History Characters / Melusine

* SexierAlterEgo: A Running Gag is that he always runs away before sunrise (interrupting the romantic moment and leaving her confused) because it turns out his human form is a textbook specimen of the GeekPhysique (and he's all too aware of it: every such strip ends with him scrawny and bespectacled saying "Can't let her see me like this").

* {{Flight}}: With her broom.

Mélusine's CrazyAwesome 542-years-old Aunt who likes to visit her niece in the castle she currently resides. She herself lives in a cottage near the village.

* TheGhost: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* FrankensteinsMonster: His main inspiration apperance-wise. He bears the grey skin-colour, board forehead and stature and inability to talk.

A mad scientist and descendant of the original owner of the castle, he claimed to be its rightful owner only to learn that his ancestor had gambled it away. However, Count Gonzaga Hernyvanz allowed him to stay since he could brew some very good tasting blood. As time passes, he gets a job as a teacher in Mélusine's school.

!! School stuff

* AmusingInjuries: He's been crushed, burned, squashed and even EATEN ALIVE at one point, yet he always reappear unharmed.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The Nice to Haaselblatt's Mean and Purulóvskovar's In-Between. As stated above, he's the resident NiceGuy of the group.

* InterspeciesRomance: He's the closest thing Mélusine has to a boyfriend, they have gone on dates and shared kisses, but because they can see each other once a month (and on condition the sky is clear), she's not interesting in moving their relationship to the next level.

* NerdGlasses: His human form - and his '''DONKEY''' - wears a pair of them.

* CatchPhrase: "X and Coryza", whenever she's angry.

** After being caught by a giant and listening to the problems a giant faces (such as eating large quantitiesof food every day to sustain themselves), she shrinks him to human size. She, however, forgets to shrink his weight, so now he's a human with the weight of a giant and that causes different problems.

* ShoutOut: Her name references the faie Mélusine, a woman who was cursed to have her legs turn into a serpent tail every Saturday when she tried to punish her father for abandoning her mother (who also bore the same curse).
* ShoutOut: She once sang "[[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Someday my prince will come]]".

* CatchPhrase: "I am useless", whenever her spells don't work.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: She commits suicide in the 22th album, after mistakenly thinking she led her best friend to death.]]

* MasterOfOneMagic: She can't fly a single broom, nor cast a spell or groove a potion without it exploding, but she's surprisingly talented at sleight of hand tricks used by stage magicians.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Believe it or not, but there was an arc in one album where she was determined to make for once a proper potion. The final result? It exploded! But that was the purpose. Not that the other potions had a different result...

Another friend of Mélusine, easily recognized by her Gothic and... promiscuous attire. She is more of a party animal and also excells in school, though she falls behind her ace friend.

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: One would wonder about her ancestory, since she's the only fairy in a family full of witches. [[spoiler:It was revealed in the 26th album, that she and Mélusine were twins SeperatedAtBirth, as the InterspeciesRomance between their fairy mother and wizard father was forbidden and they had to find a way to hide her tracks.]]

* BigBeautifulWoman: Her BigEater tendencies have turned her obese, but since whe shares the same soft characteristics with her half-sister, Mélusine, she can't be considered half-ugly.

* WeightWoe: When we first meet her, she's noticeably obese, as a result of her BigEater tendencies. When she reappears, she has lost a couple of weight and she's as thin as her half-sister. Then Mélusine uses a spell to reverse everything back to normal and it turns out that Pirouline used a spell to slim her waistline, as she's reversed back to her original weight.

The unintelligible servant of the Castle, who resembles [[Franchise/TheAddamsFamily Lynch]] and Frankestein's Monster.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She's 542 years old and she acts like she's in her 60s.

* {{Irony}}: She can't find a boyfriend, despite her good looks and her being a witch prodigy. Often PlayedForLaugh.

* ShortMeansSmarter: A MadScientist with a peculiar short height.

* DudeMagnet: Every dude in this series find her attractive. ''EVERY''. Which makes tye fact that she's AllegedlyDateless even more ironic.

* SuspiciousFamilyResemblance: She looks EXACTLY like Mélusine, from her red hair down to her green outfit. Except that she's heavier.

* NiceHat: Her iconic green hat.

* ButtMonkey: Not an album passes without having jer crashing her broom or her potions exploding in her face or having some other misfortune happening to her.

* NiceHat: Her iconic blue hat.

* NiceHat: Her iconic black hat.

* NiceHat: A black one.

* NiceHat: Her iconic cone-shaped pink hat.

* SupremeChef: In addition to her cupcakes, Mélisande can conjure any food at will with her magic

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* CelibateHero: Unlike Mélusine and Cancrelune, she doesn't show interest in pursuing a romantic relationship.

* HotWitch: Turned into one after the Master bite her, though it didn't last took long and returned to be a FairySexy.

* AmbiguouslyBi: She often daydreams of a Prince Charming or a handsome knight in a shining armor declaring his love for her. There was one page, however, where she compliments Krapella's clothes and, although she was initially shocked by her friend's eagerness to pull them out in front of her (so she can give them to her to try them out), she quickly recovers and does the same.

* BerserkButton: Guys hitting at her without her consensus almost always end up being transformed into frogs.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: A kind and helpful girl, who will her you if you go too far.

* CharacterDevelopment: In both ""Hocus Pocus"" and ""The Witch's Apprentice"", she grows to love Mélisande and Malicella respectively, even though she despised them originally.
* ClosetGeek: Told Krapella once that she has grown over her love for princes and knights. Krapella didn't believe her and she was right.

** The first case being when her cousin, Mélisande, turned into an HotWitch after being bitten by Monsieur and she seduces Mélusine's boyfriend, the Werewolf, which outrages Mélusine and does whatever she can to turn her cousin back to normal.
** The second case being when a new student enrolled in her school and he turned out to be smarter than her.

* HypocriticalHumor: She once had a disagreement with her cousin Mélisande. Mélisande left to clear her head and Mélusine mused how pathetic fairy magic is. She then started having fun playing with Mélisande's magic wand and conjure pastries and cute furry animals. When Mélisande came back and caught her, Mélusine sheepishly tried to pass it off as scientific curiosity.

* MythicalMotifs: A subtle one with Mélusine, the faie whom she shares her name. This fact was used as a joke in an one-page gag where all her friends gift her the same present for her birthday: a book about Mélusine, the faie.

* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Apparently, she's so smart that she managed to create a Sorcerer Stone herself! When her aunt warns her about the effects that this stone has to people and that it can turn them greedy, Mélusine reveals that she created it not to make money, but to fix Monsieur' tooth.

* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: On the cover of the 7th album, ''"Hocus Pocus"'', she is making a dragon appear out of the other end of the top hat.

* ShoutOut: She once sang [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs ''"Someday my prince will come"''.]]

* SleepsInTheNude: Used to do so in the earlier albums, until she found out that a group of [[BedsheetGhost bedsheets ghosts]] stalked her in her sleep - including one that she used as a bedsheet. Ever since that, she wears some kind of pajamas.

** With Krapella, though this one isn't really that obvious. There was an arc, however, in one album where Krapella mocked Mélusine that she couldn't find a boyfriend, which prompted Mélusine to go search for one.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She transformed into a mermaid once when she bathed, but the transformation didn't last for long.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Due to her bad performance in anything regarding magic, her classmates and the school stuff regard her as an annoyance. Only Mélusine, Mélisande and to a lesser extent, Krapella, can put up with her and even them have their moments.

* AlwaysSecondBest: She excells in school, though she falls behind her ace friend.

* ArtEvolution: She wore a pair of black despatched sleeves, but they disappeared gradually.

* VitriolicBestBuds: To a small extent, with Mélusine. Not a serious as Mélusine and Cancrelune's case, but there was an arc in one album where Krapella teased Mélusine that she couldn't find a boyfriend, which prompted Mélusine to go search for one.

* AnimalMotifs: The same animal she loves to cook - frogs.

* CordonBleughChef: She enjoyes meals like spider pâté and toad soup, accompanied by a strong coffee.

* IWasQuiteALooker: We never see her, but if her somewhat vulgar) stories are to be believed, she was '''hot''' in her youth.

* WickedWitch: More eccentric and freaky than wicked, to be precise. But she bears the appearance: ugly, old, pointy nose, loves to make pranks etc.

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: One would wonder about her ancestory, since she's the only fairy in a family full of witches. [[spoiler: It was revealed in the 26th album, that she and Mélusine were twins SeperatedAtBirth, as the InterspeciesRomance between their fairy mother and wizard father was forbidden and they had to find a way to hide her tracks.]]

--> '''Mélusine''': There's one thing I don't understand... why did you become a fairy godmother? Sorcery, it's not so difficult. It's open to everyone...
--> '''Mélisande''': Hm? We're you talking to me?
--> '''Mélusine''': [[SarcasmMode No. To my hat.]]
--> '''Mélisande''': It's not much for conversation, eh?
--> '''Mélusine''': To you, Mélisande. Answer my question.
--> '''Mélisande''': Ok.
--> '''Mélusine''': Well... then are you going to answer?
--> '''Mélisande''': Hm. Did someone call me?
--> '''Mélusine''': '''THE QUESTION.'''
--> '''Mélisande''': Who's there?
--> '''Mélusine''': Who?
--> '''Mélisande''': Well, the question.

* BlackSheep: Regarded as one due to bad the only fairy in a family of witches.

* CloudCuckooLander: Due to a combination of low intelligence, [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny a distracted mind]] and LiteralMinded, Mélisande can't understand a simple greeting phrase and seems warped in her own universe.

--> '''Mélusine''': There's one thing I don't understand... why did you become a fairy godmother? Sorcery, it's not so difficult. It's open to everyone...
--> '''Mélisande''': Hm? We're you talking to me?
--> '''Mélusine''': [[SarcasmMode No. To my hat.]]
--> '''Mélisande''': It's not much for conversation, eh?
--> '''Mélusine''': To you, Mélisande. Answer my question.
--> '''Mélisande''': Ok.
--> '''Mélusine''': Well... then are you going to answer?
--> '''Mélisande''': Hm. Did someone call me?
--> '''Mélusine''': '''THE QUESTION.'''
--> '''Mélisande''': Who's there?
--> '''Mélusine''': Who?
--> '''Mélisande''': Well, the question.

* HotWitch: Turned into one after Monsieur but her, though it didn't last took long and returned to be a FairySexy.

* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: On the cover of the 7th album, ''"Hocus Pocus"'', she is making a rabbit appear out of a top hat.

Mélusine's [[BrattyHalfPint Bratty Pre-Teenage Niece]] by her half-sister, Pirouline, whom Pirouline sends under the care of Mélusine in Volume 15 ''"The Witch's Apprentice"''.

* BrattyHalfPint: She's unpleasant to be around, throws a tantrum whenever someone doesn't obey her, is rude to whoever she meets, casts her spells at them without her consensus (she's a pretty talented witch, we will give her that, she just doesn't know how to undo her magic) and is all in all unbearable. No wonder her mother leaves her alone for months.
* FriendlessBackground: When she uses an aging spell to Mélusine, Cancrelune, Mélisande, Count, Madame and Winston to turn them into pre-teens, she grows happy and exclaims that's her first time having friends of her age. Considering how much a BrattyHalfPint she is, this comes to no surprise to Mélusine.
* HurtFootHop: She loves to to stomp on people's feet just for the fun of it. Victims included Mélusine, Cancrelune, Dr. Kartoffeln and the Master. Only "survivor" was Madame, who has FogFeet.

[[folder: Kaspar]]
!! Kaspar

* StrongFamilyResemblance: It's pretty clear by whom [[spoiler: Mélisande]] inherited her white hair.

[[folder: Sigrid]]
!! Sigrid

* StrongFamilyResemblance: It's pretty clear by whom Mélusine inherited her red hair.

[[folder: Monsieur]]

* AwfulWeddedLife: Depending on the album, his marriage with Madame is either this or an UnholyMatrimony.

* {{Bloodlust}}: He's mostly harmless, but he cam be sometimes driven by his thirst for blood.

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: He and Madame tend to bicker quite a lot, because... that's what they are. Of course, there are moments that showcase that AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, like when Mélusine used a spell to make all the ghosts in the Castle disappear (and this included Madame herself) and Monsieur grew sad after as the days passed and asked Mélusine to bring her back.
* UnholyMatrimony: Depending on the album, his marriage with Madame is either this or an AwfulWeddedLife.

[[folder: Madame]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: Album 14 ''"The Devil's Cuisine"'' mostly focused on his culinary classes.

* AntiMagic: He once captured Mélusine inside a circle of ash, which neutralized all of her magical powers and acted as an invisible barrier. Problem: she still had her witch's broom with her, and just used it to sweep the ash.

* {{Hypocrite}}: He has sometimes recoursed to some anti-witch tricks that can seem very similar to standard sorcery at a glance, on his quest to burn Mélusine. This has backfired on him at least once, with the superstitious villagers tying him up at the stake instead of Mélusine.

* UngratefulBastard: Even after Mélusine sent snow to lift their spirits for Christmas, je still wanted to burn her.

The characters featured in the comic book series ''ComicBook/Melusine''.

* Cloudcuckoolanderer'sMinder: Acts like this towards [[TheDitz Cancrelune and Mélisande.]]

* ShoutOut: She once sang [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves ''"Someday my prince will come"''.]]

* SignificantRedheadInGreen: As the main protagonist of the series, she bears red hair, a green hat, a green dress and green ballerinas.

* YouAreWhatYouHate: She looks down on fairies and considers their magic to be cheap tricks, yet when Mélisande left to clear her mind after an argument, she took her magic wand and summoned sweets and various heroes from Franchise/DisneyAnimayedCanon movies. [[HypocriticalHumor She tried to pass it off scientific curiosity.]]

* SignificantHeadgear: Her iconic black-and-blue hat.

* SignificantHeadgear: Her iconic black hat.

Mélusine's CrazyCool 542-years-old Aunt who likes to visit her niece in the castle she currently resides. She herself lives in a cottage near the village.

* SignificantHeadgear: A black hat and pilot goggles whenever she flies.

* SignificantHeadgear: Her iconic cone-shaped pink hat.

* ADayInTheLimetime: Album 14 ''"The Devil's Cuisine"'' mostly focused on his culinary classes.

* ArtisticEvolution: In the first albums, she was drawn with more childish features, but at the series progressed, she acquired a more adult body and face.

* BadaasBookworm: Well-read and studious, and seriously dangerous to tick off.

* CloudCuckooLanderersMinder: Acts like this towards [[TheDitz Cancrelune and Mélisande.]]

* InformedBeauty: She's considered beautiful even InUniverse. Proof? Mélusine once brew a beauty potion that would turn her into the most beautiful creature in the world. When she tasted it, however, nothing changed, which either meant that her potion was a failure, or she was already the most beautiful creature in the world. And considering she's a TeenGenius and a talented witch, we know which one is true...

* ReallySevenHundredsYearsOld: She's 119 years old and she acts like a teen.

* SeperatedAtBirth: [[spoiler: Her and Mélisande are not cousins, but twins. Their father was a witch and their mother a faerie. Because such marriage was taboo between both communities, their mother pass as a witch. The birth of Mélisande was problematic because she look exactly like a faerie. To maintain the charade, she was given to adoption to the faeries.]]

* YouAreWhatYouHate: She looks down on fairies and considers their magic to be cheap tricks, yet when Mélisande left to clear her mind after an argument, she took her magic wand and summoned sweets and various heroes from Franchise/{{Disney}} movies. [[HypocriticalHumor She tried to pass it off scientific curiosity.]]

* ArtisticEvolution: She wore a pair of black despatched sleeves, but they disappeared gradually.

* ReallySevenHundredsYearsOld: She's 542 years old and she acts like she's in her 60s.

--> '''Mélusine''': [[SnarkMode No. To my hat.]]

--> '''Mélusine''': [[SnarkMode No. To my hat.]]

* ReallySevenHundredsYearsOld: She's 119 years old and she acts like a teenager.
* SeperatedAtBirth: [[spoiler: Her and Mélusine are not cousins, but twins. Their father was a witch and their mother a faerie. Because such marriage was taboo between both communities, their mother passed as a witch. The birth of Mélisande was problematic because she look exactly like a faerie. To maintain the charade, she was given to adoption to the faeries.]]

** Several of her appearances include allusions to [[Franchise/{{Disney}} classic Disney movies.]]

* ReallySevenHundredsYearsOld: Given that her half-sister is 119 years old, Pirouline, who is double her age, is 238 years old and acts like a middle-aged woman.

* ReallySevenHundredsYearsOld: She's 112 years old and acts like a pre-teen.

* LikeAnOldMarriageCouple: He and Madame tend to bicker quite a lot, because... that's what they are. Of course, there are moments that showcase that AwwLookTheyReallyLoveEachOther, like when Mélusine used a spell to make all the ghosts in the Castle disappear (and this included Madame herself) and Monsieur grew sad after as the days passed and asked Mélusine to bring her back.

* LikeAnOldMarriageCouple: She and Monsieur tend to bicker quite a lot, because... that's what they are. Of course, there are moments that showcase that AwwLookTheyReallyLoveEachOther, like when Mélusine used a spell to make all the ghosts in the Castle disappear (and this included Madame herself) and Monsieur grew sad after as the days passed and asked Mélusine to bring her back.

The unintelligible servant of the Castle, who resembles [[Franchise/TheAddamsFamily Lynch]] and [[Literature/{{Frankestein}} Frankestein's monster.]]

* ShoutOut: He resembles both [[Franchise/TheAddamsFamily Lynch]] and [[Literature/{{Frankestein}} Frankestein's monster]], appearance-wise.

* AssholeVictim: Suffers from AmusingInjuries from Mélusine's spells, but he's such a MeanTeacher that the majority of the times, he deserves them.

* MeanTeacher: He calls his students "losers" quite frequently.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The In-Between to Haaselblatt's Mean and Charles' Nice. He isn't such a MeanTeacher, but he tends to yell to his student quite a lot.

* ADayInTheLightime: Album 14 ''"The Devil's Cuisine"'' mostly focused on his culinary classes.