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Crystal Entertainment

Jimmy Crystal

Voiced by: Bobby Cannavale^{Foreign VAs}Gao Hanwen (Cantonese), Patrick Chouinard (Canadian French), Damien Bonnard (EU French), Wotan Wilke Möhring (German), Adriano Giannini (Italian), Akio Ōtsuka (Japanese), Sérgio Moreno (Brazilian Portuguese), Fernando Luís (EU Portuguese), Anatoliy Morozov (Russian), Luis Tosar (EU Spanish), Sebastián Martínez (LA Spanish)

A lupine magnate whose brand, Crystal Entertainment, is a powerhouse within Redshore. His theatre shows carry pedigree in the city which makes him a much sought-after producer.

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• Abusive Dad: The emotional kind. He cares for his daughter Porsha only enough to indulge her whims, yet refuses to offer any comfort, let alone help, when she's down, preferring to berate her for showing any weakness and falling short of his expectations of her. During the "Out Of This World" show, he also has no problem with trying to murder one of Porsha's new friends right in front of her, purposefully ignoring her distress as she begs him to stop.
• Asshole Victim: He ends up getting a massive Humiliation Conga and is even arrested at the end of the film. However, considering all the hell he put Moon and his friends through, as well as how he treated his own daughter Porsha, it's very hard to feel sorry for him.
• Ax-Crazy: He's aggressive and boisterous, and he has a penchant for bloodlust, given the two seldom murder attempts on Buster. Even when he's in a good mood, there's no telling what might set him off.
• Bad Boss: He devolves into this in the second half of the movie. Once Jimmy finds out about Buster lying about Clay Calloway's involvement in the musical, he drops the artificial passive-aggressiveness act and threatens grievous bodily harm if the koala doesn't fulfill his promise by the end of next week. When news gets out of Porsha losing the leading role on her own father's show, he decides enough is enough, grabs Buster by the lapel and nearly tosses him off the building. Even as the frightened koala escapes and tries to leave Redshore, Crystal pulls no stops in ensuring his henchmen capture him so he can dispose of him personally, culminating with attempting to throw him onto the stage from the highest catwalk.
• Beard of Evil: The fur around his face looks like a white beard, and he's a malicious manager who attempts to outright murder Buster Moon.
• Berserk Button: Making him look bad or disrespecting him in any way, as any poor soul who tried to do so eventually finds out. Buster's sole existence becomes this for him, with the idea of destroying him overriding any logic in Crystal's mind.
• Big Bad: Of the second film. He rises to the role due to his Sanity Slippage and Unstoppable Rage, becoming the final obstacle for the gang as stalling him is imperative to stage the show.
• Big Bad Ensemble: With Klaus Kickenklober. They're the most direct threats to the Moon troupe, zeroing upon one in particular. Jimmy turns out to be worse than Klaus and once the latter is defeated in amiable terms, Jimmy rises as the main obstacle.
• Big Bad Slippage: While he's an antagonistic figure in the sequel, most of his harsh decisions in the first half of the movie are chalked up to his ruthless pragmatism with only the occasional glimmer of menace. Once Buster's lie about Clay Calloway is discovered, he reveals exactly how vicious he really is, taking the mantle of the Big Bad all the way to the end.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Jimmy serves as this to Judith the bank representative from the first movie as the main obstacle in Buster's story arc. For all of her hostility towards Buster, Judith was simply doing her job and was correct in pointing out that Buster's theater would be repossessed if he failed to pay his debts to the bank. Jimmy, on the other hand, has a much higher level of influence since his business empire, Crystal Entertainment, incorporates luxurious hotels, grand theaters and, with them, gives him a reputation he can wield as a collar on anyone working under him. His personality is akin to a sadistic despot rather than the unsympathetic bureaucrat Judith was, as he's convinced of his ability to wave away responsibility with money, Redshore City his playground to do as he pleases.
• Dirty Coward: Jimmy is quick to rage and will take it out on just about anyone...as long as they're smaller or at least physically weaker than him. The minute Marcus, Barry, and Stan show up to provide protection for the Moon theater troupe, Jimmy looks decidedly nervous and leaves his two personal bodyguards to take them on instead, slinking away from the fray as soon as an opportunity presents itself.
• Disproportionate Retribution: While Buster did lie to him about Calloway and embarrassed him by fumbling his attempt to switch Porsha to another role, the fallout of which ended up on the news, trying to murder him in response is a definite overreaction.
• Doting Parent: Deconstructed. He's adamant about giving Porsha anything she wants, even subtly demanding Buster give her the main role in Out Of This World once she expresses interest on it. As the film progresses, however, Crystal's lavishing of gifts upon his daughter is revealed to mask his shallow affection for her insofar as she nurtures the painstakingly crafted reputation of the Crystal name. Once she loses the role, he wastes no time declaring her a failure.
• The Dreaded: Even his daughter knows better than to piss him off without safety guarantees.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Played for Laughs. He's an abusive elitist monster, but the terrifying performance of the tarsier set against "Bury A Friend" is too much even for him.
• Evil Eyebrows: He has some of the biggest eyebrows in the franchise, and is far from heroic.
• Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: Though his presence often makes the tone significantly darker, Crystal does have a rather morbid idea for what passes as humor.
  • During the early rehearsals, he arrives to the set construction warehouse, yelling for "MOON!" followed by:
  "Your set designs are a disgrace. (Beat as Buster looks horrified, only for Jimmy to start laughing) I'm just messing with you! Where's your sense of humor, huh?"
  • Even when holding Buster over the balcony, the enraged Jimmy can't resist a Pre-Mortem One-Liner before trying to drop the koala to his death.
  "You made me look bad, so I'm gonna have to let you go."
• Evil Wears Black: Jimmy wears a black suit and he lives up to the "Evil" part.
• Fanboy: He openly claims to be one of Clay Calloway. Crystal is interested in the Moon Troupe's pitch the moment Gunter suggests getting Calloway to perform, and he is legitimately mesmerized by the Troupe's rendition of "Where The Streets Have No Name".
• Fatal Flaw: Wrath. He's a very prideful and petty man with an explosive temper, so any self-restraint he might possess (or any sense of caution he might have) flies right out the window once he swears vengeance on those who cross him. This ultimately proves to be his undoing, once he grows too reckless and obsessive in his attempts to kill Buster and winds up incriminating himself in front of many witnesses.
• Faux Affably Evil: Crystal is regarded by most as a ruthless yet incredibly charismatic mogul, and he goes to great lengths to maintain this perception, often putting on a friendly if still overbearing front in public. If he finds his reputation threatened in any way, Crystal's façade cracks to reveal a much more cruel and vengeful individual underneath.
• Foil: He's a big one to Buster:
  • One of Buster's more humanizing traits was his ability to see the talent that ordinary people had. Meanwhile, Jimmy had obvious talent presented to him but refused to give it a chance.
  • Both of them are producers with a dedicated servant. But whereas Buster respects Ms. Crawly and is willing to forgive her when she makes a mistake, Jimmy, on the other hand, couldn't care less about Jerry.
  • Buster is the Team Dad to his troupe while Jimmy is openly callous towards his biological daughter.
• Gold-Colored Superiority: Jimmy's office, most of his furniture, and even some personal belongings such as his phone, are cast in gold, clearly to show off his wealth.
• Hate Sink: He's an abusive boss, an abusive parent, a would-be murderer (who's implied to have already racked up a kill count offscreen in the past), and a two-faced glory hog, all rolled into one, with no redeeming qualities in sight.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: After the Moon Troupe succeed at putting on their impromptu show, Jimmy can't resist walking out onstage and trying to take credit for it, only for the cast to walk off while he's talking as the entire audience laughs at him. Despite spending the entire film fearing that Buster, the troupe and even his own daughter would make him look bad, it's ultimately Jimmy's own ego and desperation for public approval that causes him to humiliate himself.
• Horrifying the Horror: Jimmy Crystal is a murderous psychopath, and arguably the most evil antagonist we've encountered so far in the "Sing" series. However, even he is afraid of the creepy-voiced, upside-down tarsier singing "Bury A Friend" during his auditions. He also has a look of fear when he notices the police officers ready to arrest him under Suki's orders at the end of the film.
• Humiliation Conga: The climax of Sing 2 delivers blow after blow to his massive ego in a truly karmic fashion. First, he discovers Buster Moon and his performers have commandeered his theater and put their show on behind his back. Then he and his minions are all roughed up badly by Johnny's gangster family when they try to go after them. Then Porsha publicly turns her back on him and sides with the theater animals, after she decides she deserves better than her father's treatment of her. Then Buster outsmarts him and traps him underneath the stage during their show. Then his second murder attempt on Buster is ruined by a woman he feels nothing but contempt for. Then he makes a fool of himself when he tries to take all the credit and glory for the theater troupe's hard work and they refuse to play ball with that. And then, finally, he's hauled away to prison for trying to murder Buster in front of everyone present, destroying his reputation entirely.
• Hypocrite:
  • He callously refers to Porsha as a "Spoiled Brat", in spite of the fact that he's the one who's been spoiling her. To say nothing of how he himself is a Psychopathic Manchild, who's petty enough to try to murder someone because his ego got bruised. Porsha is nowhere near as narcissistic, and is even eventually able to see her selfishness for the problem that it is and overcome it, something Jimmy cannot do.
  • He is—admittedly justifiably—enraged when he finds out Buster lied to him about knowing Clay Calloway, but when he attempts to steal credit after the show is a success, he refers to Clay as "my good friend Clay", acting like he knows him himself.
• Icy Blue Eyes: To underscore his cold nature and utter ruthlessness. They are especially notable during the scene where he lashes out at Buster for lying to him about Clay Calloway's involvement in the show, and they are emphasized and shrunken against the whites of his eyes in a way that makes Jimmy come across as visually disturbing to look at.
• Implied Death Threat: Though enraged that Buster lied about knowing Clay Calloway, Jimmy lets him off with a severe warning, though he makes it ominously clear that he does NOT want to disappoint him a second time. He commits to that promise when Buster accidentally fires Porsha and outright tries to murder the koala.
• Insecure Protagonist, Arrogant Antagonist: He has this kind of dynamic with Buster Moon. Jimmy is a very wealthy and influential celebrity who frequently looks down on others, never doubts himself, and is used to getting his way all of the time. He does not tolerate his authority being questioned, and if anyone ever threatens his reputation, he will not hesitate to take his revenge on them to satisfy his wounded pride. All of this is in stark contrast to Buster, who comes from a very modest background, has suffered quite a few losses throughout his life, and as a result, he carries around a good amount of fear and self-doubt about his own self-worth that he keeps hidden underneath a cheery smile and a positive attitude.
• Irony:
  • Jimmy bullies Buster into giving Porsha the astronaut role to make himself look good by proxy, and later attempts to kill Buster for embarrassing him by "firing" Porsha. Jimmy is not present for any of his daughter's rehearsals and thus fails to realize that, while Porsha is a talented aerialist and singer, she's a terrible actress. If Porsha had ultimately kept the lead role, her poor performance would have made the entire show a laughingstock, humiliating not only her father, but Porsha herself as well. Later, Jimmy is livid when he discovers that Porsha is helping the troupe put the show on behind his back, and angrily tells her to get off the stage. He's paying no mind that, not only does Porsha have a part in the show like he wanted, but she's given a number that actually plays to her strengths and makes a major highlight. One would think he'd be happy that such an amplifier would make him and his daughter look good.
  • 'Loser' seems to be Jimmy's personal favorite insult: he tells Porsha she's a talentless loser in a fit of rage, and calls Buster a 'low-life little loser' twice while he's trying to kill him. But by the end of the film, it's Jimmy who's lost everything (his position, his reputation, his freedom and his daughter) as a result of his own actions, while Buster and his troupe still have each other and have found greater success than they're ever known.
• It's All About Me: Over the course of Sing 2, it slowly becomes apparent that the only person Jimmy Crystal really cares about is Jimmy Crystal.
  • This personality trait is hinted at early on when he steps on his smaller assistant Jerry by accident, and instead of apologizing or showing any kind of concern for how he might have hurt him, he instead proceeds to berate him for being useless and getting in his way.
  • When Buster "fired" Porsha, he's enraged when word gets out about it and worries how this will make him look, having a "talentless loser" for a daughter. He even shows no empathy for Porsha when she's crying about it, saying she'd embarrassed him enough.
• Jerkass to One: With most of his employees and members of the Moon Troupe, Jimmy tends to be dismissive or disdainful at worst. However, through his interactions with Buster he gradually develops pure and utter hatred for the koala, and becomes completely set on killing him personally in the third act.
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: While he does initially seem to care for Porsha and is furious when he finds out Moon apparently fired her, he quickly makes it apparent that he's only concerned about how this will affect his own reputation and shows no concern for his own daughter's well being, even demanding that she stop crying to avoid "embarrassing" him further.
• Just Toying with Them: Once the show begins production, Crystal presents a genial front toward Buster and the rest of the theater troupe backstage even as his insulting demeanor (e.g. mocking Rosita's inability to perform due to her fear of heights) and enforcing demands upon the play through his role as producer just because he feels like it (e.g. forcing Buster to make Porsha the lead just based on her fleeting interest, lack of belief in Rosita and as a power move to seize creative control regardless of quality) reveal how amusing it is to him to taut his authority over them. He also calls Buster to his office to reveal to him how Clay's lawyer has illuminated him on the koala's fib, jarringly switching from catty bonhomie to explosive rage just to see him squirm in his seat.
• Knight of Cerebus: While he does have some comedic reactions and quips, the threat that Jimmy poses to the troupe, especially Buster, is presented in a completely serious light, driving a hard edge through the film's otherwise light and simple tone throughout the second half, and they spend most of the film barely scraping by to avoid his wrath.
  Porsha: Wow, my dad's gonna flip when he finds out about us.
  Buster: Well, we're safe for now, but listen, let's...
  Porsha: Safe? (scoffs) Uh, no. None of us are safe.
• Lack of Empathy: Jimmy Crystal's preoccupations begin and end with how any action may affect him. In his mindset, anyone falling into his orbit, family or employee alike, is subject to his orders, whims and feelings, theirs irrelevant and thus no reason for concern.
• Laser-Guided Karma: For a wolf committed to never being one-upped or embarrassed, he gets thoroughly owned by the end.
  • Early on, Jimmy is very rude and insulting towards Rosita, before he forces Buster to give Porsha her role in the show, which clearly hurts her a lot. During the climax of the film, it's Rosita who ruins Jimmy's second murder attempt on Buster, by swooping in to save his life at the last second.
  • Then, he's wrongly believed backstage by talk show host Linda LeBon to be the architect of the play, which leads him to come on stage, playing nice in an attempt to sweep the audience's praises. Instead, the cast (including Porsha) walks off while he speaks, everyone laughs at him and Suki instructs the police to arrest him for public attempted murder. A fitting end for a megalomaniac concerned about the public's opinion of him.
• Light Is Not Good: Jimmy has white fur and wears some white clothes, but is gradually revealed to be a cruel, wrathful and emotionally unstable villain.
• Make It Look Like an Accident: This is implied to be the reason for his preferred M.O. of throwing people who displease him off of high places: anything else would look too suspicious.
• Mean Boss: As both Jerry and Suki would attest. Still, as long as the job is getting done, he never rises above dismissive and finicky unless someone has already proved themselves a thorn on his side in which case he'll plunge into full Bad Boss mode.
  Jimmy: "Either be useful, or be gone!"
• Mundanger: In comparison to most of Illumination's other antagonists, including the bear gangsters that Mike ran afoul of in the first Sing film, Jimmy initially seems to be little more than an entitled and overly demanding producer that Buster and the Moon Troupe have to please, rather than a legitimate threat that they should actually fear. It soon becomes abundantly clear that the power and influence he holds, coupled with his Hair-Trigger Temper, makes him extremely dangerous, and in the third act he comes the closest any Illumination villain has ever gotten to outright murdering one of the protagonists.
• Narcissist: Jimmy has a very high opinion of himself and casually bullies and belittles those working for him, insisting that the right way to do something is how he demands they do it. Though he puts on a charming front for the public, he is unhealthily obsessed with maintaining this positive image and will not stand being ridiculed or made to look bad in any way, even if he has to resort to violence. If you look closely, you'll notice that his office even has giant portraits of Jimmy dressed like Napoleon Bonaparte hanging inside of it: as a testament to how great of a man he feels he is.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Several of Crystal's actions in the third act unintentionally lead to much better outcomes for the heroes:
  • After Porsha is "fired" by Buster, she goes crying to her father expecting comfort, only for Crystal to harshly scold her for "embarrassing" him. This causes Porsha to become disillusioned with her father, and when the Moon Troupe are in need of a new green alien, she gladly accepts the offer to rejoin them, and ultimately becomes a major highlight in the show.
  • Following his first attempt to kill Buster, the Moon Troupe accept defeat and are ready to escape Redshore City and never come back. Just as they're about to leave, they see Crystal on a talk show dismissing them all as talentless amateurs, and this inspires them to put the show on behind his back and prove him wrong.
  • During the final performance, Rosita's fear of heights gets the better of her and she is almost unable to jump. Just as this happens, Crystal throws Buster off a high platform in a second murder attempt, and seeing the koala falling prompts Rosita to finally jump in order to swoop in and save him, thus allowing the show to go on.
• Nightmare Face: Crystal shows quite a few during his angrier moments, but special mention goes to the Slasher Smile he pulls when throwing Buster off the platform during the climax, with the red lighting from below giving him a downright demonic appearance.
• Offstage Villainy: While he's only shown trying to kill Buster, and sending his thugs to hunt down him and the rest of the Moon Troupe, it's all but outright stated that this is far from the first time Jimmy has resorted to murdering employees and partners that he felt were threatening his image.
• Papa Wolf: Ironically Subverted, despite him being a literal wolf. Crystal is furious when he learns that Buster has apparently fired his daughter Porsha from the show, though it's immediately revealed that his anger is only about the harm this would do to his own image.
  Crystal: "He fired my daughter? MY DAUGHTER?!"
• Parental Neglect: While he's willing to indulge Porsha's desires, he has little actual interest in her, to the point where he doesn't even acknowledge her saying goodbye as he leaves. Following him calling her a "talentless loser", he halfheartedly tells her "goodnight" from outside her room, not even bothering to actually open the door and check on her when she doesn't answer back.
• Put on a Prison Bus: After trying to kill Buster Moon twice (the second time in front of a whole theater full of witnesses), Suki Lane has him arrested by the police, and he's last seen being hauled away to prison while Jerry desperately tries to cover for him.
• Psychopathic Manchild: Jimmy is REALLY adverse to not getting his way & he will stop at nothing to achieve his goals, no matter who he hurts along the way. If anything, he's basically a petulant, bratty school bully in a full-grown man's body who uses his power, influence and resources to pick on those he deems inferior.
• Revenge Before Reason: This ultimately proves to be the cause of his downfall. After Buster escapes from his office, and humiliates him further by putting the show on behind his back, Crystal is so set on killing the koala that he throws him off a high platform in front of an entire audience, resulting in his arrest.
• Sanity Slippage: Whatever common sense Crystal has starts dissipating the more Buster and the troupe continuously defy his authority. He's a stark-raving mad wolf by the time he tries to stop their final presentation.
• Satanic Archetype: A subtle example, but it's there. While lacking the rebellious aspects, Jimmy manages to nail other aspects of the archetype. For starters, his white fur gives a Light Is Not Good vibe, is a cruel businessman who tries to run Redshore City with an iron fist (not unlike the Devil wanting to recreate the world in his own image), his personality perfectly embodies the Seven Deadly Sins, manipulates people around him in order to further his twisted agenda and regularly disposes them whenever they don't fit (similar to a Deal with the Devil), and what pretty much gives away everything is his second attempt of murdering Moon in the catwalk, claiming that he can do whatever he wants while his face glows red due to the lights and has a demonic grin etched on his face, giving his character a hellish vibe.
• Savage Wolves: Of the anthropomorphic variety. Jimmy Crystal initially just seems like a strict and aloof businessman, but over time it becomes apparent that he's a very cruel, ruthless, hotheaded and outright murderous individual.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: With Jerry. He's deadly, and Jerry's more gentle.
• Serial Killer: Jimmy is all but said to be one, and is implied to have a high enough body count for it to be considered a regular occurrence within his company. The moment Buster agrees to work for him, Jimmy immediately warns that he'll throw him off the roof of his building if Buster screws up. While this initially seems to be hyperbolic, along with other vague threats he makes towards Buster, Jimmy does not hesitate for a second to act on it after the koala crosses him one time too many. Jimmy's other employees constantly walk on eggshells around him, in fear of getting on his bad side, and his agents do not seem to have any ethical problems with helping him kill Moon. After she frees Buster from Jimmy's clutches, Suki warns him to leave Redshore City and never come back if he wants to survive, in a way that suggests that she's seen her boss dispose of people who've failed him before in the past. And finally Porsha point-blank warns all of her new friends that none of them are safe now, because her father and the men who work for him will be coming after them soon. All of this strongly implies that Buster was nowhere near the first person that Jimmy decided to have killed because they failed him or they threatened his image: he was simply the first one to survive.
• Shadow Archetype: To both Marcus and Nana Noodleman.
  • When it comes to his relationship with his daughter, he has several similarities to Johnny's father, Marcus, while still being a very different character (which is made even more apparent when the two men briefly cross paths, after the latter has already undergone Character Development).
    • Throughout most of the original film, while he felt some affection for Johnny, Marcus pressured him to pursue a life of crime like him, never bothered to learn anything about his real interests, and eventually turned his back on him after Johnny's secret ambition inadvertently got him and his entire gang imprisoned, which clearly hurt Johnny a lot. After he saw how much Johnny's passion made him feel happy and free, he realized the errors of his ways, swallowed his pride and apologized to Johnny for not being a better father to him. As a result, the two eventually repaired their relationship, Marcus continued to gain more respect for Johnny as an individual, and Johnny inspired him to turn over a new leaf. By the second film, he's more than happy to help Johnny and his castmates push forward and accomplish their dreams in Redshore City.
    • By contrast, Jimmy spoils his daughter by giving her everything she wants, except ironically the thing she craves the most, since their relationship is very distant and he doesn't know anything about her at all. Eventually, he lets her know he doesn't care about her one bit and he only cares about how her actions will affect him, which hurts her deeply. When he sees her performing during the show, he tries to order her to get off the stage, only for her to stand up to him and dismiss him, to which he calls her a "traitor". He later tries to kill one of her new friends, right in front of her, without any hesitation. Unlike Marcus, Jimmy never feels any regret about his actions and never tries to make amends with Porsha, because he has no love in his heart for anyone other than himself. He's presented as a thoroughly irredeemable figure, and after he's sent to prison for trying to kill Buster Moon, Porsha seems to be cutting him out of her life for good.
    • This is demonstrated when Marcus himself calmly and silently overpowers and guilt trips a rabid Jimmy, by making him watch both of their kids basking in the limelight. While Marcus applauds his son, the sight of Porsha getting a standing ovation only leads Jimmy to think of the publicity the success would give him and try to save face.
  • As a respected member of the upper crust of society, Jimmy is indicated to be in the same social strata as Nana, but the two have markedly different ways of handling things.
    • Nana is distant to Eddie because she sees him as a disappointment, but she never goes out of her way to be abusive to him and shows him praise when he proves himself. She's also initially disapproving of Buster, blaming him for running her beloved theatre into the ground. Once Buster proves himself, Nana drops the issue and even becomes friends with the koala, even offering him a pep-talk in the sequel.
    • As already mentioned, Jimmy superficially appears to love his daughter, but he really just spoils her with material possessions while starving her for the one thing she really wants, his affection. And while Jimmy initially appears to be friendly if stern toward Buster, once the koala embarrasses him, Jimmy flat out tries to kill Buster, something that Nana would never stoop to, especially over something so petty.
• Shut Up, Kirk!: After finally capturing Buster and preparing to off him a second time, Buster this time around defiantly tells him that his group did the performance they came to do, and nothing Jimmy does to him now can change that. This defiant remark fails to do much but get a sinister laugh from Jimmy:
  Jimmy: (evil chuckle) Oh, I can do whatever I want.... (throws Buster to his apparent death)
• Slasher Smile: He has one engraved in his ruffled face the moment he escapes from his comfy cage and grabs hold of Buster to finish him off for good.
• Slave to PR: Nothing matters more to him than his reputation. Messing with it or playing him like a fool is a surefire way to get under his skin.
• Sleeps in the Nude: Despite wearing his pajamas when brushing his teeth, he prefers au natural under the night sheets. No longer will Jerry ever bear horrid news to his boss past bedtime.
• The Sociopath: A high-functioning example. Jimmy Crystal's public façade never rises above disgruntled, rude and overly demanding when evaluating possible show acts; this is mostly because he's capable of reigning in his explosive temper. Once that's out the window, however, he won't hesitate to remorselessly murder the object of his ire without minding the consequences. Moreover, he's shown to be obsessed with maintaining his reputation at all costs with everyone (including his daughter) just an extension designed to feed his ego, not caring for their feelings/desires, with fraught working and personal relationships worsened by his lack of charm, bullying methods and inability to feel anything beyond rage and pride.
• Stealing the Credit: After the show is a success, he goes onstage and tries to gain credit for it by saying he "is proud of" the show and says "we" did great work with it, all in an attempt to make himself look good and claim he put the whole thing together - even though he previously called the Moon Theatre crew "talentless amateurs" on live television and tried to murder Buster in front of thousands of people. Naturally, this attempt fails when the entire crew walk off-stage during his big speech, embarrassing him in front of the entire theater and leading to his arrest.
• Tantrum Throwing: On three different occasions, Crystal is shown violently trashing his own office during his enraged outbursts. He tosses all the items off his desk when he discovers Buster lied about knowing Clay Calloway, he smashes a TV screen with its remote after watching a news report of Porsha being "fired", and he's later seen throwing his phone on the floor and kicking over one of his statues when he discovers Buster and the Moon Troupe escaped from the hotel.
• Tranquil Fury: While his temper tantrums are terrifying, the instances where he turns quiet and cold blooded are even more ominous. He lowers his voice for a Pre-Mortem One-Liner in both cases where he prepares to toss Buster to his death, even adding in a quiet unhinged chuckle during the second attempt.
• Trumplica: Downplayed. While Jimmy doesn't physically resemble Donald Trump, his personality and speaking pattern is subtly based off of him, as is his role in the story. He is a wealthy, short-tempered businessman obsessed with his public image, and despises any showings of what he considers weakness or failure. He owns a luxury hotel in a high rise called "Crystal Tower", and many of his rooms and belongings are cast in gold. He has a daughter whom he spoils, but ultimately sees as an extension of his own self, and will gladly dismiss her if she taints his image. Finally, he works in show business and his method of selecting his next show is eerily similar to a reality show.
• Ungrateful Bastard:
  • Even after Buster successfully convinces Clay Calloway to star in the show, which would have allowed production to finally get back on track, Jimmy has already decided to kill the koala due to a mildly embarrassing but far more trivial misunderstanding with Porsha.
  • When Jerry frees him from his imprisonment, he kicks the doors open, sending Jerry flying without a care as to where he'll land.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: No mean feat considering his predecessors. The meanest antagonists so far have ranged from bureaucrats just doing their job to mafiosos who don't attack unprovoked; Crystal, on the other hand, holds far greater power which allows him to feed his monstrous ego and hold people indebted to him to do his bidding, be it employees or family. Anyone who dares cross him will get their reputation trashed at best, killed at worst.
• Villain Ball: While his forcefulness does effectively pressure the Moon Theater staff to make a top-notch presentation, and even get Clay Calloway on board, by the time everything's stablized, he has gone off the deep end anyway about Buster firing Porsha. By the time he realises the production was a hit, he has exposed himself by going on a murderous rampage in public, debunking him of credit and even getting him arrested. To add further insult to injury, he was too incensed to realise that Buster hadn't even fired Porsha, just switched her role, and even retooled it to better showcase her abilities, meaning Jimmy had flew into a rage for nothing.
• Villain Has a Point: While threatening Buster's life is in no way excusable, Jimmy isn't exactly wrong to feel offended when he finds out that Buster lied about knowing Clay Calloway and vice-versa. Additionally, his final rampage is triggered by the not-unreasonable notion of his theater being illegally taken over, even if his actions only stray him from any moral high ground.
• Villain with Good Publicity: Being a business magnate, he keeps up a pleasant attitude in public. Behind closed doors, however, he's more than willing to express his anger and lash out at anyone who crosses him, absolutely uncaring of whether or not they deserved it. He nearly throws Buster off the balcony of his office, and does toss him off a very high catwalk during the final performance.
• Villainous Breakdown: The more his hatred towards Buster Moon festers, the more unstable Jimmy becomes in the latter half of the film - and the level of danger he presents grows along with his insanity.
• Villains Out Shopping: A promotion for The Super Mario Bros. Movie shows him at a movie theater, sitting next to the Vicious 6. He's clearly enjoying himself.
• White Hair, Black Heart: Jimmy has white fur and he's an emotionally Abusive Dad who tried to kill Buster Moon. Twice.
• You Have Failed Me: From the moment they meet, Crystal warns Buster that he'll throw him off the roof if the koala does anything to make him look bad. After Buster "fires" Porsha from the show, he learns the hard way that Crystal's threat was Not Hyperbole, though he survives both murder attempts.

Porsha Crystal

Voiced by: Halsey^{Foreign VAs}Kira Chan (Cantonese), Stéfanie Dolan (Canadian French), Lola Dubini (EU French), Victoria Swarovski (German), Jenny De Nucci (Italian), AiNA THE END (Japanese), Lexa (Brazilian Portuguese), Vânia Pereira (EU Portuguese), Yulia Zivert (Russian), Paula Ribó (EU Spanish), Greeicy Rendón (LA Spanish)

Daughter of Jimmy Crystal. Spoiled by material acquisitions, she's often emotionally careless toward others.

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• 11th-Hour Ranger: When the Moon Troupe decide to put on the show behind her father's back, Porsha accepts Buster's offer to rejoin them, now taking on the alien role that Buster previously offered her. Her arrival is met with celebration and applause from the others, and Buster even embraces her.
• Anti-Villain: Type IV, much in the vein of Suki: she's annoying, overly demanding, negligent toward responsibility and highly impersonal but unlike her father Jimmy, these traits owe to her personality rather than to any malicious intent. Never getting restraint imparted by any guardian (with encouragement by status proxy), Porsha's treatment of being cast in a lead role is similar to a newly acquired toy, believing achievements can be bought and thus never require effort which makes it hard for her to take the job seriously. After feeling the loss of "being dismissed", she takes the troupe's next role offer – the Green Alien - more seriously.
• Bad "Bad Acting": While Porsha proves herself to be a talented singer and aerialist, when having to actually act, her delivery is incredibly stilted and awkward, as pretty much everyone notes. So when Porsha finally accepts the alien role and lets Rosita have the astronaut role back, Porsha's performance is much better, as the alien's part in "Out Of This World" involves more singing than acting.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: While she is legitimately talented, Porsha initially treats the show as nothing more than a fun pasttime. She shows up hours late to rehearsals, acts surprised when Ms. Crawly reprimands her for it, and shifts the blame to others when her lack of effort causes setbacks for the production. After accepting the alien role, Porsha finally gives her all in the climactic performance, to spectacular results.
• Brutal Honesty: Porsha casually remarks that Rosita isn't fit for the lead role when the latter is right next to her, unknowingly dealing a massive blow to Rosita's self esteem, and she later makes no attempt to sugarcoat the danger that her father poses to the Troupe if they choose to defy him.
• Character Development: Porsha is initially spoiled, and she overreacts to Buster trying to give her role back to Rosita by thinking she's been fired, crying to her father. But while her father does try to kill Buster in retaliation, he also yells at his daughter for "embarrassing" him, causing Porsha to realize her father doesn't actually care about her. So when Miss Crawly recruits Porsha back into the show, this time she's willing to accept the alien role and let Rosita have the starring astronaut role, and Porsha actually performs very well as the alien in the climax.
• Conditioned to Accept Horror: When she rejoins everyone to put on their show, she tells everyone right up front in a matter of fact tone that none of them are safe from her dad, herself included. Considering how unstable her father is, she likely understands the lengths he will go to in order to get what he wants and what he will do to anyone who crosses him.
• The Ditz: Porsha is shown to be quite airheaded. She pronounces sci-fi as "sky-fi" despite apparently being a fan of the genre, tends to be Innocently Insensitive, and later misinterprets Buster offering her a different role as him "firing" her.
• Doesn't Know Their Own Child: Inverted and subverted from the child's POV; other than a sadly naïve belief in her father's affection toward her, Porsha knows all too well who her father Jimmy is and what he's capable of, which is how she's been able to stay out of his bad side. The first thing she does upon reuniting with the Moon Theatre troupe to play the Joy Alien role is detailing the risk all of them are taking by mounting an illegal play in his venue behind his back.
• Drama Queen: When Buster decides to bump her from the lead to "green alien", Porsha interprets this as being fired and makes a scene as she storms off. She later calls herself out on this.
• Fangirl: Downplayed. Jimmy claims that Porsha is a fan of Clay Calloway, she wears a branded t-shirt with Calloway's face on it, and the whole reason her father brings her to the first day of rehearsals is so she can meet the legendary singer. However, Porsha herself never acknowledges Calloway again for the rest of the film, not even when she does get to work with him, and her desire to meet him is heavily implied to only be a passing interest in "vintage" singers.
• Foil: She serves as a subtle one to Mike from the first film, both being the more materialistic and self-centered performers who cause bigger problems for the other characters. While Mike is a spiteful adult who bullies the other contestants and openly admits that he's Not Here To Make Friends, Porsha is a Spoiled Sweet social butterfly who tends to be Innocently Insensitive, but is heavily implied to crave genuine love and approval from her castmates that her father won't give her. Mike shows no remorse when his actions indirectly cause the Moon Theatre's destruction and refuses to take part in the final show when he finds out there's still no prize money, only coming back to prove himself after he gets made fun of, and heads off to an unknown fate without even a goodbye to the others. In contrast, after Porsha's overreaction unintentionally makes Buster a target of Jimmy's wrath, she calls herself out on her selfishness and agrees to take a smaller part in the show with no benefit or reward, and is implied to have become a full member of the Moon Troupe in the ending.
• Giftedly Bad: Besides her terrible line delivery, Porsha demonstrates a genuine level of energy in her physical acting. After the misunderstanding over her firing is cleared up, she gladly accepts the Planet of Joy Alien role which nicely compliments both her vocal proficiency and her fluid movements.
• Gosh Dang It to Heck!: A classic example. When she believes she's been fired from Buster's show and she storms off in a huff, she angrily tells the koala that "You and your stupid, stupid sky-fi show can go to heck!"
• Heel–Face Turn: After her father lets her know he doesn't care about her one bit to her face, Porsha decides to throw her lot in with her new friends and sides with the Moon Theater troupe against him when they decide to push ahead with their big show.
• Huge Girl, Tiny Guy: Like her father, Porsha is very tall, so whenever she interacts with Buster she easily towers over the tiny koala. The height difference between them is especially highlighted in one scene where he moves in to hug her, and he has to hug her around her legs because it's the only part of her that he can reach.
• Inferiority Superiority Complex: Though she puts on a confident front, when she wrongly assumes that Buster is firing her, Porsha believes it's because he and everyone else working on the show hates her, and she runs off crying.
• Innocently Insensitive: In the beginning, she craved the main role in Buster's show, arguing she’s better for it since she's younger, capable of doing the stunt and a dream last night told her she'd perform, in the process demeaning Rosita due to her crippling fear. While she never apologizes for it, her later actions imply she wants to make amends by helping with the play in a minor role.
• Instant Expert: She tries out aerial stunting and immediately proves to be excellent at it, swinging with ease and grace while belting out a song.
• Malaproper: She says "sky-fy" instead of Sci-fi.
• Missing Mom: Her mother is nowhere to be seen, nor is she ever mentioned.
• Morality Pet: Porsha initially seems to be a minor one for her father. Jimmy remarks that her starring role is the only reason Buster isn't already dead for lying to him about knowing Clay Calloway, and he finally acts on his threat when Buster "fires" Porsha. This is ultimately Subverted in the climax when Jimmy attempts to kill Buster again, as Porsha can be heard with the others begging him to let the koala go, and he gladly ignores her.
  Jimmy: (while threatening Buster) I swear, if you didn't have my kid in your show, you'd be outta that window by now!
• Pale Females, Dark Males: Inverted. Porsha's coat is dark teal while Jimmy is entirely white.
• Revenge: Thanks to Jimmy berating Porsha for humiliating him over her falling out with Buster being made public, Porsha realizes that her father doesn't care about her. As soon as Ms. Crawly requests her help in the climactic show, she spites him in kind by rejoining the Moon troupe without a second thought and later mocks him onstage.
• Short Teens, Tall Adults: Averted. Her and Jimmy are around the same height.
• Strict Parents Make Sneaky Kids: Played for Drama. Porsha lacks restrictions and parental supervision, which allows her to do as she pleases – intrude upon her father's productions just to ask a personal idol (Clay Calloway) for an autograph in the middle of rehearsal; climb atop a platform, strap on a harness, jump unprepared for singing acrobatics and even ask to replace the lead player based on oneiric expectations, to which Jimmy acquiesces. A closer look reveals she does this to gain her father's attention, for even something as simple as a reprimand would cover the emotional void between them. Eventually, Porsha's dismissal by him done for mere PR reasons encourages her to defy him in her own terms: aiding the troupe behind her father's back when the opportunity knocks.
• Spoiled Brat: Downplayed. Porsha decides on a whim that Rosita should step down from the lead role, claiming she had a dream that Buster gave the role to her, and her father intimidates Buster into agreeing. When Buster is concerned about her poor attempts at acting and asks she give the role back to Rosita, Porsha overreacts and thinks Buster is firing her, and runs crying to her father about it. But while her father tries to kill Buster in retaliation, he makes it clear it's only because he was embarrassed and his anger is not for his daughter's sake. As a result, when Miss Crawly recruits Porsha back into the show, this time Porsha lets Rosita have the starring role and actually performs very well as an alien.
• Spoiled Sweet: Though she's pampered and indulged by her father, Porsha is very friendly when she meets Buster and the troupe, and seems to sincerely appreciate their (half-hearted) praise while rehearsing for the show. Even after being "fired" by Buster, she's ultimately willing to defy her father by rejoining the cast and putting the show on behind Jimmy's back.
• Statuesque Stunner: She stands as tall as her father, being towered only by Meena among the Moon Troupe.
• Sweet Tooth: She is seen twice during rehearsals drinking a slushie, and in one scene tells her dad she wants French toast. She also has a bowl of marshmallows next to her bed.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: When Buster decides it would be best if she and Rosita switch roles, Porsha misinterprets this as him firing her and storms off. When her father hears how she was "fired" it pushes him over the edge with Buster, since he already found out he lied about knowing Clay Calloway and Porsha being in his show was the only reason he still gave Buster a chance, and he attempts to outright murder Buster for "embarrassing him". However, nothing from Porsha's end suggests that she wanted her dad to go to such extremes against Buster, and when Miss Crawly recruits her to rejoin the show, Porsha admits she overreacted.
• Vague Age: Her age is never specified - her spoiled brat tendencies could paint her as a teenager, although late teens or even early 20s could apply. Especially since, like Johnny, the morning after her dad is arrested she gets on the bus to leave with the others, implying there would be no issues with child services or social workers of any kind.
• Valley Girl: Porsha definitely fits the traditional mold: she's super rich, she loves to shop, she can be pretty ditzy, and she uses a lot of teen slang when she talks. As far as Valley Girl characters go, Porsha is a fairly affable one. She can be selfish and immature, but she doesn't set out to intentionally hurt people, and she ultimately proves that she's capable of learning from her mistakes.
• Your Makeup Is Running: This happens to her after returning home after she believes Buster fired her, and being scolded by her dad for "embarrassing (him)".

Suki Lane

Voiced by: Chelsea Peretti^{Foreign VAs}Koo Wing Suet (Cantonese), Marika Lhoumeau (Canadian French), Carole Bianic (EU French), Bianca Krahl (German), Selvaggia Quattrini (Italian), Marina Inoue (Japanese), Bárbara Lourenço (EU Portuguese), Anna Kiseleva (Russian), Ana Milán (EU Spanish), Rosalba Sotelo (LA Spanish)

Crystal's saluki talent recruiter who handles out-of-town spectacles' evaluations.

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• Anti-Villain: Type IV. Suki judges harshly any show, even locally acclaimed marvels, based on a high watershed mark of quality expected for the Crystal brand, her true opinion explained in detail should anyone prod her about it – no sugarcoating, cold, rational, haughty. Despite her demeanor, she holds true to her job of evaluating fairly, giving credit where it's due and maintaining her professionalism without resentment no matter how insistent the prospective might be. She's also the only employee in Crystal Entertainment who has a moral backbone which inspires her to defy her boss to free Buster after he's locked up.
• Brutal Honesty: At the beginning of the movie, Buster asks Suki to give her honest opinion of his group's "Alice in Wonderland"-style performance, and Suki warns him that most people who ask for honest opinions don't really want to hear them. Buster insists that he wants to hear it, so Suki tells him that his act is good for the local theater it's being held at, but it's just not good enough for the big leagues.
• Character Development: She is very rude to Buster at the beginning of the movie, telling him he's just not good enough for the big leagues. But when Jimmy Crystal locks Buster in a room to kill him later, Suki's the one who lets Buster out and tries to give him an opportunity to escape town. She's also the one who calls the police to arrest Jimmy Crystal at the end.
• Conditioned to Accept Horror: Suki remains remarkably calm and collected when freeing Buster from Jimmy's office, while Buster himself is clearly having the beginnings of a panic attack after Jimmy's attempt on his life. It's clear from this reaction, coupled with her ordering Buster to take his friends and leave Redshore City for good, that this isn't the first time Suki has seen Jimmy resort to murder.
  Buster: He tried to kill me.
  Suki: Yeah, and when he finds you're gone, he'll have his thugs looking all over for you. Now get out of here!
• Contrasting Replacement Character: Suki bears resemblance to Judith, the financial antagonist of the first film, in personality (haughty, bureaucratic, professional, bespectacled, unsympathetic toward Buster's grand ambitions) and role (her interference with Buster's affairs due to his "unorthodox" methods to achieve them conflicting with her procedures). However, Lane gets more Character Development, especially interacting with all featured players as her sympathetic qualities (conscience, fair-mindedness, passion) gradually appear. This culminates with her helping Buster escape certain death at the hands of her employer, siccing the police on said boss and chasing after the departing troupe to gladly offer them venues offers for a tour.
• Death Glare: She gives one to Jimmy Crystal after stopping him from making yet another attempt on Buster's life by bringing down the lift.
• Everyone Has Standards: She helps Buster escape from Jimmy Crystal and his men, as while they started off poorly, that doesn't mean she wants him to get murdered. Also while a firm believer of Brutal Honesty, she's visibly meek and uncomfortable when Jimmy takes it to the point of roaring verbal abuse at his own daughter.
• Expecting Someone Taller: When the Moon Troupe first see her, Rosita casually notes that Suki is younger than she'd expected Crystal's talent scout to be.
• Grew a Spine: While not as sycophantic as Jerry, Suki is clearly as intimidated by Jimmy Crystal's vicious temper as everyone else under this thumb. She frees Buster from Jimmy's apartment behind his back, though still anxiously joins his persuit in the climax. However, after seeing the effort the Moon Troupe are willing to make their performance and the murderous levels Crystal is willing to stoop to just to get back at Buster, she finally snaps, openly helping Marcus capture him and then reporting him to the police.
• Heel–Face Turn: She starts the film as Buster's biggest obstacle to making it big and ends it as his biggest supporter.
• Huge Girl, Tiny Guy: With Buster, whom she shares most of her screentime with. Suki is the tall, slim Huge Girl to Buster's short-framed Tiny Guy.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's snobbish, spars with a dagger of honesty and doesn't particularly care if her opinion has the weight to destroy people's dreams. Getting past that, she reveals a reasonable side whose ability to reconsider her judgements sets her apart from her boss and co-workers.
• Neutral No Longer: She initially tries to help Buster through indirect means like trying to dissuade him from presenting his "Alice" musical for Crystal's auditions, using direct only to free him when imprisoned. It's only when seeing his dedication and how insane her boss is that Suki takes on an active role by 1) directing the police to arrest Jimmy Crystal after an attempt on the koala's life and 2) catching up to the group for a major tour offer.
• Noble Top Enforcer: Reconstructed. Suki is employed under Jimmy Crystal's company as talent scout and never betrays sugarcoating in any of her personal reviews of any showman's work. Her sangfroid aids her in choosing only the cream of the crop even if her quasi-arrogant demeanor reveals her lack of concern for any hurt feelings as anything but mere professional collateral damage. That said, she's only that: a demanding headhunter. Just as she dismisses getting personal, she expects others to be the same which makes it harder to stand by as her boss demeans and threatens Buster. Same goes for her flexibility, for as much as she rarely looks back on any passed-over show, she's a genuine enthusiast for euphonious quality which turns her opinion on the Moon troupe as she gets close enough to see their passion and dedication to the craft. Once the opportunity presents itself, Suki sides with the group, all while leading police officers to arrest her boss Jimmy as her personal morals do not fall in line with blindly following orders.
• Not So Stoic: She's mostly deadpan and stoic, even under stressful circumstances. As Buster begins summoning her boss' psychotic temper however, she becomes increasingly frantic. She straight up pleads at the top of her lungs for Crystal to stop when he makes his second attempt on Buster's life in front of everyone. When Jimmy ignores this, she angrily defies him by foiling his escape.
• Only Sane Man: Of the Crystal Entertainment staff. Suki is the only one of Jimmy's underlings who isn't constantly jittery or fearful in his presence, she immediately casts doubt on Buster's far-fetched promise to get Clay Calloway while Jimmy and Jerry are instantly convinced, and she's the first to actively defy Jimmy when he finally goes off the deep end.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: She's a far more stoic and confident assistant to Jimmy Crystal than the sycophantic Jerry and is even willing to question some of her boss' directions in his better moods. After Le Bon's report on Porsha leaves Crystal at a Tantrum Throwing Rage Breaking Point however, Suki is just as cowed and terrified as Jerry, making clear that Buster has summoned a lot worse from Crystal this time.
• Poor Communication Kills: Almost literally — while Suki did give legitimate reasons for why the Moon Theater shouldn't get involved with Jimmy Crystal, (namely that they might not be up to the big leagues), she fails to mention just how explosive Jimmy's temper is, and that if they screw up, Jimmy will have their hides.
• Sexy Secretary: Suki is tall and attractive with the fitting demeanor to sport her round glasses.
• Steamrolled Smart Guy: The large majority of key plot points in Sing 2 are caused by characters not listening to her. Buster decides to audition his group at Redshore City despite Suki's feedback against it, and likewise, Jimmy Crystal decides to approve Buster's troupe despite Suki's skepticism against them being able to bring in Clay Calloway. Reconstructed when Buster finds out how volatile Jimmy is and quite readily prepares to escape as Suki insists, only to change his mind and decide to rebel against him. This act as well as Jimmy ignoring Suki again when he tries to murder Buster ultimately leads to her growing a backbone against Jimmy and having him arrested.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: At the top echelon of the Crystal employee hierarchy, her only peer is Jerry (Crystal's personal assistant). The few scenes they share make it clear neither likes nor respects the other.
• This Is Gonna Suck: After Buster "firing" Porsha becomes public and leaves Crystal in a violent rage, Suki is mortified and tries to warn Buster before he confronts him in his office, knowing the koala has summoned her boss' wrath.
  Suki: (anxious whisper) Mr. Moon, what have you done??
• Token Good Teammate: The only member of Crystal's team with morals and backbone to carry them out.
• True Blue Femininity: Never seen without her outfit of an aqua dress, which emphasizes her resilience and status as the Only Sane Employee in the company.

Jerry

Voiced by: Spike Jonze^{Foreign VAs}Gabriel Lessard (Canadian French), Vincent de Boüard (EU French), Gerald Schaale (German), Marco Guadagno (Italian), Daiki Yamashita (Japanese), Fernando Fernandes (EU Portuguese), Alexander Matveev (Russian), Juan Antonio Soler (EU Spanish), Pascual Meza (LA Spanish)

Crystal's feline second-in-command who caters to his every appointment and whim.

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• Ambiguously Gay: Sensitive, fussy, and self-confessed in his love for his male boss Crystal. Although he reacts in horror when he appears naked in front of him.
• Anguished Declaration of Love: When Crystal is arrested, Jerry chases after him and says he loves him.
  Jerry: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! He's innocent! Mr. Crystal, please, I love you!
• Bad Liar: When Mr. Crystal is being hauled away by the cops at the film's end, Jerry desperately tries to cover for him by claiming he's innocent, despite the fact that Jimmy's second murder attempt on Buster was very public. Nobody believes him.
• Big "NO!": Lets out one when Jimmy tries one last time to kill Buster.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: He has big brown bushy brows.
• Bumbling Sidekick: Lacking Suki's bravado and resources, he's blindsided by the Moon Theater Troupe in their scheme to put on the show illegally, only finding out halfway when they decide to transmit the show, too late to stop it and just in time to incur his boss's wrath.
• Cats Are Mean: He's a cat and he assists the main villain.
• The Dragon: Crystal's sidekick.
• Everyone Has Standards: Jerry is devoted to his boss and never dares defy him, though he's still visibly unsettled by some of his more ruthless actions. He looks more than a little uncomfortable when Jimmy insults the heartbroken Porsha as a "loser" and an embarrassment. Later on he even shoots Buster a disapproving glare for seemingly causing all this distress. Also while both his interruptions on Jimmy's attempts on Buster's life were pragmatic ones (namely interviews with Lebon), he shows visible relief at sedating his boss' murderous temper.
• Extreme Doormat: He takes more abuse from Jimmy than any other character, even before the latter's Villainous Breakdown. But unlike the others, including Suki and even Porsha, Jerry ultimately remains complicit in Jimmy's wrongdoings and makes no attempt to defy him.
• Foil:
  • To Ms. Crawly. Both are the Number Two of their respective leader and prove to be bumbling at times, but while Ms. Crawly is shown to have a spine in the sequel and be genuinely helpful to others when needed, Jerry is a Sycophantic Servant who is willing to allow his boss to engage in underhanded and borderline illegal actions as long as they won't interfere with Jimmy's image.
  • He serves as a direct contrast to his co-worker, Suki Lane. Suki is always calm and deadpan, and rarely shows fear even in Jimmy Crystal's presence, while Jerry is constantly timid and squeamish, and is completely submissive in letting Crystal walk all over him. Suki also clearly disapproves of their boss' more unethical methods, and ends up going out of her way to protect Buster and the Moon Troupe from his wrath, whereas Jerry is solely motivated by protecting Jimmy's reputation and remains blindly loyal to him.
• Ignored Enamored Underling: He's in love with Mr. Crystal, who ignores him outside of getting him to do his dirty work.
• My Master, Right or Wrong: He's visibly uncomfortable during his boss's attempt to kill Buster, but remains firmly loyal without any moral compunctions. He only stops him from going through with it the first time around to remind him of a talk show appointment.
• Pragmatic Villainy: Jerry stops Jimmy from throwing Buster off the balcony by reminding him of their appointment on Linda's show, which prompts Jimmy to lock Buster in his office instead, inadvertently allowing Suki to set him free. Later, when Jimmy tries a second time to kill Buster, this time with an entire audience watching, Jerry is among the animals begging him to let the koala go. Unlike Suki, who sincerely disapproves of their boss' cruelty and genuinely tries to protect Buster and his cast, it's clear that Jerry is only interfering to protect Jimmy's image.
• Reused Character Design: He shares the same model as the various cat background extras.
• Screams Like a Little Girl: He had this reaction after Jimmy gets out of bed not wearing any clothing.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: With Jimmy. He's more gentle when compared to Jimmy's deadly nature.
• Sycophantic Servant: He's not indebted to him in any way but Jerry follows Mr. Crystal's barking orders to the letter, all while heaping praises upon his persona. Be it organizing auditions, changing schedules, working while staring down at his boss' victims as they walk through the hallway and only stopping him in midst of an assassination attempt to remind him of previously held appointments, Jerry is the perfect showbiz Renfield.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Whenever they're in the same room, it's clear he and Suki don't like each other at all.
• Undying Loyalty: He is completely loyal to Mr. Crystal.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: A positive example. It is heavily implied Jerry was the one who told Linda Le Bon that the illegal performance was Jimmy's idea, clearly hoping that it would help cover up this embarrassing debacle and allow Jimmy to save face. This ends up giving Jimmy the idea to go out on stage in an attempt to publicly take credit for the Moon Troupe's work, only to humiliate himself even more.
• Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey: The squeamish, pudgy, nervous screw-up Jerry has quite a silly presence compared to his humorless, foul-tempered, violent boss Jimmy Crystal.

Citizens

Nooshy

Voiced by: Letitia Wright^{Foreign VAs}Mischa Ip (Cantonese), Catherine Brunet (Canadian French), Fatou Kaba (EU French), Julia Beautx (German), Valentina Vernia (Italian), akane (Japanese), Any Gabrielly (Brazilian Portuguese), Carla García (EU Portuguese), Kristina Taskina (Russian), Vera Bosch (EU Spanish), Mireya Mendoza (LA Spanish)

A street-dancing lynx who becomes Johnny's impromptu choreographing teacher.

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• Aerith and Bob: "Nooshy" isn't exactly a common name especially when compared to the other characters.
• Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: Her dance mix is all recent music but her wardrobe has a 90s retro feel...all while showing sick moves.
• Boots of Toughness: She wears knee high red boots and is a snarky, vivacious tomboy.
• Brutal Honesty: After Klaus insults her to her face by calling her 'riff-raff', Nooshy has zero problems sharing how she really feels about him in return.
  Klaus: (sarcastically) Yes, I'm just a stupid, fat, old monkey!
  Johnny: I don't think that at all.
  Nooshy: (grinning) I do.
• The Cameo: She makes a brief appearance in the "Come Home" short, hanging out with the Moon Theater troupe backstage as they prepare to put on their big Christmas show in their hometown.
• Cool Teacher: She helps Johnny master the choreography he needs to learn in two days, while also helping him build up his confidence.
• Don't Think, Feel: The basis of her method which she imparts to Johnny. As he struggles with Klaus's specific moves, she simply encourages him to ditch them as they've, in her words, "drained out all of [his] confidence" which only stiffs his flow with the music, the important aspect of each dance routine.
• Everyone Has Standards: She may have just barely known Moon and his troupe for one day (with the exception of Johnny) and clearly does not know Crystal, but not even she’s happy to see Crystal cruelly insulting the whole entire troupe on live television.
• Foil: To Mike in the first movie. Both are rogue-ish Street Performers. However Mike is egotistical, insults and demeans his rivalling performers, and makes enemies from being a reckless gambler. To compare, Nooshy is much more affable, having a much more playful sense of sarcasm, and she shows an altruistic willingness to share her talent (if getting around her rightful wariness about making deals with strangers). To really punctuate the trope, Nooshy's Establishing Character Moment is sweetly thanking a child who can only tip her with a candy for her performance, while Mike's is berating a baboon for not giving him enough money.
• Genki Girl: Always moving, dancing or mouthing off to whoever steps in her way. Her overflowing energy is precisely what draws Johnny into getting her involved in the production of the musical.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Johnny. She's a short, lean feline, while he's a tall, muscular primate.
• Insult of Endearment: When they're discussing the idea of her becoming a mentor for Johnny, Nooshy refers to him suspiciously as a "weirdo". Johnny then brings the whole diner down with a heartfelt rendition of "There's Nothing Holding Me Back", causing the lynx to smirkingly restate her opinion of him as a "weirdo" in a more appreciative tone.
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: She's the masculine girl to Johnny's feminine boy. While Nooshy's a free-spirited and tomboyish street dancer that isn't afraid to mince words, Johnny's a gentle soul that can play the piano.
• Music for Courage: After Klaus hijacks Johnny's number to beat up and taunt him, with Johnny laying down defeated, Nooshy immediately takes to playing a drum beat on an empty barrel furiously as the other choreographers pick up the tune as well, all in a bid to encourage Johnny to stand up. It works.
• Nice Girl: While she can be snarky and mischievous, Nooshy is kind, encouraging and loyal to those she considers to be her friends. She's very friendly and playful to a young kid who's a fan of hers. She compliments some dude's hat with Johnny, just to make him feel good about himself. She sticks up for Johnny after she learns about the way Klaus treats him, and encourages him to never give up on his dreams. And she decides to help the Moon Theater troupe push ahead with their big show, in spite of the danger that Jimmy Crystal and his enforcers present.
• Not So Above It All: Despite her eccentricities, she is established as Street Smart and wary of getting into deals with the wrong people. Yet she, along with Clay, are the first people to side with then-total-stranger Buster's plan to rebel against the murderous Jimmy Crystal by hijacking his theatre.
• Oh, Crap!: After she's finished her latest street performance, Johnny tries to talk to her but she doesn't pay him much attention, because she's busy collecting all of her earnings from the crowd. Until a police officer suddenly approaches her, asking if she has a license for her activities, at which point she decides a chat with Johnny will help her make a hasty escape.
• Opposed Mentors: Nooshy acts as the encouraging, freewheeling style towards Johnny, through the belief of dancing as an expression of oneself by flowing with the sound rather than adhering to strictly rehearsed steps. Contrasting this is Klaus who believes brutal, unflinching perfection can only be mastered through exhaustive choreography executed to the letter, wearing out the amateurish gorilla. This is highlighted when Johnny makes the proposal for her to be his teacher when introducing each other.
• Rags to Riches: Implied. By the end of the second film, she's gone from a Street Performer, to an actual member of the Moon Troupe in their return performances at Redshore.
• Sixth Ranger: She initially feels wary of Johnny's plead for dancing classes, due to him being a total stranger, but slowly, Nooshy finds herself a place within the Moon Troupe's circle. Whether she's accompanying Johnny to group meetings back at the hotel, siding with them against Jimmy Crystal despite having no stake in the conflict, or being present in the catwalk during the Out Of This World premiere just to keep an eye out for her student, which comes in handy when Klaus attempts to defeat him on stage. By the end, she boards the bus out of Redshore with the rest of the theater animals because of how close she's become with the troupe. She's even part of the performance at the Majestic, wearing a costume similar to Johnny's.
• Slobs vs. Snobs: The slob to Klaus' snob. While Klaus is an older, award-winning and elitist dancing instructor who intimidates and belittles Johnny with his strict methods, Nooshy is a friendly young street dancer who builds up Johnny's confidence with a more laid-back but encouraging teaching style.
• Street Performer: A semi-professional street dancer to be precise, as Johnny meets her doing an energetic routine while hyping the public to ask for more. Much like other baskers, she's also hounded by the police which helps Johnny convince her to go talk on a diner.
• Street Smart: Nooshy has an acute sense of the inner workings of plying her informal trade in Redshore, best exemplified in her ducking out of sight once the police catch a glimpse of her and how she demands Johnny proof of his sincere offer to become her apprentice. The areas where she and Johnny begin training are empty public spots at night, her comfortable, free-wheeling body language implying these are the places and hours she normally chooses to practice her daily routine.
• Sweet Tooth: Her order is a tall sundae volcano which she indulges in with gusto. No wonder she's not paying lot of heed to Johnny until he asks her to be his teacher.
• Thrill Seeker: Her response to Buster's "Eureka!" Moment of sneaking into the murderous Jimmy Crystal's theater and performing behind his back? A Big "YES!".

Alfonso

Voiced by: Pharrell Williams^{Foreign VAs}Geoffrey Loval (EU French), Luca Hänni (German), Daniele Giuliani (Italian), Jesse (Japanese), Cafi Balloussier (Brazilian Portuguese), Papillon (EU Portuguese), Sergey Annenkov (Russian), Nacho Gil Conesa (EU Spanish), Marcel Carré (LA Spanish)

A pachyderm ice-cream vendor who catches Meena's eye.

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• Advertised Extra: While he's featured heavily in the marketing for the second film, he actually has a small amount of screentime, and he doesn't have much of a role to play in the main storyline of the film outside of being Meena's love interest.
• Birds of a Feather: He develops a mutual crush on Meena during her time in Redshore City, someone who's just as shy, kind-hearted, and soft-spoken as he is.
• Foil: To Darius; his unassuming, mellow personality provides inspiration for Meena to follow through with the play's romantic duet just as assured as Darius's egocentrism makes her unenthusiastic about it.
• Ink-Suit Actor: Shares some of his mannerisms with his actor. His outfit also closely resembles the way Pharrell used to dress earlier in his career, with them both wearing sneakers, baggy jeans, and trucker hats!
• Lookalike Lovers: With Meena. Aside from gender and wardrobe, the two of them look very similar.
• Nice Guy: We don't learn a lot about him, but he is a very polite guy.
• Official Couple: With Meena. She works up the nerve to ask him out during her segment in the "Out Of This World" show, and by the end of the film, they've officially started dating (even if their relationship will have to be a long distance one, since they live in two different towns).
• Real Men Cook: He makes a point when recommending his ice-cream truck that he makes all the flavors himself. He's also a friendly, humble guy who respects Meena and tries for a dorky flirting approach.
• Satellite Love Interest: He sells ice cream across the street from the dance studio. We learn little else about him except that he does stay in contact with Meena once she finally has the courage to talk to him. Until the last few minutes of the movie, we don't even know his name.
• Supreme Chef: Gifted about ice-cream confection, given he makes most of the gourmet flavors he sells in his truck.
• Through Her Stomach: The first thing he does when meeting Meena? Offer her cherry cheesecake ice-cream as a gift while commenting on her princess dress. Onward, it's their shyness keeping them apart.
• Twice Shy: His awkward demeanor around Meena and lavishing dorky compliments like "your majesty" when he sees her in costume scream he's taken with the elephant. Shame he's just as insecure.

Darius

Voiced by: Eric André^{Foreign VAs}Will Or (Cantonese), Patrice Dubois (Canadian French), Baptiste Marc (EU French), Manuel Straube (German), Frank Matano (Italian), Subaru Kimura (Japanese), Marcelo Coutinho (Brazilian Portuguese), Pedro Bargado (EU Portuguese), Martin Gerokhinovich (Russian), Miguel Ángel Muñoz (EU Spanish), Vadhir Derbez (LA Spanish)

A self-yakkering actor/model who becomes Meena's half of a romantic duet.

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• Accidental Misnaming: He keeps messing up Meena's name, calling her "Gina" instead, as he never really bothers learning, let alone remembering, her actual name, even when she corrects him, highlighting his callousness and narcissism.
• Beauty Is Bad: He's very attractive, which he acknowledges by acting as aggressively seductive as possible, yet very self-obsessed which makes him a terrible dance partner.
• The Cameo: He makes a small appearance in the "Come Home" short. He's supposed to perform with the Moon Theater troupe during their big Christmas show, back in their hometown of Calatonia. However, Angie gives him a concussion by accident, so he sits out the rest of the show, while she takes his place onstage.
• Casanova Wannabe: Justified. He may have appeal to mature women but his acquired charm is aimed at a young adult with no idea of romance who finds herself "not receptive" to his personality.
• A Day in the Limelight: Darius is the star of his own short film, "Animal Attraction", where he tries to film a commercial and constantly goes overboard with his efforts.
• The Door Slams You: In the Come Home short, he has the misfortune of standing by the door Angie throws open. While not seriously injured, he is left unable to perform.
• Dumb Blonde: Darius is a blond-haired yak, and in addition to being rather self-centered, he is also not that bright. He doesn't seem to be very knowledgeable about much outside of singing and dancing, and whenever he's asked to do something, he interprets the request very literally (much to the chagrin of his director in "Animal Attraction").
• Everyone Has Standards: Darius has no real connection to the Moon Troupe and isn't directly involved in their conflict with Jimmy Crystal. Despite this, he still joins them when putting on their illegal show, and when Crystal grabs Buster during the performance, Darius can be seen with the others trying to stop him before they go up, and is then shown cheering happily when Rosita saves Buster from falling. After the show's conclusion, Darius once again chooses to side with his co-stars over Crystal, when they all walk offstage and abandon the latter while he's trying to take credit for all their work.
• Foil:
  • To Mike, with shades of Superior Successor in terms of career. Best highlighted by their situations – Mike was an older street musician without recognition or fame who entered the original singing competition to win the money; Darius is an up-and-coming young performer who's earned accolades for his work with no sign of stopping. And while Mike went out of his way to be unpleasant to others, Darius is just too self-absorbed to notice when he is.
  • To Alfonso, his attitude being nicer and friendlier compared to Darius, which makes the former a better fit with Meena rather than the latter.
• Guest-Star Party Member: Darius is an independent performer that Buster hires as Meena's scene partner for her musical number, and his relationship with her - and the Moon Troupe as a whole - goes no deeper than that. While he performs alongside them, Darius is never seen interacting with the rest of the cast outside the show, and unlike Clay, Nooshy and Porsha, he is not shown getting on the bus with the main gang at the end of the film, implying that he hasn't joined their Family of Choice.
• Handsome Lech: He's confident and completely full of himself. He thinks his good looks will be enough to have Meena fall in love with him.
• Innocently Insensitive: Darius pays very little attention to Meena, never gets her name right, and all but blames her when the performance suffers from their lack of chemistry. But rather than actively bully or belittle Meena the same way Mike did in the first film, he genuinely thinks his advice to her is helpful, and is simply too self-absorbed to realise how overbearing he actually is.
• It's All About Me: Darius's attention is laser-focused upon his own existence. Meena can't even get through how frustrating he is because even as she discusses it from her perspective, he'll still find a way to make it all about him. This is further seen during the curtain call: while the rest of the group are smiling warmly on at Buster, showing loyalty to their director, Darius is merely vacant, basking in his audience's cheers (he does direct applause to Clay with the others however, showing he has respect for the performer).
• Large Ham: Subtle acting isn't his strong suit. If there's a role for him, he'll plunge into it with the biggest, most exaggerated swagger he can muster up, which is made especially apparent in the "Animal Attraction" short.
• Only in It for the Money: His involvement in Out Of This World is mostly to keep the upward swing in his career, mostly by seeking roles which earn him accolades and trophies. Once he and Meena are done with their number near the end, his only comments are "I am gonna win a ton of awards for this" before running off stage.
• Replacement Flat Character: Darius's character traits follow suit to predecessor Mike, mainly egotism. However, he's never given any bigger motives nor backstory compared to the group, reducing him to an exaggeration of the character without any nuance. The lack of such also makes him relatively more harmless and less mean spirited an obstacle for Meena as well.
• Shaking the Rump: He's introduced dancing this way in a music video he filmed shortly before the events of Sing 2: a music video that fails to impress both Meena and Buster when he shows it off to them.
• Stronger Than They Look: It's easy to miss (since his dance partner is imagining he's someone else at the time), but Darius is able to easily pick up Meena and spin her around during their duet in "I Say A Little Prayer". Since Meena is an elephant and Darius is a yak, that's quite an impressive feat.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: In terms of personality, he is one to Mike, being a talented but egotistical performer who values his own success over his art.

Ryan

Voiced by: Jason Schwartzman

A Bengal tiger and fellow dancer to Johnny under Klaus Kickenklober's abusive tutelage.

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• Dance Battler: His role in the play is to duel with Johnny in a choreographed battle. Unfortunately for him, he never gets a chance to do so on the show's opening night, because of Klaus stealing his part at the last second.
• Everyone Has Standards: His face tightens when Klaus pits Johnny against him during rehearsals, clearly uncomfortable at the mistreatment dished out at the newbie.
• Flat Character: He literally only utters two lines during the minimal amount of screentime he has.
• Nice Guy: Contrary to Klaus, he, like the rest, is very accepting of Johnny, even silently balking to some of his teacher's pettier actions against him. When Johnny demonstrates a rapid improvement of his skills during a rehearsal of the fight scene after switching to Nooshy for a teacher, Ryan is clearly happy for him.
• The Voiceless: Ryan is a silent character in all of his appearances until Johnny's climatic performance, where he gets one line expressing his confusion when Klaus demands he hand over his costume (while he's still wearing it).

Mason

Voiced by: Scott Mosier

A walrus who oversees the production for Out Of This World.

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• Brutal Honesty: On the first day of production, Buster tries to quietly tell Mason that he doesn't have the show's ending figured out yet. Mason then loudly announces this information to the entire crew, even pointing out the look of shame and fear in Buster's eyes when the latter is trying to shut him up.
• Flat Character: He only has three minor scenes, and we learn nothing about him outside of his job working on the show.
• Jerkass Has a Point: While it's humiliating for Buster, Mason is perfectly justified telling the other workers that the set designs aren't ready for them to work on yet. Give that the entire cast and crew only have a three week deadline, and at this point are at least a day behind schedule already, they deserve to know if their time and effort is being wasted.
• Meaningful Name: A mason is a builder or designer, fitting his role as the head of the Crystal Tower Theatre's construction crew.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: He is last seen taking orders from Miss Crawly after Buster leaves her in charge of the production, and is not shown taking part in either the first dress rehearsal, or the illegal performance that Buster and the others put on during the climax.

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Clay Calloway

Voiced by: Bono^{Foreign VAs}Kenny Wong Tak Bun (Cantonese), Louis-Philippe Dandenault (Canadian French), Gérard Lanvin (EU French), Peter Maffay (German), Zucchero Fornaciari (Italian), Koshi Inaba (Japanese), Paulo Ricardo (Brazilian Portuguese), Marco Delgado (EU Portuguese), Vladimir Zaytsev (Russian), Fernando Castro (EU Spanish), Chayanne (LA Spanish)

A secluded, aging rock star who still mourns the passing of his wife.

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• 11th-Hour Ranger: After he's won over by Ash, Clay decides to perform in Buster's show after all. And once he discovers what the Moon Theater troupe is currently dealing with, he not only encourages them to stand up to Jimmy Crystal, but also agrees to help them take over Jimmy's hotel so they can push ahead with their show.
• Alliterative Name: First and last names both start with a C, which gives it quite the nice ring whenever a character utters his name in reverence.
• Armor-Piercing Question: When the group prepare to leave Redshore to escape Jimmy Crystal's wrath, Clay asks whether it's for the best, noting he's been running and hiding his whole life and doesn't wish it on anyone else. This gives Buster his Heroic Resolve to defy Crystal.
• Cats Are Mean: Subverted. Despite being a lion and appearing to be gruff initially, Clay is still heroic and will help out his friends when necessary.
• Cats Are Snarkers: Clay is a lion rock star, and underneath his gruff exterior he has a very dry and cynical sense of humor.
• Character Development: When the film starts, he's been left alone to stew in his grief and depression for fifteen years by his own choice, and he's very cold to anyone who tries to disturb him from his isolation. However, thanks to Ash, he slowly comes to realize that his way of dealing with his wife's death hasn't been healthy for him, and hasn't made him feel any better about his loss at all. He eventually realizes that he needs to rejoin society and try to move on with his life instead of remaining trapped in the past, and he regains the courage to do what he loves once more with her encouragement.
• Cool Old Guy: He may be elderly, but he can keep up with the gang's antics, and age hasn't stopped him from being a professional guitarist and singer.
• Deadpan Snarker: Clay has a very dry sense of humor, and once he accepts that he won't be getting rid of Buster and his friends any time soon, he gradually starts to make a lot of snarky remarks at their expense.
• Everyone Has Standards: While he is quick to chase Ms. Crawly off his property with a motorcycle and a paint gun, he actually warns Buster and Ash not to touch his electrified fence, and even takes them into his home and tends to their injuries afterward.
• Executive Veto: In-Universe. While not said outright, Clay is implied to be very protective of his songs and how they are used. Jimmy Crystal is clearly amazed when he assumes that Buster and the Moon Troupe somehow got Calloway's permission to use his music in their show, and comes to the conclusion that they must know him personally in order to do so. Crystal and his legal team later catch on to Buster's lie after an offscreen conversation with Calloway's lawyer, possibly suggesting that they were told to cease and desist from involving or affiliating him with their production, though this is presumably resolved when Clay himself eventually agrees to take part.
• Fictional Counterpart: He is heavily implied to be a direct stand-in for his voice actor, Bono. The film indicates that U2's real-life songs are Clay's in-universe, and the black leather ensemble he wears during the climactic performance heavily resembles the outfits that Bono often wears during his real-life performances. As a more minor but amusing example, Bono has often been known for giving sly winks during interviews and music videos. One of Clay's more memorable expressions (other than When He Smiles) is his various winks throughout the film.
• Foil: To Jimmy Crystal. Both are key celebrities that Buster pursues to expand the Moon Troupe's careers. However, while Jimmy at first seems a benevolent (if perfectionist) supplier for Buster, only to turn out to be a psychotic unfettered gangster the more the latter disappoints him, Clay gives off the impression of being a hostile, even "crazy" old man at first, only to take the role of a helpful old sage to Buster as he proves dedicated and ballsy to his work and team. Jimmy barely cares about his daughter over his empire and publicity, Clay is a jaded recluse due to the death of his beloved wife. To further the contrast, Jimmy and Clay are literally dog and cat respectively.
• Grumpy Old Man: His nicer side takes a while to emerge as besides the static frown he carries at his country home, he will dish out hostility to anyone who dares trespass on his property. Even having enough heart to tend to injured visitors doesn't stop him from curtly dismissing any proposals they have.
• The Hermit: He lives in a large country house hidden in the wilderness that is off a desert road.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: He electrified the fence surrounding his property to keep out intruders, but neglected to put up any signs warning of the hazard. This bites him in the rear when Ash and Buster are shocked unconscious while trying to talk to him, forcing him to bring them into his house to administer medical attention, and in the next scene he's putting up a warning sign to prevent future incidents.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Since Clay is a lion and his potential co-star Ash is a porcupine, he constantly towers over her, and the size difference between them is especially noticeable when they sing "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" together.
• Like a Daughter to Me: The way he looks at Ash fondly when she falls asleep on his shoulder then at Miss Crawly babysitting Rosita's piglets possibly indicates that he is coming to think of her as a surrogate daughter.
• Living Legend: A reclusive rockstar whose mere inclusion into a newcomer's play can get it green-lit in an instant.
• The Lost Lenore: After his wife Ruby died, he secluded himself from society and gave up on songwriting for fifteen years.
• Meaningful Name:
  • His name is a reference to famed jazz musician Cab Calloway.
  • In addition, clay is a material used, among other things, for making pottery. Starting off soft and malleable, easily shaped, but then becoming brittle and easily broken when hardened. The latter reflects the condition in which Buster and Ash first meet him, the former what he starts leaning towards once Ash helps him move past his grief.
• The Mourning After: As it turns out, his inability to return to the spotlight lies in how his deceased wife Ruby was not only the light of his life, but the muse who inspired his compositions. Without her, his energy and inspiration have left him. Even after Ash convinces him to participate in the musical, Clay still gets cold feet shortly before their number to the point of leaving outright until he hears the public singing along to one of his songs, with the spirit of Ruby appearing next to him for the final push.
• Music for Courage: Just before he and Ash are due to go onstage during the "Out Of This World" show, his fear and self-doubt from being out of the business for fifteen years catches up to him once more, and he nearly backs out of his role in the show, until he receives a final bit of encouragement from Ash, his fans, and the spirit of his late wife to take up his guitar and play his music again.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Following his wife's death, he spent his whole life in reclusion until Ash and Buster came along. When he is finally brought out of retirement and finds the Moon Troupe preparing to quit and hide from Crystal, he solemnly advises against it. While he might have agreed with them before, he has only now realized how much of his own life he wasted hiding and how it failed to make him feel any better.
• Panthera Awesome: He is a big and imposing lion who is a legendary rock star.
• Spear Counterpart: Much like Nana Noodleman, Clay is also a cloistered artist (albeit a rock musician compared to her opera singing) whose reputation is crucial to keep the show moving forward. Then again, the circumstances in which each encounters the group are different: Nana doesn't get involved until Moon's presentation impresses her enough to assist in the theater's restoration; Clay, on the other hand, is roped into production without his consent, only joining after much prodding from the crew.
• Thrill Seeker: Played with, since he doesn't seem to actively seek thrills and seems to have lived in isolation for the last fifteen years. However, once he finds himself in a thrilling situation he embraces it. When he catches Ms. Crawly trespassing on his property he chases her away with a motorcycle and paintball gun, and later when Buster tells everyone that to escape Crystal's security they need to jump out the window, when everyone else gives a horrified Big "WHAT?!", Clay just comments he's starting to like Buster. Immediately afterwards when they are all escaping in the rapids of the hotel, Clay can briefly be seen smirking, implying he is enjoying the experience.
• Took a Level in Kindness: For much of the film, he's very gruff and antisocial, since he's depressed and he just wants to be left alone. However, as he starts to warm up to Ash and the rest of her group, he does gradually start to become nicer to them, and is completely supportive of their plan to strike back against Jimmy Crystal once he learns what the mad wolf tried to do to them.
• Troll: He has a low-key mischievous side. His method to shooing away trespassers like Ms Crawly is to chase them with a paint gun (he visibly grins when Ms Crawly faints from seeing him again). He tricks Buster into getting hosed later on, and when Buster suggests making a big escape from Crystal's goons through the window and illegally performing in his hotel to get back at him, he reacts in mere amusement.
• Vocal Dissonance: He has a very gravelly, deep voice and claims he's lost his singing voice (though Ash immediately retorts that his voice sounds fine). When he sings with Ash, Bono's clear tenor is quite a pleasant surprise.
• When He Smiles: He spends most of the film in a morose mood, giving the odd mischievous smirk at best. When his performance in "Out of This World" is met with a huge ovation, he beams a touched cathartic smile, realizing that all his fans still remembered him after so long.

Ruby Calloway

Voiced by: N/A

Clay's passed on wife. She passed away fifteen years before the events of Sing 2.

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• Happily Married: From what we do see of her, Clay and Ruby's marriage had to have been a happy one, as it's nothing but smiles between them.
• The Lost Lenore: To Clay. She was his muse, the light of his life, and inspired his many songs. Seeing her spirit is enough to push him to join in the Moon Theatre troupe's show.
• The Muse: For her husband, Clay; according to Calloway unauthorized historian-fangirl Ash, most of his greatest hits were inspired, written with or about Ruby. This is also why he's so reluctant to return, as she was the spirit of the duo and he doesn't feel up to the challenge to return to the spotlight without her.
• Soap Opera Disease: Her wheelchair suggests she might've been sick with a long-term degenerative disease.

Linda LeBon

Voiced by: Julia Davis^{Foreign VAs}Pauline Moulène (EU French), Ilaria Stagni (Italian), Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese), Claudia Cadima (EU Portuguese), Laura Tobón (LA Spanish)

An equine talk show host whose program Jimmy Crystal appears in.

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• Genki Girl: High-energy and all smiles while hosting her show.
• Going for the Big Scoop: Her specialty are the juiciest headlines, especially if they're salacious. The reason why Crystal is on her show is to clarify Porsha's "dismissal" from Buster's play, which Julia exploits to add her own reasoning lest he speaks up.
• Large-Ham Announcer: Possessor of a scintillating temperament complimenting the ostentatious look of her magazine. It's little wonder Jimmy Crystal graciously decides to smear the troupe's reputation in her show.
• Propaganda Machine: Linda seems to be on the lookout for the next scoop to promote. As it is, she hangs onto her guests' every word to spout as the undoubtable truth no matter what.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom:
  • When she decided to report the latest hot gossip on her talk show (that Porsha Crystal had been supposedly "fired" from her father's show), she had no way of knowing it would send Mr. Crystal on a vengeful, murderous rampage towards Buster Moon and his cast.
  • A positive example. Linda assumes the Moon Troupe's illegal performance of Out Of This World was Jimmy's idea, and congratulates him backstage after his failed attempt to assassinate Buster. This gives Jimmy the ghastly idea of going onstage to take credit instead of making a run for it, which not only results in him being publicly humiliated, but he gets arrested immediately afterwards.

Klaus Kickenklober

Voiced by: Adam Buxton^{Foreign VAs}Frédéric Desager (Canadian French), Jean Rieffel (EU French), Robert Palfrader (German), Luigi Ferraro (Italian), Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese), Marco Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese), Paulo Oom (EU Portuguese), Andrey Kazantsev (Russian), Juan Perucho (EU Spanish), Pedro Ruiz (LA Spanish)

A proboscis monkey and Johnny's overly-demanding dancing instructor.

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• Alliterative Name: Klaus Kickenklober, packing the punch and bruises his students receive.
• All Part of the Show: Unlike Jimmy, who tries to completely stop the Moon Troupe's illegal performance, Klaus sabotages Johnny's number by taking the place of another performer, and their resulting duel is seamlessly integrated into the scripted show. Even when Johnny bests him, Klaus plays along by dramatically bowing in submission, leaving the audience none the wiser that this incident wasn't planned.
• Artsy Beret: Klaus's beret perfectly reflects his thespian leanings, not to say his prima donna aspirations which bleed most of his students dry. Tellingly, he offers to eat it in the unlikely (in his eyes) chance a plebeian like Nooshy teaches the uncoordinated Johnny the necessary moves to excel in his routine with only two days as the deadline. After they succeed, the symbolism of eating it alongside his words proves to be too much for his ego.
• Badass Teacher: A villainous example. Through despicable means, he buttresses his method expertise by drawing Johnny into a quick loss on stage the first time around, all just for peacocking. Johnny is only able to put up a fight after encouragement from Nooshy and the rest of the dancers.
• Big Bad Ensemble: With Jimmy Crystal, as both have antagonistic relationships with one cast member (and the Moon Troupe by proxy). However, Klaus distills his hatred solely to Johnny and forcing a direct confrontation on equal level by dance battling on stage, an act of sabotage that has nothing to do with Crystal's active attempts to stop the show completely. Once he's bested, Klaus bows in self-effacing acceptance of defeat which leaves Crystal as the far more distressing menace for the group.
• Clothes-Eating Wager: When Nooshy says she can easily teach Johnny the moves needed for his routine in two days, Klaus sarcastically says that if she succeeds he will eat his hat. When they succeed, Nooshy reminds him of his own words and taunts him, snatching his hat and rubbing it against his belly saying "yum yum". Klaus doesn't actually go through with it.
• Death Glare: When he sees Johnny actually improved under Nooshy's tutoring instead of his own, all he can do is give Johnny a bitter glare while also making an Eye Am Watching You gesture. He keeps it while watching Johnny perform during the show until he steals Ryan's costume to take his spot and attempt to defeat Johnny.
• Defeat Means Respect: Klaus accepts his defeat onstage at the hands of Johnny with dignity and grace, and he finally starts to respect the gorilla after seeing for himself that his former student has officially surpassed him with Nooshy's help.
• Foil: He serves as a subtle one to Jimmy Crystal, with both serving as the second film's bullying, overly-demanding antagonists. While Jimmy hides his malice behind a charming front, only losing his temper when he feels his power or reputation is under threat, Klaus makes no attempt to be friendly or courteous and doesn't care how much Johnny or his other students dislike or fear him. Though Klaus and Jimmy both resort to petty acts of sabotage in the climactic performance, Klaus is able to calmly admit defeat when Johnny bests him, and is heavily implied to have softened significantly in the ending, while Jimmy attempts to outright murder Buster and is publicly humiliated when he fails.
• Green-Eyed Monster: He gets very salty and jealous when he sees how well Johnny is doing using Nooshy's methods instead of his own, to the point where he eventually decides to run out onstage during Johnny's number to sabotage his performance.
• Hate Sink: For most of his screentime, Klaus is shown to be a cruel and egotistical bully who goes out of his way to intimidate and demean Johnny, with no remotely likeable qualities whatsoever. When Johnny defeats him in their dance battle, Klaus finally comes to respect his former student and is implied to be much nicer to him from that point on.
• Humble Pie: Klaus' ego is finally taken down a few pegs when Johnny manages to get the better of him during their climatic dance battle.
• Insecure Protagonist, Arrogant Antagonist: He has this kind of dynamic with Johnny. Klaus is a very haughty and pompous man, who's held a high reputation in his field of work for years and firmly believes that his approach to dancing is the only one that's worthwhile. While Johnny already carries around a lot of self-doubt about whether or not he can actually cut it in a place like Redshore City, Klaus is more than happy to make those insecurities even worse as he singles Johnny out as the weakest link in his class and repeatedly lays into him for his failures. When Johnny starts to make a lot of progress as a dancer by using Nooshy's methods instead of his own, Klaus also starts to grow resentful of him. This conflict is eventually resolved when Johnny manages to get the better of him onstage, and Klaus realizes that he not only underestimated Johnny, but he also needs to be less narrow-minded about other approaches to dancing having merit to them.
• Jerkass to One: As the choreography moves along, he singles out Johnny for gratuitous criticism as he lags behind the others. Incensed by his talent at dancing with a different method than his, he ups the ante by disguising himself as one of the dancers and fighting him onstage just to break him.
• Kick the Dog: His antagonism toward Johnny is more present, but that means little when not even his other, better performing students are spared insults. His first instinct when meeting Nooshy is dismissing her as a bottom feeder whom Johnny is resorting to due to his inability to learn from Klaus's superior teachings. He also overpowers Ryan and steals his clothes to fight Johnny.
• A Lighter Shade of Black: His role in Johnny's story is similar to Crystal's in Buster's: the unappeasable boss lording his methods over their subordinates with Klaus showing a similar hands-on-approach in taking down Johnny after he defies his methods. However, Klaus is far more restrained than Crystal and even admits defeat gracefully without dissolving into a homicidal maniac.
• Misery Builds Character: He believes that "only through suffering can one achieve greatness". He gets proven wrong.
• Opposed Mentors: Klaus's teaching method involves grueling through each step until done mechanically with little margin of error, even at the cost of draining any spontaneity or passion from the performer. Moreover, its routine is inflexible toward beginners like Johnny, with everyone following the same rigorous classes. Nooshy, on the other hand, prefers a leisurely, relaxed environment for dancing with coordination accommodating the being's natural movement. These differences are brought into sharp relief when both meet at Johnny's insistence.
• Pose of Supplication: After Johnny manages to best him in their dance battle, Klaus humbly bows before him.
• Punny Name: He is choreographing a fight scene for the show, and his last name sounds like "kick and clobber".
• The Resenter: He becomes this to Johnny after the gorilla vastly improves without his narrow-minded teaching methods, showing him up in front of the class.
• Sadistic Teacher: He is nothing but mean and cruel towards Johnny, to the point that the poor boy is trembling after a rehearsal.
• Slobs vs. Snobs: The snob to Nooshy's slob. While Nooshy is a young, amateur street dancer who comes to Johnny's aid with her informal but encouraging teaching style, Klaus is an older, award-winning and elitist dancing instructor with no tolerance of failure.
• Took a Level in Kindness: In the movie's final scene, he is seen handing Johnny his staff with a smile, showing that he has come to respect his student.

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