Characters / Julie E Os Fantasmas Titular Characters

"1,2,3, go!"

The eponymous Julie e os Fantasmas (Julie and the Phantoms)

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Julie

Julie

Juliana Spinelli de Almeida

"I don't know if it's normal. I just know it's my life, and that's final!"

Played By: Mariana Lessa

Voiced By: Diana Alonso (Latin American Spanish)

The protagonist. A shy, young songwriter with severe stage fright and a crush on the popular boy at school who one day discovers a band of ghosts trapped inside an old record in the garage of her house. She learns to conquer her stage fright and becomes the lead singer of their new rock band, Os Insólitos.

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• Aloof Big Sister: Can be this towards Pedrinho at times, especially at the beginning. They get better once she allows him to meet the ghosts, but he still bonds more with Martim and Félix than her.
• Boy Meets Ghoul: Gender inverted. She eventually falls for the ghost Daniel, even asking him if he found something of hers (this being after she was told by a fortune teller that her first boyfriend would give her back something she didn't even know she'd lost) and, if the lyrics to Reação Química (which is sung by Daniel in the show proper, but it's sung by Julie in the official recording and is heavily implied to be about Daniel) are any indication, she wonders if something could ever work between them. It's downplayed in that they don't end up together, but that's mostly because she still has feelings for Nicolas.
  Could it be worth the pain? Could it be worth it all? // Could it be that something between us has a future?
• Cannot Spit It Out: Her crush on Nicolas. She even wrote a song about it! Even more so with her feelings for Daniel. She never says it out loud, despite it being obvious to everyone, including Daniel.
• Celeb Crush: She would eagerly kiss Robert Pattinson. Considering this was around the time the Twilight movies were coming out, it's clear her feelings for Daniel don't come out of left field.
• Cool Big Sis: To Pedrinho. She is the lead singer of a rock band. You can't get much cooler than that.
• Daddy's Girl: She's very close with her dad Raul. It becomes a plot point when she can't go to their anual father-daughter fishing trip due to having a performance scheduled that same day and has to pretend Valtinho is her boyfriend to get out of it.
• Dude Magnet: Besides the main triangle with Nicolas and Daniel, she's also caught the eyes of Valtinho and JP.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic.
• Has a Type: She's got a thing for curly haired boys with an anarchist attitude. JP also sort of looks like a blend of Nicolas and Daniel's features.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Julie thinks Thalita is being genuine when she suddenly starts acting nice and helping Julie with her role in the school play, only to then ask her to get her a more important part in the play. Bia and Daniel see right through it.
• Innocent Soprano: The good natured but naive protagonist, who sings in a soft soprano, courtesy of Mariana Lessa.
• Laugh of Love: She tends to giggle quite a bit around her love interests.
• Old Shame: When she was a child, she wanted to be Thalita's friend so bad she would do anything Thalita said. Thalita made her steal the diary of a girl named Márcia, who Thalita and her friends made fun of for her weight, and give it to her so they could all read and laugh. Thalita ripped some pages off and passed them around the classroom, leading to Márcia becoming a laughing stock and her skipping school for a while. Though Julie tried to rectify this, Thalita eventually told Márcia that it was Julie who took her diary and Márcia never spoke to her again. It's Julie's biggest regret.
• Poor Communication Kills: She's on both the receiving and giving end of this. A ghost seems to be trying to sabotage her relationship with Nicolas, which culminates in a video of Nicolas doing LARP as a knight getting spread around the school. Nicolas assumes it was her who spread it and cuts her off. Meanwhile, Julie assumes it was Daniel messing with Nicolas, despite him continuously denying it, and tells him to disappear from her life. Neither of them was right, as it was actually Demetrius, and she makes up with Daniel once it's explained.
• Puppy-Dog Eyes: Has large and round brown eyes that she sometimes uses to her own advantage.
• Resort to Pouting: She pulls this on Daniel when he doesn't want the band to be visible for Bia to save her and Julie's friendship. It works.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Ultimately ends up with Nice Guy Nicolas.
• Shrinking Violet: She is this initially, but slowly starts to come out of her shell once she gets over her stage fright.
• Smitten Teenage Girl: With Nicolas, initially. She can't speak properly when he's around and even does the classic "their names with hearts in her notebook" shtick. She gets better and eventually starts actually talking to him.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: Though they have feelings for each other, she knows she and Daniel can never be together. A rare example in that the reason is that Daniel is already dead when she meets him.
• Suspiciously Specific Denial: Her character description. She is not emo! And she most definitely did not fall in love with a ghost.
• Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She's not the most feminine girl, but she likes plushies, dolls, wearing makeup and a lot of her stuff is decorated with little pink hearts (with lightnings).
• Town Girls: The Tomboy to Thalita's Girly Girl and Bia's Neither.
• What Beautiful Eyes!: Daniel thinks so.
  Julie: My eyes? What about my eyes?
  Daniel: You have the prettiest eyes he's ever seen. And, sometimes, he has to try hard not to be hypnotized. He could spend hours not doing anything... Just looking at them.

The Phantoms

In General

"[This room] was different when we were alive..."

The other three main characters. A group of teenage ghosts who formed the band Apolo 81 when they were alive in The '80s. They passed away in an accident right after signing a record deal and they were trapped inside their own album record due to disobeying spectral laws until Julie accidentally frees them, nearly three decades later. They later form another band with Julie named Os Insólitos, leading to them being chased by the Spectral Police once again.

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• The '80s: They formed Apolo 81 and died in the early 80's.
• Arbitrary Skepticism: They think that the idea of Julie's teacher inventing a ghostbusting device is ridiculous. They are ghosts.
• Family-Unfriendly Death: The event is not shown (only pictures of their terrified last reactions, which their ex-keyboardist still has, for some reason), but it is described, and it's surprisingly horrifying and sad due to how sudden it was. Shortly before they were scheduled to start recording their first album with an important record company, they were trying to recreate The Beatles' iconic Abbey Road album cover when a truck suddenly drove by and drifted, crashing onto them and/or possibly crushing them to death. It's hard not to think about their last moments and how scared they must have been, considering they were only 16 or 17 years old. It's no wonder they don't talk about it.
• Friendly Ghost: Martim and Félix especially. They don't have any ill intent towards the living and their ghostly antics are mischievous at worst. Daniel isn't particularly friendly, but his antagonistic attitude comes more from pettiness than any actual maliciousness.
• Haunted Fetter: Their punishment for interacting with the living was to be trapped inside the only vinyl of their own album. Julie breaks it after they're set free and she thinks she's going crazy.
• Haunted House: Though they can leave as they please, they're bound to Julie's house because that's where they used to practice when they were alive. It's unclear whose house it was, though.
• No Full Name Given: We never learn Daniel or Félix's last names. Martim's is revealed in a Freeze-Frame Bonus from episode 11 as Novac.
• Psychological Torment Zone: Downplayed, but it's pretty clear that the reason Demetrius punished them that way was to remind them of what they couldn't be.
• Rock Trio: With Daniel on the guitar, Martim on the bass and Félix on the drums.
• Security Cling: Félix grabs Daniel's sleeve in fright and Martim gets behind him when Julie frees them.
• Tragic Dream: Their dream of being a famous rock band was cut short with ther deaths. Somewhat subverted, since they become pretty successful with Julie as Os Insolitos, but they still can't show their faces to the world.
• Undeathly Pallor: Like the other ghosts in this universe, they have pale, almost grey skin with what appears to be really dark eyeliner.

Daniel

Daniel

"I spent 30 years without playing a guitar... until you came along."

Played By: Bruno Sigrist

Voiced By: Arturo Castañeda (Latin American Spanish)

The lead singer and only guitarist of Apolo 81 and vocalist and lead guitarist of Os Insólitos. A very sarcastic and snarky young ghost, he eventually becomes less standoffish towards Julie once he gets to know her and starts to fall for her. Despite being rude sometimes, he has a sentimental side that comes out once in a while.

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• '80s Hair: His curls call to mind the classic '80s perm, though it's the actor's natural hair.
• Berserk Button: Do not insult his guitar playing skills. This is part of the reason he scares Nicolas in one of the last episodes.
• Big Brother Instinct: Towards his bandmates. When they were alive, he couldn't tell them that their idol Chris García thought their music sucked, so he lied to them to protect their feelings. When Julie frees them, both Félix and Martim automatically cling to him in fright. Interestingly, Félix and Martim are revealed to be 17 and 18 in two Freeze-Frame Bonus, and, though Daniel's age is never revealed, Bruno Sigrist believes him to be around 16 or 17, actually making him the youngest of the three, and somewhat inverting this trope.
• Blatant Lies: Anytime he denies having feelings for Julie.
  Martim: Wasn't it you who said it was ridiculous to fall in love?
  Daniel: I'm not in love.
  Félix: Remember when he used to make fun of guys who suffered for a woman?
  Daniel: I am not suffering.
• Cannot Spit It Out: His feelings for Julie. In spades. He spends the first 15 episodes completely denying that he likes her (and that she likes him).
• Celebrity Resemblance: As many fans have noted, he bears far more than a passing resemblance to a young Gustavo Cerati◊ of the Argentinian rock band Soda Stereo. Considering Cerati was the vocalist and guitarist of the band, as well as the leader, and that Soda Stereo was highly influential for Latin American rock in the 80's and 90's, this was probably intentional.
• Character Tic: He has a habit of shaking his guitar when he finishes a song.
• Cock Fight: With Nicolas for Julie, though it's more of a Passive-Aggressive Kombat variant, since Daniel doesn't directly interact much with Nicolas and can't make himself visible to him, so they both resort to petty comments about each other rather than actual violence. The one time they do interact directly, it's extremely tense, though the situation itself isn't really about Julie.
  Nicolas: C'mon, take [the mask] off!
  Daniel: Why? Just because you want me to?
• Entitled to Have You: He has this attitude towards Julie, especially in the last few episodes. He seems to think he's the only one who's good for her and nearly traumatizes poor Nicolas in order to get with Julie, making her think Nicolas wants nothing to do with her. However, Julie's feelings for Nicolas are still stronger and Daniel's conscious eats away at him until he tells her the truth and finally understands that Julie really wants Nicolas.
• Foil: As a talented singer and guitarist, he's exactly what Demetrius never was, which is why he seems to have a vendetta against him specifically.
• Ghastly Ghost: Invokes this trope in the second to last episode to scare Nicolas off of Julie. Complete with flickering lights and flying books. In episode 20, he also plans to pull this on an old man (who turns out to be Demetrius in disguise) to get information on Demetrius.
• Hidden Depths: He appears to be quite cynical and rude at first, but it's eventually revealed that he used to be quite the idealist when he was alive, before his idol told him his band's music sucked, which he kept to himself in order to protect Félix and Martim's feelings, even though he later admits he almost quit playing guitar because of it. And then he died in an accident, along with Félix and Martim, right as they were about to truly take off. It's likely that these experiences, plus being trapped inside a vinyl of his own ill-fated band for three decades, have left him jaded and bitter.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Towards Julie. Three times. The first one when he, knowing about Julie's feelings for him, anonymously pushes her towards JP so that she hopefully falls for a living boy and gets over him. The second when he begs her to take the opportunity of signing a deal with Alexandre Borotti, despite this meaning he would likely never perform with or even see her again. The third one when he tells her the truth about Nicolas (that he really is as nice as he seems and that Daniel is responsible for Nicolas and Julie not talking) and realizes her friendship is more important than anything.
• Jerkass Ball: Grabs it hard the last few episodes. While he's not necessarily nice and never liked Nicolas, he had mostly respected the fact that Julie deserves to be with someone who is alive and chose not to be with him, even anonymously pushing her to be with JP earlier in the show. In episode 25 he decides to scare Nicolas into staying out of Julie's life, not even caring about how this could hurt Julie, so he could have her for himself. He does get better in the end, but it can still be a bit jarring.
• Love Epiphany: He has one when he's supposed to report back to Julie what Nicolas said about her (that he thinks of her as a friend and that she's kinda bland), but finds he can't bring himself to do it. The look on his face when Julie looks away says it all.
  Daniel: You have the prettiest eyes he's ever seen. And, sometimes, he has to try hard not to be hypnotized. He could spend hours not doing anything... Just looking at them.
• Lying to Protect Your Feelings: Does this twice. He does this to Julie when he realizes he can't tell her what Nicolas actually said about her (see the above quote). It's revealed he also did this to Félix and Martim when their idol didn't like their music.
• Romantic Runner-Up: He's set up as a Love Interest, but doesn't end up with Julie in the end.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: In another world, he and Julie might have had a chance, but, despite their connection, the fact that Daniel is a ghost means that they can't ever be together.
• Tenor Boy: Though he might initially not appear to be one due to his cynicism, it eventually becomes clear that he fits this trope, being the hopelessly romantic deuteragonist who sings in the tenor range, courtesy of Bruno Sigrist.
• This Is Your Song: He writes not one, but two songs for Julie, though he never shows her the first one. He writes the second one for what would be Os Insólitos' last concert as a goodbye song which even has her name on the title, and he actually performs it for her on stage this time. Julie clearly appreciates the gesture.
  Daniel: This is the most important song from our band. I hope you guys like it. (turns to Julie) Julie... This one's for you.

Félix

Martim

Martim Novac

The bassist of Apolo 81 and Os Insólitos. Though he's not the brightest bulb and is quite the flirt, he has the best intentions at heart and becomes a great friend to Julie and an older brother figure to Pedrinho, usually aiding him in his endeavors and mentoring him in the art of romance.

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• Big Brother Mentor: To Pedrinho. He's the one Pedrinho goes to when he needs romantic advice.
• Chick Magnet: A lot of girls seem to like him. Subverted with Shizuko, who kisses him, but later says he's a bad kisser.
• The Ditz: He's definitely not the smartest.
• Like Brother and Sister: With Julie.
• Nice Guy: Is the kindest of the ghosts and always has good intentions at heart.
• Nobody Loves the Bassist: Completely inverted. He's the bassist and, of the three boys, he's the one to get the most attention, both in life and in death.
• Really Gets Around: G-rated version. He has kissed a lot of girls. Interestingly, he's one of the only boys in the show that doesn't have feelings for Julie.
• Those Two Guys: With Félix. They are hardly ever seen apart.