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Milly

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Probably laughing at one of Molly's jokes.
One of the two main characters. A seven-year-old girl, who likes the colour yellow and animals as much as Molly, but is much bolder than Molly.
  • Action Girl: Really adventurous, likes outdoor activities, wants to be an explorer when she's older.
  • Ambiguously Brown: Her ethnicity is not touched upon, but she has brown skin.
  • Animal Lover: She's often seen hanging out with or helping animals.
  • Birthday Episode: Her birthday was in "Spots and Stripes".
  • Bold Explorer: Wants to be an explorer when she grows up.
  • Conflict Ball: In "Monday", and "Cubby House", she gets much grumpier than usual for the sake of conflict.
  • Determinator: Doesn't give up easily.
  • Kindhearted Cat Lover: It's shown that she is very good friends with her cat Marmalade and becomes glum when they're separated.
  • Nature Lover: Really likes nature, especially jungles.
  • Nice Girl: With some exceptions, she is very patient and kind.
  • No Full Name Given: We never find out her last name.
  • Out-of-Character Moment: In "Monday" and "Cubby House", she is more testy than usual, and in "Aunt Maude is an Alien" she spreads rumors about another person to humiliate Humphrey. This is in contrast to most of the time, when she's very virtuous and patient.
  • Sick Episode: Got chicken pox in "Spots and Stripes" and measles in "Biddy Bid".
  • Supreme Chef: Shown to be good at baking, with the exception of muffins.
  • Undying Loyalty: Despite being handed the Conflict Ball a few times, most of the time, she's loyal to Molly no matter what.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She seems to be afraid of free-falling, as revealed in "The Mountain".

Molly Horren

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Ready to do anything with Milly...as long as it isn't too scary.
Milly's best friend, who likes yellow and animals like Milly, but is shyer and also likes princesses and art more than Milly. The last name was revealed in the Camping Episode, when her father calls herself "Tom Horren".
  • Action Girl: Downplayed. While she's not as adventurous as Milly, she can definitely spring into action if she wants.
  • Animal Lover: While she is afraid of certain animals, she still often enjoys playing with or helping them in a similar vein to Milly.
  • Conflict Ball: Is more grumpy for the sake of conflict in "Sooty", "Cubby House" and "Monday".
  • Determinator: Despite being not as plucky as Milly, she still doesn't give up easily.
  • Embarrassment Plot: In "Ride to School Day", she's embarrassed about being the only one in her class with training wheels on her bike, so Milly has to teach her to ride without them.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: Becomes jealous of Milly in "Sooty" when Chloe invited Milly to her party but not her.
  • Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Is a very friendly girl with blonde hair.
  • I Don't Think That's Such a Good Idea: Sometimes, she is unsure about other people's ideas.
  • Kindhearted Cat Lover: She's very loyal and devoted to Tom Cat.
  • Lost Voice Plot: She loses her voice in "Class Concert".
  • Lovable Coward: Is a bit more skittish than Milly, but is just as friendly.
  • Nice Girl: She has one or two out-of-character moments but is extremely kind when she's in-character.
  • Out-of-Character Moment: Seems much more easily angered than usual in "Sooty", "Cubby House" and "Monday" and is more deceptive than usual in "Aunt Maude is an Alien".
  • Princess Phase: Downplayed. She's not obsessed with princesses, but she does occasionally talk about wanting to be one.
  • Shrinking Violet: Downplayed. She's shy but not ridiculously shy.
  • Sick Episode: Gets measles in "Biddy Bid".
  • Supreme Chef: Is good at baking, as is Milly, but like Milly, muffins are one thing she can't make.
  • Undying Loyalty: Is (usually) always loyal to Milly.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Is afraid of new situations and certain dogs. Used to be afraid of horses but now she isn't.

Humphrey

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Who knows what he'll do if he meets a robot dinosaur that doesn't need to be blown up.
A classmate of Milly's and Molly's, a rather rude boy who likes sci-fi and dinosaurs.
  • Bratty Half-Pint: Is seven, the same age as Milly and Molly, but unlike them, he's impolite.
  • The Bully: Downplayed. While he teases a lot and is impolite, he's not as malicious as other bullies.
  • Bullying a Dragon: Teases Beefy the bull in "Beefy" which leads to him needing to be bailed out.
  • Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Believes that he will grow up to be paid to "beat all the robot dinosaurs from outer-space".
  • Fair-Weather Foe: In the cartoon series, Humphrey generally doesn't associate with Milly and Molly due to thinking Girls Have Cooties. In "The Bad Egg", however, he's desperate to save some baby birds, so he's willing to enlist their help.
  • Girls Have Cooties: Sometimes refrains from playing with girls.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While he doesn't actually like the baby birds, he's willing to help them in "Bad Egg".
  • Limited Wardrobe: Almost always wears his blue and yellow shirt and black shorts.
  • No Full Name Given: His last name is unsaid.
  • The Prankster: Sometimes plays practical jokes on people.
  • Sick Episode: Gets chicken pox in "Dog-Walking Service".
  • Sleepyhead: Not usually, but falls asleep when he's hungry for some reason.

Alf

A boy who lives with his grandmother in a caravan. He's poor and comes from another country that he doesn't want to talk about but is very friendly and happy, despite not expressing much emotion.

Jack

A boy in Milly and Molly's class who is a bit rude and likes soccer.
  • The Bully: Downplayed. He likes to rile people up but isn't outright malevolent.
  • Jerk Jock: Is a bit mean and likes soccer, however, the "jerk" part is downplayed as he's not as mean as all that.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Is a bit mean but not just a jerk.
  • No Full Name Given: His surname is unrevealed.
  • Plot Allergy: Is allergic to bananas (they give him spots) so he can't eat the banana cake in "Beefy".

Tom

Jack's best friend, who's also rude and likes soccer.
  • Ambiguously Brown: His skin is a lighter shade of brown than Milly's and his ethnicity is not touched on.
  • The Bully: Downplayed. Sometimes teases but isn't all bad.
  • Jerk Jock: Just as with Tom, he is a bit rude and likes to play soccer, but isn't outright bad.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Might like to tease, but isn't a bad sort.
  • No Full Name Given: Like most of his classmates, his surname is unspoken.

Chloe

A snooty girl in Milly and Molly's class.

Meg

A girl in Milly and Molly's class.

Junior Joe

A boy in Milly and Molly's class.

Sophie

A sensitive girl in Milly and Molly's class.

Poppy

Sophie's best friend.

Ellie

A blind girl who spends a few days in Milly and Molly's class and the rest of her time in a different school.

Maxter

A boy who is the same age as Milly and Molly but not in their class. He is very easily absorbed in whatever he does.

Ella-Bella-Boo

Aunt Maude's niece, who's just a toddler.

Daisy-Rose

The daughter of the cops, who is only a baby.

Harry

A boy in Milly and Molly's class.

B B Brown

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A boy who is friends with Milly and Molly.
  • Alliterative Name: All three parts of his name start with B.
  • Girls Have Cooties: Gender-inverted when he told Molly his lunch had "boy germs".
  • Mysterious Middle Initial: We don't know what the second "B" stands for. Or the first "B" for that matter.
  • No Full Name Given: While, unlike most of the others, his last name is known, and we do know his first two initials, we never find out what the "B. B." stands for.
  • Sticky Fingers: Used to be a kleptomaniac but he outgrew it.

Elizabeth

A girl in Milly and Molly's class.

Heidi

Milly and Molly's older friend, who likes to tell stories.
  • Bookworm: Likes to read.
  • In-Series Nickname: When she neglected tidying her room, people called her "Heidi Untidy", but they've stopped now as she's no longer untidy.
  • Large Ham: When she reads, she often puts on a dramatic tone and acts out stories.
  • No Full Name Given: We don't know her real last name.
  • Vague Age: Is older than Milly and Molly, but too short to be a teen, making her anywhere between eight and twelve.
     Adults 

Milly's father

The father of Milly, who is a bit grumpy.
  • Ambiguously Brown: Has brown skin like his wife and daughter, his ethnicity is not touched on.
  • Butt-Monkey: Often ends up making mistakes.
  • The Klutz: Quite clumsy, tripping over things and blaming it on other people or cats.
  • No Name Given: He is never referred to by name.
  • Tempting Fate: Says he will eat his hat if the girls manage to camp the entire night. They do.
  • Unnamed Parent: His name is never revealed.

Milly's mother

The mother of Milly.
  • Ambiguously Brown: Has the same brown skin as her husband and daughter and her ethnicity is not touched upon.
  • No Name Given: Her name is never revealed.
  • Unnamed Parent: Just like Milly's father, her name isn't revealed.

Tom Horren

The father of Molly. His name was revealed in the Camping Episode.

Molly's mother

The mother of Molly, who doesn't seem to like animals as much as her daughter.

Humphrey's mother

Is, well, Humphrey's mother.

Aunt Maude

A grumpy old lady who is one of the best local gardeners.
  • Berserk Button: Lots of things tick her off, but especially messing up her garden.
  • Catchphrase: Likes to say, "fiddlesticks!" if she's annoyed or she thinks something is ridiculous.
  • Fiery Redhead: Has red hair and is grouchy.
  • Grumpy Old Woman: She's very grumpy, and the episode "Biddy Bid" reveals that she's about the same age as Biddy Bid, whose hair is grey, making her in around her sixties or seventies.
  • Hair-Trigger Temper: Is easily annoyed, which intimidates the children.
  • Injured Limb Episode: Breaks her leg in "Aunt Maude".
  • In-Series Nickname: "Aunt" Maude.
  • I Resemble That Remark!: In "Magic Muffins", she says, "Why would I be cross?!" in a cross voice.
  • Neat Freak: Doesn't like disorganized houses or gardens.
  • Needlework Is for Old People: Downplayed— she knits, but only took it up to cope with a broken leg and then got into the habit of it, and while she's the only old character to do needlework, she's also the only character to do needlework period.
  • No Full Name Given: Her surname is never revealed.
  • Perpetual Frowner: Hardly ever smiles, almost always looks grumpy.
  • Sick Episode: Gets measles in "Biddy Bid".
  • Supreme Chef: Knows how to make muffins, and a "cure" for a sore throat.
  • When She Smiles: Everybody notices it if she's smiling.

Bookshop owner

The owner of the bookstore.

Cafe owner

Runs a cafe.

Pet shop owner

The owner of the pet shop.

Biddy Bid

An old lady friend of Milly and Molly. Used to be Aunt Maude's rival but they've recently become friends.
  • Berserk Button: Not much makes her angry, but don't heed her advice? Big mistake.
  • Catchphrase: Has a number of them, including "fiddle-faddle" and "a handful of plums will do you good, a bellyful will do you in".
  • Cool Old Lady: Is very upbeat and fun to be around.
  • Friend to All Children: Is very nice to the kids.
  • Limited Wardrobe: Mainly wears beige overalls, a white shirt and a straw hat.
  • Nice Girl: Is a friendly old lady.
  • The Nicknamer: Has a habit of calling people by the names of plants.
  • Scare 'Em Straight: Scares people out of eating too many plums by claiming that too many will "do you in".
  • Serious Business: Stopped being friends with Aunt Maude for decades because Maude didn't use the right fertilizer for plums.

The police

A straight couple with one baby who work in the police force.
  • Action Girl: The female police officer continued to be active even when nine months pregnant.
  • Friend to All Children: Like kids, so they were very happy when they got a baby.
  • No Name Given: Their names are never revealed, not even their surnames, which is odd because with police officers, surnames are used a lot.
  • Unnamed Parent: Downplayed. They're unnamed, but we met them before they became parents.

Miss Blythe

Milly and Molly's teacher.

Mr Webster

The substitute teacher.

Alf's nan

Alf's grandmother, who is poor and lives in a caravan.

Mr Limpy

An elderly neighbourhood man.

John Oddbottom

The town planner.

Farmer Heggarty

A farmer.

Animal Thieves

A few mysterious, shady individuals, one of whom kidnapped Wags, one of whom kidnapped Oink and one of whom tried to kidnap Marmalade, Tom Cat and Bosen.

The Ferryman

A man who drives a ferry.

Toy store owner

A man who owns a toy store.
  • No Name Given: Just like most shopkeepers, his name isn't revealed.

Bush Bob

A man who spends most of his time outdoors, hence the nickname.

Dr Smiley

A medical doctor who treats both children and adults.

Broken Nose Bill

A thief who is now doing time.

Bill and Bob

Two men who appear in one of the books and make a brief appearance in the TV series, who initially claimed that they wouldn't sit next to a man with each other's ethnicity.
     Pets 

Marmalade

Milly's rascally cat.

Tom Cat

Molly's cat.

Wags

A friendly dog belonging to Farmer Hegarty.

Oink

A pig.

Mitzi and Scout

Wags's parents, sheepdogs.
  • Heroic Dog: Helped scare away a sheep robber in "Wags".

The Cattle

Farmer Heggarty's cattle: four cows Daisy, Rosebud, Pennyroyal and Buttercup, and one bull Beefy.

Lambie

A lamb living with Farmer Heggarty.

Zoldan

Humphrey's dog.
  • Cloud Cuckoolanguage: He understands commands in a made-up "Martian" language that Humphrey came up with.

Stinky

A skunk.

Puddles

Alf's dog.

Guinea-Pig Family

A family of guinea pigs who live on the farm.

Bosen

The ferryman's cat and also Marmalade and Tom Cat's son.
  • Noodle Incident: The narrator says that how he got the scar on his face is "another story". Said story is never told.

Cappuchino

The cafe owner's cat.

Tiger

A cat who is the son of Marmalade and Tom Cat.

Mandarin

Marmalade and Tom Cat's daughter, Maxter's cat.

Beaky and family

A family of ducks.

Nibbles

An old, friendly goat.
  • Meaningful Name: Is called Nibbles because she sometimes nibbles people's ears.

Bunt-Me-Not

A young goat.
  • Innocently Insensitive: Had to learn not to bunt people because he didn't know it wasn't allowed.
  • Meaningful Name: He got the "bunt" part of his name because he used to bunt people and the "me-not" part because the girls found him in the forget-me-nots. Later, he lives up to his name because he "bunted someone not".

Salt and Pepper

Farmer Heggarty's horses.
  • Edible Theme Naming: The stallion is called Salt and the mare is called Pepper, although Pepper is a real name.
  • Meaningful Name: They were named because Salt is white and Pepper is grey.
  • Sick Episode: Pepper got the equine equivalent of a cold in "Goodbye, Alf".

Prince

Chloe's horse.

Brian and Brioni

Harry's pet mice. Brian likes to escape.

Barker and Bouncer

Two dogs in the neighbourhood.
  • Big Friendly Dog: May be noisy and clumsy, but they're actually very friendly.
  • Heroic Dog: Both saved Marmalade, Tom Cat and Bosen from being cat-napped in "The Cat Thief".
  • The Klutz: Both of them frequently knock things over, especially when running.
  • A Lizard Named "Liz": A dog called "Barker".

Taffy Bogle

Mr Limpy's dog, who can't swim.

Mr Cottonbottom

Sophie's rabbit.

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