama (Japanese), Lisa Michelson (Streamline dub), Creator/KirstenDunst (Disney dub), Creator/AdelineChetail (French)

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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (Japanese), Eddie Frierson (Streamline dub), Creator/MatthewLawrence (Disney dub), Creator/IstvanBarath (Hungarian dub)

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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (Japanese), Eddie Frierson (Streamline dub), Creator/MatthewLawrence (Disney dub), Creator/IstvanBarath dub)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/IstvanBarath (Hungarian dub)dub)[[/labelnote]]
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i double checked and she uses atashi. sorry to say she is not a bokukko


* {{Bokukko}}: She uses ''boku'' as her personal pronoun in the Japanese script, highlighting her tomboyishness, and perhaps explaining why she's [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for a boy]] at one point.
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* TickleTorture: She's revealed to be quite ticklish when she gets her foot licked by cows.
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* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: She had long hair just past her shoulders in the original novel. The anime gives her a short bob cut, as the latter style is easier to animate, especially in the context of a witch flying through the air.

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* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: She had long hair just past her shoulders in the original novel.novels. The anime gives her a short bob cut, as the latter style is easier to animate, especially in the context of a witch flying through the air. Her shorter hairstyle would also be carried over to the 2014 live action adaptation and even [[{{RetCanon}} some rereleases of the novel]].
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear in the Japanese version or in the Streamline dub if [[spoiler:he can speak to Kiki again by the end, as he only gives out a meow]]. It doesn't help that Miyazaki has [[invoked]][[FlipFlopOfGod given different answers]] on [[spoiler:if he could or not]]. This is not the case in the Disney dub, however, as he's given a few lines to confirm that he could speak to her again (at least, until they've edited them out in the 2010 rerelease). This is also not the case in the original book series, as Kiki never lost the ability to understand him in the books to start with.

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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear in the Japanese version or in the Streamline dub if [[spoiler:he can speak to Kiki again by the end, as he only gives out a meow]]. It doesn't help that Miyazaki has [[invoked]][[FlipFlopOfGod given different answers]] on [[spoiler:if he could or not]]. This is not the case in the Disney dub, however, as he's [[spoiler:he's given a few lines to confirm that he could speak to her again (at least, until they've edited them out in the 2010 rerelease). rerelease)]]. This is also not the case in the original book series, as Kiki never [[spoiler:never lost the ability to understand him in the books to start with.with]].
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear in the Japanese version or in the Streamline dub if [[spoiler:he can talk to Kiki again by the end, as he only gives out a meow. It doesn't help that Miyazaki has [[invoked]][[FlipFlopOfGod given different answers on if he could or not]]. This is not the case in the Disney dub, however, as he's given a few lines to confirm that he could speak again (at least, until they've edited them out in the 2010 rerelease). This is also not the case in the original book series either, as Kiki never lost the ability to understand him in the books to start with.

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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear in the Japanese version or in the Streamline dub if [[spoiler:he can talk speak to Kiki again by the end, as he only gives out a meow. meow]]. It doesn't help that Miyazaki has [[invoked]][[FlipFlopOfGod given different answers answers]] on if [[spoiler:if he could or not]]. This is not the case in the Disney dub, however, as he's given a few lines to confirm that he could speak to her again (at least, until they've edited them out in the 2010 rerelease). This is also not the case in the original book series either, series, as Kiki never lost the ability to understand him in the books to start with.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear in the Japanese dub if he can talk to Kiki again as he remains silent, not helping is that Miyazaki has [[invoked]][[FlipFlopOfGod given different answers on if he could or not]]. This is not the case in the Disney dub, where he's given a few lines (at least, until they've edited them out in the 2010 rerelease).

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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear in the Japanese version or in the Streamline dub if he [[spoiler:he can talk to Kiki again by the end, as he remains silent, not helping is only gives out a meow. It doesn't help that Miyazaki has [[invoked]][[FlipFlopOfGod given different answers on if he could or not]]. This is not the case in the Disney dub, where however, as he's given a few lines to confirm that he could speak again (at least, until they've edited them out in the 2010 rerelease).rerelease). This is also not the case in the original book series either, as Kiki never lost the ability to understand him in the books to start with.
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!!!Voiced by: Haruko Kato (Japanese), Melanie MacQueen (Streamline Dub), Creator/DebbieReynolds (Disney dub)

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!!!Voiced by: Haruko Kato (Japanese), Melanie MacQueen [=MacQueen=] (Streamline Dub), Creator/DebbieReynolds (Disney dub)

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A warm-hearted and kindly baker. Osano takes in Kiki and becomes a bit of a mother figure to the young witch.

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A warm-hearted and kindly baker. Osano Osono takes in Kiki and becomes a bit of a mother figure to the young witch.



A young artist who lives on the outskirts of town, she becomes a mentor figure towards Kiki in the film's second half.

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A young artist who lives on in the outskirts of town, forest, she becomes a mentor figure towards Kiki in the film's second half.



* {{Bokukko}}: She uses ''boku'' as her personal pronoun in the Japanese script, highlighting her tomboyishness, and perhaps explaining why she's [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for a boy]] at one point.



* DoesNotLikeShoes: Ursula might be this since she always wears open-toed footwear (either flip-flops or sandals).

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Implied; Ursula might be this since goes barefoot at home, and outside, she always only wears open-toed footwear (either flip-flops shoes (flip-flops or sandals).



A kindly old lady who lives alone with her maid, Bertha, in a mansion on the edge of town. She hires Kiki to deliver a herring pie to her granddaughter.



* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Her Madame]]: Her name remains unknown.

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* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Her Madame]]: Her EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: She's only ever referred to as Madame, so her real name remains is unknown.
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%%* DotingGrandparent: Towards her granddaughter. [[UngratefulBitch Too bad the kid doesn't appreciate it.]]
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Not enough context that her adoration to her grandchildren is excessive


* DotingGrandparent: Towards her granddaughter. [[UngratefulBitch Too bad the kid doesn't appreciate it.]]

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* %%* DotingGrandparent: Towards her granddaughter. [[UngratefulBitch Too bad the kid doesn't appreciate it.]]

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* LegFocus: Invoked. When Kiki and Ursula catch a ride with an older man, he says he mistook Ursula for a boy based on her outfit. She protests that boys don't have legs like hers, and lifts one up to prove her point.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: She's thought to be named after Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin, a major source of inspiration for Studio Ghibli's work.



* ShesGotLegs: When Ursula's friend gives a lift to her and Kiki, he jokes that he almost mistook her for a boy based on her outfit. She replies that boys don't have legs like hers.
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: She has dark hair and fair skin, which is very appealing.
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* NonHumanSidekick: He's one to Kiki. Being a sarcastic black cat.

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* NonHumanSidekick: He's one to Kiki. Being Kiki, being a sarcastic black cat.cat [[AllWitchesHaveCats belonging to a young witch]].



* ShooOutTheClowns: Was frequently the main source of comic relief in the first half of the film. Naturally, he becomes OutOfFocus in the second half after [[spoiler: Kiki loses her powers and goes into a HeroicBSOD]].

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* ShooOutTheClowns: Was frequently the main source of comic relief in the first half of the film. Naturally, he becomes OutOfFocus in the second half after [[spoiler: Kiki [[spoiler:Kiki loses her powers (which includes being unable to communicate with him) and goes into a HeroicBSOD]].
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* ReclusiveArtist: Subverted in an InUniverse example with Ursula. Despite living in a cabin in the woods as TheHermit, she's quite friendly and later visits Kiki in town.

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* ReclusiveArtist: Subverted in an InUniverse example with Ursula.example. Despite living in a cabin in the woods as TheHermit, she's quite friendly and later visits Kiki in town.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Or in her case, flies like crazy. (She gets better.)

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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Or in her case, flies like crazy. (She She gets better.)better, though.



* DubPersonalityChange: Thanks to Creator/PhilHartman's improv and delivery, Jiji is much more talkative and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] in Disney's English dub compared to his original Japanese portrayal, where he was more quiet, and cautious.

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* DubPersonalityChange: Thanks to Creator/PhilHartman's improv and delivery, Jiji is much more talkative and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] in Disney's English dub compared to his original Japanese portrayal, where he was more quiet, quieter, and cautious.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Oh, very much so.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Oh, very much so. While he's much more sarcastic in the English dub, his Japanese version still takes some jabs at Kiki every now and then.
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I'm pretty sure this trope fits better. Shorttank refers to when a tomboyish character is prominent alongside the male cast.


* [[LaughThemselvesSick Laugh Herself Sick]]: Kiki has a ''major'' giggle-fit after she and Tombo crash on Tombo's flying bike, but are overall unharmed.

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* [[LaughThemselvesSick Laugh Herself Sick]]: Kiki has a ''major'' giggle-fit after she and Tombo crash on Tombo's flying bike, bike but are overall unharmed.



* PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage: [[spoiler:The crux of the film's conflict revolves around Kiki losing her witch powers. [[LossOfIdentity If she can't fly her broom, what's she to do?]]]] When she confides in Ursula about this issue, she's told that the problem is probably similar to an artist's block, and will probably go away at some point if she just doesn't worry about it for a while.

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* PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage: [[spoiler:The crux of the film's conflict revolves around Kiki losing her witch powers. [[LossOfIdentity If she can't fly her broom, what's she to do?]]]] When she confides in Ursula about this issue, she's told that the problem is probably similar to an artist's block, block and will probably go away at some point if she just doesn't worry about it for a while.



* ShrinkingViolet: She becomes this when she [[IJustWantToHaveFriends believes that Tombo's friends don't like her.]] (It's also attributed to one of the girls' snobbish attitude toward her grandmother.) Later on, she grows out of it.

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* ShrinkingViolet: She becomes this when she [[IJustWantToHaveFriends believes that Tombo's friends don't like her.]] (It's also attributed to one of the girls' snobbish attitude attitudes toward her grandmother.) Later on, she grows out of it.



* WitchClassic: She is a witch-in-training. She doesn't wear the pointed hat but does wear a black[[labelnote:*]]The Japanese apparently don't really distinguish between black and dark purple, as the word "kuro" covers both[[/labelnote]] dress, rides on a broomstick, and has a black cat whom she can speak to through magic. Her mother does magic with potions but other witches do things like fortune-telling. Witches go on a journey to live alone for a year as part of their training, and leaving on a full moon is considered the best night.

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* WitchClassic: She is a witch-in-training. She doesn't wear the pointed hat but does wear a black[[labelnote:*]]The Japanese apparently don't really distinguish between black and dark purple, as the word "kuro" covers both[[/labelnote]] dress, rides on a broomstick, and has a black cat whom she can speak to through magic. Her mother does magic with potions potions, but other witches do things like fortune-telling. Witches go on a journey to live alone for a year as part of their training, training and leaving on a full moon is considered the best night.



* DubPersonalityChange: Thanks to Creator/PhilHartman's improv and delivery, Jiji is much more talkative and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] in Disney's English dub compared to his original Japanese portrayal, where he was more quiet and cautious.

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* DubPersonalityChange: Thanks to Creator/PhilHartman's improv and delivery, Jiji is much more talkative and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] in Disney's English dub compared to his original Japanese portrayal, where he was more quiet quiet, and cautious.



* ParentalSubstitute: She quickly becomes one to Kiki after she moves out of her hometown and she settles into the bakery.

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* ParentalSubstitute: She quickly becomes one to Kiki after she moves out of her hometown hometown, and she settles into the bakery.



* YouthfulFreckles: Osono is a young expectant mother, and has a light dusting of freckles on her nose.

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* YouthfulFreckles: Osono is a young expectant mother, mother and has a light dusting of freckles on her nose.



* ShortTank: She's introduced wearing shorts and a tank top, and wears the same thing when she goes to visit Kiki.

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* ShortTank: TankTopTomboy: She's introduced wearing shorts and a tank top, top and wears the same thing when she goes to visit Kiki.



* NiceGirl: Madame is nothing but kind towards Kiki, and was even willing to pay her for her trouble when it seemed like she wouldn't be able to bake her pie after all.

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* NiceGirl: Madame is nothing but kind towards Kiki, Kiki and was even willing to pay her for her trouble when it seemed like she wouldn't be able to bake her pie after all.

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Ursula might be this since she always wears open-toed footwear (either flip-flops or sandals).
* DontThinkFeel: The advice Ursula gives Kiki, which allows her to regain her powers and save the day in the end.



* LadyLooksLikeADude: Downplayed. Ursula gets almost mistaken by a guy due to her outfit, however, she looks largely feminine.



* DoesNotLikeShoes: Ursula might be this since she always wears open-toed footwear (either flip-flops or sandals).
* DontThinkFeel: The advice Ursula gives Kiki, which allows her to regain her powers and save the day in the end.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: Downplayed. Ursula gets almost mistaken by a guy due to her outfit, however, she looks largely feminine.
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* BigBrotherMentor: She becomes this towards Kiki in the second half of the film.

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* BigBrotherMentor: BigSisterMentor: She becomes this towards Kiki in the second half of the film.

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* CoolOldLady

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* CoolOldLadyCoolOldLady: She's old but she's amiable to everyone, Kiki included. She even loves her granddaughter but doesn't get any love from her in return...
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (Japanese), Eddie Frierson (Streamline dub), Creator/MatthewLawrence (Disney dub)

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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (Japanese), Eddie Frierson (Streamline dub), Creator/MatthewLawrence (Disney dub), Creator/IstvanBarath (Hungarian dub)
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* BreakTheCutie: After losing her magic, she becomes depressed. After talking with Ursula and being inspired to save Tombo, she gets them back.

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* BreakTheCutie: After losing her magic, she becomes depressed. After talking with Ursula and being inspired to save Tombo, she gets them it back.
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MinamiTakayama (Japanese), Lisa Michelson (Streamline dub), Creator/KirstenDunst (Disney dub)

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* DotingGrandparent: Towards her granddaughter. [[UngratefulBastard Too bad the kid doesn't appreciate it.]]

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* DotingGrandparent: Towards her granddaughter. [[UngratefulBastard [[UngratefulBitch Too bad the kid doesn't appreciate it.]]

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