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!!Mildred Hubble (Georgina Sherrington[=/=]Creator/BellaRamsey[=/=]Lydia Page)
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The leading character, the "worst witch in the entire school". She's known for being clumsy, unlucky and not very good at spells. Despite this, she has plenty of friends and shows some brilliance with magic when the occasion calls for it. The 1998 TV series implies that Mildred is actually from a non-witch family, explaining some of her ineptitude, while the 2017 series makes this explicit, with Mildred completely inexperienced at anything relating to magic and characters unable to account for her possessing powers in the first place. Season 3 of the 1998 show, however, reveals that she has a rare gift of making drawings come to life. Some modern interpretations have suggested that she has dyspraxia.

* AcrophobicBird: She's a witch that's afraid of heights and the dark. But amusingly loves spiders.
* AdaptationalNationality: In the tele-film, she speaks with Creator/FairuzaBalk's American accent.
* AuthorAvatar: Her appearance is based on Jill Murphy's own appearance as a teenager. She remembers: "Mildred is based on myself when I had plaits so long that I could sit on them!"
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Is the Beauty in her trio with Maud and Enid. She's the one that gets the most love interests.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Threaten Millie's friends or the school and you will be sorry.
* ButtMonkey: She is rather unlucky.
* CoolLoser: Unusually for this trope, she's pretty popular and has loads of friends. Her rival is a straight-A student with no friends.
* {{Corpsing}}: In-universe, she's prone to bursting into fits of giggles when she ''really'' shouldn't be laughing. This gets her into trouble on several occasions.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Especially in the first book, where she goes from being humiliated in front of hundreds of people to turning an entire army of wicked witches into snails.
* CuteClumsyGirl: She's endearingly accident-prone. Part of it comes from never remembering to tie her shoelaces properly.
* DisappearedDad: In the 2017 series, it's revealed that Mildred's father is not around. Her mom tells Mildred the two lost touch before she found out they'd be having a baby. As a result, he isn't aware of her. It's left open that they might get into contact in the future though-her mom says they can try to find him when Mildred wants. [[spoiler: With the fourth season, it's revealed he'd had a brief relationship with her mother while visiting Morocco, but he lost her mom's number. He meets Mildred when they cross paths.]]
* DudeMagnet: She gets the most love interests or admirers of any girl in the series.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In the 1998 series, her ButtMonkey status is established straight away; she's introduced as the only witch who's ''walking'' to Cackles and carrying her broomstick, as opposed to all the other young witches who are flying theirs. She's clearly lost in the forest and struggling to find her way...and as she climbs over a fence we get a close-up of her undone shoelaces before she loses her balance and falls on her butt.
** In the 2017 series, we get a clear grasp on her artistic nature, her kindness and her clumsiness from the start: We see her in her apartment, where she is splitting her attention painting a watercolor of her view of Cackle's in the distance, and preparing to surprise her mother with breakfast in bed. And then when she sees witches fly by on broomsticks, she gets so startled she drops the breakfast tray on the kitchen floor, making a mess and waking her mother.
* FreudianTrio: The Ego to Enid's Id and Maud's Superego.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: She's known for loving animals in general - including spiders. This is mainly in the books but does come up a couple of times in the TV shows as well.
** In the 1998 show, she "adopts" the three bats who roost in her bedroom, naming them "Winky, Blinky and Nod."
** In the 2017 show, she is shown to be good with animals several times; Maud even comments on it.
** When answering fan questions, Jill Murphy even predicted that as an adult, Mildred would be working at an animal shelter.
* GeniusDitz: Despite being a clumsy girl who fails a lot of her classes, she does know her stuff.
* GirlishPigtails: Her signature look. In the spin-off, she cuts them off as part of an ImportantHaircut.
* GoodIsDumb: She's frequently too trusting of Ethel, especially in early episodes.
* HeroesLoveDogs: In the books, and in the 2017 series, she ends up adopting a dog which she names Star, and which she ends up allowed to keep in addition to Tabby.
* HonorBeforeReason: Small mischief-making aside, Mildred ''will'' do what she thinks is right, no matter how many people point out to her how illegal and/or what a plain bad idea it is.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She's rather easily manipulated by the likes of Ethel, Drucilla and later Hobbes by being too quick to trust them.
* ImportantHaircut: In the first episode of ''Weirdsister College'', she cuts off her trademark plaits after being cheated on by Nick Hobbes and Cas remarked them as being childlike.
* IneptMage: Played with. She's horrible at classes and is always getting into trouble. But she's shown to have no problems casting spells in the 'field'.
* KindHeartedCatLover: To the degree that having her poor Tabby taken off her is heartbreaking.
* MageBornOfMuggles: She's said to be from a non-witch family but has definite magical talent herself. [[spoiler: In the 2017 show, she is revealed to be descended from the witch Melissa Hubble, who in order to save Cackle's, had to give up her magic, as well as the magic of her descendants for twelve generations. Mildred is generation thirteen, and as such was born with magic powers, long after her family had forgotten that they used to be magical.]]
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The Season 3 finale reveals that she has the rare gift of being able to make drawings come to life; this however is not entirely pulled out of nowhere as early on Miss Cackle remarks that despite having tested extremely poorly in her entry exams Mildred was accepted on account of her unrivaled imagination, having easily come up with a fable about a two-headed giant who argued with himself on the spot, later on during her time at Weirdsister we learn from Professor Thunderblast that this power is indeed a well-known magical art and that Mildred just happens to be highly prodigious at it, rather than something only she can do.
* NiceGirl: Mildred is kind, sympathetic and trusting (not always to her own advantage) and will readily come to the aid of others in need.
* OlderAndWiser: ''The New Worst Witch'' opens with an adult Mildred, now an accomplished witch, dropping her cousin off at Cackle's Academy and giving her a few pointers.
* PluckyGirl: Despite being not good at schoolwork, she'll readily help her friends out if they need her - and she'll challenge any wicked witches that threaten the school.
* PseudoRomanticFriendship: With Maud, who she is easily closest to during her time at Cackle's. Especially clear in the 2017 TV show, where a huge reason why she wants to go to Cackle's in the first place is because Maud is there.
* SheCleansUpNicely: When she plays Cinderella in the school play.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her two love interests in college are Ben and Hobbes. The latter is a rather dark character and Millie is actually turned off by his bad boy tendencies - and ultimately chooses Ben.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: The Performer to Ethel's Technician. She has a big imagination and that's her biggest strength in spell casting.
* ThisLoserIsYou: She's gangly, funny-looking, and no bloody good at anything. Even her cat, the imaginatively named Tabby, is a misfit. She got into the school on a scholarship, because Miss Cackle liked a story she wrote, just in case people were wondering how she managed to pass the entrance exam to the Academy.
* TookALevelInBadass: By the first time ''The New Worst Witch'' opens, she's no longer the Worst Witch, but the best according to her cousin.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Pizza, so naturally she's overjoyed when Cackle's allows it to be served on Saturdays.
* UnnecessaryMakeOver: She gives herself a radical makeover in the first episode of ''Weirdsister College'' that involves cutting off her GirlishPigtails. The other characters make a big fuss about how much better she looks except she gave herself an extremely frumpy hairstyle that made her look like she was in her 30s. She tidied herself up a bit towards the end of the series but most fans still preferred her with pigtails.

!!Maud Moonshine/Spellbody (Emma Brown/Meibh Campbell, Megan Hughes)
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Mildred's best friend and partner in crime. Known for standing up for Mildred against both Ethel and even the teachers at times. It's established several times that Maud is one of the better students at Cackle's, and she frequently comes in second to Ethel. '''Note:''' her last name was not given in the books until the fourth, where she's called Maud Spellbody. But 'Moonshine', which the 1998 TV series gave her, is accepted as her CanonName.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Downplayed. She's got pretty much the same character traits throughout the various adaptations, though different parts of her character is emphasised in the different adaptations. She's a little brattier in the books, in the 1998 TV show, she's more soft-spoken (though she does have her moments), and in the 2017 series she's a dorky, nerdy girl with a bit of a temper.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: She's a plump girl in the books and 2017 series but played by a very cute and slender actress in the 1998 TV series.
* AlliterativeName: 1998 TV series only, as her last name in the books and the 2017 series is Spellbody.
* BeautifulAllAlong: A small case between Books 2 and 3. She was made to go on a diet by her parents and shows up at Cackle's notably slimmer - also with longer hair in a different style. This isn't in the TV series, as her actress is already quite cute.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Is the Brains in her trio with Mildred and Enid. She usually gets better marks than them.
%%* BespectacledCutie: More so in either TV series, as her cuteness is played up more.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While usually very gentle, she can become quite snappy when someone attacks her best friends, even daring to face Miss Hardbroom in defence of Mildred.
* BlindWithoutEm: An occasional plot point in the 2017 series.
** In the first episode it's Maud losing her glasses while broomstick flying that causes her to crash into an unsuspecting Mildred because she can't see where she's going.
** In the third episode, when Maud and Mildred end up [[FreakyFridayFlip swapping appearances,]] Maud has some problems because while she has Mildred's appearance and clothes, she still has her own poor eyesight -- and since Mildred doesn't wear glasses, this means Maud can hardly see.
* CuteWitch: Particularly in the 1998 series, where she's the smallest of her friends and thus the one most likely to provoke a {{Moe}} reaction.
* FaceHeelTurn: Briefly. When Mildred has to show Enid around, she gets jealous and cuts their friendship off. She regrets it immediately and hates hanging around with Ethel. But she doesn't make things up with Millie until the end of term, when she saves her and Enid from getting into trouble.
* FriendshipMoment:
** In the pilot of the 1998 series, she is the first to run over to help Mildred when she crashes into the bins. Even when Miss Hardbroom orders the other girls back into line, Maud continues helping Mildred. She also checks in on her later. At the end of the episode, she stands up to the teachers when they try to fail Mildred for being nervous.
** In the pilot of the 2017 series, she has a platonic MeetCute with Mildred while trying to get to Cackle's, and afterwards she stands firmly by her, doing her utmost to get Mildred to be allowed to attend Cackle's too, defending her against Ethel and standing up for her in front of Miss Hardbroom. She passes it off as a BecauseYouWereNiceToMe thing, but she really goes above and beyond everything to help Mildred throughout.
* FreudianTrio: The Superego to Mildred's Ego and Enid's Id.
* GirlishPigtails: A variation to Mildred's. In Book 3 she has them like Millie's as part of a BeautifulAllAlong moment.
* GreenEyedMonster: She does seem to get a bit jealous whenever Mildred shows interest in a boy or spends too much time with someone else. She also gets very jealous when Mildred's art project turns out to be better than hers.
* HeavySleeper: In the books, she is a very deep sleeper (in contrast to Mildred), and it is also shown that she snores loudly.
* NiceGirl: Despite her GreenEyedMonster moments, Maud is kind-hearted, friendly and extremely loyal to her friends.
* PseudoRomanticFriendship: With Mildred. It's present in every incarnation, but especially in the 2017 series. The business with Enid reads more like a FriendVersusLover plot.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Downplayed, as her intelligence usually isn't thrown out there. But she is a very bright young witch, frequently comes in second place to Ethel, and she is chosen for a masterclass with the Grand Wizard when Ethel isn't allowed to go. In the 2017 series she even becomes Head of her year due to coming in top at the entrance exam (or as Miss Hardbroom puts it, she was "the least worst").
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Chocolate, and she wistfully describes a cafe where her father took her on weekends.

!!Enid Nightshade (Jessica Fox/Tamara Smart)
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A new student who joins Cackle's in the summer term of Mildred's first year. She appears shy and withdrawn but when Mildred is tasked with showing her around - she sees how mischievous Enid actually is. As such, she frequently lands Mildred and friends in trouble. Makes one rather sad appearance in ''Weirdsister College''.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books she's described as having hair the colour of milky tea. In the 1998 series she's a brunette, and in the 2017 series her hair is black.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Is the Brawn in her trio with Maud and Mildred, due to her prankster nature and disregard for the rules.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Her mischievous ways disappear after the second book. But in the TV series they remain.
* ClassClown: She loves to joke around and make people laugh; she also knows a lot of spells that are used mostly for pranking others.
* DeadpanSnarker: She'll usually have a sarcastic comment or two.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: In the 2017 series, she insists that "Trouble" is her middle name... before confessing to Maud and Mildred that actually it's "Elvira."
* FearlessFool: Enid has no fear or respect for anything, and will leap in where angels fear to tread without a single moments' hesitation. It does lead her (and Mildred) into a lot of trouble, but she also has a lot of fun.
* FreudianTrio: The Id to Mildred's Ego and Maud's Superego.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Occasionally slips into this, as her desire to break the rules irritates the others.
* GrowingUpSucks: In ''Weirdsister College'' it's revealed she got thrown out of her last college for partying too much. She and Mildred realise that they've grown apart and Mildred has to give up her friendship with Enid as part of a spell -- though they both take some comfort in the fact that there's nothing that stops them from starting a new friendship later on.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Has become one in ''Weirdsister College,'' though the "hard drinking" part is hinted at more than stated.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Done on purpose during Miss Bat's class. She deliberately sings out of tune, reducing Mildred to hysterical laughter.
* HugeSchoolgirl: The narration says that although Enid isn't fat, there seems to be rather a lot of her. This is just the books, as both the actresses who play her in the two TV series are quite petite.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: In the 2017 series, she's been expelled from seventeen witch schools for causing trouble, and is all set to cause so much trouble that she'll get thrown out of Cackle's as well. What makes her change her mind is the friendships that grows between her and Mildred, and eventually Maud; the prospect of actually having friends at school is enough to make her tone down her behavior so she'll get to stay.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The 'jerk' aspect comes out more in her early days, where she comes across as rather self-centered and inconsiderate and continuously causes trouble that Mildred gets blamed for. However, she does actually apologise for getting Mildred in trouble - even if she continues to obliviously do so afterwards - and at the end of the day, she is a loyal and caring friend.
* KarmaHoudini: Never actually gets caught for all the trouble she put Mildred through. Also in "Alarms and Diversions" she's not in trouble for casting the whirlwind - probably because it was Ethel who magnified it and put the school in danger.
* LikeParentLikeChild: In the 2017 series, she is revealed to have inherited her mischievous ways and talent for trouble from her father, who at one time made the Grand Wizard's trousers disappear for a bet.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Enid has some AlphaBitch tendencies but is quite loyal to her friends.
* PerkyGoth: She's given herself a Goth makeover by the time she appears in ''Weirdsister College''.
* RaceLift: In the 2017 series, she's black.
* SadClown: It's very subtle, though there are the occasional hints that Enid might not be quite as carefree as she likes to pretend, and that at least part of her constantly getting into mischief is a cry for attention from a lonely girl who's afraid she doesn't have any friends. In the 2017 series, it's especially blatant in her debut episode when her worst acting out happens after her parents have left without saying goodbye, and again in the second season where she deliberately gets into trouble in the hope that her very busy mother will come and see her.
* ShrinkingViolet: ''Appears'' to be this. When she first meets her, Mildred thinks that she'll get no fun out of her. BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor. This is completely averted in the 2017 series, where she belongs to a rich and famous family and her entrance to the school is quite spectacular, including fireworks, explosions and an almost rockstar-like attitude from her parents.
* {{Spoiled Sweet}}: Enid comes from a rich background and is implied to have been spoiled by her parents, but she’s genuinely a good person.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of sorts. Enid certainly isn't 'evil', but she can be distinctly more rebellious and mischievous than her friends, and is the one most likely to lead them into trouble.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Due to misunderstandings there are times when the teachers think Mildred is this to her. Though in the 2017 series it's on one point turned around and she's accused of being this to Mildred. It's not ''completely'' unfair, but she really does love her friends and tries her best to help them out.
* {{Troll}}: Sometimes.
* ZanyScheme: She'll occasionally try to pull one off, though her success rate's rather abysmal.

!!Ethel Hallow (Creator/FelicityJones, Katy Allen/Jenny Richardson)
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The school's resident RichBitch and AlphaBitch. Ethel comes from a prestigious family of witches, meaning she has a lot of standards to live up to. As a result, she's always top of the class - and lets everyone else know it. She hates Mildred and delights in tormenting her, often trying to get her thrown out of the school.

* BittersweetEnding: For Ethel's storyline in the 2017 series GrandFinale. Even though she had to give up her Head Girl position to help Mildred save the school from Agatha Cackle, who manipulated her the whole time, Ethel still got something good in the final episode of the 2017 series. She and Mildred end their rivarly for the greater good, and despite not getting Head Girl, Ethel is given the position to be Mildred's advisor, which Ethel accepts. And during the ceremony, during the final scene, Ethel cheers Mildred on, while Sybil and Felicity comfort Ethel, feeling sorry for Ethel's loss. Ethel had become a better person, bringing her storyline to a bittersweet end.
* AcademicAlphaBitch: Ethel is always top of the class and effortlessly performs spells and potions. However she's also rude, snobby and has no friends.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the 1998 TV series. While the Ethel of the books was absolutely not a nice person, the Ethel of the series is notably more cruel. One occasion is the adaptation of the fourth book. There Ethel only pushed the boat out to sea because she thought Mildred was going to look for the treasure. In the TV series she pushes the boat out because she knows Tabby is on board (she didn't know about the cat in the book).
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: In the 2017 series she's constantly outperformed by her older sister Esmerelda, and is always trying to prove that she's the more talented one. It seldom works, because Esmerelda is always ''that'' much better than her.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling:
** Sybil is this to her, to the degree that Ethel magically changes her appearance so no one will think they're related.
** In the 2017 series, Ethel herself is an AnnoyingYoungerSibling to her older sister Esmerelda.
* AttentionWhore: Ethel does love to show off her knowledge.
* BigSisterBully: To Sybil in both TV series, to the point where Sybil looks to Millie for inspiration instead. Implied to have been one to Mona as well in ''The New Worst Witch''; when Hettie accidentally wakes Mona up during their first night at Cackle's, Mona wakes with a panicked start, thinking it's Ethel playing a nasty trick on her.
* BrainyBrunette: A rare villainous case in the 1998 series. But since Mildred, Maud and Enid are also brunette, it's not that notable.
* ChildProdigy: She gets every spell right and already knows how to fly by the time she starts at Cackle's. She's almost always top of the class.
* DaddysGirl: As shown when her father visits the school.
* DeadpanSnarker: Especially in the 2017 series, where her remarks can be ''acidic.''
-->'''Maud:''' [The Hypnapillion] feeds off people's minds, fears, imaginations. Whatever you do, you mustn't look at one! It has sent Miss Mould into a semi-conscious, dreamlike state!\\
'''Ethel:''' She's an art teacher. How can you tell?
* DeceptiveLegacy: In the 2017 series, Ethel is crushed to learn her ancestors are not the powerful witches as she was taught. The Hallows are actually a long line of malicious tricksters who lied to pass themselves off as talented.
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** Ethel enchants her broomstick to buck Mildred off and humiliate her in front of the entire school and Grand Wizard - all because Millie turned her into a pig briefly (at Ethel's ''own'' request). In the TV series there's also her being annoyed that Mildred was chosen to play the lead role in the Halloween tableau.
** In the 1998 TV series, her entire dislike of Mildred seems to stem from Millie knocking her off her broom by throwing a branch at her on the first day of school. This was after Ethel had refused to give Mildred a lift to the school, when she was lost and on the verge of being late, because Ethel didn't want to look bad in front of the teachers.
** And again, she turns Mildred into a frog because Millie said her sister was acting like a weed.
* DoWrongRight: When she's turned back from being a pig, she first yells at Mildred for not getting the frog spell right.
* EasilyForgiven: In the series finale of the 2017, Ethel is easily forgiven by Mildred after apologizing to her for sabotoging the Head Girl competition.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Calling Ethel 'evil' might be a stretch as she's mostly just arrogant and petty, but this becomes particularly relevant in the third season of the 2017 series, when she attempts to perform a 'good deed' by exposing a mistake made by Mildred and creating a threat against Cackle's simply so that she can stop it, failing to recognise the difference between her actions and Mildred's genuinely good deeds.
* EvilIsPetty: "Evil" is too strong a word, but pettiness is Ethel's worst trait. She'll maliciously antagonize anyone, especially Mildred, for the slightest offence -- real or perceived.
* ForcedTransformation: In Book 1 she's turned into a pig by Mildred. Even more so when it happens in the TV series, as she runs off and gets turned into a duck as well.
* FreudianExcuse: In the 2017 series she's desperate to win the approval and affection of her mother, who often ignores her in favor of her older, more talented sister.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Despite being an antagonist, Ethel will sometimes help Mildred for the greater good. In ''Weirdsister College'' she's no longer an antagonist and mellows out a little, despite still being the same old Ethel, and in the 2017 series she resolves to become a better person a couple of times -- only to fall back into her old ways when her new attitude doesn't get her the recognition she wants.
* HeelFaceTurn: Ethel finally makes up with Mildred at the end of the series finale in the 2017 series. In the show's final scene, Ethel apologizes to Mildred for the trouble she put her through. Mildred accepts it and the two end the series on good terms.
* HeelRealization: She gets a few in the 2017 series, particularly in the season finales... but since StatusQuoIsGod, they tend not to stick. That is until the series finale at the end of the fourth series, where she and Mildred make up for the trouble.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She casts a spell on Mildred for calling Sybil a weed, yet she treats her sister far worse than anyone else does.
** In the 1980s movie, after being turned into a pig by Mildred, she goes into a sulk when Mildred innocently hints that she smells bad in her new pig form, whining "I think you're horrid! I'm really upset now!" As if she has any right to talk after all her bullying of Mildred...
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Turns Mildred into a frog in Book 3. In the 1998 TV series she also turns Charlie into a donkey.
* {{Jerkass}}: She's spoiled, snobbish and vindictive; though in the presence of the school's teachers she can turn on the charm and act sweet and innocent, playing the role of a victim to Mildred's apparent bullying.
* KarmaHoudini: Zig-zagged. She never gets a comeuppance for three of her worst deeds in the TV show that would normally get someone expelled - pushing the boat out to sea with Tabby and Ms Hardbroom in it, turning Mildred to stone for the sake of an art competition and stealing Mildred's holiday project of talking animals solely because she forgot her project at home.
* LethalChef: She tries to cook breakfast for Mildred and Cass in the spin-off. Emphasis on ''tries''.
* LightIsNotGood: In the 2017 series -- though "evil" is stretching it a little, she's definitely haughty, snobbish, scheming and self-centered. Contrasted with her sisters, [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold who are also blonde and a lot friendlier]].
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: While Ethel is rude and mean to Mildred in the 2017 series, actress Jenny Richardson is actually a sunny and bright person and is also good friends with both of Mildred's actresses, Bella Ramsey and Lydia Page. Many of the interviews she's in, when she's not Ethel, you'd usually find her laughing and sporting a happy smile as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT3ORJNMOrk here]] in an example where she's seen getting slimed.
* MiddleChildSyndrome: In the 2017 series at least. Her older sister Esmeralda is the favorite in her family and her younger sister Sybil doesn't really look up to her, so she's more justified in how angsty and hostile she is to the school.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ethel's face of guilt at the end of the penultimate episode of the 2017 series after not only putting Mildred in danger in losing the Head Girl competition but also [[spoiler:freeing Agatha Cackle from the photograph and working under her aid to make sure Mildred will lose.]]
* {{Never My Fault}}: Ethel always finds a way to blame Mildred for everything:
** Ethel blames Mildred for being banned from Hellibore's master class - ignoring the fact that she's being punished for turning Millie into a frog.
** Taken up to eleven in the revival when Ethel blames [[spoiler:the destruction of the founding stone on Mildred. Ultimately subverted as Ethel does admit to be responsible by the end of the episode.]]
* {{Parental Neglect}}: In the 2017 series, Ethel has a difficult relationship with her mother, Ursula Hallow, as her mother favours Ethel’s older sister Esmeralda.
* TheQuisling: Subverted in season four finale of the 2017 series. She seems to be manipulated by Agatha and offer her some powerful texts and asks if there will be a place for her in the new administration, but then she tricks Agatha to help save the day.
* RichBitch: The TV series says she's from a long line of witches and her father is one of the school governors. She's rich enough to have had private flying lessons prior to starting school.
* TheRival: She takes pleasure in taunting Mildred about her inability to train her cat, to ride a broomstick, and Mildred responds by turning Ethel into a pig. From then on Mildred and Ethel resent one another and Ethel vows to get Mildred expelled, though she does not succeed. They manage to become friends in college, while at the end of the 2017 reboot, the two make amends for the trouble and end up on good terms.
* SmugSnake: She's always top of the class - and will never shut up about it.
* TeachersPet: To some extent. Although the teachers don't notice some of her antics, she'll still get punished whenever she's caught misbehaving.
* TeensAreMonsters: Ethel really isn't a nice person. There are several instances where her meddling ''could'' have gotten people killed or seriously hurt. She bewitches the broomstick she lends Mildred to buck her off during the display. She shoves a boat out to sea when she finds out Mildred's cat is on board - and doesn't seem to care that Tabby could have drowned. All just to get Mildred into trouble.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Subverted. Whenever Ethel and Mildred have to work together, they rarely seem to have problems. Like saving Drucilla from a blizzard or else coming up with a plan to stop Miss Hardbroom from leaving.
* TookALevelInJerkass:
** In the 2017 series, she's retrospectively revealed to have done this since her younger days. According to Sybil, Ethel was a CoolBigSis to her when they were younger, always looking out for her and comforting her when she was upset, but she grew meaner as they grew older.
*** She takes an additional level in jerkass in the beginning of the third season, after having vowed to do just that at the end of the second season. It gets so bad that she accidentally turns herself into a swamp troll for casting too many spells in anger, and deliberately creates a threat to Cackle's just so that she can stop it (and she can't even do that right).
* TheUnfavorite: Ethel is sure her parents prefer the successful Esmerelda over her and can't stand it. The worst part is that her belief may be right.

!!Drucilla Paddock (Holly Rivers), Drusilla Paddock (Tallulah Milligan)
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Ethel's only friend at Cackle's. As such, she's frequently in on Ethel's schemes to get Mildred and her friends in trouble. Despite this, she's shown to have some compassion for the rest of the girls and [[spoiler: ends her friendship with Ethel before the series is over]].

* AscendedExtra: Becomes one in the books thanks to her role in the TV series.
* AwesomeDearBoy: In-universe. She's ecstatic when she gets cast as the evil Baron Overblow in the Halloween tableau.
* BetaBitch: To Ethel.
* BoundAndGagged: In contrast to the books, where this happens to Griselda, Mildred does this to her to take her place and get the chance to see the Grand Wizard.
* ButtMonkey: Gets rather a lot of slapstick thrown her way.
* CrossCastRole: In-universe. Both times the school puts on a production, she plays a male part. She plays Baron Overblow in the Halloween tableau and is set to play PrinceCharming in the Christmas pantomime.
* DeadpanSnarker: Compared to Ethel's SmugSnake, Drucilla is a lot more sarcastic.
* DemotedToExtra: While a major character in the 1998 series, she has a much smaller role in the 2017 series, only appearing in the first season before getting PutOnABus.
* EekAMouse: Subverted. When the other girls freak out about a beetle in Ruby's bed, Drucilla has no problem picking it up and helping it outside.
* EnemyMine: She and Enid end up collaborating on a school project for one episode.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Cruelly laughing at Mildred's broken broom in the pilot.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Drucilla doesn't approve of Ethel cheating in "The Heat Is On" (though she still goes along with it). And she ultimately ends her friendship with Ethel when the latter tries to get Mildred thrown out in the penultimate episode.
* EvilRedhead: Borderline example in the 1998 series. While she's an antagonist, she gets more PetTheDog moments than Ethel.
* FaceHeelTurn: Subtle. In the pilot, she's shown among the girls running to see if Mildred is okay. A few scenes later she's shown with Ethel, laughing at Mildred's broken broom - implying they hit it off and she now hates Millie by association.
* FriendshipMoment: She's seen consoling Ethel in the last scene of the finale.
* HeelFaceTurn: At the end of the series she gets fed up with Ethel's antics, and ends their friendship.
* HugeSchoolgirl: Definitely in the 2017 series, where she's the tallest girl in her year and towers over Ethel.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While she is usually as big a {{Jerkass}} as Ethel herself, Drucilla is more likely to feel bad about her actions, and shows a nicer side on a number of occasions throughout the series before her final HeelFaceTurn.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: DependingOnTheWriter she'll sometimes be this.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Her last name wasn't revealed in the book.
* OnlyFriend: She's the only person who likes Ethel. Due to the fact that everyone hates them, they act as allies rather than friends.
* PutOnABus: In the 2017 series, she doesn't return for the second season, having transferred to Pentangle's.
* RaceLift: Like Enid, she's black in the 2017 series.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Or rather spell her name without an S. It's Dru'''c'''illa. It's frequently misspelled by fans - possibly due to influence of [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer another Drusilla]]. The 2017 series just adds to the confusion by changing the spelling of her name so that it ''is'' "Drusilla."
* TookALevelInKindness: During the last two episodes of the 1998 series, following her HeelFaceTurn.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Despite her feelings towards bugs (see above), she absolutely can't stand lizards.

!!Ruby Cherrytree (Joanna Dyce)
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An original character created for the 1998 TV series. A token black girl, Ruby is a member of Mildred's gang. She's known for being a bit of a technofile, owning various modern conveniences - and greatly annoying Miss Hardbroom.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Sorcery and Chips" and "Which Witch Is Witch" give her a prominent role.
* BlackAndNerdy: Downplayed. Her nerdiness is more a love of technology, and sheer enthusiasm for it. She's actually one of the more extroverted friends in the group.
* BrainyBrunette: She's shown reading a book about physics, and does successfully invent a couple of things.
* BrilliantButLazy: She could probably do a lot better in her classes if she applied herself a little more, given how well she invents things in Season 3.
* BunglingInventor: Well she is only a teen and she has to work in a school with no electricity.
* CanonForeigner: Not mentioned anywhere in the books, besides a line saying Mildred has "loads of friends".
* TheCastShowOff: In-universe. The school pantomime puts in some {{Padding}} for Ruby to show off a tap dancing routine. Her actress Joanna Dyce is a trained tap dancer herself, and went on to become a choreographer later in life.
* EekAMouse: Is left a screaming mess when she finds a beetle in her bed.
* ExtravertedNerd: Judging from how she dances on the library table in the third episode, it seems she likes the attention - in addition to being a geek for technology.
* GadgeteerGenius: Seems to have various gadgets and gizmos stashed in her room.
* GamerChick: Implied in the first episode. She compares riding a broomstick to playing a game.
--> "These things need joysticks".
* IronicName: 'Ruby Cherrytree' sounds more like the name for a GranolaGirl.
* SailorEarth: Since Mildred in the books is said to have "loads of friends", Ruby's existence has a justification.
* TheSmartGuy: She's the most tech savvy of the girls.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Jadu.
* TokenBlackFriend: A member of Millie's gang, she's one of the only black girls in the whole school. She does however have plenty of defined characteristics, flaws and roles in the plot to transcend just being a TokenMinority.

!!Jadu Wali (Harshna Brahmbhatt)
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Another original 1998 series character. A token Indian, she doesn't have much character. According to [[WordOfDante her actress]], she gets excited a lot but not much of it is shown.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Unfairground" is the only episode to give her a lead role. And that's the second-last. In "Sweet Talking Guys" she's chosen as one of the debate speakers.
* CanonForeigner: Doesn't appear in the book.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: In the first couple of episodes, she seemed to be the wet blanket of the group. This trait is gone by episode 3.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's got her moments, especially when she's annoyed.
* DullSurprise: Known for her monotonous delivery.
* TheGenericGuy: Doesn't seem to have much of a personality. She gets no real episodes to herself. Whether it's because of Tokenism or simply because her actress wasn't very good is up to you.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Although a responsible character, when Ethel kicks Mildred on stage in the school pantomime, Jadu whacks her with a broom in retaliation.
* OnlySaneMan: Comes across as this sometimes.
* OopNorth: She speaks with a Northern accent.
* SailorEarth: For the same reasons as Ruby.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: In the pantomime she gets gunged along with Ted Blossom.
* TokenMinority: Of the Indian variety.

!!Sybil Hallow (Charlotte Knowles/Trixie Hyde)
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Ethel's younger sister. Rather than being a snob like Ethel, Sybil is a nice girl at heart who is overwhelmed by the Cackle's experience.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Genius of the Lamp" is from her POV.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: From Ethel's perspective anyway.
* AscendedExtra: Her only book appearance is Mildred telling her the frog story. She's a regular character in both TV series from Season 2 onwards.
* BigSisterWorship: Towards Esmeralda. To the point that when Clarice makes a negative comment about Esmeralda, Sybil almost ends their friendship.
** She develops a variation of this towards Mildred in the two TV series, as she recognises Mildred as a genuinely good and heroic person who does the right thing even if she screws up.
* {{Class Princess}}: Sybil comes from a very rich background, but unlike Ethel she’s not snobby or spoiled and is a {{Spoiled Sweet}} girl.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sybil may be nervous but she is capable of getting things done, like trying to rescue Mildred's bats or turning Mistress Broomhead back into a child.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Sort of when she has control of a magic lamp. She uses it to get whatever she wants and briefly rejects anyone who challenges her.
* {{Flanderization}}: Her one appearance in the books was crying on her first day of school. The TV series ran with this and made sobbing uncontrollably part of Sybil's character. She does get better in Season 3 where she's better adjusted to Cackle's.
* HeroWorship: Towards Mildred in both series. After Mildred saves her from the tornado (1998)/saves the school by helping to restore the Founding Stone (2017), Sybil looks up to her as a role model.
* LovableCoward: In the 2017 series, with traces of CowardlyLion. It's summed up with an EstablishingCharacterMoment in her first scene in the second season, where she and Ethel are flying to school on their broomsticks:
-->'''Sybil:''' ''(shrieks in terror, startling Ethel, and then looks ashamed)'' Sorry. Ethel. Think I'm just a bit nervous.\\
'''Ethel:''' ''(annoyed)'' Of what?\\
'''Sybil.''' Flying. Falling off. Miss Hardbroom yelling at me. Losing my powers [[spoiler: like poor Esmerelda]]...
* LetsGetDangerous: It's Sybil who stops Hecate Broomhead - using the forbidden Almanac to turn her into a child again.
* NiceGirl: In the 2017 series, she's quickly established as this when, despite her timid and scared nature, and despite Ethel just scoffing, she does her best to help out Mildred.
* SiblingYinYang: With all her sisters. It's easy to see just how she contrasts against all three of them:
** Ethel is snobby and perfect at everything. Sybil is shy, bumbling and emotional.
** Esmerelda is TheAce, who becomes the BrokenAce. Sybil is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.
** Mona is bold, cheerful and competent. Sybil is timid, pessimistic and a bit of a screw-up.
* {{Spoiled Sweet}}: Sybil is a wealthy girl from a powerful family, but she is kind and shy.
{{Shrinking Violet}}: She is shy and a nervous wreck.
* UptightLovesWild: The uptight to the wild Clarice
** In the revival she the uptight to wild Beatrice and is slightly less uptight then Clarice.
* TheUnseen: In the first season of the 2017 series, she is mentioned (and at one point addressed off-screen) but doesn't appear. She makes her actual on-screen debut in the second season, when she starts her first year at Cackle's.

!!Esmerelda Hallow (Miriam Petche)
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Ethel and Sybil's older sister, and one of the most talented witches at Cackle's. Unlike Ethel, though, Esmerelda is kind and friendly to just about everyone.

* TheAce: Esmerelda is not only good at everything, but ''exceptionally'' good at everything. All the teachers, and even the Grand Wizard, are constantly praising her remarkable talents... usually in front of Ethel.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Ethel. While Ethel is skilled in her own right, she's outclassed by Esmerelda in everything... including getting more attention from their mother.
* BrokenAce: At the end of the first season, when [[spoiler:she [[BroughtDownToNormal loses all her magic]] thanks to Agatha.]]
* CanonForeigner: Was created for the remake.
* CoolBigSis: She tries to be this to Ethel, even if Ethel doesn't always appreciate it. Sybil, however, is a lot more appreciative.
* {{Expy}}: If Ethel is like an amalgamation of [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy]], Esmerelda is more like a female Cedric Diggory.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Just as blonde as Ethel, and very sweet-natured. She often helps younger students who need it and always tries to look out for her sister.
* HonorBeforeReason: She'll always do her best to aid anyone who needs it... even when it puts her at a disadvantage, and even should be blatantly obvious that helping out would be a bad idea.
* HumbleHero: She usually tries to downplay her own successes, partly because she sees how bad Ethel feels when being compared to her.
* NiceGirl: Always polite and friendly, always trying to do the right thing.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Her desire to help out and do the right thing does occasionally misfire spectacularly, when she's tricked into helping out the wrong people.
* PutOnABus: Esmeralda stops appearing after the 2nd season and goes off to college by season 4.
* SiblingYinYang: With both Ethel and Sybil, though in different ways:
** Where Ethel is snobbish, haughty and self-centered, Esmerelda is modest, kind and helpful.
** Sybil is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass. Esmerelda is TheAce in normal circumstances but tends to not do too well when things get serious.


!!Clarice Crow/Twig (Georgia Isla Graham/Kitty Slack)
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Sybil's best friend, with vastly different characterisations in either TV series. In the 1998 series she's a FieryRedhead who often encourages Sybil to cut loose a little; in the 2017 series she's a bespectacled and serious BrainyBrunette.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Lost Chord" and "The Genius of The Lamp".
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books and the 1998 series she's a redhead, but the 2017 series turns her into a brunette.
* AscendedExtra: Only gets one scene in the books, but is a regular supporting character in the 1998 series, and has an even larger role in the 2017 series.
* AlliterativeName: In the 1998 series. Averted in the 2017 series, where her last name is "Twig."
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Rather literally, when her idea to create a magic lamp goes horribly wrong.
* BrainyBrunette: In the 2017 series, she's got dark brown hair and depicted as extremely intelligent. [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses She even wears glasses.]]
* ClassClown: In the 1998 series only. She puts a dancing potion in food the students make in cooking class. The fun starts when the teachers want the food.
* TheComicallySerious: Her 2017 incarnation, in direct contrast with her 1998 self, doesn't have much of a sense of humor, but tries her best to convince the others that she ''does'' have one. With mixed results.
* FieryRedhead: In the books and the 1988 series, she has "brilliant orange frizzy hair" and is a bit more spirited than her best friend Sybil.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She's very blunt and doesn't always think of the implications of what she says, which does cause some friction between her and Sybil in the 2017 series.
* InsufferableGenius: Played sympathetically in the 2017 series; Clarice needs to always be the smartest person in the room, but only because she believes she has nothing to offer besides her mind.
* PluckyGirl: Definitely in a dangerous situation.
* SatelliteCharacter: If she's ever involved in the plot, it's due to her friendship with Sybil. She does get the occasional DayInTheLimelight in the third season of the 2017 series, though.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: 2017 only.
* UptightLovesWild: She's the wild one to uptight Sybil.
** In the revival she the uptight to wild Beatrice.

!! Beatrice Bunch (Ynez Willams)
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Classmate and best Friend of Sybil and Clarice in the 2017 series, rounding out the secondary PowerTrio from season two and on.
* BlessedWithSuck: Has asthma that causes her to disappear when she sneezes. It later reveal that her sneezes are caused by an allergy to cats.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When casting a spell to get rid of her allergies, she accidentally makes all the cats in Cackle's disappear.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Subverted. She's more of a tomboy than Sybil or Clarice, but is a talented cook.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Develops one with Mrs Tapioca, despite a rocky start.
* MissingMom: It's revealed in season 3 that her mother is dead.
* MoralityPet: Ends up becoming one to Mrs Tapioca in the third season.
* SatelliteCharacter: In season 2, where most of her plots revolve around Sybil. In season 3, she gets an ongoing plot of her own when her interest in and talent for cooking sees her taking on an assistant role to Mrs Tapioca.
* UptightLovesWild: The wild to the uptight Sybil and Clarice.


!! Felicity Foxglove (Dagny Rollins)
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A student in Mildred's year, who runs a blog called ''The Daily Bubble'' and who has an uncanny knack of finding out what's going on before anyone else. She only appears in the 2017 series.

* AscendedExtra: In the first season of the 2017 series she's one of Mildred's classmates and doesn't get a lot of attention. In the second season she has a much larger role; not only does her blog, ''the Daily Bubble'', come into play, but she also essentially replaces the now-absent Drusilla as Ethel's companion and partner-in-crime.
* BetaBitch: Plays this to Ethel sometimes; she seldom starts anything herself, but doesn't have many scruples and is all too willing to join Ethel in a bit of DisproportionateRetribution.
-->'''Felicity:''' If you can't stir with the big girls, stay away from the cauldron.
* CanonForeigner: She never appears in the original books or the 1998 series.
* FanGirl: A bit to Miss Pentangle, whom she thinks is "very glamorous." She'd originally wanted to go to Pentangle's, but her mother wouldn't let her because it's co-ed. She still occasionally complains about Cackle's and compares it negatively to Pentangle's.
* IntrepidReporter: She has shades of one, always after news to post on her blog. On a couple of occasions she gets herself into dangerous situation simply because she sensed that there was a story to be had.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be quite mean and catty, but as the series goes on she gets more PetTheDog moments, demonstrating that she's not all that bad when it comes down to it.
* KnowledgeBroker: According to Ethel, Felicity "has eyes and ears everywhere" and always manages to find out everything before anyone else. School announcements and news tend to appear on her blog ''before'' they have been officially made.
* PetTheDog: While often mean-spirited, Felicity nevertheless has moments of kindness. Most notably in the third season when she starts an IAmSpartacus moment to stick up for Julie Hubble.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Played with. She replaces Drusilla as Ethel's companion in the second season, and Ethel certainly seems to expect her to take on the same role to her as Drusilla did. ("We all have roles, Felicity. I'm a thinker, a problem-solver, a leader. You're a... doer.") However, Felicity is quite unlike Drusilla when it comes to personality, and doesn't always go along with the role Ethel tries to shove her into. She's also a ''lot'' more openly critical of Ethel, going against her on several occasions.

!!Fenella 'Fenny' Feverfew (Emily Stride; Julia Malewski) and Griselda 'Griz' Blackwood (Poppy Gaye)
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Two students one year above Mildred who act as mentors for the girls in the 1998 series. Known for being real spell collectors.

* AdaptedOut: They never appear in the 2017 reboot.
* AgeLift: Fenella is implied to be in Mildred's year when she transfers in the book. In the 1998 TV series, she's a year ahead, while in the 2017 series she seems to be in Sibyl's year. Averted with Griselda, who is said to be a year ahead of Mildred in the book.
* AlliterativeName: Fenella Feverfew.
* AscendedExtra: Both of them in the 1998 series. Fenella's case is quite impressive; she's simply the girl who transfers to Pentangle's Academy in Book 4 and gives Mildred her pet cat. Griselda meanwhile is the girl that Mildred ties up in Book 3.
* BoundAndGagged: Griselda in her book appearance. This role is given to Drucilla in the TV series.
* ClassPrincess: Fenella and Griselda are popular girls a year above Mildred. Despite having a fondness for pranks, they are always quick to help out younger students and the more reasonable staff members.
* CoolBigSis: To Mildred's class and later Sybil's.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Inverted. In the first couple of episodes, Griselda seemed to be a bit more of a jokester and Fenella more caring. This is dropped later.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even they won't go near the TomeOfEldritchLore Miss Cackle has in her office.
* GoodBadGirl: Both are rebellious and sneaky, but unambiguously good.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mostly known as 'Fenny' and 'Griz'.
* MrExposition: They know a lot of the secrets and stories about the castle and fill in the younger girls.
* StartMyOwn: Downplayed, as they aren't really unhappy with Crackle's, but once state plans to start their own academy for witches once they grow up.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They're always together and it's only in "The Inspector Calls" that they get separated (Fenella going with Sybil to rescue Mildred's bats).
* TheTrickster: They slip into it a few times, especially when they're put against Baz and Gaz.

!!Mabel Tapioca (Annette Hannah)
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The estranged daughter of Mrs Tapioca. She originally attended Amulet's Academy, but was expelled and eventually was allowed to attend Cackle's where she's in Sybil's year. She (somewhat reluctantly) helps her mother out in the kitchen alongside Beatrice Bunch, and starts up a side-business selling sweets to the other students. Appears only in the 2017 series.

* AntagonisticOffspring: Initially. She lives with her father and does ''not'' get along with her mother. As the episodes go on, they do come to a bit of an understanding.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Occasionally gets some moments like this with her mother.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be surly, bad-tempered and rude, and not always the most ethical when it comes to business, but she's not a bad person.
* LikeParentLikeChild: Part of the reason why she has problems getting along with her mother is that they are not so different. Though Mabel is loath to admit it, the two share a ''lot'' of character traits: They're both haughty, proud, stubborn and with a tendency to lash out and keep other people at an arm's length.
* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: Completely averted. Her dwarfism is barely even commented on and she's treated like any other student.
* YoungEntrepreneur: She has traces of this with her sweet-selling business. Always looking to earn some quick cash, she occasionally tempts others with sales and discounts that aren't really. At one point she tells the other students that in order to celebrate an event, sweets are complimentary -- "and by that I mean you can buy them for a price, with my compliments." It's hinted she gets this trait from her father.


!!Indigo Moon (Kelsey Calladine-Smith)
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Mildred's roommate in her third year at Cackle's. Originally a {{Muggle}} girl with no magic, Indigo was given magical powers by her well-meaning witch friend Joy, only to go mad with the power and eventually got turned into a statue. Thirty years later she is brought back to life as a side-effect of one of Mildred's misadventures, and after careful consideration is allowed to attend Cackles -- provided Mildred keeps an eye on her. Appears only in the 2017 series.
* BrokenPedestal: Disappointed to not only learn that Joy is Miss Hardbroom, but also Mildred and Miss Cackle have kept her in the dark about the secret.
* CanonForeigner: Didn't appear in the books or the previous series.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: A recurring problem for her. She tends to go with the first idea she gets without stopping to think whether it's a ''good'' idea or not.
* DrunkWithPower: Her original dilemma. Upon becoming a witch she got carried away with magic-use, becoming a danger to herself and others. Post-revival she's constantly in danger of succumbing to the trope because magic just makes everything so ''easy,'' and Indigo is not good at thinking about consequences.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: She wakes up in a time that's not her own, and has no way to find her old family.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Played with, a little.
** She's technically much older than Mildred, but since she spent thirty years as a statue she is still physically and mentally the same age.
** Ultimately subverted when she reconciles with the grown-up Joy, [[spoiler: who is now known as "Miss Hardbroom." At first, Miss Hardbroom refuses to deal with Indigo, calling her "a mistake from my past" and keeps her true identity from the girl. When Indigo finds out that the SadistTeacher out to get her is the same person as her old friend Joy, she loses her temper, latches into a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and flies off from Cackle's. In the final episode of the third season, the two do reconcile, but admit that with all that has happened, they can't be friends the way they were before.]]
* {{Muggle}}: Started out as one, though she always believed in magic and even before she became a witch she could see through the InvisibleToNormals spells the witches use to keep non-witches from seeing them.
* OrphansOrdeal: It's not given a lot of focus, but after thirty years missing, Indigo has no family left and doesn't really have anywhere to go other than Cackle's. Even before her stint as a statue, she apparently had no parents.
-->"I had an aunt and an uncle, but I can't find them. I went back to the old house, I asked everyone I could, but no one even remembers them."
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to the entirety of Cackle's Academy when she finds out that her friend Joy's identity has been kept from her.
* TheSlowPath: By season 4 episode "Happy Birthday, Indigo Moon", she is sent back to 1989 by Miss Hardbroom on purpose to get her to reunite with her mother who was looking for her at the time. 30 years later, she becomes a non-magical parent to her daughter named Azura Moon.
* UnskilledButStrong: Sums up her magic ability very nicely. Indigo is a ''powerful'' witch but isn't so good at ''controlling'' that power.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her existence throughout Season 3, reveals a new element of Miss Hardbroom's backstory.
* WhatTheHellHero: Rightfully calls out Joy for growing up as the cold-hearted Miss Hardbroom instead of trying to fix the problem with her turned to stone as 30 years went by.

!!Henrietta "Hettie" Hubble (Alice Connor)
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Mildred's younger cousin and the main character of ''The New Worst Witch,'' who attends Cackle's Academy after Mildred has finished her education. Rather more talented and confident than her cousin, but with a tendency to overestimate herself and subsequently land herself in scrapes too big for her to handle.

* BrilliantButLazy: She's a quick learner and has lots of magic talent -- and she's well aware of this, which is why she always tries to go for the quickest and easiest solutions; she tends to just assume she'll be an InstantExpert at anything she tries without putting in the work.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Oops."
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: While Hettie shares her cousin's tendency to get into trouble, the reason why is almost the opposite: Mildred is a well-meaning [[TheKlutz Klutz]] who tended to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, while Hettie is a BrilliantButLazy schemer who tends to bite off more than she can chew. She's also a lot more brash and cheeky than FriendToAllLivingThings Mildred.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Her main character flaw, and the main reason why her {{Zany Scheme}}s tend to backfire. How much trouble could she have saved herself if she'd just taken a few minutes to think before she acted?
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Just like her cousin Mildred got hers in the first episode of the 1998 series, Hettie gets hers in the first episode of ''The New Worst Witch.'' She's introduced flying her broomstick through the forest up to Cackle's, with the adult Mildred as a passenger, expertly dodging trees and ignoring Mildred's pleas of taking it easy. Then, when landing, she discovers she's been flying in the wrong direction and ends up being late to Cackle's anyway. This pretty neatly establishes her notable magical talent and expert broomstick flying, as well as her tendency not to think ahead and ignore well-meant advice.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She always means well, but her tendency to speak and act without thinking, as well as her knack for forgetting that other people have different feelings and priorities than she does, often leads to her coming across as insensitive and disregarding of others' feelings.
* MouthyKid: She can be this at times, talking back to Miss Hardbroom in ways that Mildred never would.
-->'''Miss Hardbroom:''' Girls must wear regulation uniform ''at all times.''\\
'''Hettie:''' ''(indignantly)'' Even in the shower?
* NiceGirl: It seems to be as much of a Hubble trait as the talent for getting into scrapes. Hettie's brash and outspoken, has a bit of an ego, and can be InnocentlyInsensitive at times, but she's friendly and generous to a fault.
* SmallNameBigEgo: While she ''is'' a very talented witch, she's not quite as talented as she thinks she is.
* UnwantedAssistance: She always wants to help, whether her help is actually wanted or not. In fact, even if you repeatedly tell her not to do anything to help you, she'll ''still'' go out of her way to help you behind your back.
* ZanyScheme: Becomes her trademark after a while; she can seldom let an episode pass without trying to pull off one of these.

!!Mona Hallow (Annabel Barnston)
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The youngest of the Hallow sisters by a number of years, and Hettie's friend in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Scientifically-minded and bookish, she has a somewhat strained relationship with her family -- particularly with her father and her older sister Ethel.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: She always means well, but she doesn't always consi
* BlackSheep: Certainly views herself as this for the Hallow family; she has no patience for the old witching traditions that her family holds so dear, and takes a much more modern and scientific approach to magic.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's got a very dry sense of humor.
* FieryRedhead: She's the only Hallow with red hair, and while her temper isn't explosive, she is totally fearless and never backs down.
* SiblingYinYang: While she never interacts with her sisters on-screen, she manages to be a contrast to all of them:
** Ethel is stuck-up, snobbish and can be a bit of a bully. Mona is friendly, helpful and will stand up for bully victims.
** Sybil is a timid pessimist. Mona is bold and optimistic.
** Though it's unclear whether or not the two even exist in the same timeline, since they are both {{Canon Foreigner}}s created for two different adaptations, the competent and friendly Esmerelda is definitely the sister that Mona has the most in common with. And yet she manages to be a contrast to Esmerelda as well -- while Esmerelda embraces witching traditions and is the darling of the teachers, Mona eschews traditions in favor of progress, and gets in trouble a lot more.
* TheSmartGuy: Probably the smartest student in Mildred's year, and not at all shy about it -- though she does manage to avoid becoming an InsufferableGenius.


!!Crescentmoon "Cressie" Winterchild (Paislie Reid)
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An artistic and sensitive member of the "Hedge witch" community, and Hettie's other friend in ''The New Worst Witch''. As a hedge witch, she observes a number of customs and superstitions that are unfamiliar or even downright strange to other witches.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: "I'm sensitive, I'm artistic, I'm highly strung. Humor me -- ''or else!"''
* CuckooSnarker: She's often a little out of it and sometimes her logic only makes sense to her, but she can more than hold her own in a SnarkToSnarkCombat.
* GeniusDitz: Cressie is much slower on the uptake than Hettie or Mona, and she can be downright dense at times, but she's a skilled witch and pulls off some impressive displays of magic.
* GranolaGirl: Hedge witches have a tendency to be this, and Cressie is no exception. She's a strict vegetarian and believes in the purity of nature. When carving pumpkins for Halloween, she insists on eating all the innards because "otherwise it's cruelty to vegetables."
* LovableCoward: She's far less brave than Hettie and Mona, and usually the one to worry that things will go wrong.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Downplayed, but definitely there. She enjoys meditating, she often talks about karma and negative vibrations, and she describes the hedge witch community as "filled with beauty, serenity, and harmony." At one point she tried to get out of taking a test because "hedge witches don't believe in tests, Miss Hardbroom! They create bad cosmic vibrations!" Needless to say, Miss Hardbroom did not accept this excuse.
* OopNorth: She speaks in a Lancashire accent.
* TimeTravel: She discovers in the first season that she's a Time Witch, with a natural ability to alter time. She shares this ability with Miss Cackle.
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Winning tends to bring out the worst in her, which is one reason why she doesn't like participating in contests. The other reason is that she's also a bit of a SoreLoser.

!!Belladonna Bindweed (Francesca Isherwood)
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The resident school bully in ''The New Worst Witch." She's the granddaughter of Betty Bindweed, one of Agatha Cackle's henchwomen, and is still secretly on Agatha's side, acting as a sort of inside informant at times.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: She looks sweet and innocent, and she milks this for all it's worth, playing TeachersPet and pretending to be a model student and NiceGirl. In the first season of ''The New Worst Witch'' she tends to get away with it too, making her a bit of a KarmaHoudini.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Just like Hettie is a contrast to Mildred, Belladonna is a contrast to Ethel. While they are both petty and malicious bullies who tend to be unfairly favored by the teachers, Ethel was an excellent student who would occasionally get a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when she realized she'd gone too far, and would even have the odd EnemyMine with Mildred when they teamed up to save the school. Belladonna is a below-average student and has absolutely no scruples; she'll cheerfully watch the school burn and actively tries to help Agatha Cackle and her cronies take over.
* DumbBlonde: Downplayed, but while Belladonna does have a fair bit of cunning, she is definitely BookDumb, doing poorly in classes and generally not being as clever as she thinks she is.
* FalseFriend: She'll be all pleasant if she wants something, but she'll sell anyone out at a moment's notice if she thinks that's in her own best interest. It's especially clear in her relationship with Cynthia; she is usually perfectly friendly to her, but it's purely because she sees the value of having a partner-in-crime. If Cynthia's in a fix, Belladonna won't lift a finger to help her.
* KarmaHoudini: In the first season. She even smugly {{Lampshades}} it to Cynthia, pointing out how she always gets away with everything. By the time the second season comes around, though, the teachers seem to have caught on, and she loses her KarmaHoudini status.
* ManipulativeBitch: She ''loves'' to play this part, always trying to manipulate others to do what she wants.
* SmugSnake: She has absolutely no sympathy or respect for anyone, and she treats everyone with disdain unless she is trying to manipulate them.
* TeachersPet: Of the most insincere type. Belladonna has no ''real'' respect for the teachers, but knows how to suck up to them in order to make herself look good in their eyes. It works for the most part in the first season, though by the second season the teachers seem to have caught on -- Miss Hardbroom in particular goes from treating Belladonna favorably in the first season to having absolutely no patience with her in the second.

!!Cynthia Horrocks (Daisy Hughes)
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A transfer student from Pentangle's in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Stuck-up and snobbish, and not all that bright, she doesn't like Cackle's Academy all that much and tends to hang out with Belladonna Bindweed purely because nobody else tolerates her.

* ArchEnemy: Sets herself up as this to Mona, because Mona's father was the one who drove her father out of business, thereby ruining him and forcing her to transfer from Pentangle's to the far less fancy Cackle's.
* BetaBitch: Falls into this role with Belladonna quite easily.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Not quite as good at it as Belladonna, but she makes a good effort.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Has a tendency to do this at the worst possible times.
* TheDitz: She does ''not'' have Belladonna's cunning, even though she tries to pretend.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: A thoroughly unpleasant person, but unlike Belladonna she will occasionally display that she has a conscience.
* FalseFriend: Perhaps the one thing she does better than Belladonna is pretend that their friendship means something. At times she actually seems to care about Belladonna... but it's all an act. She's just as ready to ditch Belladonna if that's in her best interest. Illustrated perfectly in the episode where the girls accidentally take an "opposite potion" that takes their most prominent traits and makes them the opposite. As soon as Cynthia and Belladonna are affected, they share a joyful hug and proclaim themselves to be the bestest of best friends.
* LastNameBasis: Most people call her "Horrocks."


!!Dyllis Mustardseed (Narisha Lawson)
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The least popular girl at Cackle's Academy in ''The New Worst Witch.'' Dyllis is actually very sweet and upbeat, but has the unfortunate tendency to choose the ''wrong'' girls to try and befriend.
* ExtremeDoormat: She's so desperate to be liked that she refuses to stand up for herself.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Combined with EasilyForgiven towards Belladonna. It couldn't be clearer that Belladonna hates her, and yet she keeps wanting to hang around her.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Dyllis is very aware of her lack of popularity, and sometimes does foolish things in the hope that this will make the others like her.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Or possibly ''[[StalkerWithACrush with]]'' a crush. She really, really. ''really'' wants to be Belladonna's friend, and is always following her around, to the point where it looks like she's nursing a pretty heavy crush on her. Belladonna can't stand Dyllis, but sometimes takes advantage of the girl by hinting that they ''could'' be friends if Dyllis will just do this ''one'' thing for her...
* YesMan: She'll enthusiastically go along with anything Belladonna says. Her eagerness to please in general often leads her to exaggerating, like when Miss Hardbroom sends her out to collect a spleenwart leaf, she returns with an entire plant bigger than herself.

!!Isabella 'Izzy' Jones (Saoirse Addison)

One of the new 'ordinary' witches who starts at Cackle's in the fourth season of the 2017 series.

* LongLostRelative: The fourth season finale reveals that [[spoiler:her father, Spike, is also Mildred's father, and she is shown smiling at the idea that Mildred is her sister]].
* WalkingSpoiler: Good luck talking about her without revealing she's actually Mildred's [[spoiler: long-lost sister]]
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[[folder:Teachers]]

!!Miss Constance Hardbroom (Kate Duchene/Caroline O'Neill), Miss [[spoiler:Joy]] Hecate Hardbroom (Raquel Cassidy)
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The school potions teacher and strict disciplinarian. She's a stickler for tradition and will not hesitate to punish the girls for misbehaving. Known for appearing out of thin air at random. Despite her frosty demeanour she's shown to genuinely care for the welfare of the school and the girls deep down.


* AdaptationalAttractiveness: She's described as plain-looking in the books. In the tele-film, she's played by Creator/DianaRigg.
* AdaptationalBadass: The TV series shows that Miss Hardbroom is quite formidable in combat. Agatha Cackle even refers to her as "the really dangerous one".
* AdaptationalHeroism: The TV series greatly softens her character. While still very stern and strict, she's shown to only care about what's best for the school. This is FridgeBrilliance - as the books were from Mildred's perspective, of course she'd imagine HB being nastier than she actually is.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Subtle in the 1998 adaptation (mainly fueled by her DoesNotLikeMen tendencies and the BelligerentSexualTension some viewers noted between her and Miss Drill), then much more obvious in the 2017 series where her relationship with Pippa Pentangle is played as a case of teenage Gayngst.
* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: In the 2017 series, [[spoiler: Miss Hardbroom tells Mildred a story about a little girl named Joy who made a horrible mistake by giving her best friend magic. Mildred disbelieves her until she reveals that Hecate is her middle name and Joy is her first.]]
* BadassTeacher: Well in the TV series anyway. If the school is attacked by Wicked Witches, she's usually the one who saves the day.
* CompressedHair: Mildred wonders how it's possible that HB can tie all her hair back into such a tight bun.
* CoolTeacher: Sometimes she can be this. She's certainly always pleased whenever Mildred does do well in her classes.
* DeadpanSnarker: In the 2017 series, she's more deadpan than ever and has gained a very notable sarcastic edge.
* DefrostingIceQueen: In the 2017 series after she sees Miss Pentangle again.
* DoWrongRight: When (book only) she finds out Mildred has turned Ethel into a pig, she remarks that she's glad Mildred has learned ''something'' since starting.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Well boys. She's enraged at the idea of a boy wanting to attend Cackle's.
* FantasticRacism: She holds a fair bit of disdain towards "normals." In the 1998 series, this is clearest in her attitude towards Miss Drill, as she's a non-witch. In the 2017 series this doesn't come up, as Miss Drill is a witch there -- but Miss Hardbroom's FantasticRacism still shows in the way she treats Midred's non-witch mother with barely-hidden contempt.
* FreudianExcuse: The 2017 series greatly expands on her backstory and shows just ''why'' she displays such hatred for the slightest deviation from rules and tradition, and even reveals the origin of her FantasticRacism towards {{Muggles}}. [[spoiler:When she was young and still went by the name "Joy," she made a {{Muggle}} friend named Indigo Moon. Wanting them to be together but knowing it was forbidden for witches to be friends with non-magical people, she used forbidden magics to turn Indigo into a witch. Unfortunately, Indigo was not used to magic, became DrunkWithPower and wreaked a lot of havoc before eventually turning into a stone statue. Devastated, Joy decided never to break a rule or be friendly to a non-magical again, and [[ThatManIsDead started going only by her middle name, Hecate]].]]
* FriendlessBackground: Strong implication in the 2017 series that this was the case when she was younger, with Pippa Pentangle the exception. [[spoiler: Turns out that this was more or less by choice, after the pretty horrific fate of her first friend Indigo Moon.]]
* HeelRealization: For all the times where she crosses the line to SadistTeacher, she always feels that she's completely justified in everything and never displays any regret for her behaviour... ''except'' for in the 2017 series where she gets hit pretty hard with the realization of how badly she's been handling the situation with Indigo Moon. This is further reinforced in the 2017 show's fourth season finale, when [[spoiler:she blames herself for Agatha's return by basically supporting Ethel over Mildred, blaming her support of witching tradition]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: She is furious that Mildred and friends are apparently bullying Sybil and Clarice in the Season 2 premiere. This is ignoring ''her'' own frequent bullying of Mildred in class, not to mention her disdain of Miss Drill.
* IAmVeryBritish: Kate Duchene really poshes HB up. She's like this in the audiobooks too, and in 2017.
* IronicName: In the 2017 series, Hecate is her middle name, but her first name is [[spoiler:''Joy'']].
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Everyone knows she's the strongest witch in the school, 1998 and 2017 - and she packs a punch in a fight.
* LettingHerHairDown: The only time she does so is at the Halloween celebrations or at night. Mildred remarks that she doesn't look half as frightening when it's down.
* MaidenAunt: Amusingly has to pose as Miss Drill's when they meet up with a group of Canadian Boy Scouts. She's not pleased about it.
* MiddleNameBasis: Season Three reveals that Hecate is Miss Hardbroom's middle name.
* MysticalHighCollar: Favours these, especially in 2017.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The 1998 TV series gives her the first name "Constance," and the 2017 series names her "Hecate."
* NotSoAboveItAll: She actually gets into the spirit of the DancePartyEnding in the season 2 finale.
* PetTheDog: A lot more times in the TV series than the books. But rather a lot of heartwarming moments come between her and Mildred.
* PlayingAgainstType: In-universe example. She is cast as the FairyGodmother in the school pantomime. And she seems to enjoy the cheers she gets.
* PrimAndProperBun: So severe that her forehead sometimes appears "quite stretched."
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her nightgowns are usually purple, and she does plenty of ass kicking in them.
* RobeAndWizardHat: Favours her pointy black hat and long black dresses.
* SadistTeacher: She often flirts with this trope, ''especially'' in the 2017 series where her sternness often slides into downright nastiness and even borderline bullying behaviour at times. What keeps her from embracing the trope fully, though, is that at the end of the day she ''does'' care about the well-being of her students and puts their safety first and foremost.
* SarcasticDevotee: Possessed of UndyingLoyalty to Ms. Cackle, but will also occasionally snark at her.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: She gets the school dinners accidentally spilled on her, a bucket of water dropped on her head and gunge thrown at her face.
* SternTeacher: Definitely the sternest and strictest teacher at Cackle's. Sometimes she slips into SadistTeacher, especially if you ask Mildred.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: A strict disciplinarian most of the time, but does have a sweet side.
* ThatWomanIsDead: The reason why she only goes by her middle name in the 2017 series.
* TranquilFury:
** Occasionally in the 1998 series. When Mildred drops a bucket on her during fire drill. She doesn't actually move until Mildred takes the bucket off her.
** Slightly more often in ''The New Worst Witch'', probably thanks to Caroline O'Neill's portrayal of her being somewhat more subdued than Kate Duchene's.
** In the 2017 series, she's a ''master'' of this trope. The angrier she is, the quieter her voice. When she ''whispers'', you know she's about ready to kill someone.
* TrrrillingRrrs: In the 2017 series, she does this on occassion, ''especially'' in the fourth season. It seems to be her way of hamming it up.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Ms. Cackle, especially in the 2017 series. No matter what, she will support and defend Ms. Cackle, even if she doesn't always agree with her.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: In the 2017 series, it's revealed that as a child she was not totally unlike Mildred: sweet-natured, friendly and not the biggest stickler for rules. Her disposition soured thanks to a traumatic event in her childhood.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: All she really cares about is preserving the traditions of the school.

!!Miss Amelia Cackle (Clare Coulter), Miss Ada Cackle (Clare Higgins)
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Headmistress of the academy and - in the 1998 TV series - a spells teacher. In contrast to Miss Hardbroom, she's much nicer and more forgiving. She has an EvilTwin who's frequently trying to seize the school from her.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Mrs Tapioca accidentally serves them food with a rat crawling on it in front of the Grand Wizard. Between apologising to Hellibore, she's clearly trying not to burst out laughing herself.
* AdaptationalBadass: She certainly didn't immobilise Agatha without speaking in the books.
* AdaptationalNameChange: The 2017 series gave her first name as Ada.
* BerserkButton: It's usually to do with her sister Agatha.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While she's friendly to the girls sent to her office, she can be very strict when she wants to be. In the penultimate episode, she worries that she's been too lenient with the girls.
* BigEater: Episode 2 establishes this. One week on school dinners causes her to rethink what she's making the girls eat.
* BigFun: She's quite plump but is described in loving tones.
* BigGood: As far as the academy is concerned.
* BoundAndGagged: In the season 1 finale. Complete with BangingForHelp too.
* CoolOldLady: Kind and friendly to all her students, and willing to wave some rather extreme traditions.
* CoolTeacher: In the TV series, as she's shown teaching classes. The Season 1 finale has her teaching the girls a spell through a game. She also wisely teaches Millie AnAesop that fear can't be magicked away - and that one just has to find a way to get used to it.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gets a really good one in the 2017 series. While it's not the first scene she's in, the viewer really gets a great display of what a CoolOldLady she is (as well as her sweet tooth) when Maud and Mildred are late for being shown around the school, Maud has broken her glasses and Mildred gets travel sick. Miss Cackle calmly fixes Maud's glasses and comforts Mildred:
-->'''Miss Cackle:''' You've never been through a transference spell before, have you, dear?\\
'''Mildred:''' ''*shakes her head*''\\
'''Miss Cackle:''' I'll tell you a secret. I did the same my first time. ''*hands Mildred a sweet*'' Here. Take this.\\
'''Mildred:''' ...Is it magic?\\
'''Miss Cackle:''' Better. It's sugar. I never go anywhere without a bag of lemon drops. Suck on that, and you'll be fine next time.
* GenerationXerox: When we hear about Granny Cackle who founded the school, it turns out she was a CoolOldLady too rather like Amelia.
* HypocriticalHumour: She scolds Miss Bat and Miss Drill for spying on Mr Hallow through the keyhole. As soon as they've left, she has a look herself.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Not in the books, as she and Agatha wear the same glasses. In both the TV shows, the glasses are the visual cue to telling the sisters apart: in the 1998 series Miss Cackle is distinguished by wearing horn-rimmed glasses, and in the 2017 series she wears glasses while Agatha doesn't.
* IncomingHam: When she thinks someone is trying to burgle her office in the series finale.
* TheMentor: As the headmistress, she is concerned with making sure the girls are motivated.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Amusingly when Miss Hardbroom walks into Cosey's Tearoom, Miss Cackle dives under the table to hide - just as the girls have done in the other room.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: In the season 1 finale, she's unusually stern and nasty in class. Mildred realises that it's Agatha impersonating her.
* PuttingThePalInPrincipal: During the 2017 series especially, she's very kind to her students, and always has time for their troubles.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To the degree that in the penultimate episode, when Jadu and Mildred are to be expelled, she employs LoopholeAbuse to have their parents withdraw them from school - so their permanent records won't be harmed with an expulsion.
* SweetTooth: She loves sweets, desserts and cakes.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Deserts in general. But it seems to be cheese. The password to her safe is [[spoiler: Cauliflower Cheese]].
* {{Tsundere}}: Type B. She's usually nice and kind to students - but won't hold back on the discipline if she's annoyed.

!!Miss Davina Bat (Una Stubbs), Miss Gwendolyn Bat (Wendy Craig)
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A minor book character who becomes a main character in both TV series. She's the chanting teacher and the school's resident CloudCuckooLander. Known for eccentric things like eating cat food or locking herself in the staff room cupboard when she's offended. Leaves after 1998 season 2 to apparently live in "Inner Mongolia" (according to CITV).

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: She's implied to be strict in the books but becomes a lovable eccentric in the 1998 TV series. In the 2017 series, her personality is an amalgamation between the two; she is a lot less likely to tolerate nonsense from her students, but retains her affable nature and a good number of eccentric quirks.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: "You might have to eat snails one day. Or sheep's eyeballs. Or something really horrible like chocolate fudge cake with caramel sauce". She cringes as she says the last one.
* BrotherChuck: In the 1998 series, she disappears from Cackle's without a canon explanation. [[WordOfDante CITV said she went to live in Inner Mongolia]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: She's a bit of an eccentric, but she is genuinely good at her job.
* CallBack: The 1998 season 2 premiere has Miss Cackle wondering where Miss Bat is, just as she did in the series premiere. Only instead of unexpectedly finding her in the cupboard like she did then, Miss Bat's gone away on holiday.
* CloudCuckooLander: She eats cat food, locks herself in the stationary cupboard for hours, and has several {{Berserk Button}}s.
* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: It's a gag in Season 2 that Miss Bat insists she was in Inner Mongolia, applying the logic that if there's an Outer Mongolia then there must be an Inner one too. Despite Miss Drill insisting there's no such place, Miss Bat is right, there [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Mongolia actually is]].
* CoolTeacher: Despite being nuts, she's kind and friendly to the girls.
* DramaQueen: Will often get offended over the most trivial things.
* ExtremeOmnivore: She has a habit of eating bizarre food, including flowers, fungus, sour milk and cat food.
* HypocriticalHumour: She's seen eating a sweet she confiscated from a student.
* MeaningfulName: She's quite batty (as in eccentric). Likewise Davina means "beloved" or "friend". She's definitely the friendliest teacher at Cackle's.
* MessyHair: Her wild grey hair is just about kept at bay in her bun.
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: A few times. The notable one is trying to get the girls to eat their dinners with the 'here comes an aeroplane' trick.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: She's named Davina in the TV series.
* OfficialCouple: With Algernon Rowan Webb in the 2017 series. They get married at the end of the third season.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Thanks to the personality change, her one canon book appearance becomes this in the series. Throwing Mildred out of class for laughing seems very at odds with her character.
** Slightly less out of character in the 2017 adaptation - she's friendly with the girls but is strict sometimes, and definitely less of a CloudCuckooLander than her '98 counterpart. She even looks more like the illustration.
* TheRival: With Miss Hardbroom in Season 1, Miss Drill in Season 2.
* RunningGag: Locking herself in the cupboard whenever she's offended.
--> '''Miss Cackle:''' We'll be lucky to get her out of there before half-term.
* SlipknotPonytail: We see her hair down when she's caught in a tornado in the hallway.
* {{Tsundere}}: Type B. Normally dorky and sweet, but will ''flip out'' if she's offended.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Miss Drill. The two are good friends but - from Season 2 onwards - they're in constant competition with each other and are always scoring points over who is the better class tutor.
* VoluntaryShapeShifting: It's said she once turned an entire class into swallows and migrated with them.
* [[ManChild Womanchild]]: She's called out for this behaviour by Miss Hardbroom.

!!Miss Imogen Drill (Claire Porter), Miss Dimity Drill (Shauna Shim)
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The PE teacher at Cackle's. Although a little strict when it comes to exercise, she's still much nicer than Miss Hardbroom. In the 1998 TV series she's also the only non-witch member of staff, while in the 2017 series she has witch ancestry.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The book's illustrations show her to be a hard-faced BrawnHilda. The TV series has her played by a slender and kind-faced actress.
* AdaptationalBadass: Inverted (but not to AdaptationalWimp). She was implied to be a witch in the books but is a {{Muggle}} in the '98 TV series.
* AgeLift: Inverted. The book illustrations show her as a stern middle-aged woman. The TV series have her as a woman in her twenties.
* AscendedExtra: Much like Drucilla, Miss Drill only made one brief appearance in the books written before the 1998 TV series. In the books written afterwards, she makes several further appearances in which her affable nature (when not playing DrillSergeantNasty) is a lot more prominent.
* BadassNormal: Although she doesn't have powers, she still saves the girls a few times.
* BoyishShortHair: Used to contrast her with the rest of the teachers.
* ButtMonkey: Occasionally, as she laments in the HalloweenEpisode.
--> '''Miss Cackle:''' We all have our own roles to play in the running of the school.
--> '''Miss Drill:''' Well mine seems to be gooseberry.[[note]]An expression meaning the odd one out or inferior one in the group.[[/note]]
* CoolTeacher: In Season 3. She volunteers to be the chaperone for Mildred's new club. She's also the one who usually argues in favour of the students.
* DrillSergeantNasty: She's this from the girls' perspective - since what teenage girl enjoys rigid exercise every day? More so in the books, where she threatens to punish the girls with extra PE.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Sometimes feels this way, especially when HB pulls rank on her and reminds her that she's not a witch.
* EvilTeacher: When she gains full witch powers. But even then she has a HeelRealisation.
* GenerationXerox: Her mother appears in the 2017 series, played by the same actress (and from what we see, a very similar personality).
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's blonde-haired (in the '98 series) and very caring.
* HookedUpAfterwards: In between Seasons 1 and 2 she started some kind of relationship with Serge Dubois.
* MeaningfulName: Since she's a PE teacher.
* MeaningfulRename: When she briefly gains witch powers, she renames herself Hilary Hemlock.
* {{Muggle}}: In the '98 TV series the only non-witch member of staff.
* OfficialCouple: The only character to be in a canon relationship - with Serge Dubois from the Rocky Mountain Rangers.
* RaceLift: She's played by a black actress in the 2017 series. Her mother is too.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Although she's often seen in workout clothes, she has a love for drama and plays too.

!!Frank Blossom (Berwick Kaler)
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The school caretaker and gardener in 1998. The only male member of staff at Cackles.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Green Fingers and Thumbs", which centres around his participation in a gardening competition.
* BumblingDad: Bumbling Uncle to Charlie.
* BunglingInventor: When it comes to creating an alarm system in a school with no electricity.
* FirstNameBasis: He's called by his first name by most members of staff.
* MeaningfulName: In this case it refers to him being a gardener.
* {{Muggle}}: Along with Miss Drill, the only non-witch members of staff.
* TheOneGuy: As far as the school itself goes. There are other male recurring characters.
* OopNorth: He has a distinct northern English accent.
* PutOnABus: To Horticultural College in season 3.

!!Ms Lavinia Crotchet (Polly James)
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After Miss Bat leaves between Mildred's second and third years in the 1998 series, Ms Crotchet replaces her as chanting teacher.

* CoolTeacher: She gets on very well with the girls.
* GranolaGirl: By witch standards anyway. In her first episode, she's trying to tune up a mood synthethiser and she believes in cleansing rituals and the like.
* TheMakeover: In "The Hair Witch Project", she has Enid and Drucilla give her a rather radical one by magic.
* MeaningfulName: Hers references that she's a music teacher.
* OnlySaneMan: She slips into this on occasion, as the newcomer to the arguing between the other three teachers.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A CloudCuckooLander chanting teacher just like Miss Bat. She's a little less wacky than her though.
* TarotTroubles: She reads a deck of tarot cards in "The Unfairground" that foreshadow revolt and revolution.

!!Mrs Maria Tapioca (Annette Badland/Zita Sattar)
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The school's dinner lady.

* AdaptationalJerkass: In the 2017 series, she's a haughty and sour-faced woman who doesn't much like children -- a far step from her jovial BigFun characterization from the 1998 series. Turns out she has a FreudianExcuse; stuck in a job she doesn't like and never getting anything other than complaints and insults from the students. She also has a strained relationship with her daughter.
* AllThereInTheManual: Her first name Maria is never said by any of the characters.
* AscendedExtra:
** She appears only in the fourth book, but makes more appearances in the TV series.
** In the 2017 series, she's a pretty minor character in the first two seasons but in the third season she's a lot more prominent. Not only does she get her own ongoing plotline about her problems reconnecting with her estranged daughter Mabel, but a fair bit of attention is paid to the developing IntergenerationalFriendship between her and Beatrice.
* BigFun: She's chubby and portrayed as a fun person. She's especially enthusiastic about the food she would love to prepare.
* BrotherChuck: She disappears without explanation during Season 2.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Sort of, in both TV series.
** "When We Feast At The Midnight Hour" in the 1999 series gives her a sizeable supporting role.
** "Magical Mum" from the 2017 series gives her a good deal of attention, going more into her background and introduces her estranged daughter Mabel.
* EekAMouse: Subverted. She's not scared of mice in her kitchen, but she does want them gone in case they eat all the food.
* LethalChef: Inverted. She's a good cook but is forced to make everything out of a book of traditional school dinners. As the food takes half an hour to carry upstairs, it always arrives cold.
* MeaningfulName: The cook is named after a desert.
* {{Muggle}}: She appears to be this, as she's not shown doing any magic.
* RaceLift: Her nationality isn't said in the books, but she becomes Italian in the TV show.

!! Miss Deirdre Swoop (Stephanie Lane)
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A sporty and physical Pentangle girl who first showed up as a rival in an episode of the 1998 series, then attended Weirdsister College along with Mildred, before in ''The New Worst Witch'' taking over the job as Cackle's PE teacher after Miss Drill. She is the only character other than Mildred and Miss Hardbroom to appear both in the 1998 series, ''Weirdsister College'' and ''The New Worst Witch'' -- and the only character who has more than a short cameo role in all three series.

* AcademicAthlete: She was the top student at Pentangle's, and she's also very athletic, usually dominating the scene in anything sports-related. At Weirdsister College she's the secretary of sports and hobbies, and of course at Cackle's the teaches PE.
* AscendedExtra: Only appeared in one episode of the original 1998 series, but became part of the regular cast in ''Weirdsister College'' and ''The New Worst Witch''.
* CompetitionFreak: A staple of her character. She's very competitive and loves to show off -- though she becomes a lot more mature about it as she gets older.
* IAmVeryBritish: She speaks in a ''very'' posh voice, though she's toned it down slightly by the time she's become a teacher.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: She has a tendency towards unthinkingly insulting people, though she gets somewhat better at catching herself in this.
* TookALevelInKindness: As a Pentangle's student she's very haughty and full of herself. In ''Weirdsister College'' she's grown up a lot and becomes good friends with Mildred, even if she's still very competitive. In ''The New Worst Witch'' she's the friendly and encouraging (if slightly awkward) new teacher.
* UpperClassTwit: Definitely comes across as this at times.

!! Miss Nightingale (Indra Ove)
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The art teacher at Cackle's in ''The New Worst Witch.'' She's very kind and understanding towards the students, and like Miss Drill before her is often at odds with Miss Hardbroom about how to deal with them.

* CoolTeacher: The students adore her. Miss Hardbroom does not.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She vanishes inexplicably between season and is replaced by her SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, Miss Widget.
* LastNameBasis: Well, most of the teachers are generally called by their last names in general, but Miss Nightinggale is a somwhat unique case in that she's the only teacher in the entire series who is ''never'' called by her first name by ''anyone.''
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: An older version, and obviously not in any romantic sense, but her behaviour definitely fits this. She encourages creativity and passion, and is always trying to liven up the school.

!! Miss Myrtle Widget (Elizabeth Bower)
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The art teacher at Cackle's who takes over the job from Miss Nightinggale. A little more brash, energetic and sarcastic than her predecessor, but with the same passion for art and creativity.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She has some strange ideas sometimes, she dresses like a hippie and she has a definite fondness for TrueArtIsIncomprehensible.
* GenkiGirl: An older version, but her lessons are ''energetic.'' Her "self-expression workshop" is a study in organized chaos, with students running around while Miss Widget plays the drums and shouts "Wonderful! ''[[LargeHam LET IT ALL OOOOUT]]''!"
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She fulfills roughly the same role as Miss Nightinggale did.

!! Caspian Bloom (Ian Lindsay)
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The school librarian and resident wizard at Cackle's Academy in ''The New Worst Witch''. More likely to be found asleep over his desk or eating jam doughnuts than actually doing his job, but he repeatedly demonstrates that he shouldn't be underestimated.

* CoolOldGuy: With traces of GrumpyOldMan, but if you treat him with respect he's actually very friendly and helpful.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's absent-minded and often seems like he's not all there, but he's actually very handy to have around in a crisis. Not only does he have a lot of knowledge and can spot the details other people miss, but he's a pretty powerful wizard.
* SeniorSleepCycle: He's often found asleep over his desk.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jam doughnuts. Though he laments that they have less jam in them nowadays than they did when he was young.

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!! Tabby

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Mildred's beloved pet cat. While all students at Cackle's have their own pet cat, Tabby is the only one of them that isn't black, and the only one not specifically bred as a witch's cat -- which means he's not suited to the role at all. However, Mildred loves him dearly and wouldn't swap him for anything.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the books and the 1998 series, Tabby is gray. In the movie, he's brown and white. In the 2017 series he's very obviously played by two different cats who don't particularly resemble one another, and so he'll be a darker brownish gray in one episode, and white and brown in another.
* AllWitchesHaveCats: All witches at ''Cackle's'' do, at least, which is why Mildred has Tabby -- there weren't enough black cats to go around, but since Mildred did get into the school she couldn't be the only witch without a cat. Hence, they got Tabby, who wasn't intended as a witch's pet (in the '98 series he's one of the kittens of Mrs. Tapioca's cat, which she keeps to chase the mice away), but was deemed to be good enough for Mildred.
* CatStereotype: It's more apparent in the books than in either TV shows (probably because it's easier writing a cat behaving a certain way than it is directing a real cat to do what the script demands), but Tabby's a klutz who can't stay on a broomstick to save his life, and (pretty par for the course for fictional tabbies) also a dimwitted coward. He is, however (another classic trait for fictional tabbies), very friendly and affectionate, and remains Mildred's faithful companion throughout.
* CuteKitten: Tabby may not be the most useful cat out there, but he is adorable, very sweet-natured and affectionate.
* DemotedToExtra: A fairly constant presence in the books, but gets far less attention in the movie and the 1998 series. He gets a somewhat bigger role in the 2017 series, though.
* ADogNamedDog: A tabby cat named "Tabby." In Mildred's defense, when she thought she was getting a black cat she planned on calling it "Sooty," but when she got a tabby cat instead she changed it to something more fitting.
* LovableCoward: Poor Tabby is not very brave. He's scared of heights, which makes him an unreliable broomstick companion, and if he encounters something new and unfamiliar he's likely to run and hide.


!!Pippa Pentangle (Amanda Holden)

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The headmistress of rival school Pentangle's Academy, and Hecate's old friend from school.

* AdaptationNameChange: Was Phyllis Pentangle in the 1998 series.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Her relationship with Hecate.
* CoolTeacher: If her fans at Cackle's are anything to go by. Her students get doughnuts once a week, and they're very jealous.
* GirlySkirtTwirl: Does a variation of this - but with her witches' hat.
* HeelRealization: When talking to Hecate - she really did break off their friendship because she thought there was no way Pippa could want to be friends with her. Pippa cries.
* HotTeacher
* PinkHeroine: Wears a LOT of pink.
* PinkMeansFeminine
* PolitenessJudo: When snarking with Hecate.
* RulesLawyer: Has a hint of this. Points out to Hecate that dressing in pink is not - technically - against the witches' code, and uses the rules in the Spelling Bee to give Mildred a chance.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Dons a pair to hunt through the very long rule book of the Spelling Bee.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Doughnut - especially ones with pink icing.

!!Charlie Blossom (Nicholas Pepper)
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Frank's nephew in the 1998 series, who desires to be a witch too. He makes it to a wizard academy in Season 3. Occasional love interest for Mildred.

* AgentScully: Doubts the existence of witches in his first episode. But he quickly comes around.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: His father and uncle are white but he's darker-skinned, possibly being mixed race.
* CharacterDevelopment: Starts off as a bratty sceptic. By the time he reappears in Season 2, he's matured and loves Cackles.
* CommutingOnABus: By the time he shows up for his second episode, he's apparently been visiting every other weekend.
* ContinuityDrift: It's implied that Frank's sister is his mother. Season 3 has his father Ted, Frank's brother as a regular. Though since Charlie's last name was Blossom too, the first one seems to be the goof.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Up In The Air" is entirely from his POV.
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Does not like HB's maths test.
* ForcedTransformation: Gets turned into a donkey by Ethel.
* {{Muggle}}: And one who's annoyed about it.
* NoPronunciationGuide: Falls victim to this with the reversal spell. One word is duccio - meant to be pronounced 'doo-chee-oh'. Charlie says 'duck-ee-oh' - and turns Ethel into a duck.
* TheOneGuy: Desires to be this for one episode, wanting to become a student at Cackle's.
* PrinceCharming: Plays him in the school pantomime.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Averted when he's enchanted to wear the prince's costume in the pantomime. It was made for Drucilla after all.
* ShipTease: With Mildred. They do kiss in the school pantomime in the ChristmasEpisode.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: A small example. He steals Drucilla's hat and cloak to pass as a student.

!!Agatha Cackle (Clare Coulter/Clare Higgins)
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Miss Cackle's EvilTwin sister who claims she was cheated out of owning the academy. Frequently tries to take over it with her band of Wicked Witches.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the TV movie she has pink hair.
* AdaptationExpansion: In addition to her canon appearance, the TV series gives her more plots to try and conquer the school.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
** In the 1998 TV series, she appears as a guest at the Halloween tableau and is mentioned in a conversation between the teachers. This foreshadows her plan to conquer the school.
** In the 2017 series, she appears in the very first episode and her plan to conquer the school is revealed very quickly.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: She and Miss Cackle are identical, allowing Agatha to impersonate her in the TV series. Unknown if she was planning to in the books.
* AscendedExtra: Gets a larger role in both TV series. In the 2017 series she's right in the thick of it from the very first episode.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: In the fourth season finale of the 2017 series, [[spoiler:faced with her defeat and return to the photograph, Agatha chooses to go to Vanishment as it 'disintegrates']].
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Amelia/Ada's Abel.
* ClarkKenting: In the Season 1 finale, Agatha is able to pose as Amelia by swapping the glasses. Ultimately it doesn't quite work, as the other girls notice her odd squint or sudden tendency to bump into things.
* DiabolusExNihilo: In the books, she suddenly appears with a band of wicked witches plotting to take over Cackle's at the end of the first book. Slightly justified since the books are exclusively from Mildred's point of view. The 1998 series foreshadows her a little, and in the 2017 series she's a recurring antagonist from the very first episode.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Agatha may be a ruthless and sadistic witch, but usually she would imprison her twin sister rather than trying to outright kill her. This does show that she isn't completely heartless.
* EvilLaugh: Well her last name ''is'' Cackle.
* EvilPrincipal: Sometimes takes over as headmistress. She'll usually be giving the students a hard time and/or trying to destroy the school when she does that.
* EvilTwin: To Miss Cackle, via jealousy of believing that she should have been given the school.
* FauxAffablyEvil: In the 2017 series she's quite soft-spoken and polite, and can mimic her sister's affability quite well... but it's all an act. She's completely ruthless and sadistic.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Does this to Mildred when she tries to stop them invading Cackle's - trapping her in the ground with the same spell she used on them. Millie returns the favour in the finale; defeating Agatha with the very spell she taught them in her class.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: In the 1998 TV series, she wears round thick glasses while Amelia wears horn-rimmed ones, while in the 2017 TV series, Agatha doesn't wear glasses at all, except when impersonating her sister. This isn't in the books, as they both wear the same glasses. In the TV film, Agatha was told apart by having pink hair.
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: In the 2017 fourth season finale, [[spoiler:Agatha is distracted by Mildred because she was unaware of Mildred's change of appearance]].
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Plans to turn all the teachers and students into frogs. Ends up being turned into a snail by Mildred.
* LoopholeAbuse: Although she accepted defeat, she finds a loophole to allow her to take over the school: "On the night after a full moon in the month of July, the laws against retaliation do not apply", a little used rule only relevant to hillforts and castles.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In the 2017 series, her plotting against Miss Cackle to take over the Academy gives Mildred the opportunity to prove herself worthy of attending the Academy. Had it not been for her, Mildred would have been failed on her entrance exam and be forced to leave Cackle's before the year even started. Then it happens again in the Season 1 finale where Mildred nearly gets expelled.
* SadistTeacher: Judging by the season 1 finale, this is what she would be if she got control of the school.
* SoftSpokenSadist: In the 2017 show. She seldom raises her voice, but she delights in cruel uses of magic.
* TwinSwitch: In the season 1 finale.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Only for the TV series, since Miss Cackle's first name Amelia wasn't revealed in the books.
* TheUnfavourite: Claims she was this, annoyed that Granny Cackle favoured Amelia instead of her.
* WickedWitch: A non-stereotypical example. She just looks like a normal woman who's been living in the woods for a while.

!! Mistress Hecate Broomhead (Janette Henfrey)
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A stern school inspector from Off Witch, who causes lots of problems for Cackle's Academy. She's also the one who trained Ms Hardbroom.

* AnIcePerson: Apparently tried to encase the whole school inside a block of ice when she was a child.
* BigBad: Whenever she shows up, she causes trouble for the school.
* EnfantTerrible: It's revealed she used to be this.
* EvilIsPetty
* EvilMentor: To Miss Hardbroom.
* FreudianExcuse: Tried to blame her bad behaviour on a bat biting her when she was younger.
* IAmVeryBritish: As an adult. It may be put on, as her childish self doesn't speak like this.
* MeaningfulRename: Renamed herself from Wilhelmina Wormwood to Hecate Broomhead. Naming herself after the Greek Goddess of Witches could be a coincidence. Could be.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Most evil witches have last names that are like some kind of plant or weed. Wormwood is no exception.
* PrimAndProperBun: Her hair is tied up like this. Her childhood self has pigtails.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Claims that it's bats. To the degree that she doesn't like Miss Bat's name.
* WickedWitch: Not a stereotypical one, but wicked nonetheless.

!! Chief Wizard Egbert Hellibore (Terrence Hardiman/Richard Durden/Nicholas Jones)
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The Grand Wizard, for whom the Halloween celebrations are performed every year. Gets a slightly bigger role in the 1998 TV series.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: A stern mentor sort in the books and the 2017 series. He starts out that way in the 1998 series too, but evolves into more of a pompous ManChild in later appearances.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the books, he's a typical elderly grey wizard. In the TV film, he's Creator/TimCurry. Both TV series are more in line with the books.
* BigGood: He appears to be more powerful than the witches at Cackle's. At least they all respect him.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: His first episode in the 1998 TV series has him in line with his book self. The second establishes more of a funny side to him.
* ContrivedCoincidence: He's the only wizard Mildred knows, and just so happens to be an old friend of the wizard-turned-frog in the school pond.
* GrumpyOldMan: He's got definite traces of this, though less so in the 1998 TV series -- and of course not at all in the movie, where he's a young, if slightly pompous Creator/TimCurry.
* ManChild: He gets incredibly into the school pantomime.
--> "That's not our Cinders!"
* TheMentor: He has his own set of wizard students.
* NotSoStoic: In the 2017 series, he's usually calm, collected and soft-spoken...until something riles him up.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Believes that wizards are inherently superior to witches, though he's not nasty about his views. In the 2017 series he's got a bit of a FantasticRacism going on as he doesn't have much respect for non-magical people -- though again it seems to be rooted more in a belief that magic is too dangerous for them to handle safely.
* PurpleIsPowerful: His default costume in the 1998 series is a purple tunic and hat. The 2017 incarnation seem to favor dark blue, though.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Not ''always'', but he can usually be reasoned with once he's finished blustering, and he will readily admit it if he discovers that he's been wrong about something.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Oh, he's definitely a powerful wizard and can usually back up any bragging he might partake in... but he may not be ''quite'' as awesome as he himself thinks.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: In the TV film, "Anything Can Happen On Halloween", which is really just an excuse to give Creator/TimCurry a song.

!! Algernon Rowan Webb (Paul Copley/Philip Martin Brown)
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A wizard who has been turned into a frog, found by Mildred in the school pond. He's an old friend of the Grand Wizard and (in the 2017 series) the fiancee of Miss Bat.

* AgeLift: In the books, he was very old and grey when he was turned back to a human form. In both TV series, he's much younger.
* AscendedExtra: In the 2017 series, he stays on as the Spell Science Teacher after having been turned back into a human.
* CoolOldGuy: To contrast his friend Egbert Hellibore's GrumpyOldMan tendencies, Algernon is far more genial and friendly.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Definitely in the 2017 series, though a lot of it can be blamed on having spent so many years as a frog.
* DitzyGenius: He's often a little confused, absent-minded and eccentric, but he's actually a very good wizard
* EarlyBirdCameo: He appears in frog form in the first two episodes of the 2017 series, giving some minor assistance to Mildred, but he's not properly introduced as the transformed wizard he is until episode five.
* ForcedTransformation: Has been stuck as a frog for thirty years.
* IdentityAmnesia: Forgets his full name after spending so long as a frog.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: He's quite old and has a very strong bond with the teenage Mildred.
* MeaningfulName: Quite coincidental that the man with 'Webb' as a last name gets turned into a frog.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: To some extent. He was unable to remember his name after so long as a frog, and even after turning back into a human there are a few frog-like habits he can't quite seem to shake. It's most prominent in the 2017 series where he retains the occasional craving for flies.
* NiceGuy: You couldn't ask for a more good-natured and friendly wizard.
* OfficialCouple: With Miss Bat in the 2017 series.
* TheOneGuy: In the 2017 series, becomes the only male teacher at Cackle's.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Thankfully not to Mildred or any of the students -- but in the 2017 series, he turns out to be Miss Bat's long-lost fiancee. Their romance is usually understated and in the background for the rest of the series, but it's still there; they are often seen together, and when Miss Bat at one point has a breakdown and considers quitting her job and leaving Cackle's, Algernon tells the others that if she does leave he'll have to leave along with her.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood:
** Crumpets with honey, to the degree where an episode is named "Crumpets For Tea" after it.
** In the 2017 series, all his years as a frog has given him a taste for flies. He keeps an "emergency jar of flies" on hand, and has been seen to catch flies that are flying around the school with a frog-like OverlyLongTongue.
-->'''Algernon:''' ''(spots a fly, catches it with his tongue)'' Mmm! That's what I love about this school, the snacks! ''(walks off)''\\
'''Enid:''' ''(disgusted face)'' Ugh... I will never get used to that.

!! Miss Gullet (Kacey Ainsworth)
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The former Spell Science Teacher before Rowan Webb.

* CompositeCharacter: She's a mix of the wizard who [[BewitchedAmphibians transformed Algernon into a frog]] as well as all the members in Agatha's coven plotting to overthrow the school.
* TheDragon: She becomes Agatha's right hand witch after being fired from Cackles for what it was discovered she did to Algernon.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: She might be a little air headed, but she's still quite cold blooded and be just as threatening as Agatha at times.

!! Mr Hallow (Patrick Pearson)
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Father to Ethel and Sybil and chair of the school governors.

* BlackSheep: He comes from a family of prestigious witches. He displays no magic himself and is a real technofile.
* CityMouse: He fills this role in his first two episodes, wishing to modernise the school.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Played with. While he has many elements of this, he's not shown to be corrupt in any way and just wants to improve the school. The girls even say as much - but they'd rather just have the school the way it is.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Miss Bat and Miss Drill do so through the Great Hall's keyhole.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Appoints Mistress Broomhead as a suitable replacement for Miss Cackle, presumably because of this trope.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Especially considering that the show aired in [[TheNineties the late nineties]], the resemblance to UsefulNotes/TonyBlair is hard to ignore. In addition to looking a lot like Blair, Mr Hallow is also slick, flashy, and an ardent moderniser.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Check out his dancing in the Season 2 finale.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Twice. Firstly is his attempt to set up an internet connection in the school - giving Bonzo a chance to brainwash everyone around the world. Secondly is his appointment of Mistress Broomhead as Miss Cackle's replacement - not knowing what bad news she really is.
* VillainyFreeVillain: Causes a few problems for the school whenever he appears, but never out of maliciousness.

!! Merlin "Loppy Luggs" Langstaff (Guy Witcher):
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One of Chief Wizard Hellibore's students who is picked on by the others.

* AffectionateNickname: Mildred still calls him 'Loppy' as a term of endearment.
* ButtMonkey: He's picked on by Baz and Gaz. Even the girls look down on him.
* GiveGeeksAChance: He's the geekiest of the wizard students, and gets a friendship (that may be something more) with Mildred.
* HeelFaceTurn: Throughout "Sweet Talking Guys" he goes from an (unwilling) helper of Baz and Gaz to a friend of Mildred's.
* NerdGlasses: They add to the effect. Doubles as SmartPeopleWearGlasses.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Maud notices that he and Mildred are spending a lot of time together. It's actually because he's helping her hide Tabby from the teachers.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's called 'Loppy Luggs' by Baz and Gaz, and just 'Loppy' by Mildred.
* SecretKeeper: On the school trip, he's the only one who knows Mildred has brought Tabby.
* ShipTease: Not as much as Mildred has with Charlie, but the other girls tease her about him and they get the wrong idea when she spends lots of time with him.
* TokenGoodTeamMate: In "Sweet Talking Guys", he's the lone NiceGuy among the trio of wizards.
* TookALevelInBadass: By the time the girls visit Rowan-Webb, he's able to turn himself into a lizard and back and his magic has got much better.

!! Barry "Baz" Dragonsbane (Paul Child) and Garry "Gaz" Grailquest (Anthony Hamblin):
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A pair of trouble-making wizard students.

* TheBully: Towards Merlin and the girls.
* DisproportionateRetribution: They start an EscalatingWar after Hellibore embarrasses them in front the girls.
* {{Foil}}: To Fenny and Griz - two older students OnlyKnownByTheirNickname and always together, but bullying and troublesome instead of kind and helpful.
* TheRival: To Fenny and Griz, for the reasons described above.
* StrawMisogynist: They're quite sexist in their first episode. Unlike Hellibore, they're not portrayed sympathetically.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They're always together and always causing trouble.
* VillainTeamUp: With Ethel and Drucilla from time to time.

!! Julie Hubble (Nicola Stephenson)
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Mildred's mother, who's left out of most incarnations of the story, but is a recurring character in the 2017 series. Not a witch herself, but immensely proud of her daughter for being one. In season 3, she becomes the new art teacher at Cackle's Academy.

* DeadpanSnarker: Usually good-natured, but she gets in a few digs from time to time -- often at Miss Hardbroom.
* DrunkWithPower: [[spoiler:When Mildred uses a wish-granting potion in season three to give Julia magic, it takes two episodes for the power to go to her head, and she starts turning students and teachers into clay figurines when they say things she doesn't like. Mildred manages to invoke an IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight to bring her mother to her senses long enough to take the power back.]]
* GoodParents: She's a kind, understanding and loving mother to Mildred; while she obviously can't take a huge part in her daughter's life while she's at Cackle's, she never hesitates to step in and help out if the situation calls for it.
* HiddenDepths: She turns out to be so well-informed about witch culture and the witch's code that Mildred at one point suspects that she secretly is a witch after all. Turns out she just pored over Mildred's academy rulebook.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: More together and less of a [[TheKlutz Klutz]] than her daughter, but it's easy to see where Mildred got her spirited nature, kind heart, cheeky sense of humour -- and even her talent for trouble and lapses of poor judgment.
* MamaBear: Don't mess with her Millie, even if you ''are'' magical and much more powerful than her.
* {{Muggle}}: Doesn't appear to have any magical talents of her own, and was in fact quite surprised to discover that magic exists. [[spoiler: Turns out that she is, in fact, descended from a witch, but thanks to a sacrifice her family has been without magic for twelve generations. Julie was unaware of this, and only learned of magic when her daughter Mildred (generation thirteen) became a witch.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: On two separate occasions she gives one to ''Miss Hardbroom'' of all people, telling her just how unimpressed she is with her.
-->"All right, Mrs 'I'm-so-magical,' if you think you're so much better than me, how about conjuring up some manners?"
* UnfazedEveryman: While not the main character, she's definitely this in her meeting with witch society.

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* BalefulPolymorph: In Book 1 she's turned into a pig by Mildred. Even more so when it happens in the TV series, as she runs off and gets turned into a duck as well.

* BalefulPolymorph: Gets turned into a donkey by Ethel.

* BalefulPolymorph: Has been stuck as a frog for thirty years.

* MuggleBornOfMages: Inverted. She's said to be from a non-witch family but has definite magical talent herself. [[spoiler: In the 2017 show, she is revealed to be descended from the witch Melissa Hubble, who in order to save Cackle's, had to give up her magic, as well as the magic of her descendants for twelve generations. Mildred is generation thirteen, and as such was born with magic powers, long after her family had forgotten that they used to be magical.]]

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The Season 3 finale reveals that she has the rare gift of being able to make drawings come to life.

* {{Meganekko}}: More so in either TV series, as her cuteness is played up more.

* RapunzelHair: Although it's tied back in a braid all the time, her hair goes down to her waist.

* RapunzelHair: Whenever she wears it down, the hair goes well past her waist. The girls are very impressed by it.

* {{Neglectful Parent}}: In the 2017 series, Ethel has a difficult relationship with her mother, Ursula Hallow, because she favours her older sister Esmeralda.

* {{Spoiled Sweet}}: Enid comes from a rich background and is implied to have been spoiled by her parents, but she’s genuinely a good person. TokenEvilTeammate: Of sorts. Enid certainly isn't 'evil', but she can be distinctly more rebellious and mischievous than her friends, and is the one most likely to lead them into trouble.

* RichBitch: Averted. Although she's Ethel's sister, she's not bitchy at all.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Of sorts. Enid certainly isn't 'evil', but she can be distinctly more rebellious and mischievous than her friends, and is the one most likely to lead them into trouble.

* NeverMyFault: Ethel always finds a way to blame Mildred for everything:

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ethel's face of guilt at the end of the penultimate episode of the 2017 series after not only putting Mildred in danger in losing the Head Girl competition but also [[spoiler:freeing Agatha Cackle from the painting and working under her aid to make sure Mildred will lose.]]

* {{Muggle}}: Doesn't appear to have any magical talents of her own, and was in fact quite surprised to discover that magic exists. [[spoiler: Turns out that she is, in fact, descended from a witch, but thanks to a sacrifice her family has been without magic for twelve generations. Julie was unaware of this, and only learned of magic when her daughter Mildred became a witch.]]

* IAteWhat: Baz is revolted when he has to drink Miss Bat's fermented pond slime. Gaz by contrast loved the barbecued bats' wings.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: She compliments Mildred's impression of her in the 2017 series.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: She has this reaction to the jokes written in The Fairground. Even the ones about her.

* AdaptationalJerkass: In the 2017 series, she's a haughty and sour-faced woman who doesn't much like children -- a far step from her jovial BigFun characterization from the 1998 series.
** Turns out she has a FreudianExcuse; stuck in a job she doesn't like and never getting anything other than complaints and insults from the students. She also has a strained relationship with her daughter.

* BigSisterBully: To Sybil in the TV series. To the point where Sybil looks to Millie for inspiration instead.

* BlackSheep: Certainly views herself as this for the Hallow family.

* BlondesAreEvil: Where Ethel couldn't really be called "evil," Belladonna definitely can.