Characters / As Dreamers Do

Disney family (biological and by-marriage)

Walt Disney Sr.

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney Sr.

Real person. Film producer and founder of The Walt Disney Company.

For his OTL counterpart, see here.

• Affectionate Nickname: Like IOTL, he is often nicknamed "Uncle Walt".
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: Instead of dying in 1966 of lung cancer, Walt dies in 1993 of a stroke.
• Posthumous Character: Even after his death, Walt's influence continues to persevere.

Walt Disney Jr.

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney Jr.

Original character. Son of Walt Disney Sr., husband of Candice Bergen. Film producer, co-founder of Hyperion Pictures, and currently chairman of The Walt Disney Company.

• Childhood Friend Romance: He and Candice Bergen have known each other since childhood, and have been married for over 30 years. They have two children: son Trey is a sportswear magnate, and daughter Tiffany is a pro sports executive and television producer.
• Papa Wolf: After Kanye West makes mean-spirited jabs at his daughter Tiffany, Walt Jr. bans West from all Disney parks. He does the same to Chris-Chan after his harassment campaign against Tiffany.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Walt Jr. notes that people point out his resemblance to his father, but without the mustache.

Candice Bergen

Candice Patricia Bergen

Real person. Actress, producer and wife of Walt Disney Jr. Among her most famous roles are Caitlin Stewart in the first two Nessie movies, Dana Breedlove in the movie White Noise, the title role on Murphy Brown, and Mrs. Smith in the 1994 film adaptation of Little Audrey.

For her OTL counterpart, see here.

• Childhood Friend Romance: She and Walt Disney Jr. have known each other since childhood, and have been married for over 30 years. They have two children: son Trey is a sportswear magnate, and daughter Tiffany is a pro sports executive and television producer.

Joyce Chung

Joyce Chung

Original character. Wife of Tiffany Disney. Director of community outreach for the Mighty Ducks of San Diego. Like her wife, Tiffany, she is incontinent, having been left as such as a young girl after a car accident that killed her parents.

• Big Damn Kiss: Shared one with Tiffany after the Mighty Ducks won their third Stanley Cup in 2008.
• Happily Married: To Tiffany Disney, with whom she adopted a son.

Tiffany Disney

Tiffany Lillian "Tiff" Disney

Original character. Daughter of Walt Disney Jr. and Candice Bergen, granddaughter of Walt Disney Sr. United States Ambassador to Canada, one of several executive producers on Glee, head coach of the U.S. national women's hockey team and owner of the NHL's Mighty Ducks of San Diego. She is also openly autistic, and has been incontinent since birth.

• Big Damn Kiss: Shared one with Joyce after the Mighty Ducks won their third Stanley Cup in 2008.
• Boyish Short Hair: Tiffany has a short haircut.
• Happily Married: To Joyce Chung, with whom she adopted a son.
• Jack of All Trades: She's a hockey coach and executive, a television producer, and a diplomat.

Other characters (real and original)

Sir Daniel Abbott

Sir Daniel Terrence Abbott

Original character. Head of classic animation at The Walt Disney Company since 2000, and a former protégé of Richard Williams. Considered one of the greatest animators of all time, he first joined Disney in 1984 after brief stints at Richard Williams Animation, United Artists, Filmation, Hanna-Barbera and Paramount. Before becoming Disney's head of classic animation, he worked at Grantray-Lawrence^note known since 2007 as 20th Century-Fox Animation; this is the animation wing of longtime Disney subsidiary 20th Century-Fox for many years, where, most notably, he was animation executive producer on The Simpsons for much of its 1990s golden age. Husband of Rachel Stone-Abbott, father of animator Devon Abbott, uncle of animator Rebecca Sugar.

• Happily Married: To Rachel Stone-Abbott, with whom he has two children.

Rachel Stone-Abbott

Rachel Amy Stone-Abbott (née Stone)

Original character. Filmmaker, animator, chairwoman of Legendary Entertainment and former head of Charm City Entertainment. Creator of Steven Universe, co-showrunner of Rockin' Rhonda (with longtime creative partner Linda Woolverton) and the 2010 incarnation of The Bozo Show (with Steven Spielberg), director of Enchanted and the Carmen Sandiego movies and writer-director of Catwoman. Wife of Sir Daniel Abbott, mother of animator Devon Abbott, aunt of animator Rebecca Sugar.

• Happily Married: To Sir Daniel Abbott, with whom she has two children.

Blanche Boudreaux

Blanche Veronica Boudreaux (née St. Pierre)

Original character. Animator, writer-producer and creator of Silent X and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

• Alliterative Name: Blanche Boudreaux.

Gus St. Pierre

Augustus Jean-Claude "Gus" St. Pierre

Original character. A New Orleans native and one of the most famous actors of his generation, his Star-Making Roles were as Ferguson Darling on Clarissa Explains It All and as Dave Karp in the Mighty Ducks movies. Also a member of the original cast of All That, other movies and TV shows of note in which he has appeared in a major role include Hey Dude, Welcome Freshmen, Lumpy Gravy^note UPN's first original sitcom ITTL; it is not to be confused with the OTL Frank Zappa album of the same name, the X-Men movies, and True Blood. Married since 2001 to Reese Witherspoon, with whom he has two children.

Ivy Boudreaux

Ivy Boudreaux (née St. Pierre)

Original character. Sister of Bridgette Kricfalusi.

• Sibling Yin-Yang: Compared to her sister, Ivy is far, far saner.

Jim Henson

James Maury "Jim" Henson

Real person. Film director and producer and creator of the Muppets. Would later partner with William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and co-found Touchstone Pictures.

For his OTL counterpart, see here.

• Spared by the Adaptation: He doesn't die of a lung infection ITTL.

Tara Strong

Tara Lyn Strong (née Charendoff)

Real person. A well-known voice actress who was a prominent victim of Butch Hartman's depravity.

For her OTL counterpart, see here.

Johanna Thomas

Johanna Taylor Thomas (née Weiss)

Original character, albeit one based on a real person. A well-respected child actor in the 1990s, she is best known as Randy Taylor on Home Improvement and as Skyler Fitch in the controversial late 90s TNT drag drama Glamazon. Unlike her OTL counterpart, she began experiencing gender dysphoria in the mid-1990s, and publicly came out as a trans woman in 2008, having already done so privately four years earlier.

For her OTL counterpart, see here.

Villains (real and original)

John Kricfalusi

Michael John Kricfalusi

Real person. Convicted in the 1980s on charges of child grooming; pardoned by Ted Bundy shortly after he became President of the United States. Later created The George Liquor Program, married Bridgette St. Pierre, mother of actor Gus St. Pierre, and convicted alongside Bridgette in June 1995 of the 1994 murder of Gus's half-sister Colette. Killed in prison in June 1996.

For his OTL counterpart, see here.

• Adaptational Villainy: While Kricfalusi is already an unpleasant person by all accounts IOTL, he wasn't a murderer like his counterpart ITTL.
• All Men Are Perverts: Like IOTL, Kricfalusi has a history of sexual harassment and lewd caricatures.
• Death by Adaptation: ITTL, he is killed in prison.
• Karmic Death: Kricfalusi gets murdered in prison via a shank.
• Wicked Stepmother: He treats his stepchildren as badly as his wife does.

Bridgette Kricfalusi

Bridgette Kricfalusi (née St. Pierre)

Original character. Mother of actor Gus St. Pierre. Later married disgraced animator John Kricfalusi, and convicted alongside John in June 1995 of the 1994 murder of Gus's half-sister Colette. Killed in prison in February 1997.

• Abusive Parents: She does not treat her children well, needless to say.
• Ax-Crazy: For reference on how sane she is, Mitchell Kriegman, creator and showrunner of Clarissa Explains It All, recalls an incident in which she bites part of his ear off and scratches his face with her nails.
• Karmic Death: Like her husband, she is killed in prison via shanking.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: Between Bridgette and her sister Ivy, she's much, much more morally repulsive and Ax-Crazy.

Butch Hartman / Boris Hartmanovitch

Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV

Real person. Creator of The Fairly OddParents! and Danny Phantom. Fired from both shows after an incident where he vandalized Tara Strong's car. Fled to Moscow after his fall from grace, where he joined Soyuzmultfilm.

For his OTL counterpart, see here.

• Adaptational Villainy: ITTL, Hartman goes as far as to vandalize Tara Strong's car, father an illegitimate child with her, and put a laxative in Steve Marmel's coffee.
• Berserk Button: Do not challenge his claims of creating childhoods for millions.
• Disproportionate Retribution: Hartman smashes Tara Strong's car because she dares to dispute his claims of creating the childhoods of "nineties kids".
• It's All About Me: Hartman will not hesitate to let you know that he created the childhoods of millions of people.
• Kick the Dog: After Hartman vandalizes Tara Strong's car, he coldly tells a crying Strong to "call a cab".

Ray Spum

Raymond "Ray" Spum

Original character. Another disgraced animator who later joined Soyuzmultfilm.

• Small Name, Big Ego: Like OTL's Kricfalusi, Spum makes a series of egotistical rants on his blog, including dissing Mark Evanier and Tom Ruegger as "screenwriters who can't draw".

Harvey Weinstein

Harvey Weinstein

Real person. Co-founder of Miramax, and later the 43rd President of the United States.

• Even Evil Has Standards: Weinstein may be a grossly corrupt pervert who hires extremely shady people, but even he is appalled by Kricfalusi sending love letters to a young Judith Barsi, to the point of firing him.
• Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: Weinstein becomes President of the United States ITTL.

Ted Bundy

Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy

Real person. The 41st President of the United States.

For his OTL counterpart, see here.

• President Evil: Even before his presidency, Bundy killed at least 40 women.
• Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: Bundy enters politics ITTL.

Amy Pascal

Amy Pascal

Real person. Former executive of Columbia-TriStar who was fired from her job after a long history of disparaging comments towards Blanche Boudreaux.

• Jerkass: She makes openly disparaging comments towards Blanche and vetoes her ideas, leading to Pascal's termination from Columbia-TriStar.

Lou Scheimer

Louis "Lou" Scheimer

Real person. Co-founder of Filmation. He was fired and imprisoned for his involvement in a murder-for-hire plot after his enemies list was made public, but pardoned by Ted Bundy.

• Adaptational Villainy: OTL's Scheimer didn't have a hit list or known ill intentions.
• Jerkass: Scheimer shrugs off Abbott's attempts to explain his side of the story after Abbott almost hits him with a chair.