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Norman

Voiced by: Nick Offerman^{Foreign VAs} Niels Ellegaard (Danish); Manuel Tadros (Canadian French); Loic Houdré (EU French); Olaf Reichmann [Sing], Axel Malzacher [Sing 2] (German); Carlo Scipioni (Italian); Tōru Nara (Japanese); Chen Jinyi (TW Mandarin); Élcio Romar (Brazilian Portuguese); José Jorge Duarte [Sing], Bruno Ferreira [Sing 2] (EU Portuguese); Aleksei Vojtyuk (Russian); Rafa Romero (EU Spanish); Luis Daniel Ramírez [Sing], Manuel Pérez [Sing 2] (LA Spanish)

Rosita's husband. A major workaholic with little time for his home life.

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• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other:
  • After Rosita and Gunter's amazing performance at the film's end, Norman runs onstage and kisses his wife. It's not out of nowhere like most examples, since most of his dialogue consists of small (sleepy) compliments to Rosita.
  • In the second movie, Norman feels sad for Rosita when she isn't able to jump off the diving board during rehearsal. He also gets offended when Jimmy rudely asks if the "mommy pig" can do her part.
• Big Damn Kiss: After he's blown away by her performance of "Shake It Off", Norman runs onstage and gives Rosita the most passionate and loving kiss he can muster up.
• Character Development:
  • In the first film, Norman clearly loves Rosita dearly, but he's usually so distracted by his job or so worn out from it that he's not as attentive towards her as he should be. That all changes during the climax, when he learns about what Rosita has been doing at the theater, he comes to see her in a brand new light, and he couldn't be happier for her.
  • By the second film, Norman has become even more supportive of his wife's dreams and ambitions and is quite happy to give her whatever help she might need to achieve them, like watching the kids on short notice so she can leave town and pursue some new career opportunities, or eagerly helping her create a distraction so she and her friends can commandeer Jimmy Crystal's theater in the climax.
• Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes: A big trait of his, used mostly in the first film. It highlights his work fatigue and lack of energy. Tellingly, seeing his wife's performance in the finale is the only time in the movie when his eyes are wide open. In the second film, his physical appearance is a lot less disheveled and he's a lot more lucid, which would seem to suggest that he's found a healthier balance between his responsibilities at work and the personal time he spends with his family.
• Failed a Spot Check: For several days, he doesn't notice that his wife has replaced herself with a Rube Goldberg Device (so it can do her usual routine, while she slips out to the theater every morning) until he damages it by accident.
• Family Man: After he receives some Character Development, he grows into this trope fully. Norman loves his wife and his children dearly, and he does everything he can to support them. In the first film, this is primarily the case financially, but after he realizes he should spend some more time with Rosita and the kids, he starts to show them more emotional support as well in the second film.
• Good Parents: Norman spends a lot more time with the piglets in the second movie, while Rosita is busy working on the "Out Of This World" show with her friends, and he's shown to have a very loving and caring relationship with the kids.
• Happily Married: Worn out by their schedules as they may be, Norman and Rosita are still very much in love with only the occasional reminder needed. In the second film, the strength of their bond is made even more apparent, as Norman gladly steps up to give Rosita a helping hand or some emotional support whenever she needs it.
• Married to the Job: This is a major point of contention for Rosita in the first film. Norman has devoted so much of his attention and energy towards his job, to provide for the family, that he barely has time for anything else outside of it anymore, including her. As a result, she's starting to feel emotionally neglected by the start of the movie.
• Not So Above It All: Like Rosita, he's usually quick to scold the piglets when they're being rowdy and overly mischievous. However, he thoroughly enjoys watching them run wild and trash Jimmy Crystal's hotel in the second film, when the family is creating a distraction for Rosita and her friends.
• Parents as People: In the first film, he's almost always preoccupied with his work due to having to provide for a big family, but he's loving to his wife and children.
• Sleepyhead: Due to working long business hours, he often falls asleep in the couch, even in the middle of conversations. In the second film, Norman is much more lucid and energetic, which would seem to imply that he's been taking better care of himself.
• So Proud of You:
  • In the second movie, Norman tells Rosita this, word for word, when he congratulates her for landing the starring role in Buster's play in Redshore City.
  Norman: So, the star of the show, huh?
  Rosita: Can you believe it? It's literally my dream come true.
  Norman: I know. I am so proud of you, honey.
  • After Rosita aces her role in the big show, and saves Buster's life in the process, an overjoyed Norman yells out that he loves her at the top of his lungs.
• Stunned Silence:
  • After Rosita aces her performance of "Shake It Off" with Gunter, Norman is so stunned by what he just witnessed that he's rendered speechless for a few moments, until Rosita snaps him out of his trance.
  • Like his wife, he's completely shocked in "Gunter Babysits" when he realizes one of his kids somehow managed to get on top of a ceiling fan, while Gunter was watching them for the night.
• Took a Level in Cheerfulness: Norman is noticeably happier and has a more positive attitude in the second film: partly because he and Rosita have regained their old spark as lovers and found a way to work out their schedules, and partly because he clearly enjoys supporting his wife and watching her succeed with her goals.
• We Need a Distraction: In the second film, he and the piglets are more than happy to unleash chaos in Jimmy Crystal's hotel as a distraction, so Rosita and her friends can draw in an audience for their show.
• Workaholic: He's constantly distracted and fatigued. Going by the one time we see him leave and return, he works at least a twelve to fourteen hour day. However, in his defense, he does have a huge family to support.

Piglets

Voiced by: Oscar, Leo, Caspar, and Asa Jennings; Vida Alves McConaughey

Norman and Rosita's twenty-five children.

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• Bratty Half-Pint: While they can all be this at times, Casper really takes the cake. In his first scene alone, he engages in Copycat Mockery of Rosita after hearing her sing while making breakfast.
• A Day in the Limelight: The piglets are given a starring role in "Gunter Babysits", where they get into quite a bit of mischief while Gunter is trying to watch them for the night.
• Character Development: In the first film, the piglets very clearly love their mother, but there's also a sense that they've begun to take her for granted, and Casper teases her for her attempt at singing and dancing in their introductory scene. By the end of the film, they come to see her in a brand new light, after they realize she really is a talented singer and dancer. By the second film, they've officially become Rosita's biggest fans, they look up to her as their hero and think that she's cool, and they give her plenty of support with her ambitions during their time in Redshore City.
• The Dividual: The piglets usually travel in a pack, they tend to be a united front when they're causing trouble for their parents to deal with, and they all have similarly mischievous and rambunctious personalities.
• Failed a Spot Check: Like their father, they're completely oblivious to the fact that Rosita has replaced her role in their morning routine with a machine for several days, until the machine finally breaks.
• The Glomp: After Rosita and Gunter finish their performance, the piglets promptly charge onstage and hug their mother en masse. They do the same thing in the second film, not just with Rosita, but the whole group. Buster Moon is another favorite target of theirs, and since he's the size of a koala, he usually gets completely overwhelmed when the piglets decide to pile on top of him and shower him with hugs.
• Kid-Appeal Character: The piglets are plucky, energetic, cheerful kids who constantly find new ways of getting into mischief, much like the younger members of the franchise's target audience. But they nevertheless love their mother dearly, and in the second film, they get to help her and her friends reach their dreams in their own chaotic way. In the "Gunter Babysits" short, they also get to share the spotlight with the Plucky Comic Relief of the Moon Theater troupe.
• Massive Numbered Siblings: To reiterate, there are twenty-five of them.
• Parental Sexuality Squick: One of the piglets is noticeably grossed out by the sight of Norman and Rosita kissing next to them in the second film.
• Sugar Causes Hyperactivity: The piglets can already be pretty mischievous and troublesome under regular circumstances. In "Gunter Babysits", they feast on a whole bunch of candy that Gunter spilled by accident, and the sugar rush causes them to go on a destructive rampage through their parents' house that only ends when Gunter manages to trick them into tiring themselves out.
• Sweet Tooth: In "Gunter Babysits", they’re shown to love eating candy like most kids do. Unfortunately, sugar tends to make them even more rambunctious and hyperactive than usual.
• We Need a Distraction: In the second movie, Rosita has Norman "unleash the piglets" in order to keep the hotel security occupied while she and the others put on their show.

"Big Daddy" Marcus

Voiced by: Peter Serafinowicz^{Foreign VAs} Stig Rossen (Danish); Normand D’Amour (Canadian French); Frédéric Souterelle (EU French); Tilo Schmitz (German); Pino Insegno [Sing], Stefano Alessandroni [Sing 2] (Italian); Unshō Ishizuka [Sing], Kenta Miyake [Sing 2] (Japanese); Márcio Dondi [Sing], Fabio Jr. [Sing 2] (Brazilian Portuguese); Anselmo Ralph [Sing], José Nobre [Sing 2] (EU Portuguese); Sergey Chikhachyov (Russian); Pedro Tena (EU Spanish); Octavio Rojas (LA Spanish)

Johnny's father. The leader of a gang of robbers who wants his son to follow in his footsteps.

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• 11th-Hour Ranger: Johnny calls him for help shortly before the climax of Sing 2, and as such, he and his gang partake in the final clash between the theater animals and Jimmy Crystal.
  Marcus: Yeah... Protection? Say no more son, we're on our way.
• Acknowledged Absolution: After he breaks out of prison to reconcile with Johnny, his son accepts his apology and forgives him for the trouble he caused him pretty easily - partly because Johnny still loves him, and partly because Johnny has his own share of regrets about the things that transpired recently. Nevertheless, the second film makes it clear that Marcus decided to change his ways afterwards, so he wouldn't waste the second chance his son gave him.
• Action Dad: As a brutish gang leader who becomes more of a Papa Wolf after his Character Development kicks in, this trope applies to him in the second film. He and his crew drive all the way to Redshore City on short notice and fight off Jimmy Crystal's entire security team by themselves, to protect Johnny and his castmates from their wrath.
• All There in the Script: He's never given an actual name beyond his gang moniker, "Big Daddy", in either of the two films. According to some promotional materials for the first film, it's Marcus.
• Animal Stereotypes: A giant mountain gorilla who's also a brutish career criminal.
• Anti-Hero: He becomes one in the second film. He comes to the main characters' aid in the eleventh hour, when Johnny calls him for help, and he's mellowed out in several ways due to his Character Development. As a gang boss, he's still not someone who should be trifled with lightly, and he's more than willing to dish out some street violence as a solution to the theater animals' problems.
• Anti-Villain: Yes, he's a gang leader who has committed grand larceny many times over, but he's also a Papa Wolf who loves his son above all (though they could stand to communicate more).
• The Atoner: After the events of the first film, a large part of the reason why he decides to cooperate with his community service and make a genuine effort to reform is so he can make amends with Johnny (for all of the trouble his criminal lifestyle caused him in the past), and be a better father to his son.
• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Johnny and Marcus' relationship is strained and argumentative for most of the first film (especially after the gorilla gang is incarcerated), but they ultimately reaffirm their bond with each other at the end of the movie, and Big Daddy's love for his son winds up being the catalyst for his redemption arc.
• Badass Armfold: He sports one of these in the second film, when he's acting as the Moon Theater troupe's head of security during their unofficial, unsanctioned show.
• Baritone of Strength: As one of the strongest characters in the series, having the booming voice of Peter Serafinowicz matches his immense size and personality. In addition to his deep voice, he also has a natural growl.
• Bash Brothers: In the second film, he and his fellow gang members (who are also his two closest friends) face Jimmy Crystal's entourage together as a unit, and they protect each other's backs throughout the scuffle.
• Bear Hug:
  • He gives a heartwarming one to Johnny when he breaks out of prison to reconcile with him and apologize to him for shunning him earlier. He hugs Johnny tightly in a way, as if he's asking his son if he forgives him, and Johnny returns the gesture, showing no sign of resentment.
  • In the second film, he and his crew drive all the way to Redshore City on short notice, so they can help Johnny and his castmates deal with some dangerous enemies. Once he arrives backstage at the theater, he gets Johnny's attention and the first thing the father and son duo do is greet each other with a big bearhug, signifying that they've continued to mend their relationship since the events of the last movie.
• Birds of a Feather: Marcus tends to have an amicable relationship with his two fellow gang members, Stan and Barry, whether they're working on another heist or not, and even after the gorilla gang have decided to retire from being robbers, their friendship and camaraderie with each other still remains intact because of the things they have in common. They're a trio of gruff and boisterous brigands with thrill-seeking tendencies, who consider their gang to be their family and share a mutual soft spot for Johnny. However, Marcus tends to be bolder and more outspoken than Stan and Barry on average.
• Boxing Battler: Marcus likes to box in his spare time as a hobby, so unsurprisingly this has become his primary fighting style.
• Bruiser with a Soft Center: By the second film, his character development has caused him to evolve into this trope. As one would expect from a gang leader, Marcus is a fierce and hot-blooded tough guy, who enjoys breaking the law and getting into fights. However, he does have a softer and more caring side as well, when it comes to family, that becomes a lot more prominent after his Heel–Face Turn. He also eventually grows to enjoy his community service work of delivering food to the less fortunate.
• Character Development: Towards the end of the first film, he realizes he should respect and appreciate Johnny's own natural talents and strengths instead of trying to mold his son into a carbon copy of himself, and he apologizes to Johnny for not being a better father to him. This character growth carries over into the second film, where he's completely supportive of Johnny's career path, he feels pride in his son for what he's managed to accomplish with his gifts, and he does his part to help Johnny and his castmates go through with their big show that means so much to all of them.
• Character Tic:
  • He tends to give a loud huff whenever he's frustrated.
  • He tends to swipe his hand across his muzzle whenever he's in a fighting mood. He does it when Johnny walks in on one of his boxing sessions in the first film, and again when he heads off to confront Jimmy and his men in the second film.
• Clock King: Downplayed as it only applies when he's "working". It's implied he's this when he tells Johnny that the heist will take exactly thirty-seven minutes, and how particular he is on how fast Johnny's driving is. Justified since timing is pretty crucial when you're pulling off heists in broad daylight.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: He and his gang fight off Jimmy Crystal's security team in the second movie, to protect the Moon Theater troupe. After a prolonged scuffle, they manage to knock out every single one of Crystal's guards, while also sustaining very little damage themselves.
• Death Glare: He gives Johnny a pretty severe one when his son seems to have botched his lookout job. Then again in prison after Johnny confesses that he abandoned his post because he wants to be a singer, and he angrily writes him off as a lost cause.
• Demoted to Extra: After his primary conflict with Johnny is resolved, he has a smaller but still significant role in the second film, as an ally of the Moon Theater troupe.
• Determinator: He bested steel prison bars in a concrete wall, a several-story drop onto a moving vehicle and a lengthy helicopter chase over the rooftops, all to tell Johnny he's proud of him.
• Early Installment Character-Design Difference: A minor example. In the first film, his eyes are blue, but in the second film, they're brown like Johnny's.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Though more of an overly boisterous gang leader than fully evil, but he's clearly increasing Johnny's role in the gang because he thinks it's what's best for his son (maybe even so he can spend some more time with him). Marcus breaking out of jail just to apologize for his actions and tell his son how much he loves him fully solidifies him in this role. From there, it's implied in the second movie that he's made an effort to go straight so he can remain a part of Johnny's life, and he races to his son's aid when the Moon Theater troupe are put in grave danger.
• Everyone Has Standards: During their fight with Jimmy Crystal's enforcers in the second film, Marcus and his gang leave Jerry and Suki (two other members of Crystal's entourage who were abandoned by their boss amongst the chaos) completely untouched, since they're non-physical personnel who are clearly not participating in the brawl like everyone else.
• Evil Brit: A Cockney-accented London Gangster who regularly involves Johnny in the heists he and his gang pull on banks, container ships, and other sources of wealth.
• Face Palm: He gives one of the long-suffering variety when Johnny is slow to accelerate his driving speed during practice.
• Fantasy-Forbidding Father: In the first film, he tries to train Johnny to follow in his footsteps as a criminal, and later dismisses him as a disappointment when Johnny's secret passion for singing inadvertently leads to the entire gorilla gang being imprisoned and exposes their secret identities to the police. Ironically, he's later blown away by just how talented Johnny is and winds up loving his music when he hears it for himself. After his change of heart, he apologizes to Johnny, turns over a new leaf so he can continue to mend their bond, and becomes one of his biggest supporters in the second film, who gladly helps Johnny and his castmates accomplish their dreams.
• Foil: To Jimmy Crystal in the second film.
  • After making amends with Johnny and deciding his son is more important to him than his greed, he makes an effort to rein in his worst vices so he can remain a part of Johnny's life, and starts to properly appreciate him as an individual instead of an extension of himself. As a result, his relationship with his son has been fully rebuilt by the sequel and has grown even stronger, with the gorilla patriarch feeling incredibly proud and happy to see what Johnny has managed to accomplish for himself.
  • In direct contrast to that character growth, Jimmy Crystal shatters his relationship with his daughter Porsha by prioritizing his pride and his vanity over her, making it clear he feels no love or affection for her as a person at all. He never feels a shred of regret about doing this, and unlike Johnny and Marcus, the pair never reconcile by the film's end, with Porsha cutting Jimmy out of her life for good after he's been arrested for trying to kill one of her new friends.
  • It even ends up punctuated by the fact Marcus actually seemed to push for it, by firmly making Jimmy watch both of their kids get a standing ovation at the end of the show he tried to ruin. While Marcus cheered for Johnny enthusiastically, Jimmy, even after calming down, only thinks of the publicity the show will grant himself.
• Follow in My Footsteps: He wants Johnny to be a member of his gang, he pushes him to have a more involved role in their heists, and he also tries to toughen him up to prepare him for a gangster's lifestyle. Eventually, he realizes Johnny is already a remarkable young man just the way he is (who possesses a real gift that will carry him far in life), and he learns to properly respect his son as an individual.
• Grease Monkey: A literal example. In addition to being a gang leader, he also owns his own auto repair shop and is apparently a mechanic as his day job.
• Heel–Face Turn: After he has a change of heart about Johnny's singing ability, he goes from being the biggest thing holding Johnny back from his true calling to being one of his biggest supporters and later an ally of the Moon Theater troupe. He also decides to give up his career as a thief and puts in the work to reform, so he can be a better father to his son.
• Heel Realization: Seeing Johnny's final performance, and realizing how much his passion actually means to him, causes Marcus to realize how badly he'd treated his son. He even breaks out of prison to apologize to him.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Two things ultimately bring about the gorilla gang's downfall - going after a large shipment of gold as their final intended heist, and bringing Johnny along with them as a form of initiation - both of which are things that Big Daddy himself insisted upon.
• I Have No Son!: After Johnny's absence from the gorilla gang's greatest ever heist causes them all to be imprisoned and exposes their secret identities to the police, Marcus is furious with him. When Johnny also admits that he doesn't want to be in his gang at all and would rather be a singer, he bitterly declares him to be a disappointment.
  Marcus: How did I end up with a son like you, eh? You're nothing like me. You never were, and you never will be.
• In a Single Bound: He leaps over vast distances with his Super-Strength many times over, after he escapes from prison to apologize to Johnny for shunning him earlier.
• Irony:
  • Throughout most of the first film, Marcus pushes for Johnny to join his gang and tries to train him to follow in his footsteps as a criminal - partly as an attempt to bond with him - and he's later very disappointed when Johnny's secret passion for singing leads to the entire gang being imprisoned. Ultimately however, it's Marcus, Stan and Barry who wind up following Johnny's example, after they come to accept that being a singer is his true calling and they decide to give up their life of crime as well, so they can continue to mend bridges with him. Because of that decision, the gorilla gangsters go on to gain a much stronger and more genuine bond with Johnny than what they had before.
  • In the second film, it's implied that he's actually started to find his community service work (delivering food to the less fortunate) to be kind of fulfilling, which is made even more apparent in a storyboarded scene that was cut from the final film. It's ironic that a former thief, who used to spend so much of his time taking things, would go on to find it actually feels kind of nice to give something back to the community for a change.
• Killer Gorilla: He's a large, intimidating mountain gorilla who's also a career criminal, in contrast to his Gentle Gorilla son. That said, he's never seen committing anything worse than robberies, and even then he's not armed when he does it.
• Knuckle Cracking: When he learns that Jimmy Crystal and his men have made it to the Crystal Tower Theater and are ready to storm the building, Marcus cracks his knuckles and grins in anticipation, since he's more than ready to confront the men who threatened Johnny’s life earlier.
• Large and in Charge: The tallest and strongest gorilla in the film, and the leader of his gang.
• The Leader: He's the leader of the gorilla gang and the family's patriarch. Even after the trio have retired from being robbers, the second film makes it clear that he's still the one who calls the shots and the one Stan and Barry turn to for guidance during their mission in Redshore City.
• A Lighter Shade of Grey: In the second film. He's a former robber who's only just recently decided to cut back on committing crimes so he can be a better father to his son; and even after he's made the decision to reform, he clearly enjoys the opportunity to beat people up when Johnny asks him to. However, he does have lines that even he won't cross (the worst he and his gang do to Jimmy and his men, to punish them for threatening Johnny's life, is rough them up), and he can now be counted upon as an ally of the Moon Theater troupe because of his loyalty to his son. He certainly comes off better than his foil, Jimmy Crystal, who shares several of his vices and none of his redeeming qualities (and is considerably more murderous).
• London Gangster: He's a rough, tough, British gorilla from a working class background, who's the leader of a small criminal gang (though they eventually decide to give up being robbers, because of their attachment to Johnny). Marcus likes to box in his spare time, to stay in shape and hone his skills as a fighter, so he and his boys like to rely on brute strength and their experience as hardened brawlers over any sort of weapons during a battle - as seen during their one-sided scuffle with Jimmy Crystal's men.
• Love Redeems: In the second movie, it's quite apparent that his love for Johnny and his newfound respect for his son has changed him for the better and caused him to get his priorities in life in order as well. After the events of the previous movie, he and his fellow gang members have decided to follow Johnny's example and put in the work to reform, while also continuing to mend their relationship with the youngest member of their clan.
• Must Make Amends: After he has a Heel Realization over the way he turned his back on Johnny earlier, he decides to break out of prison and leads the police on a manhunt halfway across town, so he can give Johnny the apology he knows he deserves.
• My God, What Have I Done?: When he sees Johnny perform on TV during the climax, he realizes that it really is his true calling, and is happy and proud as punch... until he remembers their last conversation. The look on his face says it all…
  Marcus: My son…
• Noble Demon: He might be a criminal and has a harsh personality, but he ultimately does love his son and apologizes to him after seeing him perform on TV. From there, he continues to change for the better. In the second film, his relationship with Johnny has grown stronger and warmer from the events of the first film, and he's more than willing to give him and his friends a helping hand when they need one.
• No Name Given: He's never given a name in either of the two films, except for his gangster boss title "Big Daddy", and even that information is only revealed in the end credits.
• Oh, Crap!: Once when he realizes that Johnny abandoned his post as getaway driver, again when the cops have him and his gang cornered, and a more subdued one when the police helicopters that were chasing him start circling the theatre.
• One Last Job: Around the same time he starts to officially induct Johnny into his gang, he also decides to have them pull off one last ambitious heist so they can steal a fortune in gold, enough money to set them all up for life. As per usual for this trope, this decision quickly backfires on him and proves to be the gang's downfall when it leads to their arrest.
• Outside-Context Problem: In Sing 2, Marcus, Stan and Barry step in to help the theater animals deal with Jimmy Crystal and his enforcers. Since the gorilla gangsters haven't been a part of the conflict between the two groups until now, and since Jimmy obviously wouldn’t know anything about the backgrounds of Buster's performers, he has absolutely no idea who they are or what their connection to Buster's group is. But they nevertheless throw a pretty big wrench into his plans, and force him to have to improvise his next attempt to kill Moon.
• Papa Wolf: You have to be this when you're willing to break out of prison just to apologize to your son. In the second film, he and his boys drop everything they're doing and travel to Redshore City to help Johnny and his friends defy Jimmy Crystal, as well as protect the theater troupe (his son included) from the businessman's wrath.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: He and his fellow gang members wear tiny white bunny masks during their heists that do very little to actually conceal their identities. The masks make a return in the second movie, when Marcus, Stan and Barry step up to fight off Jimmy Crystal's enforcers, and it's implied that they're quite happy to have another chance to wear them again.
• Play-Along Prisoner: After he's arrested, he doesn't try to resist because he'll be caught again if he does. Of course, him tearing the wall down with his bare hands just to find Johnny and apologize for his hurtful words earlier proves that he certainly could have escaped if he wanted to. After reconciling with Johnny, he willingly heads back to the prison before the cops find him, joking that "They'll be wondering what happened to me".
• Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: During the second film, before he and his gang fight off Mr. Crystal's men, Jimmy asks where his security is. Marcus responds with "We're security now, mate."
• Put on a Prison Bus: About halfway through the first film, he and his fellow gang members are arrested by the police and sent to prison. He briefly breaks out of jail to reconcile with Johnny before turning himself back in, and the gorilla gangsters are seemingly still behind bars by the film's end. For much of the second movie, the audience is left to assume that this is still the case, before the latter half of the film reveals that he and his gang were released from jail a while ago and are currently working off their sentence through community service. As such, they're able to participate in the clash between Buster Moon's crew and Jimmy Crystal's entourage.
• Reformed, but Not Tamed: By the second movie, he and his gang have made an effort to go straight so they can stay out of prison and remain a part of Johnny's life. With that much having been said, he's completely onboard with helping Buster and his performers undermine Jimmy Crystal so they can pursue their dreams, as well as dishing out some street violence towards Crystal's enforcers, so he can protect Johnny and his castmates from them.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Manly Man to Johnny's Sensitive Guy. Marcus is a hot-blooded gang leader and professional bank robber who loves a good scrap, in contrast to his more timid and kind-hearted son.
• So Proud of You:
  • After he's moved by Johnny's performance of "I'm Still Standing", he decides to break out of jail so he can apologize to him for shunning him earlier. After the pair share a much needed hug, he doesn't waste any time letting Johnny know how proud of him he is for following his true passion, as well as his incredible amount of willpower.
  Marcus: I'm so proud of you.
  • In the second film, he continues to support Johnny and lets his son know how proud of him he is for going out and accomplishing his dreams, by cheering him on with the rest of his friends during his performance of "A Sky Full Of Stars", and later cheering him on again from backstage during the Moon Theater troupe's standing ovation.
• Super-Strength: There's a scene where he tears a prison cell apart with his bare hands.
• Thief Bag: He always carries a large burlap sack with him on his heists, to store the loot in.
• Three-Point Landing: He does one in his first scene after leaping out the window of a bank he just robbed, and again when he sneaks into the rebuilt theatre to reconcile with Johnny.
• Thrill Seeker: A downplayed example. The first film drops several hints that Marcus and his gang enjoyed the thrill of their criminal lifestyle as well as the money, every time they managed to pull off a successful heist, and he wanted to share that kind of experience with Johnny. The second film alludes to this part of his personality again, though he's got a better handle on it now that he’s resolved to go straight. While they're protecting the Moon Theater troupe during their time of need, Marcus, Stan and Barry enjoy getting to fight off all of Jimmy Crystal's enforcers at once in one big brawl - partly because the men threatened Johnny's life earlier, and partly because it's the most action and excitement that the gorilla gang have gotten to experience in a long time.
• Took a Level in Cheerfulness: In addition to having mellowed out a bit in the second film, he also seems to be happier and tends to smile more often, especially during his scenes with Johnny. Even though he no longer has a career as a robber, and he's now doing community service to work off his debt to society, he seems to finally be content with his lot in life - because he's grown closer to his son, and he's gotten his life sorted out in all the ways that truly matter.
• Took a Level in Kindness: A downplayed example. After he has a change of heart about the way he treated his son, he grows a lot more affectionate and respectful towards Johnny, which is emphasized even further in the second film, where their relationship has become noticeably warmer and more supportive when Johnny calls him for protection. With that much having been said, he's still a pretty gruff gang boss who can be very ruthless towards their enemies.
• Top-Heavy Guy: As a gorilla, his legs are significantly smaller than his bulky, robust torso.
• Tranquil Fury: In the second film. While he doesn't say a word to Jimmy when he finally manages to catch him backstage, he's very clearly furious at the wolf businessman for his failed attempt at killing Buster Moon and proceeds to handle him very roughly as he's dragging him away from the other animals.
• Unnamed Parent: No one ever calls him by his name in either of the two films, and even his nickname, "Big Daddy", is only revealed in the end credits.
• Villainous Friendship: He has one with the other two members of his gang.

Stan and Barry

Stan voiced by: Adam Buxton^{Foreign VAs} Sonny Lahey (Danish), Sylvain Hétu (Canadian French), Franck Gourlat (EU French), Tsuguo Mogami (Japanese), Anderson Coutinho (Brazilian Portuguese), Salvador Reyes (LA Spanish)
Barry voiced by: Thomas Walters^{Foreign VAs} Benoit Rousseau (Canadian French), Patrick Préjean (EU French), Roberto Gutiérrez (LA Spanish)

Big Daddy's two best friends and his partners in crime, who assist him in all of his felonies.

• 11th-Hour Ranger: In the second film, they accompany Marcus on an unexpected, last-second trip to Redshore City, so they can help the Moon Theater troupe fight off their dangerous enemies.
• All There in the Script: Stan's name is never given in either of the two films. However, it's revealed in both the end credits and the script for the first film.
• Anti-Hero: Like their leader, they're given a more heroic role in the second film where they step up to protect the Moon Theater troupe during their time of need, while also helping them break quite a few laws in the process so they can defy Jimmy Crystal.
• Anti-Villain: They're hardened criminal gangsters who have a long history of committing robberies. They're also unwaveringly loyal characters who are quite fond of the youngest member of their clan, to the point where they eventually decide to turn over a new leaf out of love for him.
• The Atoner: Aside from wanting to stay out of prison, the primary reason why Stan and Barry decide to cooperate with their community service and make a genuine effort to reform is so they can make amends with Johnny, and be better family members to the boy they care about.
• Badass Armfold: They develop a habit of doing this in the second film, to make themselves seem more intimidating, while they're acting as security guards for the Moon Theater troupe's unofficial, unsanctioned show.
• Bash Brothers: In the second film, Stan and Barry fight alongside Marcus to ward off Jimmy Crystal's men, protecting each other's backs whenever they need to, and with their combined strength the gorilla gangsters manage to bring down all of Jimmy's agents and his security team.
• Birds of a Feather: Stan and Barry tend to have an amicable relationship with their leader Marcus, whether they're working on another heist or not, and even after the gorilla gang have decided to retire from being robbers, their friendship and camaraderie with each other still remains intact because of the things they have in common. They're a trio of gruff and boisterous brigands with thrill-seeking tendencies, who consider their gang to be their family and share a mutual soft spot for Johnny. However, Stan and Barry both tend to be more stoic and less talkative than Marcus on average.
• Bruiser with a Soft Center: Stan and Barry are a pair of hardened criminal gangsters, who are both professional bank robbers and formidable fighters who can deliver a Curbstomp Battle even when they're outnumbered. However, the softer side they possess when it comes to Johnny, their boss's kid and the youngest member of the gorilla gang, is emphasized about as frequently as their strength and their toughness, especially after their love for Johnny winds up becoming the catalyst for their redemption arc.
• Character Development: After learning about Johnny's secret talent for singing during their time in jail, Stan and Barry become completely supportive of his decision to follow his true calling, and they later decide to give up their life of crime as well so they can remain a part of his life.
• Curbstomp Battle: The brawl they have with Jimmy Crystal's enforcers in the second film proves to be a very one-sided affair in the gorillas' favor. At one point, Stan even bodyslams one of Crystal's men lying on the floor, to put him out of commission.
• The Dividual: They're rarely ever seen apart from each other, and little is known about their individual personalities besides Stan being the grumpier one of the duo, and Barry enjoying his old role as the gang's getaway driver.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Like Marcus, the first film implies that they have a genuine soft spot for Johnny. During Johnny's performance of "I’m Still Standing", they're legitimately happy to see him succeed once they realize how talented he is, and they cheer Marcus on when he breaks out of prison to reconcile with his son. The second film fully confirms that they consider Johnny to be family, since they decided to make an effort to reform so they could mend their relationship with him, they're proud to see his music career hit its stride, and they race to his aid when the Moon Theater troupe is put in grave danger.
• Everyone Has Standards: During their fight with Jimmy Crystal's enforcers in the second film, the gorilla gangsters deliberately choose to ignore Jerry and Suki (two other members of Crystal's entourage who were abandoned by their boss amongst the chaos), since they're non-physical personnel who are clearly not participating in the brawl like everyone else.
• Evil Brit: They're notorious bank-robbing gangsters, with prominent East End accents, who regularly help their boss pull off heists throughout Calatonia.
• Getaway Driver: This was Barry's role in the gang for the longest time, and one he apparently grew to enjoy. When Marcus gives it away to Johnny as a promotion, he’s legitimately disappointed about that but pretends to be fine with it for Johnny's sake.
• Heel–Face Turn: After they hear Johnny sing for the first time, and they realize he deserves a chance to reinvent himself so he can follow his dreams, Stan and Barry decide to give up being thieves as well and put in the work to reform so they can mend their relationship with him. In the second film, they later become allies of the Moon Theater troupe, who help them to push forward with their Redshore City show.
• Killer Gorilla: They're tall, intimidating mountain gorillas who are also brutish career criminals. However, their crimes do not appear to be anything worse than unarmed robberies, and they do have lines that even they won't cross.
• A Lighter Shade of Grey: In the second film. As recently retired professional thieves, they are very shady characters, but they are nevertheless reliable allies of the Moon Theater troupe now because of how much they care about Johnny. And they're less amoral than their combatants, Jimmy Crystal and his enforcers, who are currently trying to murder Buster Moon.
• London Gangster: They're Cockney-accented gorilla robbers who regularly pull off heists with their leader, Marcus. During the height of the gorilla gang's activities, Stan and Barry often served as the muscle of the group, throwing their weight around on Marcus' orders, before all four gang members decided to reform. Even after they've turned over a new leaf, they're certainly not afraid to throw down when the situation calls for it.
• Love Redeems: Even though Johnny does not appear to be a blood relative of theirs (like he is to Marcus), Stan and Barry do have a soft spot for him and care for him as the youngest member of their clan. Ultimately, it's their relationship with him that inspires them to turn their lives around and try to change for the better.
• Noble Demon: Like their boss, Stan and Barry are eventually revealed to be this trope. They're tough, brutish gangsters who enjoy breaking the law and pulling off heists. But they're also reliably loyal characters who love Johnny, to the point where they eventually decide to go straight so they can do right by the boy that they raised.
• No Name Given: Stan's name is never dropped onscreen in either of the two films, and is instead revealed in both the script and the end credits for the first movie.
• Oh, Crap!: When they emerge from the bank they just stole from and find the police already waiting for them outside, Stan and Barry have very panicked expressions as they make their hasty escape from the scene. They're similarly alarmed to discover Johnny has abandoned his post as a getaway driver during their gold heist, especially when the police show up a few seconds later to arrest them.
• One Last Job: After managing to narrowly stay ahead of the cops for quite some time with their robberies, they decide to aim for one last score - a fortune in gold that will let them all retire in luxury. As per usual for this trope, this decision quickly backfires on them, since the gold heist turns out to be the one that finally lands them all in prison.
• Outside-Context Problem: In Sing 2, Marcus, Stan and Barry step in to help the theater animals deal with Jimmy Crystal and his enforcers. Since the gorilla gangsters haven't been a part of the conflict between the two groups until now, and since Jimmy obviously wouldn't know anything about the backgrounds of Buster's performers, he has absolutely no idea who they are or what their connection to Buster's group is. But they nevertheless throw a pretty big wrench into his plans, and force him to have to improvise his next attempt to kill Moon.
• Papa Wolf: In the second film, they race to Redshore City with Marcus as soon as they learn Johnny is in danger, where they proceed to throttle Jimmy Crystal's entire security team by themselves to save Johnny and his castmates from being whacked.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: Like every other member of the gorilla gang, whenever they're partaking in illegal activities, they don tiny white bunny masks that double as both a gang symbol and a rather ineffective disguise. In the second film, they seem to be quite happy to have another chance to wear their masks again, when they take care of Jimmy Crystal's men.
• Put on a Prison Bus: Halfway through the first movie, they're arrested by the police when their attempt to steal a fortune in gold goes south rapidly, and they spend the rest of the film behind bars. By the time the second film rolls around, they've been released from jail for quite some time and are now working off their debt to society with community service.
• Reformed, but Not Tamed: By the second film, they've decided to reform so they can stay out of prison and repair their relationship with Johnny, and they seem to be pretty content with that decision. However, they do not have a problem with helping the Moon Theater troupe put on an illegal show in Jimmy Crystal's venue, or throttling all of Jimmy's enforcers so they can ensure the safety of Johnny and his castmates.
• Satellite Character: They receive a minimal amount of screentime, and their roles in both films revolve around helping Marcus and later Johnny with their ambitions.
• Thief Bag: They always bring large burlap saps with them on their heists, to store the loot in.
• Thrill Seeker: A downplayed example. During their time as robbers, Stan and Barry enjoyed the thrill of their criminal lifestyle as well as the money, every time they managed to pull off a successful heist. This part of their personalities is alluded to again in the second film, though they've got a better handle on it now that they've resolved to go straight. When the newly reformed gorilla gangsters step in to protect the Moon Theater troupe during their time of need, they enjoy getting to take on all of Jimmy Crystal's enforcers at once, in one big brawl - partly because the men threatened Johnny's life earlier, and partly because it's the most action and excitement that the gorilla gang have gotten to experience in a long time.
• Top-Heavy Guy: As gorillas, their legs are significantly smaller than their bulky, robust torsos.
• Undying Loyalty: No matter what happens throughout the series, their loyalty to Big Daddy never seems to waver, partly because he's their friend as well as their leader. By the events of the second film, this sense of loyalty now extends to Johnny as well.
• Villainous Friendship: They have one with their leader, Marcus.
• Wrestler in All of Us: During the gorilla gang's brawl with Jimmy Crystal's bodyguards, Marcus throws a cheetah that tried to jump him onto the floor, and Stan quickly swoops in to retaliate by flattening the feline with an elbow drop.

Meena's Grandfather

Voiced by: Jay Pharoah^{Foreign VAs} Anders Bircow (Danish), Jacques Lavallée (Canadian French), Benoît Allemane (EU French), Paolo Macedonio (Italian), Hideaki Tezuka (Japanese), Jorge Lucas (Brazilian Portuguese), Fernando Luís (EU Portuguese), Aleksey Kolgan (Russian), Pablo Adán (EU Spanish), Óscar Flores (LA Spanish)

Meena's abrasive but well-intentioned grandfather who pushes her to audition for the competition.

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• Cruel to Be Kind: After Meena bombs her initial audition, he puts his foot down on her stage fright. As abrasive as it is, it does manage to get her in the show in the long run.
  Meena's Mom: Oh, honey. Please don't cry. You are not a failure. There'll be other chances. You just gotta—
  Grandpa: Bah! The heck there will!
  Meena's Mom: Dad, please!
  Grandpa: [To Meena] Come on! Don't you want this?!
  Meena: Well, sure, but I messed it up.
  Grandpa: Then you gotta go back there tomorrow and say, "Mr. Moon! I demand that you let me re-audition!" Be confident! Show them you ain't gonna be pushed around. You got that, Meena?
  Meena: Um...
  Grandpa: Good! Now, go get my cocoa.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Meena's grandfather is certainly abrasive, but the story quite clearly shows that he is right about Meena having to overcome her shyness in order to actually sing on stage. Him finally putting his foot down is actually more effective than his daughter's reassurances in completing Meena's character development.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As hard as he is on his granddaughter, it's clear that Meena's grandfather loves her and only pushes her the way he does because he knows how talented she is. He offers Meena a cup of cocoa while she's recovering from the shock of the theater's destruction, and during the final performance he holds up a "Meena Rules!" sign.
• No Name Given: He is referred to as merely "Grandpa" or "Dad" by Meena and her mother respectively.
• Parents as People: He is one of Meena's biggest supporters, but is very hard on Meena when it comes to her stage fright.
• Rage Breaking Point: A milder example than most. After Meena messes up her audition, he angrily chews her out for letting her stage fright get in the way again and practically orders her to go back and demand a second chance.
• Sequel Non-Entity: He and his daughter are completely absent in the second film, as Meena spends most of the movie away from home with her friends in Redshore City.
• Shout-Out: He wears a suit very similar to Babar.

Other Contest Applicants

Mike

Voiced by: Seth MacFarlane^{Foreign VAs} Ken Wong Kai Cheong (Cantonese), Lars Ranthe (Danish), Sébastien Dhavernas (Canadian French), Vincent Ropion (EU French), Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (German), David Chevalier (Italian), Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese), Zhao Zhen (PRC Mandarin), Chen Jinyi (TW Mandarin), Cláudio Galvan (Brazilian Portuguese), Filipe Duarte (EU Portuguese), Ilya Isaev (Russian), Santi Millán (EU Spanish), Leonardo Saraglia (LA Spanish)

Part of the original line-up of finalists for the singing competition, he's a white mouse street basker with a greedy and egotistical ego toward his own talent.

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• Badass Boast: His entire song in the final show - "My Way" - is a monument to him and his ego. A monument that is exquisitely sung and doesn't stop even when interrupted by an updraft created by two helicopters.
• Bait the Dog: He gives Rosita a particularly nasty backhanded compliment after her botched rehearsal, which only worsens the low point she's already at. The fact that Mike does this immediately after Rosita kept a look out for the bears hunting him makes it feel especially cruel.
  Mike: By the way, I love your act. Seriously, the part where you fall flat on your face, that cracks me up every time. See ya round, Porky!
• Bullying a Dragon: The whole reason why Mike's life is put in grave danger, and why he ultimately has to skip town for his own safety, is because he decided that conning three gangster bears out of a huge sum of money (while he was the size of a small mouse) was a good idea. Suffice to say, Mike made three powerful enemies that day, who he had no chance of fighting off on his own.
• Dirty Coward: After the prize money is revealed to be far less than advertised (and certainly not enough to clear Mike's debt), he claims to the bears that Buster is the one they have a problem with, in spite of the fact that Buster had no involvement in their conflict and the bears hadn't even met him until that point.
• Doing It for the Art: Definitely averted In-Universe, if Mike can't get anything out of performing he likely won't do it. In the final show, he only goes back because he was challenged with Let's See YOU Do Better!.
• Fatal Flaw: Pride. Mike is an arrogant and self-absorbed douche-bag with little to no morals but he is one hell of a singer-musician, and he knows it. More than money or even his own life, he loves showing off his talent.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: None of the other contestants seem to have any patience for his arrogant attitude. They barely tolerate him with the fact that he often minds his own business when he's not insulting them. That being said, they are all amazed by his singing and watch (whereas in the previous songs at least one person was getting ready or depressed). Notably, after he leaves town with his girlfriend and never comes back, the other theater animals do not show any signs of missing him in the second film and have grown closer as a group without him.
• The Friends Who Never Hang: Mike and Johnny never speak to each other or interact at all in the first movie, so it's unknown what they think about each other.
• Hidden Depths: Though it's likely out of pride rather than any moral reason, Mike has enough principle to not resort to sabotaging the other contestants. He's way too full of himself to feel like he'd need to, anyway. He is also capable of acknowledging other people's talent, as he was genuinely impressed when Meena conquers her stage fright and belts out "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" during the final performance.
• Hypocrite: After attacking a monkey for not giving him a satisfactory amount of money, stealing his inhaler while he's having an asthma attack, and even taking his whole wallet, Mike has the nerve to call the poor guy a "bully". To say nothing of him spending the entire competition belittling and insulting his fellow contestants.
• I'm Not Here to Make Friends: He carries this attitude throughout the whole competition, as he never interacts with the other contestants aside from insulting them to their faces, and while he does occasionally have a less hostile attitude with them, he still finds some way to be a little bit of a jerk (When Ash goes to perform he does move out of the way and bows but states, "Moody teenager coming through". When he interacts with Rosita he doesn't maliciously insult her and tells her he loves her act but only when she falls and calls her porky albeit non-maliciously). When the local news station interviews him while waiting in line for his audition, he actually mocks the notion that it's "taking part" that really matters.
• Insufferable Genius: A musical example, Mike is a talented musician and singer, but looks down (ironically, considering his height) on the other contestants. He still shows he's capable of showing respect to Meena.
• Irony:
  • A mouse who sings songs made famous by the Rat Pack.
  • He is first seen playing a saxophone for money on the street, but is later shown to be a great singer.
• Jerkass Has a Point: As much of a mean-spirited asshole he is by dismissively mocking the other contestants, there are two moments where he makes a rude yet accurate point.
  • While his delivery was harsh, he wasn't wrong to get impatient at Meena for holding up the line for the other contestants during the auditions when she froze up on stage.
  • Though he's acting out of self-interest, and is gladly willing to give away money that he hasn't even won, Mike is rightfully incensed when he discovers that the prize money is nowhere near the amount that the flyers advertised, and Buster lied to all of the contestants by not coming clean about it.

• Jerkass to One: While Mike is harsh and unpleasant with all his fellow contestants, and most other characters in general, Meena is the most frequent victim of his bullying. He interrupts her in the middle of her own audition when her stage fright gets the better of her, frequently insults and dismisses her when she's working as a stagehand, and cruelly laughs at her when she clumsily goes onstage for her final performance. Though even he's completely mesmerized when he finally hears her sing.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Mike is rude and abrasive to everyone, but does have his nicer moments. For instance, he's actually happy when he sees Meena sing and thanks his girlfriend when she saves him from the bears. Guess he's not as shallow as he lets on.
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: At first. For example, there are moments that show him being polite to people but not really for a genuine reason (Buster, the bull at the bank, the audience that's clapping for him, and Derek with the latter though it's implied they are really friends). He also could be this with the contestants at times. For example, when Ash is heartbroken after breaking up with Lance, Mike does move out of her way and give a respectful bow but states, "Moody teenager coming through." (Not that she wasn't moody at the moment). Another example is when it seems he is being nice to Rosita stating he loved her act but reveals that he only meant the part where she fell and does give her a friendly goodbye but calls her porky (albeit non-maliciously).
• Karma Houdini: Downplayed. Sure, the bears with whom he played poker engaged in Disproportionate Retribution, but Mike's cheating on his poker game with them was what started that mess. While he ends the movie still on the run from the bears, Mike essentially got away with said cheating, along with his rude attitude towards everyone. As he's absent in the second movie, his fate remains unknown.
• Laser-Guided Karma: He does get karma for trying to divert the bears onto Buster over the missing prize money however, with the theatre's aquarium presentation collapsing immediately afterwards. Though it leads to Amusing Injuries for all, Mike gets it worst, getting literally swept down the drain.
• Moral Myopia: He becomes angry at Buster for lying about the prize money, even though he himself had cheated the bears.
• The Napoleon: As a mouse, he's the smallest of the main characters by far, but compensates for this by having the shortest temper and the biggest ego, convinced he is the only one of the contestants with any singing talent.
• Never My Fault: This is implied when he realizes he has no chance of ever paying off his debt to the bear mafia, and he tries to pass the blame for his actions onto Buster.
• Nice Character, Mean Actor: In-universe, Mike gives the impression of a soulful, classy individual when he's performing on stage or when he's talking to a person who can give him something (Buster, the bank representative who gave him the expensive credit card, an audience that's applauding him as well as the manager of the club Derek but it's implied that his kindness to Derek is genuine) but won't treat anyone else with an iota of respect.
• Nice Mice: Inverted. Mike is rude and egotistical even though - or perhaps because - he is undeniably a talented musician. Played straight at the very end when he happily acknowledges Meena's talent and thanks his girlfriend for saving him from the bears.
• Pet the Dog: More than once, he mocks Meena, affirming she'll be a disaster. But when she finally finds the courage to sing, he's genuinely amazed. He also thanks his girlfriend for saving him and does give Ash a little bow when she goes to perform.
• The Rich Want to Be Richer: A pre-emptive variant; After convincing himself he's going to win the prize money, Mike not only gets himself an expensive credit card, but takes part in a card game with the bears (which he cheats to win), all so he can have more money than he already thinks he's going to get.
• Rule of Three: The vengeful Russian bears try to kill Mike three times in the film. During the first two instances, Mike just barely manages to escape with his life, but after their final encounter, his fate is left a lot more ambiguous.
• Sequel Non-Entity: He's the only talent show contestant who didn't return for Sing 2. The last we see of him is riding off with his girlfriend with the bears in pursuit, so it's possible he skipped town after the show.
• Shadow Archetype: To Buster Moon. Mike and Buster both love show business and live from one hustle to the next in the optimistic belief that success is around the corner. But Buster still has his sense of childlike wonder and wants to put on a show that displays the talents of the performers and gives the audience a magical experience. He keeps hustling in the hopes that his next show will be a hit that benefits everyone. Mike on the other hand only cares about himself and seeks to make others pay the price for his lying and cheating.
• Swallowed Whole: By a bear gangster, more than once. The mouse he's been courting the whole movie shows up in a Big Damn Heroes moment to rescue him the second time.
• Token Evil Teammate: Evil is a stretch but he is easily the biggest jerk among the performers, but despite his morally questionable activities outside the show, he has enough confidence in his singing that he doesn't resort to sabotage or cheating in the contest. He also still performs in the finale even knowing there will be no monetary reward, but not before his talent is questioned.
• Uncertain Doom: He's last seen skipping town with his girlfriend, to escape the bear gangsters who want him dead - completely unaware that the head bear is still hanging on to the back of his car, waiting to make his move. It's left up to the audience's imagination whether or not Mike and Nancy managed to escape, especially since Mike's character is never mentioned again in the second film.
• Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: A narcissistic, entitled musician whose rudeness, snark and jackassery toward the other contestants is Played for Laughs.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Because he is convinced by his ego that he's going to win the prize money, Mike gets an expensive credit card so as to go out clubbing and gambling—where he cheats, thus earning the ire of the bear mafia. When they come after him he's already spent the money (possibly in paying off the credit card...), so is forced to confess about the prize money to pay off his debt...which leads them to crash the special rehearsal for Nana Noodleman where the prize money is revealed to be (mostly) fake, eventually culminating in the chain reaction that destroys the Moon Theatre.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Rosita. They are seen rehearsing after each other. Mike is seen as less hostile towards her when they first interact but still (non-maliciously) rude. While Mike does insult her and Gunter while they are performing and she is less than pleased with his insults, when he starts singing she can be seen smiling.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Literally in this case — Mike ends the movie with the bear mafia still chasing him, there's no telling if he'll survive, especially since he owes both the bank and them $100k. The second movie makes no mention of him whatsoever.

Lance

Voiced by: Beck Bennett^{Foreign VAs} Simon Stenspil (Danish), Alexandre Fortin (Canadian French), Yann Sundberg (EU French), Nicolas Lazaridis (German), Andrea Mete (Italian), Kissho Taniyama (Japanese), Zhang Teng (TW Mandarin), Raphael Rossatto (Brazilian Portuguese), Daniil Shcheblanov (Russian), Eduardo Bosch (EU Spanish), Alejandro Orozco (LA Spanish)

Ash's boyfriend in the first film. An egotistical Jerkass who is resentful when Ash gets accepted into the competition without him. Their relationship ended when Ash caught him cheating on her with Becky.

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• Domestic Abuse: An emotional example. Though not physically violent, Lance is shown to be very controlling and toxic towards Ash. He constantly belittles her when she overshadows him, insists that she isn't as talented as he is and should just be his backup singer, and dismisses her whenever she contradicts him or tries to have any kind of independence, including wanting to write her own song for the competition. When Ash joins the competition against his wishes, Lance cheats on her with another singer while she's not home, and tries to pin the blame on Ash when she finds out.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Lance is shown to be a very egotistical musician, who repeatedly chooses to shoot down his girlfriend's ambitions and discourages her from becoming a more independent artist, because he doesn't want her to overshadow him. When Buster chooses Ash as a finalist in the singing competition and not him, Lance grows very jealous of her and starts to show his true colors to her more and more often, until she eventually gets fed up with his petty and conceited behavior and decides to break-up with him.
• Hate Sink: He's an emotionally abusive boyfriend and an unfaithful cheater, without any redeeming qualities in sight.
• Hypocrite:
  • He was all for auditioning for the show when it would mean he'd be in the spotlight. When Buster picks Ash over him, he starts accusing Ash of "selling out" for agreeing to it.
  • Lance accuses her of "selling out" when she decides to go through with the contest when she gets selected and he doesn't. The next day, he tells her to do the "Pop Star Princess" routine Buster wants her to do if she wants to win the prize money.
• It's All About Me: Lance insists on being the lead singer and songwriter of their band despite Ash being obviously more talented than him, he tries to pressure Ash to quit the competition since he didn't make the cut, and he eventually cheats on her with another singer because she was "never around".
• Laser-Guided Karma: Throughout his relationship with Ash, Lance repeatedly tells her that she'll never be as talented as him or as creative as him, and he even decides to cheat on her with another girl when he grows resentful of her making her own decisions, which leads directly to the end of their relationship. However, once the two have gone their separate ways, Ash unlocks her true potential and becomes a much more successful musician than Lance ever was (which is taken to a whole other level in the second film, when she and her friends start to enter the big leagues in the music world). By the time Lance realizes what he missed out on, it's already too late, since Ash has moved on from him entirely and never looked back since.
• My God, What Have I Done?: He's implied to go through this after hearing Ash perform her original song, quickly turning the TV back on after Becky turned it off and leaves the room. However, it's played with because unlike Johnny's father, Marcus, Lance doesn't seem remorseful or interested in reconciliation.
• Never My Fault: After Ash catches him "singing" with another porcupine girl named Becky, Lance tries to pin the blame on Ash for being away all the time due to being in the competition. Her response is that she did it for the both of them as she throws his guitar case at him while kicking the two of them out.
• Oh, Crap!: His reaction when Ash walks into their apartment and discovers him about to kiss Becky while they're singing.
• Small Name, Big Ego: He believes he's a much more talented musician than Ash, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
• Tempting Fate: When Ash walks in on Lance cheating on her with another girl and becomes enraged at the sight, he and Becky are in the middle of singing "Love Interruption" by Jack White, specifically this lyric:
  I want love to change my friends to enemies, change my friends to enemies and show me how it's all my fault!
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Lance doesn't appear at all in Sing 2, implying his split with Ash is permanent. Ash does mention in the second movie that she has a rule about "not letting guys (like her jerk boss) tell her what she's worth"; while she's saying this to an employer over her paycheck, she's clearly referring to her history with Lance.

The Q-Teez

A quintet of red pandas who audition for Buster's singing competition. They keep showing to the theater despite not being finalists due to them being Japanese and not understanding English.

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• Beware the Nice Ones: They're really nice up until someone insults their hygiene.
• Bitch Slap: The green one gives one to Buster after his jumbling Japanese calls them filthy.
• The Cameo: They briefly appear in Sing 2, rocking out to Ash's song in Rick's club.
• Cheerful Child: They're perky and upbeat children.
• The Cutie: They're talented, adorable and optimistic red pandas.
• The Dividual: They're mostly seen as a group, with the colored outfits and facial marks being their only distinguishable feature.
• Fangirl: Of Ash. They're blown away by her performance of "Set It All Free" at the end of the first film; in the sequel, they are seen among the public head-banging during Ash's set.
• Funny Foreigner: Besides their and Buster's Sustained Misunderstanding, a Running Gag is how they interrupt Buster to show him their routines despite the koala's discomfort. Most of his attempts to dissuade from thinking he chose them often lead to further misunderstandings; e.g. incorporating his finger-wagging to the routine.
• Genki Girl: All these girls are very bubbly and energetic.
• Interchangeable Asian Cultures: Despite being Japanese pop stars, they are red pandas, animals native to China.
• Irony: They misunderstand Buster's rejection of them and continue working backstage despite his attempts to inform them otherwise. It's only when the show loses two acts that Buster tries recruiting them for real; unfortunately, because he doesn't know how to speak Japanese, he ends up insulting them with them quitting in disgust.
• Language Barrier: No grasp of English means Buster spends most of the film dealing with their (unwanted) antics.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Their shtick, wardrobe and name are likely inspired by the J-Pop idol group Cute.
• Palette Swap: They all look exactly the same barring the colors of each of their outfits.
• Perpetual Smiler: They never lose their sunny disposition even during elaborated dance routines. The only exception is when they feel insulted, as Buster finds out.
• Punny Name: "The Q-Teez" are indeed cute.

Financial and "Independent" Associations

Judith

Voiced by: Rhea Perlman^{Foreign VAs} Peggy Guo Bizhen (Cantonese), Anne Oppenhagen Pagh (Danish), Camille Cyr-Desmarais (Canadian French), Anne Plumet (EU French), Heike Schroetter (German), Stefanella Marrama (Italian), Michiko Kaiden (Japanese), Jiang Duhui (TW Mandarin), Márcia Morelli (Brazilian Portuguese), Maria Henrique (EU Portuguese), Olga Zvereva (Russian), Ana Angeles Garcia (EU Spanish), Gaby Cárdenas (LA Spanish)

A llama who works for the bank who warns Buster that, if he can't raise enough money to pay off his bills, the bank will repossess the theatre.

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• Big Bad Ensemble: With the Bears, though she's far less actively malevolent than they are.
• Death Glare: When she's taking the property after the theatre is destroyed, she turns and scowls at Buster as he's leaving.
• Determinator: After having her calls ignored one too many times, she visits the theatre mid-way through the film to confront Buster in person.

• Jerkass Has a Point: As humorless and unfeeling she is towards Buster's dreams and feelings towards the theater. However, she makes two very good points:
  • First off, the theater's business has been so bad that Buster has been forced to steal electricity and water just for rehearsals. She's well within her rights to repossess it due to unpaid bills.
  • She's also legally correct in that the comeback performance is technically trespassing on property that is not there, done without permission.
• Pass the Popcorn: Her threats to call the police during the final show in the rebuilt theatre never come to fruition as she stays to watch the show.
• Punch-Clock Villain: As cold as she acts, it's her job to either get Buster to pay what he owes or repossess the property if he can't.
• Villainy-Free Villain: Again, it's her job as a worker at the bank to either collect what Buster owes, or repossess the property. Nothing she does in the film is evil by any means. Just cold and direct.

Bear Trio

Voiced by: Jim Cummings^{Foreign VAs} Morten Staugaard [boss] (Danish); Waléra Kanischtscheff [boss] (German); Roberto Draghetti [boss] (Italian); Kenta Miyake [boss] (Japanese); Carlos Segundo, Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza, and Sebastián Llapur (LA Spanish)

A trio of gangster brown bears with thick Russian accents, the antagonists in Mike's character arc, they relentlessly pursue him for money he cheated out of the bears in a card game.

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• Affably Evil: The leader is friendly with the bouncer at the club, and apparently, they all hold value over playing fair when they gamble. Of course, when they lose their patience, this disappears pretty quickly.
• Badass Longcoat: The leader wears one.
• Batter Up!: The leader smashes the prize money chest with a baseball bat, then seems tempted to use it on Buster when it's revealed the money was never real.
• Bears Are Bad News: They're never portrayed with any degree of lightheartedness, and are always a very dangerous threat.
• Berserk Button: By the end of the film, Mike becomes one for them, especially the leader. Case in point, after they thought Mike drowned in the flooded theatre but suddenly see him singing on TV, the leader shatters his drink with one hand, shoves his table aside, and the three of them charge out of the club.
• Big Bad Ensemble: With Judith as they cause the destruction of the theater and try to kill Mike multiple times.
• Determinator: The one good(?) thing that can be said about them is that they do not stop hunting someone who's crossed them. If Mike gets into a vehicle, they jump onto the outside of it as it's moving and hold on to it. Not even almost drowning can persuade them to give up.
• Disproportionate Retribution: They hunt one mouse through an entire city for money he cheated out of them, and when he can't pay it back, they try to eat him without hesitation.
• The Dragon: They are Co-Dragons to Judith.

• Knight of Cerebus: The most violent and remorseless characters in the whole movie, every appearance by them is played completely seriously. They're more of a threat than Marcus, a Killer Gorilla gangster who regularly pulls off heists but deeply loves his son Johnny, while they have no such redeeming qualities.
• National Animal Stereotypes: They're bears with Russian accents.
• No Name Given: The two subordinates -whose names are also not revealed- only call their leader "Boss".
• Outside-Context Problem: At first, they're only Mike's problem, and nobody else in the main cast has any idea who they are. Then Mike tells them that Buster can gives them 100,000 dollars that Mike cheated out of them, leading to the bears inadvertently causing the destruction of the theatre.
• Psychotic Smirk: The leader ends his final scene with one directed at the camera as he's clinging to the back of Mike's car.
• Revenge: Initially, the bears are determined to hunt Mike down so they can force him to return the money he conned them out of during their card game, or else they'll kill him. However, after they learn Mike has already spent it all, he has no chance of ever paying them back, and their confrontation at Moon Theater nearly gets them all killed when the whole theater collapses, their motivation for hunting him down becomes purely about having the satisfaction of killing him for revenge.
• Russian Bear: They're a trio of Russian-accented Mafiya brown bears.
• Sapient Eat Sapient: During his repeated attempts to swallow Mike alive, the boss doesn't so much as bat an eye at eating another sapient being.
• Spit Take: One of them spews up his drink when he sees Mike singing on TV in the climax. He ends up spitting on the bear sitting opposite of him.
• Super-Persistent Predator: They will not stop hunting Mike until they get the money they were cheated out of, or Mike is dead. Even after they almost drown in the flooding of Moon Theatre when they followed Mike there, they still come after him again when they see him singing in the final show.
• Swallowed Whole: The leader's preferred method of dealing with Mike is to try to eat him, which he attempts twice.
• Terrible Trio: They are three menacing bears who hunt down and try to kill Mike.
• Villain Has a Point: While their means with dealing with it are extreme, they only start making Mike's life miserable because Mike cheated on a poker game with them.

Mr. and Mrs. Noodleman

Mrs. Noodleman voiced by: Laraine Newman^{Foreign VAs} Vibeke Dueholm (Danish), Nodoka Hasegawa (Japanese), Gabriela Guzmán (LA Spanish)

Eddie's parents. Formerly the main sources for all of Moon Theater's productions, their turning off the money tap sends Buster looking for other investors.

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• Ambiguously Related: Besides Mrs. Noodleman and Nana sharing wool color, their kinship to the diva is never clarified; adding to the confusion, the older Noodleman's husband isn't seen or mentioned and it's never specified whether they had sons or daughters.
• Disappointed in You: As wealthy, occupied businessmen, neither is impressed with Eddie slacking away his life.
• The Ghost: Outside of an appearance on a photo, neither of them actually show up in the movie. Mrs. Noodleman is heard speaking in the movie and the Eddie's Life Coach short, but does not physically show up.
• Pale Females, Dark Males: Inverted; Mr. Noodleman has white wool while Mrs. Noodleman has black wool judging by their appearance on a photo.

Other Residents

Buster Moon's Father

Buster's dad. Born from humble means, he nurtured his son's potential, working a demeaning car wash job to help him buy the Prairie Theater before passing away. Although gone, his memory inspires Buster to keep the business afloat.

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• Bad Job, Worse Uniform: He was a street car-washer and, as demonstrated by Buster during his Darkest Hour, the only thing he needed was a speedo to physically rub suds over the vehicles.
• Deceased Parents Are the Best: He worked hard to make sure Buster had a better life than just washing cars, even helping him buy Moon Theatre, and it's implied that he's long since died before the start of the film (though he did see Buster grow up, unlike many examples.)
• Doting Parent: He encouraged Buster's aspirations to be a theater man, to the point of using his saved funds to buy him a venue of his own.
• No Name Given: Buster simply refers to him as "Dad".
• Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears in a few scenes and he's already passed away by the time the first movie begins, but he's the reason why Buster has been able to pursue his dream job of running Moon Theater, and Buster's desire to preserve everything his father worked hard for for years is a very large part of his motivation in the first movie.

Becky

Voiced by: Tara Strong^{Foreign VAs} Caroline Lindeneg (Danish), Nana Mizuki (Japanese), Mafalda Luís de Castro (EU Portuguese), Betzabé Jara (LA Spanish)

A porcupine and the girl that Lance cheats on Ash with.

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• Alpha Bitch: She seems to come off as one, since she doesn't seem to have any qualms about dating someone else's boyfriend and scoffs at Ash's performance.
• Cool Shades: She had a pair shaped like red hearts, until she lost them to Ash during the other girl's volatile break-up with Lance.
• Dub Name Change: The Japanese dub has her name changed to Betty.
• Innocently Insensitive: This is implied in her first appearance, as it can be assumed that she didn't know Ash was Lance's girlfriend. However, it's Averted at the end when she bitterly mocks Ash's performance of "Set It All Free", seemingly knowing the circumstances of her relationship with Lance.
• It's All About Me: She witnesses Ash calling Lance out for cheating on her and the only thing she does is ask to go back inside to retrieve her sunglasses.
• Karma Houdini: She doesn't even get a telling off from Ash for being with another girl's boyfriend. However, Ash does keep her sunglasses for herself and then tosses them into a crowd during her performance of "Set It All Free", where they were almost certainly trampled into oblivion.
• Walking Spoiler: At least, to anyone who didn't see the trailers. All of her tropes reveal that Ash and Lance's relationship won't last, and that the two break up on pretty bad terms.

Nancy

Voiced by: Tara Strong^{Foreign VAs} Karla Falcón (LA Spanish)

A beautiful female mouse whom Mike pursues throughout the movie.

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• All There in the Script: Her name is never spoken in the movie, but it's revealed in the film's screenplay.
• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Despite seeming like a Gold Digger at first, in the end, she comes through for Mike by saving him from the bear mafia and escaping with him.
• Big Damn Heroes: When she realizes the bear gangsters are going to hunt down her boyfriend once again, she races to Moon Theater in Mike's car as fast as she can to try to stop them, and she makes it there just in time to save Mike from being eaten by the boss bear.
• Flat Character: Nothing about her is revealed, other than being an implied Gold Digger and the fact that she's apparently brave enough to directly confront the bear mafia for Mike's sake.
• Gold Digger: She shows much more interest in Mike after he starts showing off some wealth, although she proves that she really does love Mike more than his money in the end when she saves him from being eaten by the Russian bears.
• Meaningful Name: Since Mike's character is modelled after Frank Sinatra, she's named after Frank's first wife, Nancy.
• Satellite Love Interest: We never know anything about her. She doesn't even have any lines until the end performance, where she rescues Mike, and they drive off with the bears clinging to the car.
• Sequel Non-Entity: Like her boyfriend, Mike, she's completely absent from the second film, and it's never revealed whether or not the two mice managed to escape the bear gangsters.
• Uncertain Doom: Like Mike, she's last seen driving away from town, completely unaware that the leader of the bear gang is still hanging onto the back of Mike's car, waiting to make his move. What happens to her and her boyfriend next is left up to the audience's imagination.
• The Voiceless: Her character remains mute throughout almost the entire movie (and she mainly communicates with the people around her through her expressions), until the climax when she shows up at the theater to save Mike from the bear gang.

Herman

Voiced by: Robert Morse

Debuting in the home-released mini-movie Love at First Sight, he's a lizard who encounters Ms. Crawly at random and asks her out.

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• Cool Old Guy: He's just as old, friendly and cheerful as Crawly.
• Commonality Connection: He's very friendly and approachable with Miss Crawly from the moment they meet, but the thing that really catches her attention is when he mentions he enjoys "moonbathing" (i.e. sunbathing at night), one of her favorite pastimes that she invented herself.
• December–December Romance: While nothing is made official yet, Herman asks out Ms. Crawly on a moon bathing session when they first meet.
• Last Guy Wins: After all those failed dates, Herman comes off as a breath of fresh air for Ms. Crawly.
• Like Goes with Like: Besides Ms. Crawly, he's the only other major reptile introduced in the franchise.

Garry Wishmann

Voiced by: Brad Morris

A character in the home-released short Eddie's Life Coach. Nicknamed "The Winner", he's an infomercial life coach for-hire who promotes his product "The Headphones of Enlightenment". Eddie's parents buy Wishmann's product to guide their son, much to the former's chagrin.

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• Basement-Dweller: Garry lives directly in the same house as his parents which exposes him to more direct yelling and frustration, unlike Eddie, who lives in his family's guest house and communicates with his parents through intercom. When he goes to confront Gary over the paywall needed to receive his certification, Garry opens the door in a bathrobe, clearly hurt by the light after a night eating junk food and playing video games, before being yelled by his mother.
• Beneath the Mask: In his commercials, Garry presents a confident posture in his methods, all the better to convince the audience to buy his products; in person, his disheveled appearance and acknowledgement of it being his mother's idea paints him as a drift-less slacker flailing under others' suggestions of how to live his life.
• Birds of a Feather: He and Eddie are quite similar – unmotivated slackers who leech off their parents.
• Day Hurts Dark-Adjusted Eyes: He sports Exhausted Eyebags and an aversion to daylight when he opens the door for Eddie.
• Fake Ultimate Hero: The real Garry Wishmann is not the motivated, ambitious dog he presents himself as in his infomercials; quite the opposite, a haggard, lazy slacker.
• Large Ham: Most of his Headphone advice is given in the most over-the-top way possible.
• Momma's Boy: A rather bitter, washed-out example, as his slacker ways have eroded any good will between the two. He's also subordinate to her (admittedly) measly orders, to which he reacts with annoyance.
• Self-Applied Nickname: His commercial promotes him as "The Winner", insisting on using its full appellation. As it turns out, no one calls him that, not even himself; he meekly insists Eddie call him simply "Garry".

Angie

Voiced by: Keke Palmer

From the Xfinity/Sky Christmas ad Come Home. A dachshund nurse who just wants to get home and watch the Moon Theater Christmas Special on TV with her family.

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• Ascended Fangirl: She's a fan of the Moon Theater gang who finds herself taking Darius's place in their big Christmas show.
• Determined Doctor: Despite her own problems, her immediate reaction on seeing Darius is injured (admittedly, by her) is "Don't worry, I'm a nurse."
• Determinator: When she runs out of gas, she walks through a blizzard in a desperate attempt to get home in time.
• Exact Words: She does, in fact, keep her promise to her kids that she's "not going to miss the show".
• Failed a Spot Check: In her rush, she forgets her cellphone which complicates her situation when the gas runs out.
• Good Parents: The reason why she's in a hurry to arrive home is to spend the night watching a Christmas Special with her family, her children especially.
• Heroic Dog: She's a dachshund nurse who takes it upon herself to fix her mistake of accidentally knocking out Darius so the show can continue, and she gets to enjoy herself while she's at it.
• The Knights Who Say "Squee!": She's a competent nurse in her own right...who gushes in silent awe of the Moon Troupe when she accidentally intrudes backstage.
• Unluckily Lucky: Angie finishes her shift at the hospital and races home, forgetting her phone just as the car runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere. She walks all the way to a studio to get help which coincidentally is where the "Moon Theater Christmas Special" is being taped. Her entrance knocks out Darius, which requires someone who knows the whole repertoire to take his role onstage. Cue Angie singing "Baby, Please Come Home" with the Moon Theater Troupe, where her family can spot her, thus fulfilling her promise to not miss the show.

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