| 1 | Character sheet for [[WesternAnimation/DotAndTheKangaroo Dot And The Kangaroo]] |
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| 4 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 6 | [[folder:Dot]] |
| 7 | !! Dot |
| 8 | |
| 9 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Barbara Frawley (''Dot and the Kangaroo'' to ''Dot and the Bunny''); Robyn Moore (''Dot and the Koala'' onwards) |
| 10 | -->'''Portrayed by:''' Ashley Ayre (''Around the World with Dot/Dot and Santa Claus'' and ''Dot and Keeto''); Anna Quinn (''Dot and the Bunny'') |
| 11 | [[quoteright:853:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8e36c44eccad59f5829300a177ee2a0f7c32ca38.jpg]] |
| 12 | [[caption-width-right:853: Her original design, as seen in the original film]] |
| 13 | The heroine of the series, who appears in all the films. |
| 14 | ---- |
| 15 | * AccidentalAstronaut: She had to orchestrate herself becoming this in order to rescue Whyka in ''Dot in Space''. |
| 16 | * AccidentalMisnaming: |
| 17 | ** At some points in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'', she is referred to as "Dot from Austria" instead of "Dot from Australia". |
| 18 | ** In ''Dot in Space'', Dot refers to Whyka as Laika (her real-life counterpart) by mistake. |
| 19 | * TheAgeless: Besides aging up a year or two from the original film to the sequels, the passage of time doesn't seem to affect Dot, as she remains nine or ten at the oldest throughout the film series. |
| 20 | * AgonyOfTheFeet: |
| 21 | ** Averted in ''Dot and the Bunny'' when she almost steps on an echidna with her bare foot without realizing it, a numbat warns her at the last minute. |
| 22 | ** Almost leads to her demise in ''Dot and the Whale'' when she steps on poisonous live coral. |
| 23 | * AlienAbduction: Played with in ''Dot in Space'' in that she crash-lands on an alien planet (Pie-Arr-Squared) then gets abducted by the planet's inhabitants (The Roundies). |
| 24 | * AwesomeAussie: Over time, Dot becomes a great younger example of one. She's a sweet-natured, slightly naïve young girl no older than nine or ten... who also happens to know the Australian wild [[SpeaksFluentAnimal and most of its inhabitants]] like the back of her hand, is particularly brave and crafty for her age, and willing to go to extraordinary lengths for the sake of [[NatureHero protecting nature and helping her animal friends]]. |
| 25 | * BadassPacifist: [[spoiler: She teams up with The Party (Roley in disguise), Gorgo and the reformed (for whatever reason) Roundie Army to encourage the rest of their species to stand up to Papa Drop, free the Squaries from their wrongful imprisonment and put an end to his tyrannical regime -- all without violence!]] |
| 26 | ** Probably the closest she gets to violence throughout the whole series is throwing sand at Alex and Owen in ''Dot and the Whale'' because they were doing the same thing to Tonga. |
| 27 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In ''Dot in Space'', she shares Whyka's excitement about space travel, moments later, Whyka's rocket malfunctions and becomes trapped in orbit. With no one else seizing the initiative, she decides to rescue Whyka and succeeds, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished only to end up stuck on the planet Pie-Arr-Squared due to circumstances beyond her control.]] |
| 28 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Apart from the odd instance of her dress getting torn (if it wasn't already), which is quite something when you consider all the dangers Dot encounters in each movie. |
| 29 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She's a sweet-natured and kind-hearted little girl, but threatening and/or harming anyone she cares about is a good way to get on her bad side, especially if you're in her presence. |
| 30 | * BigDamnHeroes: |
| 31 | ** In ''Dot in Space'', she successfully rescues Whyka from being trapped in orbit moments before the Russians blew up the ship the latter was trapped in. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Unfortunately, the explosion from Whyka's ship sent shockwaves, causing the rocket Dot was operating to be thrown off course and the both of them to be stranded on an alien planet.]] |
| 32 | ** She also saves Whyka from falling into an active volcano on their way to The Party's hideout on Gorgo Mountain. |
| 33 | * BigSisterInstinct: Towards her young koala friend, Gumley, in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood''. She has this towards most animals, but she goes to particularly great lengths to help cure Gumley of his eye disease. |
| 34 | * BoundAndGagged: After rescuing Whyka in ''Dot in Space'', she crash-lands on the planet Pie-Arr-Squared where she is ambushed, tied up and silenced by bubble-shaped alien soldiers. This leads to a PainfulAdhesiveRemoval for her when she is subjected to interrogation. |
| 35 | * BreakTheCutie: |
| 36 | ** The wallabies' initial refusal to allow her shelter in ''Dot and the Bunny'' finally breaks her after a day of fruitlessly searching for the missing joey, the possibility that Funny-Bunny may have drowned for all she knows in addition to his antics and being miles from home in a rainstorm. The wallabies promptly have a change of heart but still... |
| 37 | ** Her reaction to seeing the rubbish dumped in the ocean and later being turned down by Moby Dick after everything she went through to find him to ask for his aid in saving Tonga in ''Dot and the Whale''. |
| 38 | * BullyHunter: Crossing over with BewareTheNiceOnes, she's willing to stand up against anyone who bullies her friends. |
| 39 | * ChasingAButterfly: How she gets lost in the original film, except she chases a marsupial mouse instead of a butterfly. |
| 40 | * CheerfulChild: Her and Gumley singing "Happy, Indisputably" in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'' exemplifies this. |
| 41 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Such is her desire to save and protect all animals. |
| 42 | * TheCutie: What else do you expect from a [[CheerfulChild cheerful little girl]] [[ColorMotif who wears a yellow dress]], [[EarthyBarefootCharacter is perpetually barefoot]] and [[FriendToAllLivingThings loves animals?]] Her redesign for the last two sequels take this trope up to eleven. |
| 43 | * DeadpanSnarker: She develops a bit of a sharp tongue in the sequels (at least the earlier ones). |
| 44 | * DeathGlare: She gets increasingly good at this in the sequels. |
| 45 | * DefiantCaptive: To the ants in ''Dot and Keeto'' and the Roundies in ''Dot in Space''. |
| 46 | * DemotedToExtra: In ''Dot and the Koala''. |
| 47 | * {{Determinator}}: Whenever she sets her mind to something, [[PluckyGirl Dot remains firmly optimistic and never gives up, even at the darkest of times]]. Eventually, she's this to the point where she sets out to rescue Funny-Bunny from deadly crocodiles, takes down a wildlife smuggling ring, and trades places with a monkey in order to use an American rocket to venture into space to rescue a Russian dog trapped in orbit. |
| 48 | * EarthyBarefootCharacter: Because she is usually barefoot, it's very easy to tell how connected Dot is to nature and wildlife. |
| 49 | ** In the original film, [[BarefootPoverty it is possible her family cannot afford shoes for her]]. |
| 50 | ** Averted with her live-action appearance in ''Around the World with Dot''. |
| 51 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Despite everything the Roundies did to her throughout most of ''Dot in Space'', [[spoiler: in the climax she is genuinely shocked to learn that Papa Drop would betray not only his own army by having them imprisoned, but his own kind as well.]] |
| 52 | * FarmersDaughter: Indirectly, since her grandfather is known as Jack the Farmhand. |
| 53 | * FedToTheBeast: |
| 54 | ** Averted several times in the sequels: |
| 55 | *** She tries to save Funny-Bunny from crocodiles in ''Dot and the Bunny''. |
| 56 | *** She is attacked by a cat, a bird and cockroaches, imprisoned in a wasp's nest and caught in a spider's web while insect-sized in ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 57 | *** She and Nelson are chased by sharks in ''Dot and the Whale''. |
| 58 | *** [[spoiler: The Roundies recapture her and leave her at the mercy of Gorgo (hoping he'll eat her) in ''Dot in Space'', though fortunately for her, Gorgo is only after her gag which is carrying the scent of the pilly-fruit she's just been eating.]] |
| 59 | * FieryRedhead: For the most part, averted but in the sequels, it is not advisable to do anything that's going to get you on the wrong side of her. Alex and Owen in ''Dot and the Whale'' find this out the hard way when she throws sand at them because they were doing the same to Tonga. |
| 60 | * FirstNameBasis: Throughout the entire series, we aren't given her last name. |
| 61 | * FluffyTamer: [[spoiler: She unknowingly attracts Gorgo, a giant alien dinosaur, with the smell of pilly fruit, which might be why he decides to help her out instead of eating her like the Roundies hoped he would. It's possible he also recognised that she was in trouble and needed help due to the way she was struggling because she was tied up and trying to scream through her gag.]] |
| 62 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: She is the responsible sibling to Simon's foolish sibling in ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 63 | * FourFingeredHands: She doesn't always have the right number of fingers and toes in the sequels. |
| 64 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Whether it's woodland creatures from the bush, marine life, insects, monsters, or even space aliens, Dot can pretty much make friends with anyone. She even has [[https://youtu.be/9Te2D2sr-_Y?t=6 a song about it]] in ''Dot and the Smugglers'' (which is played again during the credits), where she sings about how she loves the animals, and they love her. |
| 65 | -->''I love them and they love me'' |
| 66 | -->''I know that we will always be'' |
| 67 | -->''The very best of friends!'' |
| 68 | * GuileHeroine: She has her moments of using her smarts to succeed in the sequels. |
| 69 | * HardHead: Her tumble down the embankment in the original film ends with her striking her head on a tree and suffering no ill-effects whatsoever. |
| 70 | ** Happens again when she falls off the wall of the zoo Gumley is taken to in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood''. |
| 71 | * HatesBeingAlone: Her AloneInACrowd song in ''Around the World with Dot'' exemplifies this trope. It is possible this is a result of getting lost in the first film and only really applies in situations where she is alone and cannot get home easily, if at all, like when she ends up alone and a long way from home in a rainstorm with darkness falling in ''Dot and the Bunny''. |
| 72 | * HouseOfBrokenMirrors: Dot pulls this on the Roundy Sergeant to protect Poley in ''Dot in Space''. |
| 73 | * IronButtMonkey: Mostly in the sequels, but Dot goes through quite a bit of slapstick and other harm (both comedic and otherwise) throughout the series. |
| 74 | * IWillOnlySlowYouDown: |
| 75 | ** When the Kangaroo prepares to jump the gorge to escape the dingos chasing them, Dot begs the former to leave her behind as she's too heavy. |
| 76 | ** Played with in ''Dot in Space'', once the Roundies have tied up Dot, she warns Whyka to run just before the Roundies gag her. |
| 77 | * KidsDrivingCars: |
| 78 | ** Played with in ''Dot & the Smugglers'', as she manages to rewire the submarine while her friend Burra distracts the smugglers. |
| 79 | ** She is able to competently operate a rocket in ''Dot in Space'', although she becomes stranded after nosediving into the surface of Pie-Arr-Squared thanks to the Russians blowing up Whyka's ship, which caused the rocket she was driving in to be thrown off course. |
| 80 | * LimitedWardrobe: |
| 81 | ** She always wears a yellow pinafore dress with a sweater underneath, the latter is white in the original film but varies between white, pale yellow and cream in the sequels. |
| 82 | ** Averted in ''Around the World with Dot'' as she wears a short-sleeved shirt, denim jeans and canvas shoes in live-action form, she reverts back to her usual appearance when she turns back into animated form though. |
| 83 | ** A storybook adaptation of ''Dot and the Bunny'' depicts her wearing a pink nightdress. |
| 84 | ** Her clothes change several times in ''Dot Goes To Hollywood'' after she becomes an actress. |
| 85 | * LoyalAnimalCompanion: She has several of these throughout the series: |
| 86 | ** The Kangaroo in the original film. |
| 87 | ** Grumble-Bones and Dozey-Face in ''Around the World with Dot''. |
| 88 | ** Funny-Bunny in ''Dot & the Bunny''. |
| 89 | ** Bruce the Koala and Sheila the Kangaroo in ''Dot & the Koala''. |
| 90 | ** Keeto the Mosquito and Butterwalk the Caterpillar in ''Dot & Keeto''. |
| 91 | ** Nelson the dolphin and Tonga the whale in ''Dot & the Whale''. |
| 92 | ** Burra the Kookaburra in ''Dot & the Smugglers''. |
| 93 | ** Gumley the baby koala in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood''. |
| 94 | ** Whyka the Russian dog in ''Dot in Space''. |
| 95 | * MadeASlave: By the ants in ''Dot and Keeto'' and the Roundies in ''Dot in Space''. She escapes each time. |
| 96 | * MagicPants: Her clothes are torn in the first movie but they appear intact in the sequels, even after visible damage, not to mention shrinking in size with her in ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 97 | * MagicSkirt: Besides the very occasional moment of ComedicUnderwearExposure and certain scenes in ''Dot and Keeto'' and ''Dot and the Whale'', Dot's dress always firmly covers her despite how much she moves around. |
| 98 | * MamaBear: She can be considered this, mostly in the last two sequels. In ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'', she can be seen cradling Gumley in her arms as if he were her own baby as well as protecting him when she thinks Leo is going to eat him. She also gets noticeably angry when the Roundies threaten Whyka in ''Dot in Space''. See also BewareTheNiceOnes. |
| 99 | * MistakenForSpies: As if everything the Roundies in ''Dot in Space'' put her through isn't bad enough, she initially has to put up with this attitude from the Squaries. |
| 100 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: |
| 101 | ** She cries TearsOfRemorse over the weakened Kangaroo after inadvertently blowing their cover resulting in them both being chased by dingos. |
| 102 | ** She has this in ''Dot and the Koala'' as the dam starts to collapse with the barn animal townsfolk near it. [[spoiler: Fortunately, there were no casualties.]] |
| 103 | * NatureHero: As of films after the original, she's frequently able to communicate with animals like people and has much more of a connection to them than before, as well as [[BadassAdorable becoming very brave and willing to take charge in helping or protecting them]] whenever she has to. |
| 104 | * NiceGirl: One of the kindest, most selfless and most empathetic little girls you'll ever meet. |
| 105 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: |
| 106 | ** In ''Dot and Keeto'', she is captured and enslaved by an ant colony when she only wanted to apologise to them for her brother tormenting them. |
| 107 | ** In ''Dot in Space'', she successfully rescues Whyka, only to crash-land on the planet Pie-Arr-Squared where she is ambushed, captured, imprisoned in a slave labour camp, abused and starved by the Roundies for no reason other than not being round herself and after she escapes, she also has to deal with hostile trees, quicksand, active volcanoes, being recaptured and threatened by an alien dinosaur before she can return to Earth. |
| 108 | * NoSell: No matter how much Funny-Bunny tries to convince her, she'll always see through his attempts to pass himself off as a joey in ''Dot and the Bunny''. |
| 109 | * OhCrap: She gets plenty of these moments, given the nature of her adventures. |
| 110 | * PluckyGirl: Most of her adventures are quite life threatening and/or traumatizing, including almost dying of coral poison and being imprisoned on a distant alien planet among other threats, but in the end, she still remains cheerful and empathetic. |
| 111 | * PrefersGoingBarefoot: She is always barefoot in all the movies. |
| 112 | ** Averted with her live-action form in ''Around the World with Dot'' and her becoming an astronaut in ''Dot in Space''. |
| 113 | * SpeaksFluentAnimal: Thanks to a root -- or berries in the original book -- given to her by the Kangaroo, Dot has the ability to speak with and understand animals. Some of the other films do offer other explanations for how and to what extent she can talk to animals, while others don't. |
| 114 | * SameCharacterButDifferent: In the first film, she acts much the same as any innocent toddler lost in the wild, while in the sequels, she's a bit older and becomes much more courageous and proactive. |
| 115 | * SuperNotDrowningSkills: In ''Dot and the Whale'', she spends practically the whole time underwater with absolutely no issues regarding air, heat or water pressure. That said, it's (somewhat, considering she's otherwise an ordinary human) explained by Nelson the dolphin teaching her to breathe the way his species does. |
| 116 | * TakeMeToYourLeader: She is subjected to an inverted and forced example of this trope in ''Dot in Space'' when she is captured by the Roundies. |
| 117 | * TraumaCongaLine: Boy, does she go through ''a lot'' of trauma: |
| 118 | ** In ''Dot and the Whale'', she and Nelson get attacked by a trio of sharks, which causes them both to be separated, gets zapped by an electric eel, nearly gets crushed by a big and clumsy sea turtle, gets spooked by a group of cackling skeletons in the Golden Dragon, and after she reunites with Nelson, she accidentally steps on some poisonous coral which she would have died from had the Octopus not revived her, and when they reach Antarctica, the duo get attacked by a flock of seagulls while trying to protect a penguin egg from them, and after everything she went through, she gets turned down by Moby Dick when she asks for his aid in helping Tonga return to the sea. |
| 119 | ** In ''Dot in Space'', she nearly gets electrocuted by an electric fence that Dozey-Face grabs, narrowly escapes being blown up after the Russians detonate Whyka's rocket, gets crushed by some metal piping thanks to the shockwave from the explosion, which also throws her off course, accidentally crash lands onto Pie-Arr-Squared [[BoundAndGagged where she gets ambushed and captured by]] ScaryDogmaticAliens [[MadeASlave and imprisoned in a slave labor camp]] [[WouldHurtAChild where she is subjected to enslavement, starvation and abuse]] [[FantasticRacism for not being round enough]], and after she escapes, she is forced to navigate through [[QuicksandSucks quicksand]], [[WhenTreesAttack hostile trees]] and active volcanoes [[spoiler: [[FedToTheBeast and nearly gets recaptured and left at the mercy of an alien dinosaur]] (who fortunately, [[WouldntHurtAChild spares her life]]).]] |
| 120 | * UncannyValley: |
| 121 | ** The extreme close-up of her eye during her AloneInACrowd song in ''Around the World with Dot'' could be seen as this. |
| 122 | ** This is repeated with both her eyes with sea creatures swimming around her pupils in ''Dot and the Whale''. |
| 123 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one seems to comment on a little girl wandering around barefoot everywhere she goes, especially in the wilderness of Australia. Particularly in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'', which takes place in the titular city, where everyone else she meets and dances with, on or off stage, have shoes, and no one notices or says a thing. |
| 124 | * UnwillingSuspension: Played with in ''Dot in Space'' as the Roundies can float in midair, allowing them to capture her and then suspend her by holding each end of the rope. |
| 125 | * VagueAge: In the original book and film, she is depicted as a five-year-old (or seven, according to some sources), but the sequels (especially the later ones) depict her as no older than at least nine or ten. |
| 126 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: When she wakes up to find a snake coiling around her legs, she is terrified. Thankfully, the kookaburra advises her to stand still and swoops down to stop the snake from biting her. She seemed to have gotten over her fear as the series progressed, but she still made sure to approach snakes (and other reptiles) with caution in ''Dot and the Bunny''. |
| 127 | * WingdingEyes: She gets stars in her eyes when she realizes that film stars make a lot of money, believing this would help her make enough to pay for Gumley's eye operation in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood''. |
| 128 | * WithMyHandsTied: She does this to the Roundies in ''Dot in Space'', stamping hard on their feet and kicking them in the face (although the latter may be due to her attempting to break free of her bondage). |
| 129 | * YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou: Given what she goes through in ''Dot in Space'', she confides to Whyka this is what will happen when they return to Earth. |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[folder: Dot's Family]] |
| 133 | !!Mother |
| 134 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Joan Bruce (original film) |
| 135 | --> '''Portrayed (and voiced) by:''' Lucy Charles (''Dot and Keeto'') |
| 136 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bztdinwq3njmtywrjoc00mzg4ltljnjctythjngzmyzjknmuwxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvynjc3ndgwnzu_v1.jpg]] |
| 137 | Dot's mother, appears in the original film, and ''Dot and Keeto'' |
| 138 | ---- |
| 139 | * BlatantLies: [[spoiler: She claims to have been worried sick about Dot when she returns home safe and sound at the end of the film. She didn't seem to even care when Simon tried to tell her Dot had run away.]] |
| 140 | * CaptainOblivious: In ''Dot and Keeto'', she spends most of the film unaware of Dot's absence, even after Simon tells her she's run away. |
| 141 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Doesn't appear in the last four sequels. |
| 142 | * NotNowKid: Her general attitude towards Simon in ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 143 | * ParentalObliviousness: She refuses to believe Simon (or possibly even listen to him) when he tries to tell her Dot's run away. She remains oblivious to the insect-sized Dot's attempts at alerting her to her situation as well as her being absent until the end of the film when she's returned to her normal size and returns home safe and sound. |
| 144 | * PutOnABus: From ''Around the World with Dot'' to ''Dot and the Koala''. |
| 145 | * {{Retcon}}: In her second appearance. |
| 146 | * TheBusCameBack: But only for ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 147 | * UncannyValley: Just look at her eyes! Even by 1977 standards, they are still creepy. |
| 148 | |
| 149 | !!Father |
| 150 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Ron Haddrick |
| 151 | [[quoteright:866:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/795d92667ad332d1e69f3230cd6053d81a1381e3_7.jpg]] |
| 152 | Dot's father, appears in the original film. |
| 153 | ---- |
| 154 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Doesn't appear in the sequels but mentioned in ''Dot and the Bunny''. |
| 155 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: Averted though given how rapidly he becomes ill while searching for Dot, he gave up at the right time. |
| 156 | |
| 157 | !!Jack the Farmhand |
| 158 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Richard Meikle |
| 159 | [[quoteright:868:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/064a08aad0fd0ee7778f000b605f7b891d10a47e_9.jpg]] |
| 160 | Dot's grandfather, appears in the original film. |
| 161 | ---- |
| 162 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Doesn't appear in any of the sequels, making it ''very'' likely that he has died sometime after the original film. |
| 163 | |
| 164 | !!Ben |
| 165 | -->'''Portrayed (and voiced) by:''' Ben Alcott |
| 166 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f8795dbf7899d43d0263d5fe2a3bdaadcfdb8187_3.jpg]] |
| 167 | Dot's brother in ''Around the World with Dot''. |
| 168 | ---- |
| 169 | * {{Retcon}}: Replaced by Simon in ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 170 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He doesn't appear after the ''Ingenuity'' song sequence. |
| 171 | |
| 172 | !!Simon |
| 173 | --> '''Portrayed (and voiced) by:''' Leaf Nowland |
| 174 | [[quoteright:913:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0949d65d539fcfdc192f6ecb2db78f4728522f0d_4.jpg]] |
| 175 | Dot's brother in ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 176 | ---- |
| 177 | * BigEater: Stuffs his face with cookies while his mother's not looking. |
| 178 | * BrattyHalfPint: Gives both Dot and their mother a hard time because of his antics. |
| 179 | * TheCassandra: His mother doesn't believe him when he tells her Dot's run away, though he doesn't help the situation by trying to tattle on Dot before hand. |
| 180 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Makes no further appearances in the remaining sequels. |
| 181 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: He's the Foolish Sibling to Dot's Responsible Sibling. |
| 182 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He whines incessantly after Dot pushes him over for tormenting bugs. |
| 183 | * TheUnfavourite: Because of his tendency to cause trouble, his mother tends to ignore him and doesn't take him seriously, not even when he tries tell her Dot's run away. |
| 184 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His tormenting bugs to the consternation of Dot is what sets the plot in motion as Dot decides to apologise to the ants on his behalf and ends up shrinking herself down to bug-size. |
| 185 | ** Worst of all, by destroying the ants' nest, he made Dot the scapegoat when she gets captured by the Queen Ant's soldiers and when she tries to apologize to the ants on his behalf, they reject it and subject her to a lifetime of slavery. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder: Dot's Friends]] |
| 189 | !!Kangaroo |
| 190 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Joan Bruce (original film); Anne Haddy (''Dot & the Bunny''); Robyn Moore (''Dot & Keeto'') |
| 191 | [[quoteright:869:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a2df893589922f2144d287f9a0cf54aa825b29d1.jpg]] |
| 192 | The titular character from the book and movie. After losing her joey, she finds Dot lost in the bush and offers to help her find her way. |
| 193 | ---- |
| 194 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She is the kindest of all the bush creatures Dot meets, but she's also willing to protect her as if she were her own joey, and [[DeadlyDodging indirectly sends one of the dingoes chasing them falling to his death]]. |
| 195 | * ButNowIMustGo: After their adventure in the book and first film, she leaves Dot with her family, and goes back to the wilderness without so much as a goodbye. She returns in ''Dot and the Bunny'' and ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 196 | * DeadlyDodging: She ducks from one of the dingos attacking her, sending him over the gorge and falling to his death. |
| 197 | * MamaBear: She becomes this to Dot when she fights off the dingoes. In ''Dot and Keeto'' She also rescues Dot from a spider attempting to eat her and Keeto the Mosquito. |
| 198 | * NiceGirl: Despite not really trusting humans herself, she willingly helped the lost and frightened Dot. [[spoiler:She was also willing to take in Funny-Bunny at the end of ''Dot and the Bunny'']]. |
| 199 | * NoNameGiven: |
| 200 | * PutOnABus: She's absent in most of the sequels. |
| 201 | * TheBusCameBack: She returns in ''Dot and the Bunny'' and ''Dot and Keeto'' and as a cameo in ''Around the World with Dot'' and ''Dot and the Smugglers''. |
| 202 | |
| 203 | !!Mr. and Mrs. Platypus |
| 204 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Spike Milligan (Mr. Platypus, original film); June Salter (Mrs. Platypus, original film); Ross Higgins (Mrs. Platypus, ''Dot & the Bunny''); Keith Scott (Mr. Platypus; ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'' and ''Dot in Space''); Robyn Moore (Mrs. Platypus, ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'' and ''Dot in Space'') |
| 205 | [[quoteright:870:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3451a6ce669e80c54d0611156b735d65fe8a4e4e.jpg]] |
| 206 | ---- |
| 207 | A platypus couple whom Dot encounters in the original film. |
| 208 | * BerserkButton: Mr. Platypus does not like books being written about him. |
| 209 | * TheBusCameBack: |
| 210 | ** Mrs Platypus appears in ''Dot and the Bunny''. |
| 211 | ** They both return for the last three sequels. |
| 212 | * IAmSong: They sing a song about themselves describing themselves, more specifically, they refer to themselves as "Ornithorhynchus paradoxus" (which is a rather outdated Latin term for platypus). |
| 213 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: They are rather grumpy and snooty, but are still willing to help Dot find her way home. |
| 214 | * PutOnABus: Mr. Platypus from ''Around the World with Dot'' to ''Dot and the Smugglers''. |
| 215 | * TookALevelInKindness: They seem to be a lot nicer in the last two sequels than they were in the original. |
| 216 | |
| 217 | !!Dozey-Face and Grumble-Bones |
| 218 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Ron Haddrick (Grumble-Bones; ''Around the World with Dot/Dot and Santa Claus''); Anne Haddy (Dozey-Face; ''Around the World with Dot/Dot and Santa Claus''); Keith Scott (Grumble-Bones; ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'' and ''Dot in Space''); Robyn Moore (Dozey-Face; ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'' and ''Dot in Space'') |
| 219 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6877d2fa9a2f5e16fc4d3d8a3d63a99163a549b0.jpg]] |
| 220 | A supposed Kangaroo couple who are tasked with pulling the sleigh in ''Around the World with Dot'' |
| 221 | ---- |
| 222 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Although they seem to be always arguing and snarking towards each other, in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'', Grumble-Bones plants a kiss on Dozey-Face's lips while doing impersonations of certain Hollywood film stars. |
| 223 | * BlackComedy: Grumble-Bones makes light of the fact that Gumley is wearing glasses to help him with his eye condition, takes them from him and does impersonations of various Hollywood film stars! |
| 224 | * BornAsAnAdult: Grumble-Bones stubbornly insists he was never a joey in ''Around the World with Dot''. |
| 225 | * CardCarryingJerkass: While more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, Grumble-Bones admits he enjoys being mean in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood''. |
| 226 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Dozey-Face in the last two sequels. While she appears dumber than in her first appearance, she does know where Hollywood and Cape Kennedy are located, and somehow has the ability to disguise herself as the Kangaroo mascot for Qantas. |
| 227 | * DeadpanSnarker: Grumble-Bones (and also Dozey-Face to an extent). |
| 228 | * GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Dozey-Face's gleeful to Grumble-Bones' grumpy. |
| 229 | * GreenEyedMonster: Grumble-Bones comparing space travel to a kangaroo pouch ride in response to Dot suggesting the former must be fun in ''Dot in Space''. |
| 230 | * GrumpyOldMan: Or at least the kangaroo equivalent in Grumble-Bones' case. |
| 231 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Grumble-Bones. |
| 232 | * LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: They're always arguing. |
| 233 | * MamaBear: Dozey-Face to Dot, especially in the last two sequels. |
| 234 | * MeaningfulName: Two of them, Dozey-Face is lazy and Grumble-Bones is grumpy. |
| 235 | * NiceGirl: Dozey-Face. |
| 236 | * OnlySaneMan: Grumble-Bones, given the goals Dot sets herself in his appearances, though more often than not, he puts ideas into her head without even realizing it. |
| 237 | ** In ''Dot in Space'' however, this is debatable as he suggests they should have sent a kangaroo into space, whether he is being sarcastic or not is unknown. |
| 238 | * PapaWolf: Grumble-Bones. |
| 239 | * PerpetualFrowner: Grumble-Bones. |
| 240 | * PutOnABus: From ''Dot and the Bunny'' to ''Dot and the Smugglers''. |
| 241 | * RedOniBlueOni: Grumble-Bones' red to Dozey-Face's blue. |
| 242 | * SarcasmMode: Possibly Grumble-Bones when he responds to Whyka's predicament in ''Dot in Space'' by suggesting they should have sent a kangaroo into space. It is unknown if this is the case. |
| 243 | * SmartJerkAndNiceMoron: Grumble-Bones is the smart jerk and Dozey-Face is the nice moron (at least in the last two sequels). |
| 244 | * TheBusCameBack: They return in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'' and ''Dot in Space''. |
| 245 | * TheDeterminator: Dozey-Face if it means helping Dot to achieve her goals and Grumble-Bones in ''Around the World with Dot''. |
| 246 | * TookALevelInBadass: Grumble-Bones when he fights a green dragon to protect Dot, [[MistakenIdentity it turns out to be a kite]] but still... |
| 247 | * TookALevelInDumbass: Somewhat downplayed with Dozey Face, but she sounds a lot dumber in the last two sequels than she was in her first appearance, with her confusing "physician" with "magician" in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'', and grabbing the barbed wire on the electric fence, resulting in both her and Dot getting electrocuted and triggering a security alarm at Cape Kennedy in ''Dot in Space''. |
| 248 | ** On the other hand, she does know where Hollywood and Cape Kennedy are located and somehow has the ability to disguise herself as the Kangaroo mascot for Qantas. See also CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass. |
| 249 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Grumble-Bones admits to enjoying being mean in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'' and teases Gumley for his having to wear glasses because of his illness and Dot's chances of saving his life. |
| 250 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Somewhat downplayed with Dozey-Face in ''Dot in Space'', as while we never see her after Dot bids farewell to her as she prepares to switch places with Buster to rescue Whyka, the storybook adaptation confirms that she was waiting for her underneath the shady tree away from Cape Kennedy. |
| 251 | |
| 252 | !!Santa Claus/Danny the Swagman |
| 253 | -->'''Portrayed/Voiced by:''' Drew Forsythe |
| 254 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4cb43937faf00e1afe08c89e6679a8ba47bb1f51.jpg]] |
| 255 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ce98ad1ef0c4a0a6c74e8a1ceeb1369138bf4059.jpg]] |
| 256 | He appears in ''Around the World With Dot'', taking Dot to different locations around the world to see the different ways everyone celebrates Christmas as well as helping her in her quest to locate the Kangaroo's missing joey. |
| 257 | ---- |
| 258 | * FriendToAllChildren: When he is first introduced as Danny the Swagman, he can be seen playing soccer with a group of kids before accidentally kicking it over a fence into Dot's backyard and splashing her brother Ben in the face for which he apologizes, and agrees to help Dot find the lost joey for the kangaroo she befriended in the original film. Dot even [[LampshadedTrope lampshades]] this after he transforms into Santa Claus, dubbing him "the father to all children around the world, especially around Christmastime." |
| 259 | * NiceGuy: A jolly and friendly soul, and even more so when he reveals himself as jolly old Saint Nick. |
| 260 | * SurpriseSantaEncounter: He shows up initially as Danny the Swagman, before revealing himself to be the jolly elf in red. |
| 261 | |
| 262 | !!Funny-Bunny |
| 263 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Robyn Moore |
| 264 | [[quoteright:919:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0df6aeb271e61491a433b144daa3c692d4af3a09.jpg]] |
| 265 | Dot's rabbit friend from ''Dot and the Bunny''. He tries numerous times to fool Dot into thinking he's a joey, a baby kangaroo. |
| 266 | ---- |
| 267 | * AgonyOfTheFeet: He gets bitten on his hind feet by crocodiles but is no worse off for it. |
| 268 | * BadassAdorable: He is able to weave a fake pouch, tie up his ears, tie a broom to his tail and fashion stilts for himself, Dot's dream sequence depicts him playing a banjo. |
| 269 | * BigEgoHiddenDepths: See BadassAdorable, his description of other rabbits compared to himself in the ''Kangaroo that never grew'' sequence all but confirming the ego part, although it could also come across as an AwesomeEgo on the rare occasion that it doesn't get him into trouble. |
| 270 | * BlatantLies: They are not just limited to his attempts to pass himself off as a joey. |
| 271 | * BloodlessCarnage: See AgonyOfTheFeet above. |
| 272 | * BrattyHalfPint: Seeing as he is his species' equivalent of a young child, he can be pretty bratty at times, and he even tests the limits of Dot's patience with his antics as the film goes on. [[spoiler:Of course, he has a pretty sad reason for this behavior.]] |
| 273 | * ButtMonkey: |
| 274 | ** He suffers numerous misfortunes over the course of the movie but for the most part, he brings it on himself due to repeatedly trying to imitate a joey. |
| 275 | ** Even in the ''Kangaroo That Never Grew'' sequence in Dot's dream, he gets jumped on by a kangaroo. |
| 276 | * CaptainOblivious: |
| 277 | ** To the fact that no matter how much he tries to pass himself off as a joey, Dot is always going to see through it and to the fact that he is not a joey in general. |
| 278 | ** He also never realises the dangers he puts himself and Dot in over the course of the movie (at least not until their encounter with the crocodiles) due to [[SkewedPriorities his obsession with trying to convince Dot he is the joey she's looking for.]] |
| 279 | * DeathSeeker: It's possible, given the more distressed he becomes with every failed attempt to convince Dot he is the missing joey, especially by the time she tries to save him from falling into a raging torrent. |
| 280 | * DirtyCoward: A non-malicious example but he keeps talking himself up about how brave and courageous he is and promising to protect Dot and keep her safe. She usually ends up being the one to protect or save him. For instance, he runs for his life the moment he sees the snakes and goannas while Dot merely approaches them with caution. |
| 281 | * DisneyDeath: He falls into a raging torrent and seemingly drowns. Thankfully, later that night, he resurfaces unscathed and finds the wallaby cave where Dot has sought refuge. |
| 282 | * FakeUltimateHero: Whenever Dot (or another animal, the Flying-Fox for example) saves him after he gets into trouble, he always immediately claims he was the one to save Dot. |
| 283 | * HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:By Kangaroo at the end of the film.]] |
| 284 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Among other things, he moans about the Flying-Fox leaving him and Dot on Flying Fox Island and wishes to return to Australia, when he gets the opportunity to do so by riding a sea-turtle, he decides he'd rather stay behind, the thought of having to say goodbye to all the crabs on Dot's behalf ultimately makes up his mind. |
| 285 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler: It turns out the reason why he's been trying to convince Dot he's a joey the whole time was because he heard her talking to a family of koalas about finding the real joey to bring back to his mother, and he wanted to have a mother in order to be loved again because his whole family has been killed by hunters.]] |
| 286 | * ImposterForgotOneDetail: Actually, many details, but the most prominent one is that he's a rabbit, and he looks nothing like a baby kangaroo, no matter what adjustments he makes. |
| 287 | * MeaningfulName: He gets his name from Dot initially finding amusement in his attempts to pass himself off as a joey. |
| 288 | * TheMillstone: He spends more time getting into trouble and trying to imitate a joey than he does actually helping Dot. |
| 289 | * OhCrap: He becomes prone to this the more he gets into trouble, the most prominent instance is when faced with being left on Battle Beach if he doesn't join Dot on the sea-turtle. |
| 290 | * PaperThinDisguise: Doesn't get much more paper-thin than strapping a fake pouch round your middle, tying your ears together and tying a broom to your tail just to make yourself look like a joey. Needless to say, Dot isn't fooled by any of this and draws the line when he tries to use stilts to increase the height of his hopping. |
| 291 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: A non-villainous example though he does get annoyed easily and actively eggs on a pair of fighting kangaroos. |
| 292 | * ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:For the kangaroo's missing joey.]] |
| 293 | * SkewedPriorities: He persists in trying to convince Dot he is the missing joey to the exclusion of everything else, even when he is in danger such as being on the verge of falling into a raging torrent. |
| 294 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Hunters killed his parents, leaving him orphaned.]] |
| 295 | * TraumaCongaLine: He lost his family to hunters, he falls off a log into a stream, nearly gets crushed by jumping kangaroos, falls into a raging torrent and nearly gets eaten by crocodiles to name but a few. Lucky for him that Dot is there to save him every time, sometimes at the risk of her own life. |
| 296 | * TooDumbToLive: He nearly gets himself and Dot killed or seriously injured several times over the course of the movie. |
| 297 | * UngratefulBastard: Walking hand-in-hand with TooDumbToLive, for instance, he bemoans the Flying-Fox leaving him and Dot on Flying Fox Island when they both just came close to being eaten by crocodiles. Dot herself calls him out on this. |
| 298 | * WhatTheHellHero: He gets this several times from Dot over the course of the movie. |
| 299 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[spoiler: When Funny-Bunny breaks down sobbing and admits he doesn't want to be a rabbit, Dot cheers him up by reminding him that rabbits are important, citing the Easter Bunny as an example.]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | !! Flying Fox |
| 302 | -->Voiced by: Ross Higgins |
| 303 | [[quoteright:916:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a26f89957102beee62b7c0fba934bfdb0d88f091.jpg]] |
| 304 | A Flying Fox who Dot helps out in ''Dot and the Bunny''. |
| 305 | ---- |
| 306 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Dot rescues him when he gets his wing caught on a tree branch, he repays her by rescuing her and Funny-Bunny from crocodiles. |
| 307 | * BigDamnHeroes: He swoops in to rescue Dot and Funny-Bunny just when they are about to be attacked by crocodiles. |
| 308 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Sort of, he appears only for the purpose of Dot rescuing him and him returning the favour but his leaving Dot and Funny-Bunny on Flying Fox Island leads to them discovering Battle Beach, which leads to Funny-Bunny finally opening up about his TragicBackstory, [[spoiler: which leads to Dot asking the mother kangaroo to adopt him.]] |
| 309 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: When Dot first encounters him, he is with another Flying Fox, but he is on his own when he rescues her and Funny-Bunny. |
| 310 | |
| 311 | !!Bruce |
| 312 | -->Voiced by: Keith Scott |
| 313 | [[quoteright:935:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/88b67c9e75b98230932efd98717821e66674cd39.jpg]] |
| 314 | The titular koala from ''Dot and the Koala'', who wants to stop a dam from being built in his hometown. |
| 315 | ---- |
| 316 | * TheBusCameBack: He returns (sort of) in ''Dot and the Smugglers''. |
| 317 | * TheDeterminator: He'll do anything to save his hometown, even turning to Dot for help as a last resort. |
| 318 | * PutOnABus: In ''Dot and Keeto'' and ''Dot and the Whale''. |
| 319 | * SuddenlyShouting: When he demands some peace and quiet in ''Dot and the Smugglers''. |
| 320 | |
| 321 | !! Sheila |
| 322 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Robyn Moore |
| 323 | [[quoteright:935:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f99759ddc71ae3a1aee236e748599f09059b3035.jpg]] |
| 324 | A kangaroo who is Bruce's closest ally in ''Dot and the Koala''. |
| 325 | ---- |
| 326 | * KickTheDog: She actually kicks the doghouse but she is tasked with distracting Dot's dog while Bruce and the other animals try to wake Dot. |
| 327 | |
| 328 | !!Keeto |
| 329 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 330 | [[quoteright:917:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3fe33b70523196bcfe66214536f5c4f8ac9898ad.jpg]] |
| 331 | The happy go-lucky mosquito from ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 332 | ---- |
| 333 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: This may be why Keeto agrees to help the insect-sized Dot find the green root in order for her to return to her normal size, since she rescued him from a spider's web early in the film. |
| 334 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Dot rescues him from a spider's web while she is her normal size, [[spoiler: both he and the insect-sized Dot get caught in a spider's web in the climax, it takes the insect-sized kangaroo fighting off the spider and force-feeding Dot the green root to save them both.]] |
| 335 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He gets a little ''too'' much in Dot's face when they first meet. |
| 336 | * PunnyName: Keeto the mosquito. |
| 337 | * ShownTheirWork: Being a male mosquito, he quickly reassures Dot that he sucks sap, not blood. |
| 338 | |
| 339 | !!Butterwalk |
| 340 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 341 | [[quoteright:915:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cf0f8f74838b37f641d2d9ed08197efe68f223b5.jpg]] |
| 342 | A wise caterpillar from ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 343 | ---- |
| 344 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: He agrees to help the insect-sized Dot find the magic root that would restore her to her normal size, since she saved him from drowning in a watering can that her brother Simon put him in. |
| 345 | * ButNowIMustGo: Played with, given that shortly after he and Keeto rescue Dot from her imprisonment in Nasty's nest, he undergoes a transformation into a cocoon. [[spoiler: At the very end of the film, he becomes a butterfly.]] |
| 346 | * OnlySaneMan: He can be seen as this, given his friend Keeto can be somewhat of a {{Narcissist}}. |
| 347 | * PunnyName: His name is a take-off on "butterfly", since "walk" is an antonym for "fly". |
| 348 | |
| 349 | !!Nelson |
| 350 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 351 | [[quoteright:937:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a2a037aeeae74d86c47cb4c8a562659837da7659.jpg]] |
| 352 | Dot's dolphin friend from ''Dot and the Whale''. He accompanies Dot on her journey to help Tonga the whale. |
| 353 | ---- |
| 354 | * PapaWolf: He takes on three sharks to protect Dot. |
| 355 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Averted, [[spoiler: after returning Dot to Australia, he doesn't appear again until Tonga is rescued and temporarily placed with him in the aquarium]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | !!Tonga |
| 358 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Robyn Moore |
| 359 | [[quoteright:941:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8bc529a3b0919e5ea8bbc5f333b489982e197956_6.jpg]] |
| 360 | ---- |
| 361 | A depressed female whale who washes herself up on the beach waiting to die, only to change her mind thanks to the kindness of Dot and her friends. |
| 362 | * AccidentalMisnaming: Mr. Carlow repeatedly calls her ''Bongo''. |
| 363 | * DeathSeeker: She lost her will to live after [[spoiler:her family were killed by whalers. Thankfully, the kindness of Dot and a handful of human children encourage her to live again]]. |
| 364 | * SoleSurvivor: Of her immediate family, that is. |
| 365 | * WhereAreTheyNow: [[spoiler: The ending narration mentions she returned to her surviving relatives.]] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | !!The Bunyip |
| 368 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 369 | [[quoteright:908:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8c6edc1dddb42bd51829ac49a7d1978c85933662.jpg]] |
| 370 | Mentioned in the first film, but makes its physical debut in ''Dot and the Smugglers''. |
| 371 | ---- |
| 372 | * NonMaliciousMonster: The song from the first film implied it was a vicious monster that terrorized humans and animals alike. [[spoiler:Turns out its actually a [[FaceOfAThug peaceful creature]]]]. |
| 373 | * SkywardScream: When it finally appears, it sticks its head up out of the water, roaring to the heavens. It's enough to temporarily intimidate Dot and her friends, animal and human alike. |
| 374 | |
| 375 | !!Gumley |
| 376 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 377 | [[quoteright:428:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snapshot_1_12_30_2022_9_53_pm_7.png]] |
| 378 | Dot's sick baby koala friend who appears in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood''. |
| 379 | ---- |
| 380 | * ButtMonkey: A more tragic example, given his condition, but there is a ton of slapstick involving him. |
| 381 | * DelicateAndSickly: He suffers from life-threatening koala eye disease and Dot is trying to raise the funds for an operation that could save him. |
| 382 | * HarsherInHindsight: His life-threatening eye disease could be seen as this, given that the author of the book that is the basis for the original film passed away due to cancer. |
| 383 | * HighKoalatyCuteness: Even though it's to protect his eyes, he does look cute with those glasses. [[spoiler: Even more so when he's fully recovered and loses them.]] |
| 384 | * IAmNotWeasel: A constant RunningGag throughout the film is that he gets mistaken by others as a beaver, gopher, dog etc. |
| 385 | * IWantSong: He sings about missing Dot and wanting her back as well as to save him from his increasing illness after he is put in a zoo. |
| 386 | * NerdGlasses: He is forced to wear glasses because he is suffering from Koala eye disease that is slowly causing him to go blind and could kill him. |
| 387 | |
| 388 | !!Leo |
| 389 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 390 | [[quoteright:829:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/67f3a88e37e74594a2366e86c9db21f031b8da8b.jpg]] |
| 391 | A lion and one of two former animal stars Dot meets in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood''. |
| 392 | ---- |
| 393 | * BaitAndSwitch: He emerges from his den and approaches Dot and Gumley as if he's going to eat them, sniffs Dot, [[spoiler: and then asks if she's his agent!]] |
| 394 | * TheBusCameBack: InUniverse. After years of being locked in the Hollywood Zoo waiting for their big break, he and Kong are invited to join Dot and friends on stage for the GrandFinale. |
| 395 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Tarzan and Kong. |
| 396 | * IWantSong: Both he and Kong sing about the good old days when they were both big stars in the golden age of Hollywood. |
| 397 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He sounds a bit like [[Creator/JimmyDurante Jimmy Durante]]. |
| 398 | * WouldntHurtAChild: As a lion, he's TheDreaded to all the other animals in the Hollywood zoo, but despite this he wouldn't harm a living creature regardless of age or species, especially if one considers that he was best friends with Tarzan (a human). |
| 399 | |
| 400 | !!Kong |
| 401 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 402 | [[quoteright:829:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4d6644af9190f0dc7a57464ee81a0e656568ea97.jpg]] |
| 403 | A monkey and one of two former animal stars Dot meets in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood''. |
| 404 | ---- |
| 405 | * TheBusCameBack: InUniverse. After years of being locked in the Hollywood Zoo waiting for their big break, he and Leo are invited to join Dot and friends on stage for the GrandFinale. |
| 406 | * RoleEndingMisdemeanor: InUniverse. While on the set filming another adventure with Tarzan, he accidentally pees on the floor, prompting the director to fire him. |
| 407 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Tarzan and Leo. |
| 408 | * IWantSong: Both he and Leo sing about the good old days when they were both big stars in the golden age of Hollywood. |
| 409 | * ShoutOut: During their song about reminiscing about their careers in Hollywood, he can be seen reenacting the SignatureScene from [[Film/KingKong1933 King Kong]] where the titular ape climbs to the top of the Empire State Building swatting at approaching airplanes. |
| 410 | |
| 411 | !!Whyka |
| 412 | [[quoteright:931:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e70bd1fac24e4ab548e63aa357ade2e970548b5d_6.jpg]] |
| 413 | A Russian dog whom Dot decides to rescue in ''Dot in Space''. |
| 414 | ---- |
| 415 | * AlienGenderConfusion: A Roundy soldier refers to her as a male when she reacts to the Roundies capturing Dot by biting his finger. |
| 416 | * AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: She is able to competently operate a computer, as shown in her astronaut training. Too bad she can't reach the controls in her rocket, even if she could operate them properly. |
| 417 | * TheDogBitesBack: |
| 418 | ** She bites the Roundy Sergeant's hand and later, a Roundy soldier's foot after she and Dot are captured. |
| 419 | ** During her astronaut training, she chased away a brown cat that was teasing her while she was on a treadmill. |
| 420 | * FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: During her astronaut training, she chased an annoying brown cat, running on her hind legs. |
| 421 | * IWillOnlySlowYouDown: Once tied up, Dot warns her to run for her own safety just before being gagged. |
| 422 | * LoyalAnimalCompanion: Becomes this to Dot after she rescues her and when they crash-land on Pie-Arr-Squared, she doesn't run away for her own safety once (even after Dot warns her to) and is only separated from Dot when she is given to Roley [[spoiler: and likely when she is put inside Dot's rocket when she, The Party (a.k.a. Roley), Gorgo and the Roundie army stand up to Papa Drop because there could have been an alien gunfight, and Dot didn't want to take the risk of putting her in danger.]] |
| 423 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: She is the fictional counterpart of Laika, who died in 1957 after being launched into orbit. |
| 424 | * PrehensileTail: She can hold up an umbrella with her tail while balancing on a tightrope. |
| 425 | |
| 426 | !!Poley |
| 427 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Robyn Moore |
| 428 | [[quoteright:937:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/271a5ad560e5e4f4e6bf096b9496a2bad3102324.jpg]] |
| 429 | An alien prisoner in ''Dot in Space''. |
| 430 | ---- |
| 431 | * BoundAndGagged: She and the rest of her kind were just bound but they had it worse than Dot [[BringTheAnchorAlong as they were each tied to a heavy iron ball so that they couldn't float away and escape from the Roundies]]. |
| 432 | * BreakTheCutie: She's arguably had it worse than the rest of her species under Papa Drop's regime as she was betrothed to his son Roley. |
| 433 | * BringTheAnchorAlong: A forced example, as explained above. |
| 434 | * DisappearedDad: She has a mother but there's no mention of a father, unless he was either worked or starved or flogged to death or even executed by laser gun firing squad for attempting to escape himself. He might even have collaborated with Roley's MissingMom in order to escape, only for both to fall victim to any one of the dangers that Dot and Whyka later encounter. |
| 435 | * DisproportionateRetribution: She has been imprisoned in a slave labour camp where is she is beaten, starved and barred from seeing the love of her life, Roley because his father disapproves of them being in love with each other to the point of hating anyone who isn't round. |
| 436 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: In the climax, she and the rest of her kind are given their freedom and she finally reunites with her ForbiddenLove Roley.]] |
| 437 | * FogFeet: She and the rest of her kind. |
| 438 | * ForbiddenLove: With Roley. |
| 439 | * ForeShadowing: She warns of the dangers that Dot later encounters. |
| 440 | * MadeASlave: She and the rest of her kind are subjected to this under Papa Drop's regime. [[spoiler: They are later given their freedom when Dot, the Party (a.k.a. Roley), Gorgo, and the Roundy Army confront Papa Drop in the climax.]] |
| 441 | * MortalityPhobia: She refuses to run away because she's aware of the dangers she'd likely encounter ([[WhenTreesAttack hostile trees]], volcanoes, quicksand etc). This may very likely be because her DisappearedDad attempted to escape from the Prison for Squaries, but fell victim to one of the dangers Dot and Whyka would soon encounter. |
| 442 | * NiceGirl: While the rest of her species were distrusting of Dot at first, with one even accusing her of being a Roundy spy, she and her mother immediately accepted her, and the former becomes fast friends with her. |
| 443 | * PluckyGirl: Becomes this with encouragement from Dot. |
| 444 | * PunnyName: Her and Roley. |
| 445 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: She doesn't appear much outside of the prison scenes but her explanation of Papa Drop's rise to power inspires Dot to devise an elaborate plan to escape. |
| 446 | * TheWoobie: She has suffered more than most as a result of Papa Drop imprisoning anyone who isn't round as she was betrothed to his son Roley. |
| 447 | |
| 448 | !!Roley (aka The Party) |
| 449 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 450 | [[quoteright:935:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5ad1508751c747f43b750109fbb1a527457224f0.jpg]] |
| 451 | Papa Drop's good-natured son in ''Dot in Space'', [[spoiler: who also goes undercover as the freedom fighter known as ''The Party''.]] |
| 452 | ---- |
| 453 | * ActuallyIAmHim: When Dot asks the mustached stranger if he knows where she can find the Party, he says it's impossible to find him because she's already found him. |
| 454 | * BlatantLies: |
| 455 | ** [[DiggingYourselfDeeper After Dot tries to rescue her rocket herself (likely to bypass the dangers that Poley mentions)]], he tries to blame rabbits which aren't native to Pie-Arr-Squared. |
| 456 | ** [[spoiler: As ''the Party'', he also claims not to believe in life on other planets,]] when he witnessed Dot and Whyka, who are Earthlings, being brought to his father's attention and referred to as "creatures from space", earlier in the movie. [[spoiler: [[ObfuscatingStupidity That is, unless he's pretending not to believe in life on other planets...]]]] |
| 457 | * CallingTheOldManOut: He knows what his father's doing is wrong and [[spoiler: it is only through Dot and being disguised as ''The Party'' that he is able to eventually convince the rest of his species.]] |
| 458 | * ChildishVillainMatureHero: He's the Mature Hero to Papa Drop's Childish Villain. |
| 459 | * ClarkKenting: [[spoiler: He goes behind his father's back disguised as ''The Party'' in an attempt to overthrow him.]] |
| 460 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He is a stuttering ExtremeDoormat in his normal appearance. [[spoiler: As ''The Party'', he is capable of taming an alien dinosaur, knocking down his father's statues and rallying the rest of his species in order to overthrow his father with Dot's help. [[ObfuscatingStupidity Maybe his stupidity is all a façade?]]]] |
| 461 | * DumbassHasAPoint: When his father Papa Drop threatens to throw his army in prison for failing to recapture Dot, he tells him that he can't put an entire army in prison, and asks him who would be in charge of the Prison for Squaries if he did. |
| 462 | * ExtremeDoormat: In his normal appearance, [[spoiler: as "The Party, see CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.]] |
| 463 | * ForbiddenLove: With Poley. |
| 464 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: He respects all of Pie-Arr-Squared's inhabitants, regardless of shape and [[spoiler: he also allies with Whyka (a dog), Dot (a human child) and Gorgo (an alien dinosaur) and collectively, they lead a rebellion against his tyrannical father.]] |
| 465 | * HatOfAuthority: As ''The Party'', he wears a large Western-style hat and generally dresses like an old prospector [[spoiler: and he is about to overthrow his father and become the new ruler of Pie-Arr-Squared.]] |
| 466 | * HiccupHijinks: He has noticeable hiccups whenever he tries to reason with his father, especially in his introductory scene. |
| 467 | * MissingMom: His father is the villain, his mother...is never mentioned. It's possible his mother opposed his father and he had her thrown in prison (as he threatens to do him later in the film) and she was either worked or starved or flogged to death or even executed by laser gun firing squad for attempting to escape herself. She might even have collaborated with Poley's DisappearedDad in order to escape, only for both to fall victim to any one of the dangers that Dot and Whyka later encounter. |
| 468 | * MoralityPet: He tries to be this towards his father, but to no avail. It is when Papa Drop announces his plan to conquer the universe with Dot's rocket that Roley deems him a lost cause. |
| 469 | ** [[spoiler: As ''The Party'', he is this to Gorgo, which is ironic since Gorgo is basically his pet.]] |
| 470 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His expression when he looks apologetically at Whyka screams this as his father orders Dot to be taken away for interrogation in response to him pointing out that the Roundies won't find out who or what Dot is unless she can talk and she can't do that with her gag on. |
| 471 | * NiceGuy: '''''ESPECIALLY''''' when compared to his father and the rest of his species. |
| 472 | * OneManArmy: [[spoiler: As ''The Party''.]] |
| 473 | * OnlySaneMan: |
| 474 | ** Of his species, his first couple of lines prove as much. |
| 475 | --> '''Papa Drop:''' (After Dot is declared a square) "Just as I thought!" (To Dot) "What do you say to that?" (Dot mumbles through her gag and shakes her head) |
| 476 | --> '''Roley:''' (pointing at Dot) "She can't talk with that thing on!" |
| 477 | --> '''Papa Drop:''' "Roley, you keep out of this!" |
| 478 | --> '''Roley:''' "But Father, we'll never find out who she is unless she can talk! Be reasonable!" (Is met with an instant refusal and can only look apologetically at Whyka, muttering [[ThisIsGonnaSuck "Uh-oh!"]], as Dot is taken away for interrogation.) |
| 479 | ** He has clearly observed clothing usually associated with females on his planet enough to recognise that Dot is a girl and refer to her as such [[ItIsDehumanizing when his father refers to her as an "it".]] |
| 480 | * PetTheDog: He looks after Whyka after his father has her confiscated from Dot. |
| 481 | * PunnyName: Him and Poley. |
| 482 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: |
| 483 | ** [[spoiler: It is possible this may explain why, as ''The Party'', he negotiates with Dot before actually rescuing her just to see if she is trustworthy or not when it is obvious that Gorgo trusts her otherwise he wouldn't have spared her (even if he is a herbivore) and she's hardly in a position that screams untrustworthy since she's lying on the ground, tied up and in need of help, not to mention she couldn't even scream for help just moments earlier and he would have observed people in her position many a time as a witness to his father's persecution of the Squaries.]] |
| 484 | ** [[spoiler: Unless his testing Dot is influenced by his being able to tell that Dot is neither a Roundy or a Squarey and therefore could be a spy for either side or neutral and therefore he has to make sure he is doing the right thing by rescuing her, though this still makes one wonder why he even bothered in the first place, given he would, and should, have recognised Dot from when she was originally brought to his father's attention and therefore, known right away she could be trusted.]] |
| 485 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Of his species. It could be said that he was good from the start, when he tries to intervene on a BoundAndGagged Dot's behalf, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished unfortunately it leads to a berating and a whipping from his cruel father.]] |
| 486 | * WouldntHurtAChild: Unlike his father and the rest of his species, [[spoiler: he even unties Dot (albeit after some negotiation) when Gorgo spares her life.]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | !!Gorgo |
| 489 | [[quoteright:934:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/49a372b8b0e2d31af60b5c07ac4e6651fefa9e51.jpg]] |
| 490 | An alien dinosaur in ''Dot in Space''. |
| 491 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: That is, if you can call an alien dinosaur an animal. |
| 492 | * AntiVillain: He is TheDreaded to the inhabitants of Pie-Arr-Squared and destroys their homes [[spoiler: but is a GentleGiant]]. |
| 493 | * BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:The Roundies recapture Dot then flee when they see him coming, leaving the little girl at his mercy, he closes in on her...and eats her gag!]] |
| 494 | * BigFriendlyDog: Well, actually a big friendly alien dinosaur, but close enough. |
| 495 | * ExtremeOmnivore: A downplayed example but it seems he'll eat anything as long as it's covered with traces of pilly-fruit. |
| 496 | * HerbivoresAreFriendly: He lives on pilly-fruit, [[spoiler: this is why he only eats Dot's gag as she had just been eating pilly-fruit herself, leaving juice and residue around her mouth]], and despite being a large, ferocious alien dinosaur, he wouldn't hurt a single living creature, at least not if Roley/The Party had anything to do with it, and especially if Dot is good at cooking food. |
| 497 | * MeaningfulName: Played with, he is an alien dinosaur whose name is derived from ''Gorgosaurus'', which was actually a carnivorous species whereas he is a herbivore. |
| 498 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Being an alien dinosaur, he is very large, ferocious and intimidating and destroys homes and villages [[spoiler: but when Dot and Whyka are at his mercy, he spares them.]] |
| 499 | * OneManArmy: His mere presence is enough to scare off the Roundies. |
| 500 | * ShoutOut: His name may very well be a reference to the titular monster from the eponymous 1961 film. |
| 501 | * SlasherSmile: He has his teeth bared when he chases away the Roundy soldiers and advances on Dot and Whyka, [[spoiler: but this doesn't stop him from sparing them and helping the former out.]] |
| 502 | * UndyingLoyalty: To ''The Party'' (Roley) and also to Dot [[spoiler:after he refuses to eat her]]. |
| 503 | * WouldntHurtAChild: [[spoiler: He advances on Dot as if he's going to eat her and the poor girl can't defend herself as she's been recaptured, so what does he do? He listens to her screaming through her gag briefly then licks it off and eats it!]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | !!The Squaries |
| 506 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott (males); Robyn Moore (females) |
| 507 | [[quoteright:937:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6123f6325adf885f478edc551f051990b7ba13f3_5.jpg]] |
| 508 | A race of aliens, so named because they are not round (or square for that matter), for which Papa Drop has had them imprisoned in ''Dot in Space''. |
| 509 | ---- |
| 510 | * BoundAndGagged: Just bound from what we see in Poley's flashbacks but they had it worse than Dot as they were each tied to a heavy metal ball, presumably so that they couldn't try to float away and escape. |
| 511 | * BringTheAnchorAlong: A forced example as explained above. |
| 512 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Papa Drop had them all imprisoned in a slave labour camp where they are beaten and starved just because they are not round. |
| 513 | * FogFeet: So they float in midair. |
| 514 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After years of suffering under Papa Drop's regime, they are finally freed from their imprisonment thanks to The Party (a.k.a. Roley) and Dot.]] |
| 515 | * InnocentAliens: Being persecuted by ScaryDogmaticAliens (the Roundies). |
| 516 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When Dot is thrown in the Prison for Squaries by the Roundies, they (with the exception of Poley and her mother) were initially distrusting of her, with one of them accusing her of being a Roundy spy, [[spoiler: but they gained respect for her once she along with The Party (a.k.a. Papa Drop's own son Roley) and the reformed Roundy army free them from their imprisonment and put an end to Papa Drop's regime, and wave goodbye to her once she leaves Pie-Arr-Squared to return to her home planet of Earth.]] |
| 517 | * MadeASlave: They have been imprisoned in a slave labour camp for no reason other than not being round. |
| 518 | * NonIndicativeName: They are not even square, they are actually pale blue (or in Poley's case, grey) ghost-like aliens with FogFeet. |
| 519 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: They used to live in harmony with the Roundies until Papa Drop started using FantasticRacism and his own lust for power to influence the rest of his kind to persecute them. |
| 520 | [[/folder]] |
| 521 | |
| 522 | [[folder: Antagonists]] |
| 523 | |
| 524 | !! Dingos |
| 525 | [[quoteright:871:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/65eb8c296f720b3451b6f71f5191d81f761e9be8.jpg]] |
| 526 | A pack of dingoes belonging to a tribe of aboriginals and the main antagonists of the original film. |
| 527 | ---- |
| 528 | * AngryGuardDog: Or in their case, angry guard ''dingoes''. |
| 529 | * DisneyVillainDeath: One of them falls to his death after the mother kangaroo kicks him over a cliff. |
| 530 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Their reaction to hearing the bitterns imitating the Bunyip. |
| 531 | * WouldHurtAChild: It's heavily implied that if the bitterns hadn't scared them off, they would've killed not only the Kangaroo but young Dot as well. |
| 532 | |
| 533 | !! Crocodiles |
| 534 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Ron Haddrick |
| 535 | [[quoteright:917:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/636ac05414c874e1009d58a0f1e0e164ffb828dd.jpg]] |
| 536 | Recurring antagonists, most notably in the first and third films. |
| 537 | ---- |
| 538 | * BigEater: Naturally, being crocodiles they will eat anyone that dares to cross their territory. They try to eat Funny-Bunny and emphasise through song that they will eat Dot as well if she's not careful. They come close to actually attacking Dot and Funny-Bunny until the Flying Fox rescues them. |
| 539 | * IAmSong: In ''Dot and the Bunny'', though this helps them to lure Dot into their clutches, so this also serves as a VillainSong. |
| 540 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: |
| 541 | ** The frogs in the original film narrowly avoid getting eaten by one at the end of their IAmSong. |
| 542 | ** Dot reprimands them when one of them tries to eat Funny-Bunny but this puts her in danger as well until the Flying Fox arrives |
| 543 | * VillainSong: Their IAmSong emphasises how dangerous they are and that they will eat anyone who dares to cross their territory, including children. |
| 544 | * WouldHurtAChild: They would have eaten Dot and Funny-Bunny if the Flying Fox hadn't rescued them. They even say so when Dot asks if they would eat her. |
| 545 | |
| 546 | |
| 547 | !! Mayor Percy |
| 548 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 549 | [[quoteright:933:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9f5f4eb052877427491ca62ec6e2bea5c541fbcb_3.jpg]] |
| 550 | An anthropomorphic pig who serves as the mayor of a small town inhabited by anthropomorphic barn animals in ''Dot and the Koala''. |
| 551 | ---- |
| 552 | * AntiVillain: His plan to build a dam through the bush makes him a villain in the eyes of the bush creatures (and understandably so, as they would have ended up losing their homes if the dam had been completed), but he's not really evil, just misguided. And for all his faults, he does genuinely want to make his constituents happy. |
| 553 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: He seems to have a road rage problem, as seen when he is driving to the council meeting, and nearly runs over an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin old goat]] before a chicken pushes him, saving his life. |
| 554 | * HelpImStuck: He gets stuck in the underground tunnel that Dot's animal friends dug in an attempt to destroy the dam, it takes the collapse of said dam and the ensuing rush of water to free him despite Sherlock, Dot and Bruce coming to help him. |
| 555 | * LargeHam: No pun intended, of course, but he can be considered this with him shouting "Dam for power!" at the top of his lungs. |
| 556 | * OnlySaneMan: At the meeting in the opening scene, he's the only one keeping a straight face, everyone else is laughing hysterically. |
| 557 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He wants to please his constituents by converting their hometown into a 20th-century style city by building a dam in the name of progress. A noble gesture; the problem? It involves destroying a large part of, if not the entire bush. |
| 558 | ** It's revealed the dam they're proposing to build over the river is actually a wall that would stop the water from flowing, which, had the dam not been destroyed, would've resulted in negative consequences not just for the bush animals' side, but also Mayor Percy's hometown as well as Dot's hometown. By blocking the flow of the river, it would've resulted not only in the flooding of the neighboring city, but would've also resulted in a serious drought that would lead everyone on all sides to die from terminal dehydration. |
| 559 | * WhatHaveIDone: He has this after Dot points out the environmental damage he could have done to their hometown had the dam been completed. |
| 560 | |
| 561 | !!Sherlock Bones and Doctor Watson |
| 562 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 563 | [[quoteright:936:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b69f31ac63218271e9e899631917b36ceaa03f14_2.jpg]] |
| 564 | [[caption-width-right:936: Sherlock Bones]] |
| 565 | [[quoteright:934:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f2d6cd46685b802922062d125abf6b92a942fe23_1.jpg]] |
| 566 | [[caption-width-right:934: Dr. Watson]] |
| 567 | A mouse detective and his cat assistant in ''Dot and the Koala''. |
| 568 | ---- |
| 569 | * ButtMonkey: Doctor Watson. |
| 570 | * DirtyCoward: |
| 571 | ** When a riot breaks out between the bush animals and the townspeople, Sherlock chooses to cower under a table and for good measure, he pulls Watson out from under said table and throws him into the riot! |
| 572 | ** He also disguises Watson as a bush animal and throws him into the meeting Dot and Bruce are holding with regards to their plot to destroy the dam, despite knowing Watson would most likely get into trouble if his cover were to be blown. Sherlock himself would probably be smart enough not to blow his cover if he were the one to disguise himself in order to infiltrate Dot and Bruce's meeting but no, he makes Watson do it [[spoiler: and inevitably, Dot and her animal friends find out.]] |
| 573 | * TheCynic: Sherlock, he doesn't believe a koala (Bruce) and a little girl (Dot) are capable of masterminding a plot to destroy the dam. [[spoiler: Boy, could he end up being more wrong?]] |
| 574 | * {{Jerkass}}: Sherlock Bones. |
| 575 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sherlock, but only really to the extent of trying to rescue Mayor Percy when he gets stuck underground and accepting help from Dot and Bruce in this respect. |
| 576 | * MistakenIdentity: Sherlock nearly shoots one of Dot's animal friends after the disguised Watson is captured. |
| 577 | * NoSympathy: [[HelpImStuck When Mayor Percy gets stuck in one of the underground tunnels that Dot's animal friends dug in an attempt to destroy the dam]], Sherlock makes a weight loss joke at his expense. This doesn't stop him from attempting to free him, however. |
| 578 | * PunnyName: Sherlock Bones. |
| 579 | * ShoutOut: Two of them. |
| 580 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Watson after Dot and her animal friends capture him, having seen through his disguise. |
| 581 | * WouldHurtAChild: Their interactions with Dot come at times when they are in no position to harm her and they don't believe she is masterminding the plot to destroy the dam but Sherlock is revealed to have a gun and he does lead a raid on a family of wombats and has them all tied up, including the children. |
| 582 | |
| 583 | !! Cockroaches |
| 584 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 585 | [[quoteright:916:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6cb1fb49a0f6936b35dc34fc762c251420bc2b28.jpg]] |
| 586 | The first bugs the insect-sized Dot encounters in ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 587 | ---- |
| 588 | * BigEater: Most of their screen time consists of clips of them raiding Dot's kitchen. |
| 589 | * HeelFaceTurn: Sort of. [[spoiler: After Dot returns to her normal size, they say goodbye to her.]] |
| 590 | * {{Hypocrite}}: They call Dot out for being rude when they just insulted her and tried to eat her in quick succession, the latter of which Dot says is "worse than rude". |
| 591 | * IAmSong: ''Cockroach'', also serves as a VillainSong. |
| 592 | * {{Jerkass}}: They're very rude, especially when they first meet Dot. |
| 593 | * PerpetualFrowner: They look like they are always angry due to how their eyes and the tops of their heads are drawn. |
| 594 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Specifically red eyes with black pupils and they want to eat Dot. She has pay them in cookie crumbs to dissuade them. |
| 595 | * VillainSong: ''Cockroach'', also serves as an IAmSong. |
| 596 | * WouldHurtAChild: They wish to eat Dot and try to bite her fingers. She offers them cookie crumbs and only then do they lay off her. |
| 597 | |
| 598 | !!Queen Ant and the Ant Soldiers |
| 599 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Robyn Moore (Queen Ant); Keith Scott (soldiers) |
| 600 | [[quoteright:914:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/110aa0252f3d2b1fa6108001a11529d512ce8451_2.jpg]] |
| 601 | [[quoteright:913:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fd6b5cacc7e064dde77e3ed9523133aed7795df2_9.jpg]] |
| 602 | An ant queen and her army of soldiers in ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 603 | ---- |
| 604 | * AdiposeRex: The Queen Ant. |
| 605 | * {{Jerkass}}: An entire species of them (well, at least the Queen Ant and her soldiers). |
| 606 | * MisplacedRetribution: They are aggrieved when Dot's brother Simon has destroyed their nest, but since they can't get their revenge on him, they decide to make Dot the scapegoat instead. |
| 607 | * UngratefulBastard: Dot stops Simon from killing them and how do they thank her? By capturing her as a prisoner of war and [[MadeASlave subjecting her to a lifetime of slavery]]. |
| 608 | * VillainSong: They have two of them: "Queen Ant" and "Busy". |
| 609 | * WouldHurtAChild: In addition to enslaving Dot, one of the ant soldiers threatens to eat her when she stands up to him. |
| 610 | |
| 611 | !!Nasty |
| 612 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Robyn Moore |
| 613 | [[quoteright:915:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/316f9ac4f6517b1ba4e80ea3efbe98dfdfc7f140_1.jpg]] |
| 614 | A scheming wasp in ''Dot and Keeto''. |
| 615 | ---- |
| 616 | * AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler: She resorts to this at the end of the movie when Dot is returned to her normal size.]] |
| 617 | * FauxAffablyEvil: She pretends to be friendly to the insect-sized Dot and have good intentions by inviting her to her nest for shelter to get away from the rain, though she is really tricking her so that she could feed her to her larvae. |
| 618 | * MamaBear: She's trying to feed her larvae, hence why she tricks the insect-sized Dot into becoming her prisoner. |
| 619 | * MeaningfulName: Especially when it comes to deception and trickery. |
| 620 | * NameToRunAwayFrom: Her name is literally "Nasty", what else did you expect? |
| 621 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: She has red eyes with white-ish-yellow pupils, and she also gets aggressive when Dot manages to escape her nest. |
| 622 | * {{Sadist}}: She imprisoned an innocent little girl just to feed her larvae. |
| 623 | * VillainousBreakdown: When she sees that Dot has escaped from her nest (albeit with the help of Keeto and Butterwalk), she violently attacks her to get her back into the nest. |
| 624 | ** Also, during the scene where all the insects say good bye to Dot after she returns to her normal size, she can be seen [[AintTooProudToBeg begging her to come back]]. |
| 625 | * WouldHurtAChild: She intended to feed the bug-sized Dot to her larvae. |
| 626 | |
| 627 | !! Sharks |
| 628 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 629 | A trio of sharks who attack Dot and Nelson in ''Dot and the Whale'' |
| 630 | [[quoteright:871:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2ef759e08115dc0a4db3f15f9688a29eeab0d0b4.jpg]] |
| 631 | ---- |
| 632 | * ThreateningShark: Three of them. |
| 633 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Their attack causes Dot and Nelson to become separated temporarily. |
| 634 | * WouldHurtAChild: They intended to eat Dot but Nelson stopped them. |
| 635 | |
| 636 | !! Fish restaurant owners: |
| 637 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 638 | [[quoteright:934:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/486581e3e2e680fd571f10acd578fb7901d0ee9d.jpg]] |
| 639 | Owners of the local fish restaurant and the main antagonists in ''Dot and the Whale'' |
| 640 | ---- |
| 641 | * ButtMonkey: |
| 642 | ** Their attempts to seize Tonga for themselves are always foiled by the kids helping Dot. |
| 643 | ** Occasionally, they bring it on themselves. |
| 644 | * TheDeterminator: They'll try anything to get their hands on Tonga, even stealing the money needed to rescue her. |
| 645 | * DisguisedInDrag: How they distract Dot and the kids as they steal the money needed to rescue Tonga. |
| 646 | * FatAndSkinny: |
| 647 | * HumiliationConga: Repeatedly foiled and chased off by the kids helping Dot, crashing their van into Mr. Carlow's vehicle, Mrs Farrow chasing them off and finally fleeing out to sea on a rowboat. |
| 648 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Them attempting to steal the money Dot and her friends raised to save Tonga leads to them crashing into Mr. Carlow's van, and his secretary Mrs. Fallow chasing them off with her umbrella. |
| 649 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: During their VillainSong, they inadvertently reveal their true intentions to the kids, causing them to be chased off. |
| 650 | * NearVillainVictory: Their being DisguisedInDrag allows them to successfully steal the money required to rescue Tonga to them and they drive away, only to be foiled when they crash into Mr. Carlow and Mrs Farrow. |
| 651 | * VillainSong: ''I know all about the Whales''. |
| 652 | |
| 653 | !! Mrs. Farrow: |
| 654 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Robyn Moore |
| 655 | [[quoteright:871:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/07911460c8848d4d5226457531df82fae6481fc2.jpg]] |
| 656 | A grumpy and condescending receptionist who Dot encounters in ''Dot and the Whale'' and ''Dot Goes to Hollywood''. |
| 657 | ---- |
| 658 | * BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: While more of a {{Jerkass}} than an outright baddie, she chases off the real bad guys of the film after they accidentally crash into Mr. Carlow's vehicle. |
| 659 | * TheBusCameBack: She returns (sort of) in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood''. |
| 660 | * ChildHater: She appears to be this, given her interactions with Dot. |
| 661 | * JerkassToOne: She is unneccesarily condescending and hostile towards pretty much everyone she meets (except her employers), but is especially this to Dot. |
| 662 | * KarmaHoudini: She gets no comeuppance for getting Dot and her human friends kicked out of the Air Cargo company. |
| 663 | * NiceToTheWaiter: She is affable towards her employers, which is basically the only time she shows kindness towards anyone, likely because she wants to keep her job. |
| 664 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: When Dot asks her to see Mr. Carlow, she stubbornly insists that she must have an appointment, making Dot reach her RageBreakingPoint, and understandably so, given that she went through hell and back to get help to save Tonga. |
| 665 | * PerpetualFrowner: While we do see a few smiles from her here and there, she's otherwise consistently grumpy. |
| 666 | * WouldHurtAChild: She appears to ready to hit or even ''impale'' either Alex or Owen with her umbrella before Mr. Carlow stops her. |
| 667 | |
| 668 | !!Mr. Sprag and Scarface |
| 669 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 670 | The two titular smugglers and the main antagonists of ''Dot and the Smugglers''. |
| 671 | [[quoteright:928:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a56f915408a266d8e691c044d56a924e78aa48b7.jpg]] |
| 672 | [[caption-width-right:928: Mr. Sprag]] |
| 673 | [[quoteright:926:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dfc858b6e7208932f67c2bfb08d1638a24e09a88_1.jpg]] |
| 674 | [[caption-width-right:926: Scarface]] |
| 675 | ---- |
| 676 | * AlliterativeName: Their circus is called ''Amazing Aussie Animals''. |
| 677 | * AngryGuardDog: They have them to guard the animals they have captured as well as keep them in line. |
| 678 | * BadBoss: Mr. Sprag is this to Scarface, as well as the two boys who are secretly on the side of Dot and her animal friends. |
| 679 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: One of his circus acts involve two boxing kangaroos duking it out for people's entertainment. Dot is rightfully not amused. |
| 680 | * BullyingADragon: His "Catch the Bunyip" scams revolve around this, only with the Bunyip. |
| 681 | * {{Determinator}}: Mr. Sprag will stop at nothing to make a quick buck, even resorting to "Catch the Bunyip" scams that nearly get unsuspecting people killed. |
| 682 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing Mr. Sprag does in the movie is drive through a puddle, splashing water all over Dot. |
| 683 | * FatAndSkinny: Mr. Sprag is the fat one and Scarface is the skinny one. |
| 684 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He appears to be a ringmaster wanting to entertain people by having animals perform in his circus, which is really a front for an international smuggling operation. |
| 685 | * {{Greed}}: Mr. Sprag's primary motivation for wanting to capture the Bunyip and showing it in his circus. |
| 686 | * HateSink: When it all comes down to it, Mr. Sprag is an absolute slimeball willing to resort to the dirtiest trick in the book to make a quick buck. |
| 687 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: A nonlethal example, but his desire to capture the Bunyip and showing it in his circus to satisfy his greed ultimately becomes his downfall when they are tricked by Dot and friends into capturing the fake bunyip balloon with a Bunyip-catching submarine and float off in the air (possibly to Singapore). |
| 688 | * HumiliationConga: Their plans to capture the Bunyip are repeatedly foiled by Dot and her friends. |
| 689 | * {{Jerkass}}: Mr. Sprag. His first scene involves him driving his truck over a puddle, splashing water all over Dot. |
| 690 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Their dangerous "Catch the Bunyip" scams that nearly get unsuspecting people killed and them trying to send Burra the Kookaburra, Dot's closest ally, to Singapore leads to them getting tricked by the two boys who are secretly on Dot's side into building the "bunyip-catching" submarine and floating off into the air (possibly to Singapore) after getting tricked into catching the Bunyip balloon created by Dot and her friends. |
| 691 | * MeaningfulName: Scarface has a scar on his left cheek. |
| 692 | * RepulsiveRingmaster: Given that his "Catch the Bunyip" scams nearly get people killed and he seems to be well aware of it, "repulsive" is one of the nicest things to describe Mr. Sprag. |
| 693 | * VillainSong: Mr. Sprag has three: "Are You Going to the Circus" (which is recycled from ''Around the World with Dot''), "Nasty" and "Birdie". |
| 694 | * WingdingEyes: Mr. Sprag's pupils briefly turn into coins when realizes he could make a fortune showing the Bunyip in his circus. |
| 695 | * WouldHurtAChild: Mr. Sprag becomes increasingly abusive towards the two boys who are shown to be friends with Dot as the movie progresses. |
| 696 | ** He also kidnaps a baby koala and locks him in a cage during his VillainSong "Nasty". |
| 697 | |
| 698 | !!Papa Drop |
| 699 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 700 | [[quoteright:934:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20ced9d648940299b5bf3a6a2438742b10702c2f.jpg]] |
| 701 | The bubble-shaped dictator of the Planet Pie-Arr-Squared and the main villain in ''Dot in Space'' |
| 702 | ---- |
| 703 | * AbusiveParents: He is this to his son Roley whom he whips for trying to intervene on Dot's behalf (since being BoundAndGagged she can't defend herself) and threatens to imprison for opposing his plan to conquer the universe using Dot's rocket. |
| 704 | ** And since his son is betrothed to Poley, he is also this to his potential daughter-in-law. |
| 705 | * AmbitionIsEvil: He intends to use Dot's rocket to go into Space and conquer the Universe. |
| 706 | * AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler: When Papa Drop gets overinflated by Inflato, a voice can clearly be shouting "He's gone!" (likely Poley's mother) and Professor Globus says "he was only a bag of wind". Suffice to say, no one is sad to seem him go.]] |
| 707 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He gets overinflated enough to float up into space where he would likely die from either suffocation or hypothermia or burning by rays from the nearest star or even the Sun (which might even [[ExplosiveDecompression cause him to explode]]) or in the atmosphere of the nearest planet if he doesn’t get hit by floating debris or even Dot's rocket first, or if he's lucky, he would spend the remainder of his life as a [[GeniusLoci living planet.]] Given the years of suffering that the Squaries had to endure under his regime, his willingness to [[WouldHurtAChild drag Dot, an innocent little girl]] into his FantasticRacism fueled conflict and his desire to use said rocket to conquer the universe and subject numerous planets to the same tyranny he subjects on his home planet and the fact that he was willing to imprison his own son and his army to get his way (and tries to do so in the climax), it's safe to say he won't be missed. See also AndThereWasMuchRejoicing.]] |
| 708 | * AttentionWhore: This may be the only reason why he holds rallies for his fellow Roundies in the first place. |
| 709 | * BadBoss: He treats his own minions like trash, Professor Globus in particular, [[spoiler: and is even shown to be willing to imprison the Roundie Sergeant and his troops]]. |
| 710 | ** He can also be seen chasing Inflato after The Party [[spoiler: (a.k.a. Roley)]] crashes his rehearsal rally, presumably to beat him for leaving him there. |
| 711 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wants to go to space and take control of the universe, [[spoiler: and judging by his son Roley's comment while Inflato overinflates him, he only gets the former.]] |
| 712 | * BerserkButton: Anything that isn't round and being insulted, the latter usually causes him to deflate and his servant Inflato has to re-inflate him. |
| 713 | * BeyondRedemption: It is when he intends to use Dot's rocket to conquer the universe that his son Roley deems him this. |
| 714 | * BreakTheCutie: He's already done this to the Squaries (especially Poley) by having his subjects persecute, imprison, enslave and starve them for no reason other than not being round enough, and he attempts to do the same to Dot by having her dragged into his FantasticRacism fueled conflict, thrown in the Prison for Squaries and planning to use her rocket to conquer the universe so that she would be be blamed for something that was completely out of her control (she intended to return to Earth after having successfully rescued Whyka but the Russians blew up Whyka's ship, causing Dot's rocket to be thrown off course and crash-land on Pie-Arr-Squared), but thankfully the latter case is averted, as once she realizes his plan, she escapes from the prison to look for The Party [[spoiler: (a.k.a. his own son Roley), which eventually leads to his downfall.]] |
| 715 | * CardCarryingJerkass / CardCarryingVillain: He knows what he's doing is wrong and has a chilling lack of remorse for his actions. This quote says it all: |
| 716 | --> ''I don't want to be reasonable! I hate being reasonable!" |
| 717 | * ChildishVillainMatureHero: He's the Childish Villain to Roley's Mature Hero. |
| 718 | * ControlFreak: To the point of wanting to control the entire Universe, using Dot's rocket. |
| 719 | * DirtyCoward: He loves to bully and persecute those weaker (Dot, Whyka, and the Squaries) and dumber than him (his own minions), [[spoiler: but when Dot, The Party (a.k.a. Roley) and the Roundie Army (with the possible exception of the Roundie Sergeant) stand up to him and release the Squaries from prison, [[AintTooProudToBeg he can be seen begging.]]]] |
| 720 | * DisproportionateRetribution: He has anyone who isn't round or dares to oppose him imprisoned in a slave labor camp where they are overworked, beaten and starved. |
| 721 | * DrunkWithPower: However long he's been the dictator of all civilised life on Pie-Arr-Squared, it's evident he's been in power long enough for it to have gone to his head as his regime has reached the point of him basically barking orders at everyone, even his fellow Roundies, and expecting them to be followed with the threat of imprisonment, regardless of whoever is on the receiving end and if he's not barking orders at everyone, he's berating and abusing them instead. He would willingly imprison his own son and anyone else who dared to disagree with him, regardless of whether they're round or square, just because he can! Not to mention he's become so mad with power that he's abandoned all reasonability. After all, he refuses to be reasonable because he HATES being reasonable! |
| 722 | ** This has gotten worse over time to the point where [[WouldHurtAChild not even children are spared from his tyranny]], as poor Dot finds out when his minions tie her up, gag her, and bring her to his attention. |
| 723 | * EvilGloating: Mainly for the purpose of reminding everyone that under his rule, round is good, square is bad. |
| 724 | * EvilOverlord: A downplayed example but he is the evil ruler of all civilized life on Pie-Arr-Squared though he intends to become one with his plan to use Dot's rocket to conquer the universe. |
| 725 | * FauxAffablyEvil: While he at first appears to be a caring ruler to his fellow Roundies, it's later revealed to be all a façade as he couldn't care less about their well-being, and is only manipulating them into adopting his views for his own personal gain. |
| 726 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: He was the one member of his species who despised anyone who wasn't round (probably because his son's in love in one of such people as well as FantasticRacism) enough to influence the rest of his species to adopt his views thus instigating his rise to power and becoming Pie-Arr-Squared's dictator. |
| 727 | * GalacticConqueror: Wants to be this by using Dot's rocket with the intent of subjecting several planets to the same tyranny he subjects on his own planet. |
| 728 | * HairTriggerTemper: He has a tendency to deflate whenever he loses his temper, and it doesn't take much to set him off (insulting him, his minions' incompetence, etc.). |
| 729 | * HateSink: When it all comes down to it, he's a bigoted and self-serving jerk with absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. In fact, his introduction scene shows we're not supposed to like him. [[spoiler: On top of that, his [[UncertainDoom implied demise]] is not played for sympathy. In fact, any sympathy in that scene goes directly to [[InnocentAliens the Squaries]], who have suffered for who knows how long under his regime.]]. |
| 730 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: His tendency to deflate when he loses his temper becomes his downfall [[spoiler: as when Dot and Roley expose him as a fraud, he deflates and Inflato pumps him up enough to cause him to float up into space.]] |
| 731 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He is by far the worst example of his species. For instance: |
| 732 | ** He deflates when insulted yet he insults everybody else, even his own son, advisors and servants. |
| 733 | ** He despises anyone who isn't perfectly round, even though one of his own minions (a Roundy interrogator) is oval-shaped and fitting the definition of "not perfectly round". (Though this could be due to some of the Roundies wearing tight-fitting clothes that make them appear oval-shaped due to the resultant squashing and the Roundies being sentient balloons) |
| 734 | ** He considers anyone who is insufficiently round to be criminals, yet he [[AbusiveParents frequently abuses his son]] [[BadBoss and minions]] (the former of which is considered child abuse) and [[MadeASlave enslaves anyone who isn't round]] ([[WouldHurtAChild including children]]), both of which are ''way'' worse crimes than anything he accuses the Squaries of, especially since slavery is treated as a crime against humanity. |
| 735 | ** [[spoiler: In the climax, he accuses Professor Globus and his own son Roley of betraying him even though just moments ago, he himself betrayed his own army. Roley calls him out on this. It also should be worth mentioning he was willing to betray his own son by imprisoning him for opposing his plan to use Dot's rocket to conquer the universe, which he deems "traitorous talk", when it was really Roley showing genuine concern about his power going to his head.]] |
| 736 | * ItIsDehumanizing: When he demands Professor Globus to measure Dot, he refers to her as an "it". (Though this would partly have something to do with the fact that neither he nor any other inhabitant of Pie-Arr-Squared would not have been used to seeing a human being or indeed any other species that isn't native to Pie-Arr-Squared, as rude and degrading his comments were to Dot.) |
| 737 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He really doesn't care about anyone else [[spoiler: and is prepared to arrest an entire army and his own son just to get his way.]] |
| 738 | * {{Jerkass}}: A ''colossal'' one at that, even by Roundy standards. This is evident in his introduction scene, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment where he is first seen hitting Professor Globus for praising him]], repeatedly insulting Dot and Whyka when the Roundie Sergeant and his troops bring them to him (even going so far as ordering the Roundie Sergeant to [[KickTheDog throw Whyka away]]), cruelly taunting Dot when she attempts to fight back against her captors and break free of her bondage ([[ItIsDehumanizing even going so far as referring to her as an "it"]]) and again after she is declared a square and refusing to remove her gag so she won't be able to deny it, and berates and whips his own son for trying to intervene on her behalf (since she's BoundAndGagged and therefore can't defend herself). Simply put, he basically enjoys being cruel, and he only gets worse as the film progresses. |
| 739 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He has gotten away with oppressing the Squaries for so long that [[spoiler: it wasn't until Dot and Whyka accidentally crash-landed on Pie-Arr-Squared that his regime finally came to an end.]] |
| 740 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: He gets pumped up enough to float up into Space where he would be likely to die from either starvation and dehydration, suffocation or hypothermia or be burned by rays from the nearest star or even the Sun (which might even cause him to expand [[ExplosiveDecompression until he explodes]]) or in the atmosphere of the nearest planet if he doesn’t get hit by floating debris or even Dot's rocket first, or even spend the remainder of his life as a [[GeniusLoci living planet]] if he's lucky.]] |
| 741 | * KickTheDog: He has several of these in his introduction: |
| 742 | ** A literal example of this is when the Roundy sergeant mistakes Whyka for a toy, Papa Drops orders him to ''throw her away!'' |
| 743 | ** He cruelly taunts a BoundAndGagged Dot when she attempts to break free of her bondage and fight back against her captors and again after she is declared a square, knowing that by refusing to remove her gag, she can't deny it. |
| 744 | ** After he has Dot thrown in the Prison for Squaries, he announces his intention to use the rocket she used to rescue Whyka to conquer the universe and subject several planets to the same tyranny and suffering he inflicts on his home planet so that she would be blamed for something that was out of her control and even forces her and the Squaries to dig it out using shovels instead of having them repair the roofs of the houses damaged by Gorgo per Roley's suggestion. |
| 745 | * KickTheMoralityPet: Let's see, berating and whipping him for attempting to intervene on Dot's behalf (since she's BoundAndGagged and therefore can't defend herself), shooting down his suggestion on having the Squaries repair the roofs of the houses damaged by Gorgo, and threatening to imprison him for opposing his plan to conquer the universe with Dot's rocket. That's what he does to his own son Roley. |
| 746 | ** [[spoiler: He also shows no remorse for nearly shooting Roley when the latter is disguised as The Party after he finds out the truth.]] |
| 747 | * LackOfEmpathy: When Roley suggests to him that he'd have the prisoners repair the roofs of the houses damaged by Gorgo, Papa Drop shoots it down in favor of forcing them to dig out the rocket Dot used to accidentally crash-land on their planet so he could use it to conquer the universe. This implies he never actually cared about his fellow Roundies in the first place and was only using them to further his own goals. |
| 748 | * ManipulativeBastard: He rose to power and became Pie-Arr-Squared's dictator by manipulating his own species (except his son Roley) into sharing his FantasticRacism against the Squaries. |
| 749 | * MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse. His plan to use Dot's rocket to conquer the Universe is this in his son Roley's eyes though he may have already crossed it long before the events of the film by turning Pie-Arr-Squared into a dictatorship that revolves around the persecution of anyone who isn't round. |
| 750 | ** He certainly would have crossed it if he'd gone through with his threat to have his own son imprisoned just for opposing him. [[spoiler: He tries to do so in the climax.]] |
| 751 | * ANaziByAnyOtherName: |
| 752 | ** His idea of a perfect society is one in which everyone is round. |
| 753 | ** It is possible that something happened in his past (Roley's never seen or mentioned mother leaving or dying or just simply disagreeing with him about Squaries, for instance) for which he blames the Squaries, whether they were responsible or not (more likely the latter, in order to really cement the application of this trope to his character), or at the very least, caused him to not trust the Squaries enough to disapprove of his son being in love with a Squarey. [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse Not that any of the above justifies what he's been doing to the Squaries (or the other Roundies) for however long he had been in power before Dot and Whyka unintentionally crash-landed on Pie-Arr-Squared.]] |
| 754 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: His name is a reference to former Haitian president François Duvalier (who was nicknamed Papa Doc), but his behavior and rise to power is similar to that of [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazi Germany]] dictator [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]]. |
| 755 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Mainly for the purpose of making himself look intimidating, or at least trying to, he gets right in the face of a BoundAndGagged Dot after she is declared a Squarey and probably would have ended up deliberately pushing her over if she were not still tied up and being held in a state of UnwillingSuspension by his soldiers. |
| 756 | * NonActionBigBad: He has his minions and the Roundy army do most of his dirty work for him. |
| 757 | * ObnoxiousInLaws: His disapproval of his son Roley being in love with Poley (a Squarie) and burning desire to stop them from seeing each other is the root cause of his FantasticRacism towards Squaries and having them all rounded up and placed in a prison that is basically a slave labor camp. This has only worsened over time the more power has gone to his head and it has got to the point where he abuses his son and is willing to imprison him for his betrothal to Poley and just generally rightfully opposing him [[spoiler: and he even nearly shoots him when he is disguised as ''The Party'' in the climax, for which he is completely remorseless when he finds out the truth.]] |
| 758 | * OffingTheOffspring: Downplayed. [[spoiler: While he didn't know his own son Roley was The Party, he didn't show any remorse for nearly shooting him.]] |
| 759 | * ParentalNeglect: He ignores Roley unless he's ordering him around, berating or abusing him and threatens to imprison him. |
| 760 | * PerpetualFrowner: Even when things are going his way, he's always grumpy about something. |
| 761 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Those who aren't round aren't even allowed to tread the same ground as those who are under his rule. He also disparagingly refers to Dot as a "creature" and an "alien" several times throughout the movie (though technically, from his point of view, the latter description is true as Dot is not native to Pie-Arr-Squared). |
| 762 | * PsychopathicManchild: An alien variant. |
| 763 | * PunctuatedForEmphasis: I DON'T WANT! TO BE REASONABLE! I HATE! BEING! REASONABLE! |
| 764 | * PuttingOnTheReich: He rose to power by spreading FantasticRacism amongst his species and turning Pie-Arr-Squared from a government to a dictatorship. |
| 765 | * RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler: For betraying his own army, he gets exposed as a fraud by Dot and The Party (a.k.a. his own son Roley) and gets overinflated by his own advisor Inflato enough to cause him to float into space.]] |
| 766 | * {{Sadist}}: Not quite to the extent of the Roundy Sergeant, but we wouldn't put it past him, as he basically enjoys being cruel. |
| 767 | * SmallNameBigEgo: ''And how.'' Under his rule, everywhere you go you'll find a statue of himself. |
| 768 | * SmugSnake: He treats his enemies and allies alike with contempt, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment as shown in his introduction scene where he berates Professor Globus for ''praising'' him.]] |
| 769 | * TheSociopath: He doesn't care that his actions have caused great suffering to both Squaries and Roundies alike, only about satisfying his megalomania, [[spoiler: and is prepared to arrest his own son and army to do so. He even almost shoots Roley when he is disguised as "The Party" in the climax, for which he shows ''zero'' remorse once he finds out the truth.]] |
| 770 | * StupidEvil: [[SmallNameBigEgo For all his talk about being "the great-me" and "much-loved leader",]] he doesn't have the smarts to back it up [[DidntThinkThisThrough nor the ability to think things through.]] For instance: |
| 771 | ** He doesn't realize that the rally set up for him at night (with a fake crowd) is a trap set by The Party [[spoiler: (who is secretly his own son Roley)]] or if he put his army in prison for failing to recapture Dot and put his son Roley in charge, the latter would basically free all of the prisoners, including the Squaries; not to mention there would be no Army on Pie-Arr-Squared, leaving the planet entirely defenseless ([[EvenEvilHasStandards which even the Roundy Sergeant is smart enough to figure out]]), and would also hasten his downfall since Dot and Whyka would be able to find The Party without any setbacks, and there would be no one to stop any attempts at overthrowing him. This would also expose how much of a fraud he really is, showing that he's willing to imprison not only his own army, but also his own kind as well. |
| 772 | ** Also, by imprisoning anyone who isn't round on other planets, he'd basically be imprisoning entire populations, meaning he'd have no one to rule over. What is more, on other planets, he would be just one life-form taking on a whole planet's worth of life-forms who would likely be more savvy than the Roundies, certainly enough to see him for what he really was once they found out his ideals and would drive him out before he even had a chance to repeat what he did on Pie-Arr-Squared, especially Earth since they've experienced the rise of [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany and the Nazis]], [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust the Holocaust]], and [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII World War II]], so he'd be driven out of Earth the instant he sets foot on it. |
| 773 | *** Also, there are planets with temperatures that are too much for the likes of him to the point [[ExplosiveDecompression where he would explode upon arriving.]] If he found his way to our Solar System and travelled to Venus or Mercury, the two planets closest to the Sun for example, he'd be basically [[TooDumbToLive committing suicide]]. |
| 774 | *** Not to mention on Earth, there are organizations that monitor extraterrestrial threats, so if he tried anything on Earth, he would be shot on sight or experimented on. |
| 775 | ** If he had imprisoned Roley, his own son, he would have just given him the opportunity to reunite with Poley, when he was trying to keep them apart. This would also theoretically only give Roley a chance to rally the Squaries, Dot and Whyka (and possibly the Roundie Army) and launch a full-scale revolt (or at least a jailbreak), especially as his input would in all likelihood motivate the Squaries to launch an escape attempt, regardless of the dangers Poley alludes to, and they would also realise what Papa Drop is really like upon seeing he is willing to imprison not just his own kind but also his own son. This would also make it easier for Roley to get the rest of the Roundies onside (with the possible exception of the Roundie Sergeant). |
| 776 | ** If he had left Pie-Arr-Squared using Dot's rocket, he'd be leaving all of his minions behind, including Inflato. If he deflates after losing his temper on another planet, who would be there to re-inflate him? |
| 777 | ** Papa Drop tells Professor Globus to set the rocket out of reverse to drive it out of the hole. This is exactly what Dot tried to do (likely to bypass the dangers that Poley mentions on their way to Gorgo Mountain) [[DiggingYourselfDeeper and only sent the rocket deeper into the ground.]] |
| 778 | ** [[spoiler: He also fails to realize that Dot and The Party (a.k.a. Roley) are tricking him into thinking they've been captured by the Roundy Sergeant and his troops, when in actuality the Roundy army (with the possible exception of the Sergeant) have switched sides.]] |
| 779 | ** On the other hand, he was smart enough to know of the existence of rabbits (unless Roley told him, by force or otherwise, or found out through a letter from Poley to Roley) and that they are not native to Pie-Arr-Squared as well as knowing that Dot is from the planet Earth. |
| 780 | * SurroundedByIdiots: He says this almost verbatim when the Roundy soldiers at his palace fail to apprehend The Party [[spoiler: (a.k.a. his own son Roley)]] when the latter crashes his rehearsal rally, except he calls them fools. |
| 781 | * TyrantTakesTheHelm: He rose to power by spreading his own FantasticRacism amongst his species. |
| 782 | * WindbagPolitician: [[spoiler: Professor Globus accuses him of this after he gets dethroned.]] |
| 783 | * WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: Other than spewing FantasticRacism, this is really how he rose to power. |
| 784 | * WouldHitAGirl: Under his rule, female prisoners like Dot and Poley are subjected to beatings, starvation and enslavement. |
| 785 | * WouldHurtAChild: He'd hurt anybody whether they're round or square, regardless of age or species.[[spoiler: He even draws out a laser gun with the intention of arresting and possibly shooting Dot as well as his own son and army. Luckily, Professor Globus beats him to it and disarms him.]] |
| 786 | ** Under his rule, children like Dot are beaten, enslaved and starved. |
| 787 | * YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: When the Roundy Sergeant informs Papa Drop that Dot, The Party and his own troops have captured him and not the other way around, Papa Drop orders him and his troops to be imprisoned along with Dot and The Party (a.k.a. his own son Roley).]] |
| 788 | |
| 789 | !!The Roundy Sergeant |
| 790 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott |
| 791 | Commander of the Roundy Army and the secondary antagonist of ''Dot in Space'' |
| 792 | [[quoteright:480:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dot_in_space_1994_003234.jpg]] |
| 793 | ---- |
| 794 | * AgonyOfTheFeet: Whyka bites both his feet (as well as his hand) as he and his troops capture her and Dot. |
| 795 | * BadBoss: This may be why [[spoiler: his own troops ditch him. When Gorgo chases them off to stop them from recapturing Dot and Whyka, he orders them to come back, not even caring if Gorgo eats them but then Gorgo proceeds to only eat Dot's gag, much to the Roundy Sergeant's dismay and "The Party" arrives to rescue her, he orders his troops to capture them along with Gorgo, but instead his troops join Dot, "The Party" and Gorgo to confront Papa Drop.]] |
| 796 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: |
| 797 | ** After Dot and Whyka get captured by the Roundies, he uses the latter as a yo-yo at one point, believing her to be a toy. |
| 798 | ** He almost certainly would've thrown Whyka away if Dot hadn't distracted him with a HouseOfBrokenMirrors trick as Whyka was about to deliver a message to Poley from Roley. |
| 799 | * ButtMonkey: In his case, a KarmicButtMonkey. |
| 800 | * DirtyCoward: |
| 801 | ** He is by far the worst example amongst his species, he's always changing his stance at his own convenience and the expense of others, including his own troops, just to avoid getting into trouble and especially getting on the wrong side of Papa Drop. |
| 802 | ** He and his troops take pleasure in bullying and persecuting those weaker than them such as the Squaries and Dot, but they are afraid of Gorgo, and Papa Drop, to an extent. For instance, when Dot pulls a HouseOfBrokenMirrors trick on him, which causes him to think he's a Squarey, he begs her not to tell anyone. |
| 803 | ** [[spoiler: When everyone confronts Papa Drop, it looks like he is prepared to sell out Dot, "The Party", Gorgo and have them imprisoned his own troops imprisoned to save his own hide.]] |
| 804 | * DrillSergeantNasty: "Nasty" is one of the nicest things to describe him considering everything he's done under Papa Drop's regime. |
| 805 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: ''At the very least'', he knows that if Papa Drop did throw him and his troops in prison, not only would Papa Drop betray him but there would be no Army on Pie-Arr-Squared, leaving the planet defenseless, not to mention that they would be no different from the Squaries if they were all prisoners. |
| 806 | * HateSink: He is almost as bad, if not ''worse'' than Papa Drop as he, along with his troops, [[BoundAndGagged ambush and abduct Dot and Whyka]] when they first set foot on Pie-Arr-Squared, [[TakeMeToYourLeader bring them to Papa Drop]] where they are subjected to persecution and public humiliation, [[KickTheDog and he uses Whyka as a yo-yo, believing her to be a toy]], all in his first scene. He also happens to be the [[WardensAreEvil warden for the Prison for Squaries]] where those who are not round enough are subjected to [[MadeASlave slavery,]] starvation and physical abuse. [[spoiler: When he and his troops attempt to recapture Dot, [[FedToTheBeast they leave her at the mercy of Gorgo, with him explicitly hoping Gorgo eats her (Though only because he knows this would scupper the plan of Papa Drop who, by this time, has betrayed him)]], and [[NonMaliciousMonster when it is revealed that Gorgo only eats Dot's gag]] and is the pet of "The Party" (Roley in disguise), he then berates and orders his troops to capture both of them under the threat of being imprisoned by Papa Drop, and is even willing to ''sell them out'' just to save his own skin. It is near impossible for feel sorry for him when his own troops ditch him and join the side of "The Party", Dot and Gorgo to expose Papa Drop as a fraud and dethrone him.]] |
| 807 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He is second only to Papa Drop as the worst example of his species. For instance: |
| 808 | ** He fails to recognize a broken mirror when he sees one when Dot pulls a HouseOfBrokenMirrors trick on him, and he has the gall to call her a "stupid alien"? |
| 809 | ** He also insults his own troops after they point out he's only found fragments of Dot's dress and not Dot herself. |
| 810 | ** [[spoiler: He berates his own troops for running away from Gorgo, yet he himself did the same thing. He also orders his troops to capture Dot and "The Party" before Gorgo eats them even though he himself hoped Gorgo would eat Dot moments ago (Knowing this would scupper Papa Drop's plan). He also orders his troops to surround Dot, "The Party" and Gorgo to stop them from digging out the rocket even though he hoped (or rather knew) Papa Drop's plan to conquer the universe with it would be scuppered if Gorgo ate Dot.]] |
| 811 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He is easily the most selfish member of his species after Papa Drop and [[spoiler: is willing to throw his own troops under a bus as well as hoping Dot gets eaten (knowing this would ensure the failure of Papa Drop's plan to conquer the Universe, something he also openly states he's hoping for since, by this time, Papa Drop has betrayed him by threatening him with imprisonment for failing to recapture Dot), just to save his own skin and avoid imprisonment. It is unknown whether he follows the rest of his species' example of reforming after Papa Drop's defeat.]] |
| 812 | * ItsPersonal: This may well be one of his reasons [[spoiler: for not only hoping Dot gets eaten by Gorgo since she tricked him into releasing her from prison, but also hoping Papa Drop's plan to conquer the universe would be scuppered if Gorgo ate Dot since he betrayed him by threatening to imprison him if he and his troops failed to recapture Dot. Plus, the Roundy Sergeant is smart enough to know that without Dot, Papa Drop would never be able to figure out how to operate her rocket as he would need, or rather have to force, her to show him]]. |
| 813 | * {{Jerkass}}: He is almost as bad as Papa Drop in this respect. |
| 814 | * JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Although there is no excusing the sheer and utter evilness (not to mention [[ItsAllAboutMe selfishness]] and [[ItsPersonal possible desire for revenge]]) behind it, the reason the Roundy Sergeant hopes Gorgo eats Dot is because without her, Papa Drop will never be able to figure out how to operate her rocket as he would need, or rather have to force, her to help him, thus scuppering his plan to conquer the Universe. Besides which, by this time, the Sergeant has every reason to hope Papa Drop's plan fails as Papa Drop has betrayed him by threatening to imprison him if he and his troops fail to recapture Dot.]] |
| 815 | * JerkassToOne: He's a {{Jerkass}} to almost everyone (except to Papa Drop prior to the latter's betrayal), but he is especially this to Dot. |
| 816 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Other than possibly his troops ditching him and siding with The Party/Roley.]] |
| 817 | * KarmicButtMonkey: He gets tricked by Dot twice (once by pulling a HouseOfBrokenMirrors trick on him and the other by tricking him into thinking she's painting a line to divide the Roundies and the Squaries when she's really painting a path to escape from the Prison for Squaries) and [[spoiler: gets ditched by his own troops in favor of The Party/Roley in the climax.]] Given he runs the Prison for Squaries and his willingness to drag an innocent little girl into his leader's conflict, he deserves every bit of misfortune brought upon him. |
| 818 | * KickTheDog: |
| 819 | ** A literal example: in addition to his troops trying (and failing) to silence Whyka by tying her jaws together, he also rolls her up and down like a yo-yo, mistaking her for a toy. |
| 820 | ** [[spoiler: He and his troops leave Whyka and a BoundAndGagged [[FedToTheBeast Dot at the mercy of Gorgo after his appearance scares them enough to abandon their attempt to recapture them]], with the Sergeant explicitly hoping Gorgo eats them (knowing this would scupper Papa Drop's plan as Papa Drop has betrayed him by this point).]] |
| 821 | * {{Manchild}}: He can be seen sucking his thumb in a couple of scenes. |
| 822 | * TheNeidermeyer: [[spoiler:He appears to be this. When he orders his troops to surround Dot, the Party, and Gorgo and capture them all, his troops ditch him and switch sides in favor of "The Party".]] |
| 823 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He clearly states he hopes Gorgo eats Dot, because he is smart enough to know that without Dot, Papa Drop will never be able to figure out how to operate her rocket as he would need (or rather have to force) her to show him (Plus, by this time, he has every reason to hope Papa Drop's plan fails as he has betrayed him by threatening to imprison him if he fails to recapture Dot), but when Gorgo turns out to be a NonMaliciousMonster, he then orders his troops to capture her and the Party. His motifs were for mostly selfish reasons]]. |
| 824 | * OpportunisticBastard: He appears to be this, as everything he does is to get on the good side of Papa Drop and to further his own career. Why else would he be in charge of the Roundy Army and [[WardensAreEvil the warden of the Prison for Squaries at the same time?]] [[spoiler: Why else would Papa Drop promote him to general when he thinks he's captured Gorgo, The Party (a.k.a. his own son Roley) and Dot?]] At worst, he may be secretly plotting to overthrow Papa Drop himself with his troops' help since he wouldn't be able to do that on his own. |
| 825 | * PragmaticVillainy: Crossing over with NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist, [[spoiler: he hopes Gorgo eats Dot out of a combination of possibly wanting revenge on her for making a fool of him by tricking him into releasing her from prison, a desire to save his own skin and knowing that Papa Drop will never be able to learn how to operate Dot's rocket properly without her, thus scuppering his plan to conquer the Universe and he clearly draws the line at Papa Drop betraying him by threatening him with imprisonment if he and his troops were to fail to recapture Dot, especially as this would leave Pie-Arr-Squared with no Army and therefore, completely defenseless and allow Dot to seek out "The Party" with no setbacks, which would only hasten Papa Drop's defeat as there would be no one to stop any attempts to overthrow him.]] |
| 826 | * RageAgainstTheReflection: He has one after Dot pulls a HouseOfBrokenMirrors trick on him. |
| 827 | * {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler:He hopes Gorgo eats Dot after he and his troops leave the poor girl tied up and gagged with Gorgo closing in on her. (This may be either because the Sergeant knows Dot getting eaten would scupper Papa Drop's plan as, by this time, Papa Drop has betrayed him by threatening him with imprisonment if he fails to recapture Dot, or because he's probably seeking revenge for Dot tricking him earlier in the film or a combination of both.)]] |
| 828 | * SociopathicSoldier: One doesn't get any more sociopathic than [[spoiler: being in charge of a slave labor camp where those who aren't round enough ([[WouldHurtAChild regardless of age or species]]) are subjected to beatings, starvation, and being overworked (possibly to death) or [[FedToTheBeast leaving an innocent little girl tied up and gagged and hoping she'll get eaten once she finds herself at the mercy of an alien dinosaur]] (even if he believed it would scupper Papa Drop's plan to conquer the universe with the rocket she arrived on; this still doesn't excuse the sheer evilness behind it) or throwing his own troops under the bus to avoid getting imprisoned.]] |
| 829 | * StillSucksThumb: When he knows he's in trouble or going to be. |
| 830 | * StupidEvil: |
| 831 | ** His jacket is held together by what looks like a giant badge pin (a sharp object) and he's a sentient balloon. Unless he carries it on his person to burst (or permanently deflate any soldiers who dare to desert or defy him) or in the hopes of furthering his own career (see also OpportunisticBastard). |
| 832 | ** He fails to recognize a broken mirror when he sees it and he fails to realize Dot is essentially tricking him into releasing her when she requests for the prison gates to be opened while she's painting. Later, when he and his minions search for Dot under the threat of being imprisoned by Papa Drop, he keeps claiming to have found her when he's only found fragments of her dress, which even his own troops point out. |
| 833 | ** Admittedly, he is a bit smarter than Papa Drop in this respect (which isn't saying much) as [[spoiler: although they share the same goal, recapturing Dot after she escapes, he knows that Papa Drop imprisoning him (and his troops) for failing to do so would leave Pie-Arr-Squared with no Army and therefore, completely defenseless and this would also hasten Papa Drop's defeat as Dot would be free to seek out "The Party" (Roley) with no setbacks and there would be no one to stop any attempts to overthrow Papa Drop.]] |
| 834 | ** [[spoiler: Also, why did he think Gorgo would eat ''The Party'' (a.k.a. Roley) if Gorgo is basically his pet?]] |
| 835 | * TooDumbToLive: What made him think it was a good idea to secure his jacket with a giant badge pin when he's a sentient balloon? He could at least have worn a jacket that fitted him properly unless Papa Drop forbade it or, despite being a high-ranking military officer, he somehow cannot afford one because Papa Drop's regime has ruined Pie-Arr-Squared's economy. That being said, [[spoiler: he should be thankful he didn't get overinflated like Papa Drop did in the climax, otherwise that badge pin would have been the death of him.]] |
| 836 | * WardensAreEvil: In addition to leading his troops, he also happens to run the Prison for Squaries where those who are not perfectly round ([[WouldHurtAChild regardless of age or species]]) are enslaved, starved and physically abused. |
| 837 | * WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: He is the most vocal in hoping Gorgo eats Dot after he and his troops leave her at his mercy. While he believes it would scupper Papa Drop's plan to conquer the universe, this doesn't excuse the sheer evilness of it (not to mention it was mostly for selfish reasons; either because Dot tricked him into releasing her from the Prison for Squaries, because Papa Drop betrayed him by threatening him with imprisonment if he didn't recapture Dot, or a combination of both, as the Sergeant couldn't care less about what happens to the universe.)]] |
| 838 | ** [[WardensAreEvil Since he also runs the Prison for Squaries]], it's heavily implied that children native to Pie-Arr-Squared that aren't round enough are enslaved, starved and physically abused under his supervision. |
| 839 | |
| 840 | !!The Roundies |
| 841 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Keith Scott (soldiers, Professor Globus, interrogators, Inflato) |
| 842 | [[quoteright:935:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2c57a921850df2260b5ae1ecf6bfdfe418d0ed43.jpg]] |
| 843 | [[caption-width-right:935: Roundy soldiers]] |
| 844 | [[quoteright:933:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d68e1af8431f9391d36d803a1a0b28cb4d1fbe62.jpg]] |
| 845 | [[caption-width-right:933: Inflato and Professor Globus]] |
| 846 | [[quoteright:939:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3cdf1fd3d045de191a70db736a12273f8537ed39_6.jpg]] |
| 847 | [[caption-width-right:939: Roundy interrogators]] |
| 848 | The bubble-shaped dominant species of the planet Pie-Arr-Squared and Papa Drop's loyal subjects. |
| 849 | ---- |
| 850 | * AgonyOfTheFeet: |
| 851 | ** Professor Globus has this happen to him when the captured Dot stamps hard on his foot. |
| 852 | ** Also, Whyka bites a Roundy soldier's foot (and hand). |
| 853 | * AlienAbduction: They do this to Dot and Whyka after they crash-land on their planet. |
| 854 | * AssholeVictim: When Gorgo attacks their village and destroys their homes ([[NonMaliciousMonster to feed on the leaves that make up their roofs since he's a herbivore]]), he accidentally catches a Roundy in his mouth and spits him out. We would feel sorry for him if he didn't go along with Papa Drop's FantasticRacism against the Squaries like the rest of his species (except Roley). |
| 855 | * BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: [[spoiler: Papa Drop's own servant Inflato takes advantage of the former's tendency to deflate when he loses his temper and overinflates him enough to send him floating off into space.]] |
| 856 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Granted they may or may not have known of the existence of dogs (though this is questionable as Roley is later shown to know of the existence of rabbits) but they do try (and fail) to silence Whyka as well as Dot by tying her jaws together and the Roundy Sergeant rolls her up and down like a yo-yo at one point. |
| 857 | * BoundAndGagged: |
| 858 | ** This is their most preferred method of subduing prisoners, combined with BringTheAnchorAlong in the case of the Squaries in order to stop them from trying to float away and escape, at least according to Poley's flashbacks. |
| 859 | ** Poor Dot finds this out the hard way when she and Whyka leave the safety of their rocket to explore the surface of Pie-Arr-Squared, only for the Roundy Army to ambush them. |
| 860 | * BreakTheCutie: They've already done this to the Squaries, especially Poley, and they attempt to do the same to Dot but what they don't realise is that they're indirectly doing this to their own kind as [[EvenEvilHasStandards a Roundy child in the stands is clearly distressed at witnessing their persecution of Dot.]] |
| 861 | * ButtMonkey: Professor Globus particularly so. |
| 862 | * ChekhovsGunman: Papa Drop's servant Inflato. |
| 863 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Professor Globus takes Papa Drop's abuse and insults in his stride [[spoiler: but when his BadBoss draws a laser gun on his son, army and Dot, he quickly disarms him with a laser gun of his own.]] |
| 864 | * CrowdChant: "Round is Good! Square is Bad!" |
| 865 | * DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: They were willing to leave Whyka and a BoundAndGagged Dot at the mercy of Gorgo just to save their skins, and the Roundy Sergeant then orders his troops to recapture them and the Party just so they won't get imprisoned by Papa Drop. (Though this is partly because the Roundy Sergeant is smart enough to know Papa Drop's plan to conquer the Universe would be scuppered if Gorgo ate Dot, and also Papa Drop had betrayed them by this point for threatening to imprison them if they were to fail to recapture Dot.)]] |
| 866 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Along with Papa Drop, they persecute, enslave, starve and abuse anyone who isn't perfectly round ([[WouldHurtAChild regardless of age or species]]). |
| 867 | * DuctTapeForEverything: They use their equivalent of duct tape to silence Dot after they capture her. This leads to a PainfulAdhesiveRemoval for her when she is subjected to interrogation. |
| 868 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 869 | ** Professor Globus. He's more than happy to aid Papa Drop in the persecution of anyone who isn't round, ([[WouldHurtAChild regardless of age or species]]), and seems to be on board [[spoiler: with his plan to conquer the universe with Dot's rocket.]] [[spoiler: But even he draws the line at Papa Drop having his own son and army imprisoned and threatening them with a laser gun. He also doesn't seem to be sad to see him go, saying that "he was only a bag of wind".]] |
| 870 | ** On a minor note, a Roundy child sitting in the stands is clearly distressed at witnessing the persecution of Dot when she is brought to Papa Drop's palace. |
| 871 | ** [[spoiler: In the climax, Papa Drop's guards refuse to carry out his order to imprison the Roundy Army with Dot, Gorgo and The Party.]] |
| 872 | * FantasticRacism: Thanks to Papa Drop, the Roundies persecute anyone who isn't round, [[WouldHurtAChild regardless of age or species]]. |
| 873 | * HateSink: As bad as Papa Drop is, the Roundies (except for Roley) are equally complicit in the cruelty and suffering inflicted upon anyone who isn't perfectly round ([[WouldHurtAChild regardless of age or species]]), and they (along with the Sergeant) are directly responsible for dragging Dot into his FantasticRacism fueled conflict (though Papa Drop also shares some of the blame as he likely stationed them away from his fortress likely to prevent any Squarey from escaping from prison) and [[spoiler: nothing in the film indicates they show any remorse for their past actions after Papa Drop is overthrown.]] |
| 874 | * HerrDoktor: Professor Globus and Inflato. |
| 875 | * {{Jerkass}}: A whole race of them (except Roley of course, and possibly the Roundy child in the stands looking distressed at his own kind's persecution of Dot), with Papa Drop and the Roundy Sergeant being the biggest ones of all. |
| 876 | * KarmaHoudini: |
| 877 | ** [[spoiler: They reform almost immediately once Papa Drop is exposed and overthrown and are easily forgiven with no comeuppance (other than possibly the Roundy Sergeant's own troops ditching him in favor of The Party/Roley for hoping Gorgo eats Dot, even if he knew this would scupper Papa Drop's plan) and there is absolutely no indication they showed any remorse for their past actions. They don't even apologize to Dot after everything they put her through.]] |
| 878 | ** The one possible exception in this respect being Gorgo terrorising them and destroying their homes ([[NonMaliciousMonster simply to get at the leaves that make up their roofs since he's a herbivore]]). |
| 879 | * KickTheDog: While the Squaries and Dot are fed bad soup in the Prison for Squaries, they can be seen eating good food, ''and in front of them!'' |
| 880 | * LackOfEmpathy: When Poley breaks down sobbing after telling Dot about Papa Drop's rise to power, one of the guards berates her, telling her that crying won't get anything done. |
| 881 | * MeaningfulName: Papa Drop's servant Inflato, he always carries an air pump for when Papa Drop loses his temper. |
| 882 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: One of the Roundy guards closes and locks the gate (presumably to prevent any Squaries from escaping from the prison) while Dot is tricking the Roundy Sergeant into thinking she's painting a line to divide the Roundies and the Squaries, with her outside the prison, thus allowing her to escape. |
| 883 | * NightmareFace: Two of the Roundy soldiers briefly sport one as they're tying up Dot when they first capture her. |
| 884 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Professor Globus bears a striking resemblance to [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein Albert Einstein]], which is ironic since the real Einstein fled from Germany as soon as [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] was elected into office. |
| 885 | * PerpSweating: They try this on Dot to interrogate her but of course, they don't get anything out of her because she's not native to Pie-Arr-Squared, except insults. |
| 886 | * PunnyName: They all have names related to round objects, or at least those whose names are actually mentioned in the movie do, Professor Globus for instance. |
| 887 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: The Roundies' reaction to seeing Gorgo for the first time when they're trying to recapture Dot.]] |
| 888 | * StepfordSmiler: It's possible, given how happy some of the Roundy citizens in the stands look when witnessing the persecution of Dot. Some of them look disturbingly like they're actually having a good time of things, although they may only be putting up a front in order to avoid getting on the wrong side of Papa Drop and getting thrown in prison as a result. |
| 889 | * StupidEvil: [[spoiler: Why did one of the Roundy soldiers hope Gorgo eats The Party if Gorgo is basically his pet?]] |
| 890 | * SycophanticServant: Professor Globus appears to be this at first, [[spoiler: but once he sees Papa Drop point a gun at Dot, The Party (a.k.a. ''his own son Roley'') and his own army, he turns against him and disarms him with a gun of his own.]] |
| 891 | * TookALevelInJerkass: They originally lived peacefully with the Squaries, but once Papa Drop rose to power, they (minus Roley) persecute anyone who isn't perfectly round, [[WouldHurtAChild regardless of age or species]]. |
| 892 | * WouldHitAGirl: |
| 893 | ** They are shown whipping Dot, throwing her to the ground, restraining her by her arms and pulling her hair over the course of the film. |
| 894 | ** Of course, while they already do this to female prisoners native to their planet, Dot has it worse because she escapes and is recaptured. |
| 895 | * WouldHurtAChild: |
| 896 | ** Let's see, abducting an innocent little girl by ambushing her, tying her up and gagging her then subjecting her to persecution, public humiliation, enslavement, starvation and abuse. That's what they do to Dot. |
| 897 | *** [[spoiler: They're even prepared to leave Dot at the mercy of Gorgo in the hope that he'll eat her, as well as saving their own skins, though the Roundy Sergeant is the most vocal in hoping she gets eaten [[PragmaticVillainy (This may be partly because the Roundy Sergeant is smart enough to know that without Dot, Papa Drop will never be able to figure out how to operate her rocket because he would need, or rather have to force, her to show him)]]]]. |
| 898 | ** It's implied they've done most of the above to children native to their planet under Papa Drop's rule. |
| 899 | ** They are also shown to carry laser guns. [[spoiler: If Professor Globus hadn't disarmed Papa Drop, there would have been an alien gunfight that likely would have riled up Gorgo, causing him to go on a rampage with young Dot caught in the middle and in danger of either being shot or Gorgo trampling her or crushed by falling debris from Gorgo destroying Papa Drop's palace and any other building that was still standing]]. |
| 900 | ** They also don't realise they are indirectly hurting children of their own species as a Roundy child is clearly distressed at witnessing their persecution of Dot once they have captured her and brought her to Papa Drop's palace. |
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