Line #180 Characters/KikisDeliveryService


1	A list of characters from ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService''.
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6	[[folder:Kiki]]
7	!!Kiki
8	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kiki_kikis_delivery_service_5007.jpg]]
9	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MinamiTakayama (Japanese), Lisa Michelson (Streamline dub), Creator/KirstenDunst (Disney dub)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/AdelineChetail (French), Creator/CristinaHernandez (Latin American Spanish), Flávia Saddy (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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11	The central protagonist of the film. She is a young girl who sets out to complete a one-year training to become a full-fledged witch.
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13	* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Much of Kiki's angst in the second half of the film is mostly original to the film.
14	* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: She had long hair just past her shoulders in the original novels. The anime gives her a short bob cut, as the latter style is easier to animate, especially in the context of a witch flying through the air. Her shorter hairstyle would also be carried over to the 2014 live action adaptation and even [[{{RetCanon}} some rereleases of the novel]].
15	* AllWomenLoveShoes: {{Downplayed\|Trope}}. But she is mesmerized by a pair of red dress shoes that were on display in a department store window.
16	* BreakTheCutie: After losing her magic, she becomes depressed. After talking with Ursula and being inspired to save Tombo, she gets it back.
17	* CaptainCrash: Her piloting leaves something to be desired when she first leaves home. By the end of the film, she's become an expert flyer.
18	* CountryMouse: She is from a small town in the country and part of her character growth is adapting to and finding her place in a large city.
19	* CuteClumsyGirl: Especially when it comes to flying.
20	* CuteWitch: Age 13 and as cute as can be. Especially as she's flying around on her broomstick, having the time of her life.
21	* DrivesLikeCrazy: Or in her case, flies like crazy. She gets better, though.
22	* FlyingBroomstick: She, being a witch, is able to fly on a broom. Since it's the only witch-related talent she has, she decides to start [[FlyingPostman a delivery service via her broomstick]]. The trope is played with in several ways since it isn't the broomstick itself that's magical; the witch's power gives it the ability, so any broom works. [[spoiler:If a witch loses confidence in herself, she could lose her magic and thus the ability to fly]].
23	* FlyingPostman: She's a variant of this trope, as she's not a postman, but a witch in training who starts up a delivery service where she delivers various items via her FlyingBroomstick.
24	* FriendlessBackground: A downplayed example. Since she grew up in a small insular town, she's had few friends her age (four show up to see her off) and she's forced to leave them behind. Her closest companion is Jiji who acts more of a mentor. Part of her growth is learning how to interact with other children.
25	* HeroStoleMyBike: Or broom, since she didn't have one handy. She politely asks a bystander in a janitor's uniform to lend her his broom, promising to give it back later. She then takes it without waiting to hear his reply (which, in the dub, is actually a no). [[BrickJoke Later, when a news report shows her saving a falling boy using this broom, he proudly boasts to everyone else in earshot that it was his broom.]] Apparently, he decided to let her keep it since she can be seen flying on it in the epilogue.
26	* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Kiki briefly goes into one as a result of losing her powers, she slowly manages to perk up again after hanging out with Ursula]].
27	* IAmNotPretty: Kiki says this when Ursula wants her to model for a painting. Ursula convinces her that it's not true, and Kiki agrees to do it.
28	* [[LaughThemselvesSick Laugh Herself Sick]]: Kiki has a ''major'' giggle-fit after she and Tombo crash on Tombo's flying bike but are overall unharmed.
29	* LittleMissSnarker: She can be this at times.
30	* PluckyGirl: She's a poster child for this trope. She's a Miyazaki heroine, after all.
31	* PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage: [[spoiler:The crux of the film's conflict revolves around Kiki losing her witch powers. [[LossOfIdentity If she can't fly her broom, what's she to do?]]]] When she confides in Ursula about this issue, she's told that the problem is probably similar to an artist's block and will probably go away at some point if she just doesn't worry about it for a while.
32	* RavenHairIvorySkin: She has dark hair and fair skin, which is very appealing.
33	* RhymeThemeNaming: Her name rhymes with that of her cat, Jiji.
34	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At the hotel, the man behind the desk asks her for identification after she says she is a witch. She leaves immediately after.
35	* ShipTease: There are a few scenes in the film that hints that Kiki has feelings for Tombo.
36	* ShrinkingViolet: She becomes this when she [[IJustWantToHaveFriends believes that Tombo's friends don't like her.]] (It's also attributed to one of the girls' snobbish attitudes toward her grandmother.) Later on, she grows out of it.
37	* SignatureHeadgear: Her big red hair bow, which she's rarely seen without.
38	* TakeAThirdOption: When Kiki arrives at Madame's house and her casserole isn't ready because her oven doesn't work. She offers to just pay Kiki for her trouble, but Kiki has the idea of using the woodstove to bake it and delivers it on time.
39	* TickleTorture: She's revealed to be quite ticklish when she gets her foot licked by cows.
40	* {{Tsundere}}: The Sweet type towards Tombo. She's nice and polite to everyone else she meets, but she initially dislikes Tombo due to his overly friendly nature and InnocentlyInsensitive comments. After getting to know him better, Kiki becomes good friends with him.
41	* WitchClassic: She is a witch-in-training. She doesn't wear the pointed hat but does wear a black[[labelnote:*]]The Japanese apparently don't really distinguish between black and dark purple, as the word "kuro" covers both[[/labelnote]] dress, rides on a broomstick, and has a black cat whom she can speak to through magic. Her mother does magic with potions, but other witches do things like fortune-telling. Witches go on a journey to live alone for a year as part of their training and leaving on a full moon is considered the best night.
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44	[[folder:Jiji]]
45	!!Jiji
46	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ReiSakuma (Japanese), Kerrigan Mahan (Streamline dub), Creator/PhilHartman (Disney dub)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Christophe Lemoine (French), Creator/MarioFilio (Latin American Spanish), Creator/GuilhermeBriggs (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
47	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jiji_99.jpg]]
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49	Jiji is a sardonic and sarcastic black cat who acts as a {{Foil}} and sidekick to Kiki. He comes along with her to the town.
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52	* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear in the Japanese version or in the Streamline dub if [[spoiler:he can speak to Kiki again by the end, as he only gives out a meow]]. It doesn't help that Miyazaki has [[invoked]][[FlipFlopOfGod given different answers]] on [[spoiler:if he could or not]]. This is not the case in the Disney dub, however, as [[spoiler:he's given a few lines to confirm that he could speak to her again (at least, until they've edited them out in the 2010 rerelease)]]. This is also not the case in the original book series, as Kiki [[spoiler:never lost the ability to understand him in the books to start with]].
53	* AnimalJingoism: At first, Jiji is scared of the dog Jeff, but later on comes to like him.
54	* AnimalTalk: He can talk to Kiki, but also to other cats, birds, and presumably dogs.
55	* BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the film it's shown that he had four kittens with Lily. Three of the kittens resemble Lily, with long white fur, and one kitten looks like Jiji, with short black fur and big eyes.
56	* CatsAreSnarkers: He tends to be snippy, sniffy, sardonic, dubious, and tactless. Especially in the Disney dub.
57	* CatsHateWater: Hates getting caught in the rain.
58	* DeadpanSnarker: Oh, very much so. While he's much more sarcastic in the English dub, his Japanese version still takes some jabs at Kiki every now and then.
59	* DubPersonalityChange: Thanks to Creator/PhilHartman's improv and delivery, Jiji is much more talkative and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] in Disney's English dub compared to his original Japanese portrayal, where he was quieter, and cautious.
60	* {{Foil}}: Acts as one to Kiki, being more sardonic and sarcastic in contrast to the wide-eyed and cheerful Kiki.
61	* NonHumanSidekick: He's one to Kiki, being a sarcastic black cat [[AllWitchesHaveCats belonging to a young witch]].
62	* OlderThanTheyLook: Jiji is pretty spry and young-looking, but according to the book, he's the same age as Kiki, making him 13-years-old -- quite an advanced age for a cat!
63	* OutOfFocus: He becomes this in the second half of the film after [[spoiler: Kiki loses her powers, making her unable to understand him]].
64	* RhymeThemeNaming: His name rhymes with that of his owner, Kiki.
65	* ShooOutTheClowns: Was frequently the main source of comic relief in the first half of the film. Naturally, he becomes OutOfFocus in the second half after [[spoiler:Kiki loses her powers (which includes being unable to communicate with him) and goes into a HeroicBSOD]].
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68	[[folder:Tombo]]
69	!!Tombo
70	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (Japanese), Eddie Frierson (Streamline dub), Creator/MatthewLawrence (Disney dub)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Olivier Martret (French), Creator/EnzoFortuny (Latin American Spanish), Peterson Adriano (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
71	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tombo.jpg]]
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73	The deuteragonist, who tries to befriend Kiki after watching her fly on her broomstick. A little annoying, but ultimately sweet guy and a GadgeteerGenius.
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75	* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the original book, Tombo first appears in Chapter 5. In the film, he shows up during the scene when Kiki first comes to the city.
76	* CoolBike: Owns one in the form of his propeller-powered bicycle, which can briefly fly.
77	* DoggedNiceGuy: A more platonic version; he's fascinated by Kiki being a witch and is very insistent on befriending her, much to her annoyance. It takes a while, but eventually, Kiki warms up to him.
78	* GadgeteerGenius: He is an engineer who makes a bicycle fly with a propeller at one point.
79	* ImpliedLoveInterest: While he never gets together with Kiki in the film, he is heavily implied to have developed a crush on her.
80	* InnocentlyInsensitive: While he's not trying to be malicious, his remarks about how Kiki only ever wears black and how her manners are old-fashioned initially don't endear himself to Kiki, who doesn't take those comments very well.
81	* NerdGlasses: Wears thick bottle-like glasses.
82	* NiceGuy: He tends to be InnocentlyInsensitive towards Kiki at first, but he's a sweet guy overall.
83	* ShipTease: There are a few instances where it's implied that Tombo and Kiki have feelings for each other.
84	* StalkerWithACrush: He comes across this way to Kiki initially, so she avoids him as much as possible. She later realizes that she has misjudged him and becomes his friend.
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87	[[folder:Osono]]
88	!!Osono
89	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KeikoToda (Japanese), Alexandra Kenworthy (Streamline dub), Creator/TressMacNeille (Disney dub)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Dolly Vanden (French), Pilar Escandón (Latin American Spanish), Isabel de Sá (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
90	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/osono.jpg]]
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92	A warm-hearted and kindly baker. Osono takes in Kiki and becomes a bit of a mother figure to the young witch.
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94	* BabiesEverAfter: The ending of the film shows that Osono and her husband finally had their baby.
95	* HappilyMarried: To her husband Fukuo.
96	* ParentalSubstitute: She quickly becomes one to Kiki after she moves out of her hometown, and she settles into the bakery.
97	* ShipperOnDeck: Osono nudges Kiki to get to know Tombo a little better. Kiki doesn't appreciate it when she figures things out.
98	* SweetBaker: She fits the standard female baker archetype to a tee, being friendly, caring, and motherly.
99	* YouthfulFreckles: Osono is a young expectant mother and has a light dusting of freckles on her nose.
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102	[[folder:Fukuo]]
103	!!Fukuo
104	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KoichiYamadera (Japanese), Greg Snegoff (Streamline dub), John Hostetter (Disney dub)
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106	Osoro's husband who rarely speaks. Unnamed in the film but named in the original book.
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108	* BabiesEverAfter: The ending of the film shows that Fukuo and his wife finally had their baby.
109	* BigOlEyebrows: Has thick rectangular black eyebrows.
110	* GentleGiant: He may be a big guy but he’s just as sweet as his wife. He is seen delicately oiling/buttering bread buns and twirling bread pans to impress Jiji (keep in mind that Fukuo doesn’t know Jiji is intelligent and can talk to Kiki, as far as Fukuo’s aware, Jiji is just a normal cat)
111	* HappilyMarried: To his wife Osoro.
112	* NoNameGiven: Is completely unnamed in the film. Only named in the original book.
113	* SilentPartner: Talks much less than his wife Osoro.
114	* SweetBaker: He may not talk as much as his wife but he’s just as warm-hearted as she is. He is immediately okay with Osoro taking in Kiki, to the point that he makes Kiki a custom sign out of bread for her delivery service, and has a scene where he shows off his bakery skills to Jiji.
115	* TheVoiceless: Has only one line, at the end of the movie when Osono says she thinks it’s time for the baby to be born.
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118	[[folder:Ursula]]
119	!!Ursula
120	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MinamiTakayama (Japanese), Creator/EdieMirman (Streamline dub), Creator/JaneaneGarofalo (Disney dub)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Laura Blanc (French), Creator/MariaFernandaMorales (Latin American Spanish), Fernanda Fernandes (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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125	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ursula_1.png]]
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128	A young artist who lives in the forest, she becomes a mentor figure towards Kiki in the film's second half.
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130	* BarefootLoon: She goes barefoot at home, and outside, she only wears open-toed shoes (flip-flops or sandals), which may have to do with her nonconformist attitude as an artist.
131	* BigSisterMentor: She becomes this towards Kiki in the second half of the film.
132	* CanonForeigner: She is an original character in the film.
133	* DontThinkFeel: The advice Ursula gives Kiki, which allows her to regain her powers and save the day in the end.
134	* EarthyBarefootCharacter: Her tendency to go barefoot or wear open-toed shoes may have something to do with the fact that she lives in the forest as a hermit.
135	* TheHermit: Lives in a cabin in the woods away from society.
136	* LadyLooksLikeADude: Downplayed. Ursula gets almost mistaken by a guy due to her outfit, however, she looks largely feminine.
137	* LegFocus: Invoked. When Kiki and Ursula catch a ride with an older man, he says he mistook Ursula for a boy based on her outfit. She protests that boys don't have legs like hers, and lifts one up to prove her point.
138	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: She's thought to be named after Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin, a major source of inspiration for Studio Ghibli's work.
139	* NoNameGiven: Strangely, Ursula is never named in either the original Japanese version or the Streamline dub. Only the Disney dub actually mentions her name, and even then, it's only said once (by the truck driver she and Kiki hitchhike with).
140	* ReclusiveArtist: Subverted in an InUniverse example. Despite living in a cabin in the woods as TheHermit, she's quite friendly and later visits Kiki in town.
141	* TankTopTomboy: She's introduced wearing shorts and a tank top and wears the same thing when she goes to visit Kiki.
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144	[[folder:Madame]]
145	!!Madame
146	!!!Voiced by: Haruko Kato (Japanese), Melanie [=MacQueen=] (Streamline Dub), Creator/DebbieReynolds (Disney dub)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Anne-Marie Haudebourg (French), Ángela Villanueva (Latin American Spanish)[[/labelnote]]
147	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madame_6.png]]
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149	A kindly old lady who lives alone with her maid, Bertha, in a mansion on the edge of town. She hires Kiki to deliver a herring pie to her granddaughter.
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151	* CoolOldLady: She's old but she's amiable to everyone, Kiki included. She even loves her granddaughter but doesn't get any love from her in return...
152	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: She's only ever referred to as Madame, so her real name is unknown.
153	* GrandeDame: A rich old lady living in a BigFancyHouse.
154	* GrandmasRecipe: Her herring-and-pumpkin pot pie, which she always prepares for her granddaughter's birthday.
155	* NiceGirl: Madame is nothing but kind towards Kiki and was even willing to pay her for her trouble when it seemed like she wouldn't be able to bake her pie after all.
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158	[[folder:Barsa]]
159	!!Barsa
160	!!!Voiced by: Hiroko Seki (Japanese), Creator/EdieMirman (Streamline Dub), Creator/EdieMcClurg (Disney dub)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Katy Vail (French), Guadalupe Noel (Latin American Spanish), Dolores Machado (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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162	An excitable older woman who works as Madame's maid. Has been very interested in witches ever since her great-grandmother told her about meeting one as a child.
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164	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her name is spelled differently depending on the dub you're watching - her name is written as Barsa in most versions, but it written as Bertha in the GKIDS subtitles.
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167	[[folder:Madame's Granddaughter]]
168	!!Madame's Granddaughter
169	!!!Voiced by: Keiko Kagimoto (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (Streamline Dub), Creator/SherryLynn (Disney dub)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/ElsaCovian (Latin American Spanish)[[/labelnote]]
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171	Madame's rude granddaughter who Kiki delivers a herring-and-pumpkin pot pie to. Also part of Tombo's group of friends.
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173	* HateSink: In contrast to Madame, her granddaughter is portrayed as being a rude and unsympathetic UngratefulBitch who is upset that her grandmother made her a herring pie, which she hates, and never shows any appreciation nor thanks to Kiki, nor does she let her in from the rain.
174	* {{Foil}}: To her grandmother, Madame. Madame is sweet and kind, hand-bakes a herring and pumpkin pot pie specially for granddaughter's birthday party, and offers to pay Kiki just for the trouble of flying out when the pie isn't done on time. Madame's granddaughter, on the other hand, is rude and snobby towards both her grandmother and Kiki, and insults her grandmother's pie to Kiki's face after Kiki had flown through the rain to deliver it to her.
175	* NoNameGiven: Just like her grandmother, her granddaughter is completely unnamed, in both the original book and Miyazaki's adaption.
176	* RichBitch: Is incredibly snobby and rude towards both Kiki and her own grandmother, and is seen celebrating her birthday at her BigFancyHouse when Kiki delivers her grandmother's pie to her.
177	* UngratefulBitch: After all the trouble Kiki went through to get Madame's dish to her granddaughter, namely spending a long time helping bake it and then flying in the rain, she is rather unconcerned with the fact that Kiki is sopping wet and is not the least bit happy to receive one of her grandmother's pies. Worse, once the delivery is made, she closes the door without so much as offering Kiki a chance to dry off. Suitably, Jiji is incredulous at this lack of consideration. The granddaughter reappears later on and recognizes Kiki — she and her friends talk about her in a positive tone, though their gossiping frustrates Kiki enough for her to storm off.
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180	[[folder:Kokiri and Okino]]
181	!!Kokiri and Okino
182	!!!Kokiri is voiced by: Mieko Nobusawa (Japanese), Creator/BarbaraGoodson (Streamline dub), Creator/KathSoucie (Disney dub)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Françoise Cadol (French), Katalina Múzquiz (Latin American Spanish), Carla Pompílio (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
183	!!!Okino is voiced by: Kouishi Miura (Japanese), John Dantona (Streamline dub), Creator/JeffBennett (Disney dub)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Patrice Baudrier (French), Enrique Mederos (Latin American Spanish), Mário Cardoso (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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185	Kiki's parents seen at the beginning of the movie before her trip.
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187	* HappilyMarried: Seem quite happy with each other.
188	* SatelliteFamilyMember: They barely appear in the movie and don't have relevance beyond being Kiki's parents.
189	[[/folder]]
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191	[[folder:Senior Witch]]
192	!!Senior Witch
193	!!!Voiced by: Creator/YukoKobayashi (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (Streamline Dub), Creator/DebiDerryBerry (Disney dub)
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195	A witch who shows up for one scene while Kiki is looking for a town to live in. Has a green-eyed black cat.
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197	* FortuneTeller: Mentions that her specialty is fortune-telling. Specifically, love fortunes.
198	-->'''Senior Witch:''' Since my skill is fortune telling, I can handle anything... I tell fortunes about love.
199	* PlotDevice: Only shows up in one scene and serves no purpose other than to establish how witches leaving home for a year works.
200	* TheUnnamed: Since this character only exists as a PlotDevice, she is never given a name (nor is her cat).
201	[[/folder]]
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203	[[folder:Tombo's Friends]]
204	!!Tombo's Friends
205	!!!Voiced by: Dave Mallow, Creator/DianeMichelle, and Lara Cody (Streamline dub), Unknown (Japanese and Disney dub)
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207	Tombo's group of friends who are often seen all piled into a car. Madame's granddaughter is also a part of this group.
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209	* CarloadOfCoolKids: Usually appear all piled into a beat-up old car. At the beginning of the film, there are ''so many '' of them in the car, one kid is hanging off the back.
210	* TheUnnamed: None of the kids have names.
211	[[/folder]]

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