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* NiceGuy: He takes Oliver in after he realises he falsely accused him of pickpocketing him, and later tries to warn Nancy not to go back to Bill. She doesn't listen. In the movie, even before he learns that Oliver's innocent, he tries to stop the judge from sentencing him to jail.

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* NiceGuy: He takes Oliver in after he realises he falsely accused him of pickpocketing him, and later tries to warn Nancy not to go back to Bill. She doesn't listen. In the movie, even before he learns that Oliver's innocent, he tries to stop the judge from sentencing him to jail.hard labor.
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* NiceGuy: He takes Oliver in after he realises he falsely accused him of pickpocketing him, and later tries to warn Nancy not to go back to Bill. She doesn't listen.

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* NiceGuy: He takes Oliver in after he realises he falsely accused him of pickpocketing him, and later tries to warn Nancy not to go back to Bill. She doesn't listen.
listen. In the movie, even before he learns that Oliver's innocent, he tries to stop the judge from sentencing him to jail.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: He's Oliver's grandfather and is thus the father of his desceased mother.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Mrs. Sowerberry gets water thrown in her face by her dimwitted daughter Charlotte after she becomes a ScreamingWoman.

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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Mrs. Sowerberry gets water thrown in her face by her dimwitted daughter Charlotte after she becomes a ScreamingWoman.
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* EvilIsHammy[=/=]LargeHam: Effortlessly steals every scene he's in

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* EvilIsHammy[=/=]LargeHam: Effortlessly steals every scene he's inin.



* IAmWhatIAm: Heseems to always come back to the IAmWhatIAm decision.

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* IAmWhatIAm: Heseems He seems to always come back to the IAmWhatIAm decision.



* UngratefulBastard: Nancy loved him enough to keep him out of Jail and he still goes and [[spoiler: kills her.]]

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* UngratefulBastard: Nancy loved him enough to keep him out of Jail jail and he still goes and [[spoiler: kills her.]]
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* CompleteMonster: One of the purest examples of such out of all of Dickens' characters. He is a hulking brute with few to no redeeming features, and treats everyone around him as his punching bag.

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* NiceHat: His iconic costume includes a big top hat.

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* NiceHat: SignatureHeadgear: His iconic costume includes a big top hat.



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* CompleteMonster: One of the purest examples of such out of all of Dickens' characters. He is a hulking brute with few to no redeeming features, and treats everyone around him as his punching bag.



* TheDreaded: The moment he arrives in the tavern after "Oom-Pah-Pah" the whole place goes dead quiet, seguing perfectly into his VillainSong.

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* TheDreaded: The moment he arrives in the tavern after "Oom-Pah-Pah" the whole place goes dead quiet, seguing segueing perfectly into his VillainSong.
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* FingerlessGloves: He wears them.

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* FingerlessGloves: HoboGloves: He wears them.them as part of his iconic look.



* KnightOfCerebus: Things take a decidely darker turn whenever he appears.

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* KnightOfCerebus: Things take a decidely decidedly darker turn whenever he appears.



* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Mrs Sowerberry gets water thrown in her face by her dimwitted daughter Charlotte after she becomes a ScreamingWoman.

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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Mrs Mrs. Sowerberry gets water thrown in her face by her dimwitted daughter Charlotte after she becomes a ScreamingWoman.



* ButtMonkey: Especially in the film. Noah ends up slipping in the snow as he is bringing Mr Bumble to the Sowerberry's.

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* ButtMonkey: Especially in the film. Noah ends up slipping in the snow as he is bringing Mr Mr. Bumble to the Sowerberry's.
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* TheVoiceless: For someone who appears in several scenes, and gets prominently featured in most of them, she doesn't have a single line of spoken dialogue (but does sing solos in "It's A Fine Life" and "I'd Do Anything").

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* TheVoiceless: For someone who appears in several scenes, and gets prominently featured in most of them, she doesn't have a single line of spoken dialogue (but does sing solos in "It's A Fine Life" and "I'd Do Anything"). Averted in the film.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He's nowhere near as sinister or amoral as his book counterpart, but rather a charming, jovial, whimsical rogue who genuinely befriends Oliver.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He's nowhere near as sinister or amoral as still not exactly a heroic character, being self-serving and at least somewhat manipulative. However, he's much nicer than his villainous book counterpart, but rather as he does show genuine kindness and care to the children he trains as thieves and makes a charming, jovial, whimsical rogue who genuinely befriends Oliver.dramatic contrast to the abusive and cruel adults Oliver has encountered previously.
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* ButtMonkey: Especially in the film. Noah ends up slipping in the snow as he is bringing Mr Bumble to the Sowerberry's.
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* DeathGlare: Fixes Oliver with one as the former approaches him to make the request.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He's nowhere near as sinister or amoral as his book counterpart, but rather a charming, jovial, whimsical rogue who genuinely befriends Oliver.

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* AffablyEvil: He gets a charismatic song to introduce himself, and his pickpocketing is shamelessly cool. Not to mention [[spoiler: he's clearly learned nothing by the end, and even uses the distraction of Bill's public hanging to pick a couple more pockets]].



* AffablyEvil: He gets a charismatic song to introduce himself, and his pickpocketing is shamelessly cool. Not to mention [[spoiler: he's clearly learned nothing by the end, and even uses the distraction of Bill's public hanging to pick a couple more pockets]].



* AdaptationalComicRelief: While Fagin remains an unrepentant thief, he is a much more sympathetic and comic character than he is in the novel. His plot with Monks is deleted and his role in Nancy's death is similarly excised, and he is portrayed as being cowardly and deeply afraid of Bill Sikes.



* BadSamaritan: Downplayed from the book. While still somewhat self-serving, he is portrayed as something of a whimsical LoveableRogue who does to some extent care for his gang ([[EvenEvilHasStandards or at least loathes Sykes' treatment of them]]).

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* BadSamaritan: Downplayed from the book. While still somewhat self-serving, he is portrayed as something of a whimsical LoveableRogue who does to some extent care for his gang ([[EvenEvilHasStandards or (or at least loathes Sykes' treatment of them]]).them).
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* DemotedToExtra: In the 1968 film, all her solos in "It's A Fine Life" and "I'd Do Anything" are just given to Nancy.

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* DemotedToExtra: In the 1968 film, all her solos in "It's A Fine Life" and "I'd Do Anything" are just given to Nancy.

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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Mrs Sowerberry gets water thrown in her face by her dimwitted daughter Charlotte.

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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Mrs Sowerberry gets water thrown in her face by her dimwitted daughter Charlotte.
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* DemotedToExtra: He disappears after Oliver flees from the Sowerberrys instead of turning up as one of Fagin's gang.

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%%* BewareTheNiceOnes

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%%* BewareTheNiceOnes* BewareTheNiceOnes: He will snap and attack anyone who makes fun of his mother.



%%* HeartwarmingOrphan

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%%* HeartwarmingOrphan* HeartwarmingOrphan: He's such an innocent little boy who charms most people.



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* AffablyEvil: He gets a charismatic song to introduce himself, and his pickpocketing is shamelessly cool. Not to mention [[spoiler: he's clearly learned nothing by the end, and even uses the distraction of Bill's public hanging to pick a couple more pockets]].
* AntiVillain: Only a pickpocket because he was corrupted on the streets by Fagin, and he is just a child.



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%%* NiceHat* NiceHat: His iconic costume includes a big top hat.



* AdaptationalHeroism: While still a pickpocket, he's more of a sympathetic character in the musical compared to his portrayal in the original book.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: While still a pickpocket, he's more of a sympathetic character in the musical compared to his portrayal in the original book. In the book, he makes Bill think that Nancy informed on him (when it was precisely the opposite). In the 1968 film, when he sees Bill chasing after Nancy, he calls out "please, Bill, no violence" [[spoiler: and when he discovers Nancy's murder, he's horrified]].



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%%* CoolOldGuy* CoolOldGuy: Often portrayed as an older man and something of a fun father figure to the boys.



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Shani Wallis and numerous other stage Nancys have blonde hair.



* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Possibly one of the most famous examples in literature.

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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Possibly one of the most famous examples in literature. It should be noted that 'prostitute' in Dickens's day just meant a woman who lived unmarried with a man outside of respectable society. So it's possible that's what the author was referring to in a preface (as Nancy only says she's a thief in the text).



* LadyInRed: She's often given a red dress to identify her as a GoodBadGirl.



%%* HenpeckedHusband: After he married Widow Corney.

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%%* * HenpeckedHusband: After he married Widow Corney.Corney, and he even laughs at the fact that the law saying his wife should answer to him - saying something to the effect of "the law must be a bachelor".





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\n* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Mrs Sowerberry gets water thrown in her face by her dimwitted daughter Charlotte.


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* CompositeCharacter: She'll sometimes be included in "Consider Yourself" just to give her actress more to do. Likewise getting the line [[spoiler: "You've murdered Nancy!"]]
* DemotedToExtra: In the 1968 film, all her solos in "It's A Fine Life" and "I'd Do Anything" are just given to Nancy.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: As Nancy's best friend, she can be assumed to be a prostitute too. She's also one of Fagin's former thieves at least.
* LivingProp: As the best friend to Nancy, she shows up to nod and agree with her, get dismissed by Bill when he wants to talk to Nancy alone and help kidnap Oliver back.
* SatelliteCharacter: Always appears with Nancy.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Oliver recognising her on the street and calling her by her name is what allows her and Nancy to pull of the scam that he's one of them.
* TheVoiceless: For someone who appears in several scenes, and gets prominently featured in most of them, she doesn't have a single line of spoken dialogue (but does sing solos in "It's A Fine Life" and "I'd Do Anything").
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the book it's said that [[spoiler: she was so traumatised by hearing how Nancy died, she ended up in a mental hospital]]. She just kind of disappears towards the end, though some productions have her be among those who identify [[spoiler: Bill's murder of Nancy]].
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* YourMom: As mentioned above.
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\n* ColdHam: Leonard Rossiter's film portrayal with Sowerberry as a drunk.
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* DomesticAbuser: To Nancy.

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* DomesticAbuser: DomesticAbuse: To Nancy.
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%%* * IWantSong: "Where Is Love" is him singing about wanting love.
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* VillainSong: "Pick a Pocket Or Two". "Reviewing The Situation" is a rather sad kind because it's him singing about how he wants out of the criminal life but feels trapped in it.
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* * ActorAllusion: At one point in the 2012 production, Fagin (played by Neil Morrissey) says "[[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder Can we fix it?]]" while playing around with his treasure.

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* * ActorAllusion: At one point in the 2012 production, Fagin (played by Neil Morrissey) says "[[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder Can we fix it?]]" while playing around with his treasure.
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* * ActorAllusion: At one point in the 2012 production, Fagin (played by Neil Morrissey) says "[[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder Can we fix it?]]" while playing around with his treasure.
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* BigWhat: Lets one loose when Oliver asks for more gruel.
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* BerserkButton: Don't talk crap about his mother. He beats a larger and older boy bloddy when he says his mother was a whore.

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* BerserkButton: Don't talk crap about his mother. He beats a larger and older boy bloddy bloody when he says his mother was a whore.

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