Characters / Sylvanian Families

This is the list of characters from the Sylvanian Families cartoon and ova series. Both of them will be divided in their own sections.

Characters from the Cartoon

The Evergreens

• Beary Friendly: They're a family of bears and, like most Sylvanians, are extremely welcoming and friendly.
• Gadgeteer Genius; Though a kid, Preston Evergreen has a history of building a lot of surprisingly effective contraptions and vehicles.

The Babblebrooks

The Thistlethorns

The Chestnuts

General

• Adapted Out: In the toyline, the Chestnuts had three baby children, Amy Ricky & Molly. In the cartoon, they only have two whose names are changed as well.

Hoss & Charity

• Adaptational Name Change:In the toyline, their names were Ricky & Molly.

The Wildwoods

The Slydales

General

• Adaptational Villainy: While Buster was descirbed as somewhat of a troublemaker in the toyline, it was usually just minor pranks and the rest of the family weren't depicted as being particularly antagonistic. In the cartoon, the whole family (sans the babies) ranges from being rotten jerks to outright criminals, even going so far as to work with Packbat, someone who desires to either enslave or wipe out the Sylvanians.
• Cunning Like a Fox: They're a family of foxes and they've kept a decent track record of playing the rest of the Sylvanians for fools.
• Heel–Face Revolving Door: Sometimed they assist Packbat in his schemes, sometimes they help the other Sylvanians deal with whatever problems they're facing.
• Lower-Class Lout: Impiled. In contrast to the nice-looking houses of the other Sylvanian families, the Slydale abode is a rundown shack. A lot of schemes in general involve trying to elevate their social standing, wheather it be through Slick becoming mayor or gaining property such as the Timbertop farm.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Slick and Velvette came to the realization that sabotaging the town doctor wasn't a good idea when their infant son Skitter accidentally ate a poisonous toadstool. Luckily, Dr. Evergreen was able quickly administer an antidote.
• Token Evil Teammate: They tend to be this for the other Sylvanian Families, though they have their occassional Pet the Dog moments.

Slick Slydale

• Henpecked Husband: Slick Slydale is clever and charismatic, but he tends to be talked over and domineered by his wife, Velvette.

Velvette Slydale

• Almighty Mom: Velvette Slydale may be a rare antagonistic example. She tends to make it quite clear she's in charge of the Slydale Family. And her domineering and extremely assertive personality has been known sometimes to intimidate the other Sylvanians or even Packbat and Gatorpossum.

Buster Slydale

• The Bully: Buster is a sterotypical, thuggish bully. He even states that his favourite sport is "pounding wimpy wise guys in the carrot burger patties".

Scarlett Slydale

• Alpha Bitch: She's known for acting as such.

Skitter and Lindy Slydale

• Token Good Teammate: It really says something when the babies of the Slydale Family are somewhat mischievous at worse, but are otherwise the nicest members of the family.

The Timbertops

The Waters

Packbat

• The Ageless:"Founders Keepers" reveals that both he & Gatorpossum were around when the Sylvanian elders (and the Woodkeeper) were their grandchildren's age and neither seemed to have aged physically.
• Bat Out of Hell / You Dirty Rat!!: Part rat, part bat, all nasty.
• Big Bad: He's the primary villain of the 80's cartoon and one that both the Slydales and Gatorpossum defer to when they're not working their own schemes.
• Fantastic Racism: Hates the Sylvanians with a passion, frequently calling them "Silly-vanians" and is often plotting to either enslave or wipe them out. He seems to make an expection for the Slydales who ocassionally help him in his schemes. Even then, its impiled he seems them as little more than pawns.
• Malicious Misnaming: Often calls the Sylvanians "Silly-vanians".
• Mix-and-Match Critters: Packbat appears to be some hybrid of a rat and bat.

Gatorpossum

• Accidental Misnaming: He can never get Packbat's name right, much to the latter's annoyance.
• The Ageless: Both he and his master were around when the Sylvanian elders were their grandchildren's age and neither seemed to have aged physically.
• The Brute: He's a big oaf who often isn't above threatening to overpower any Sylvanians or human kids if he thinks it can get him what he wants.
• Borrowed Catchphrase: Briefly uses the "Sufferin Sylvanius" exclamation commonly uttered by his Sylvanian prey in "Cooking Up Trouble"
• Child Eater: He constantly tries to catch and eat the Sylvanian children, including babies. Though its impiled he'll eat adults too (fortunatly, he's not successful in either).
  • Zig-zagged with the human children. In most episodes, he ignores them in favour of the Sylvanians, even stating on a couple of occasions to not like the taste of humans. In some, he pursues them just as much as he does the Sylvanians^note This may be because he can't tell the difference most of the time. In "Fraidy Cats" he had to get a real good look at Maria, the episode's human child, to tell she wasn't a Sylvanian .
• Dumb Muscle: He's physically strong enough to easily overpower most of the cast, which is why the Sylvanians typically defeat him by outsmarting him.
• Fantastic Racism:Like his master, he hates anything Sylvanian and sees them as little more than prey.
• Mix-and-Match Critters:Is a hybrid of a an alligator & an opossum (though the alligator side is the most prominent).
• Never Smile at a Crocodile:Is partially an alligator and is a carnivorous monster who wants to eat the Sylvanians and works as a minion of Packbat.

The Woodkeeper

• All-Loving Hero: He doesn't have a mean bone in his body, even in his younger days when he was helping the Sylvanians find a new home in what would become the Sylvanian Forest. When Packbat tried to shoo them away, the young Woodkeeper's first reaction was to try to talk Packbat into co-exisiting with the Sylvanians seeking refuge.
• Gate Guardian: He took up the job of guarding the magic door leading to the Sylvanian forest after helping the Sylvanians settle there. It's implied he's the one who magically transports (through their dreams) whichever human kids he thinks would benefit most from a visit to the forest.

Human Visitors

• Arc Hero: In every episode, a different human child is brought to the forest to interact with the Sylvanians in various ways. Sometimes to help the latter group with a problem they're already facing, sometimes to help fix a problem the visitor themself accidently caused, or sometimes they get put in a bid and end up having to be rescued by the Sylvanians.
• Baby Of The Bunch: zig-zagged, some of the human visitors tend to be younger (4 years old at the youngest) than the Sylvanian adolescent children, who in the cartoon are implied to be at least around ten years old. Sometimes the Sylvanian kids will dote on or help look after the younger human visitors and other times they may avoid holding any seniority over them and treat them like equal friends.
• Year Inside, Hour Outside: Downplayed, the visitors on the outside are still sleeping normal hours. In the Sylvanian Forest, however, their visits can last hours at least or days at most. The fact every visitor leaves satisfied by the end of every episode implies they can technically stay as long as they like.
• Token Human: For each episode, of course.

Characters from the OVA

Milk Usagi-chan / Rebecca Periwinkle / Rebecca Sweetpea

Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (2007 OVA)

The second oldest of the Periwinkle siblings^note was the oldest until 2018, when she was Retconned to have an older sister who runs a flower shop at the nearby town, Rebecca is a white rabbit who is very gentle to her friends. However she is a hard time for everyone sometimes as she takes on a leadership role. She is also very forgiving to others.

• Cool Big Sis‎: To Oliver.
• Determinator: She's this to the other kids.
• Demoted to Extra: Due to the focus of the Franchise shifting to the Chocolate Rabbit family in The New '10s, her appearances in the 2017 OVAs and 2018 shorts has been reduced to a minor recurring role. Indeed, in one recent ad advertising a musical ballet building, Rebecca appears as a backup dancer with Freya taking the role of the star of the show!
• Girly Girl: In contrast with the boys in the group.
• Good Is Not Dumb: An interesting take of this trope. She quickly believed Buster's lies that he won't play tricks on others anymore. Well she herself got tricked in the end.
• The Heart / The Leader
• The Heroine: Of the three 2007 OVAs
• Mascot: The previous mascot of the franchise, from 2000 to 2010.
• Mighty Whitey
• Parents as People: Her parents cares about her so much and talks to her and her little brother during dinner time.
• Retcon: Her status of being eldest of the family got retconned away in 2018, with the sudden introduction of a toy set of her older sister Catherine.
• White Bunny

Chocolate Usagi No On'na No Ko (Chocolate Usagi-chan) / Freya Chocolate / Bell Hopscotch

Atsumi Tanezaki (Japan 2017-), Stephanie Sheh (US 2017-), Georgie Fuller (International 2017-)

With the advent of the 2017 OVAs, the focus shifted from the Milk Rabbit family to the Chocolate Rabbit family. Freya is the second oldest in the family, the oldest being Stella who has left home to start a life in the nearby town.

• Ascended Extra: Toys of the Chocolate Rabbit family existed before the 2017 OVAs, but the focus of the earlier OVAs are of the Milk Rabbit family.
• Cheerful Child
• Cool Big Sis: To Grace.
• Cordon Bleugh Chef: As shown in a recent animated short, she is perfectly capable of cooking, but if left unsupervised she will start putting ingredients that are not in the recipe, into her cooking.
• Girly Girl: In contrast with the boys in the group.
• Mascot: Since 2010, Bell has become the official mascot for the franchise.
• The Heart / The Leader: of the 2017 OVAs
• Parents as People: Her parents cares about her so much and talks to her and her little brother during dinner time.
• White Bunny: despite her name, she's a white rabbit with chocolate markings on the tip of her ears.

Kurumi Risu-chan / Kurumi Risu No On'na No Ko / Saffron Walnut / Sarah Hazelnut / Greta Furbanks

Voiced by: Akiko Hasegawa

Saffron is the oldest of the Walnut siblings. A girl who cherishes her friends deeply, she is very curious but a good overachiever. She sometimes had some disagreements with her father's contraptions. Her father's contraptions appeared to have finally gotten to her as of the 2017 OVAs, with her occasionally going mad-scientist and inventing things like glow-in-the-dark bubble fluid.

• Adaptation Species Change: Marketed as a chipmunk in the US. Elsewhere she is a squirrel.
• Agony of the Feet: In the 2nd OVA where she got a broken foot after the set crashed down along with her.
• Art Evolution: The character designs of her and her family was refined when her family transitioned from Furbanks to Walnut. Additionally they gave her and her family new outfits.
• The Big Girl
• Cool Big Sis‎: To Ralph/Dominic.
• Demoted to Extra: Not as bad as Rebecca, but due to the focus of the 2017 OVAs shifting focus on to her little brother Ralph/Dominic.
• The Fashionista: Played in a funny way when her dad modified her wardrobe. Also played completely straight in the one of the Game Boy Advance games.
• Girly Girl: In contrast with the boys in the group.
• I Have Many Names: Has four names, due to the International marketing team synchronizing the names with the Japanese one while the US marketing team chose a completely new name (previously, they were sold outside of Japan under the Furbanks name. Currently, the International English family name is synchronized with the Japanese family name while the US English name was a completely new name).
• Mad Scientist: in the 2018 shorts. Ralph/Dominic mentions that she only becomes one when she puts on her glasses.
• Meaningful Name: Kurumi means Walnut.
  • Malicious Misnaming: Her name in the subs is Greta Furbanks. However she uses the current squirrel mold for the OVA, which is the Walnut Squirrels. It also means her name should have been Saffron Walnut, if its judged from both the Japanese and UK canonity of the toys. It turns out that there is a really confusing story behind this: apparently at one point in the past the characters were named differently. Furbanks was apparently the old name for the squirrel family who was revamped into the Walnut family (though their entire backstory and outfit was changed so much, and their design was refined, that they might as well be considered a different family) while the OVAs were being produced. This most likely happened due to a miscommunication between the internationalization team and the scriptwriters.
• Parents as People: Her parents were this. Thought sometimes she finds her father a little weird due to his inventions.
• Retcon: The transition from Furbanks to Walnut/Hazelnut totally changed her backstory that the Furbanks and Walnuts might as well be considered different families.
• Same Character, But Different: See Retcon and Art Evolution above.
• Tsundere
• Verbal Tic: In the Japanese dub of the 2018 shorts, she has a verbal tic of three short glugging sounds. However the verbal tic was not carried over to the International English dub.

Shima Neko-chan (Shima Neko No On'na No Ko) / Asparagus Macavity / Sabrina Striped / Sabrina Sandy

Voiced by: Kana Ueda (2007 OVAs), Sumire Uesaka (2017-), Kira Buckland (US 2017-), Jenna Sharpe (International 2017-)

Rumpus's older sister. Asparagus is a beige colored cat with brown ears and brown stripes who is seriously thoughtful and yet supportive to her close friend Rebecca like an older sister. She can be very mean sometimes. In the 2017 OVA she enjoys sports.

• Action Girl
• Art Evolution: Not as bad as Saffron's family's transition as one can take a quick glance at a old Macavity set and a new Striped Cat set and still see that they're otherwise identical figures, aside from the new outfit set provided during the transition.
• Cool Big Sis‎: To Rumpus/Shane.
• Demoted to Extra: While she doesn’t get it as bad as Rebecca, the focus of the 2017 series shifted onto her little brother Rumpus/Shane instead.
• Determinator: To Rebecca.
• I Have Many Names: Has four names, due to the International marketing team synchronizing the names with the Japanese one while the US marketing team chose a completely new name (previously, they were sold outside of Japan under the Macavity name. Currently, the International English family name is synchronized with the Japanese family name while the US English name was a completely new name).
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: To the group sometimes.
• The Lancer / The Smart Girl: She did thought up of a prank on getting even with Buster.
• Meaningful Name: Shima means striped in Japanese.
  • Punny Name: Her (old) North American English name is rather hilarious to hear seeing that Asparagus is a name of a Vegetable.
• Retcon: Like Saffron, her entire family name and backstory was changed in The New '10s when the International family name was changed from Macavity to Striped/Sandy.
• Same Character, But Different: See Retcon and Art Evolution above.
• Tomboy / Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the most notably tomboyish character in the series, especially compared to Girly Girls Bell, Melinda, and Susie.

Maron Inu-Kun / Dennis Huckleberry

Voiced by: Koki Miyata

The son of the school headmaster, Dennis is a male dog who has full of justice as a sportsman. He is mildly gentle but yet stubborn.

• The Ace
• The Big Guy
• Determinator: To Rebecca.
• Either "World Domination", or Something About Bananas: there is two ways to interpret his Japanese name- Either meaningful name mentioned below, or given the Edible Theme Naming of the other characters, simply a slightly botched transliteration of Melon.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Sometimes, despite being mean to Buster and saying girls cry so much.
• Meaningful Name: Maron is a type of color. His English name also means "Belonging to the God Of Wine".
• Put on the Bus: Because the hound dog set has been discontinued as of 2017, The entire Huckleberry clan is noticeably absent from the 2017 OVAs and 2018 shorts.
• Stealth Pun: In the International English region releases. His family name is Huckleberry, and his species is hound. made the connection yet?^note also note that actual hounds do not look like this, suggesting that the name was purely chosen as a stealth Shout-Out

Kuma-Kun / Kuma no Otoko No Ko / Piers Petite / Aidan Cuddle

Voiced by: Fushigi Yamada (2007 OVA), Shimoda Rei (Japan 2017-), Cherami Leigh (US 2017-), Alix Macey (International 2017-)

The only son of the Petite family, Piers is a male brown bear who is spoiled, straightforward and yet innocent. He is loved by his parents and everyone in Sylvania although he has issue being a scaredy cat.

• Art Evolution: Went from a noticeable brown color to a beige/cream color sometime in The New '10s
• Bears Are Bad News: Seriously averted.
• Big Eater: Portrayed as such in the 2017 OVAs and 2018 shorts.
• Cheerful Child
• Elmer Fudd Syndrome: In the international English dub, he's heard lapsing into this in the season 2 episode Mystery of the Tree House. Listen carefully when he says "You're one to talk, Ralph". It's kinda cute.
• Extreme Doormat
• I Have Many Names: Did get a different name in the US dub of the 2017 Netflix OVAs for unknown reasons.
• Nice Guy
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He has one when he is so scared on pretending to be invisible that he accidentally revealed himself in front of Buster.
• Prone to Tears: Yes, he is a scaredy cat. Seeing that he gets easily scared on some occasions.
• Same Character, But Different: Piers uses his 2004-version outfit instead of his original one.
  • Again in the 2017 OVAs- New outfit, new color as noted above, a slightly less fragile personality, but same character name.
• Shrinking Violet
• Took a Level in Badass: Noticeably less of a Extreme Doormat and Prone to Tears by the time the 2017 OVAs rolled around.

Kitsune-Kun / Buster Slydale

Voiced by: Chinami Nishimura

The second youngest of the Slydale Siblings, Buster is a yellow fox who is an expert magician altogether. He likes to show off his tricks to the other kids and entertain to make them happy. However he is also a prankster and plays tricks on Rebecca's friends.

• Annoying Younger Sibling: To Scarlett.
• The Atoner: Finding out that he can't trick people while he's "invisible".
• Cheerful Child
• Consummate Liar: To Rebecca and her friends, well in a positive way.
• In Name Only / Same Character, But Different: He is not the same Buster Slydale from the original '80s cartoon.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Put on the Bus: As of 2017, the Slydale Fox family has been discontinued, so like Dennis he is notably absent from the 2017 OVAs and 2018 shorts.
• Stage Magician
  • Magicians Are Wizards: If nothing else he seems to be able to conjure stuff out of thin air.
• Sixth Ranger

Silk Neko No On'na No Ko (Silk Neko-chan) / Susie Silk / Tiffany Golightly

Voiced by: Date Shurisa (Japan 2017-), Julie Maddalena (US 2017-), Mayumi Kawai (International 2017-)

A silent and shy kitten who loves daydreaming.

• The Quiet One: While she is vocal, she doesn't talk very often to anyone outside of her family and friends.
• Mr. Imagination: She loves daydreaming, which is shown in some of the mini-episodes.
• Shrinking Violet: Very shy and prefers quietness. Her sister Lulu is the exact opposite and loves girl talk between Stella and Laura.

Toy Poodle No On'na No Ko (Toy Poodle-chan) / Melinda Cakebread

Voiced by: Shiho Kawaragi (Japan 2017-), Erika Harlacher (US 2017-), Sarah Sumeray (International 2017-)

A Toy Poodle who wants to learn how to bake cakes and make pastries with her mother at her family pastry shop.

• Beware the Nice Ones: Melinda is very friendly and sweet, but she doesn't take it well when she hears that Aidan wants 10 tarts and 10 cakes from her family's pastry shop. She ends up chasing him out of her store.
• Extreme Doormat: She helps anyone who appears to be in need, no questions asked.
• Extreme Omnivore: the only person who can stomach Freya’s cooking when Freya goes off the rails.
• Prone to Tears: One of the two characters that passes out when the gang thought they have seen a ghost (actually Saffron/Sarah in a cloak) while investigating Ralph/Dominic's treehouse at night after hearing rumors that it is haunted.
• Those Two Girls: She is commonly seen with Susie in some of the OVAs and the mini-episodes. In Calico Critters: The Treasure of Calico Village, she and Susie are seen practicing their musical performance for the upcoming village festival.

Kurumi Risu No Otoko No Ko (Kurumi Risu-Kun) / Dominic Hazelnut / Ralph Walnut / Douglas Furbanks

Voiced by: Nozomi Koki (Japan 2017-), Julie Maddalena (US 2017-), Jessica Hinds-Mingo (International 2017-)

A chipmunk (squirrel outside of North America) who is very active and loves climbing trees. Dominic is also close friends with Bell and Aidan.

• Adaptation Species Change: Marketed as a chipmunk in the US. Elsewhere he is a squirrel.
• Cool Big Bro: In Season 2, Domonic has a baby brother who tries his hardest to be just like him.
• Handy Man: Dominic is sometimes seen building things. One of the mini-episodes shows Dominic inviting Bell over for a secret visit to the tree house he created.
• Prone to Tears: One of the two characters that passes out when the gang thought they have seen a ghost (actually Saffron/Sarah in a cloak) while investigating the treehouse at night after hearing rumors that it is haunted.

Chocolate Usagi-no-ne-san / Stella Chocolate / Stella Hopscotch

Voiced by: Ryuka Yuki (Japan 2017-), Kira Buckland (US 2017-), Bernadette Vanderkar (International 2017-)

A young adult rabbit who is Bell's big sister and lives in a city outside of Calico Village. She works as a dress designer at the Grand Department Store along with Lulu and Laura.

• Cool Big Sis: Stella really cares about her sister Bell. She even dreams of spending time with Bell and her family around the Christmas season, as shown in Calico Critters Mini Episodes.
• Stellar Name: Self-demonstrating.
• Practically Different Generations: Stella's an adult who lives by herself in a city and works as a dress designer while Bell is a grade schooler and Grace is a toddler.

Silk Neko-no-ne-san / Lulu Golightly / Lulu Silk

Voiced by: Risa Mizuno (Japan 2017-), Julie Maddalena (US 2017-), Sarah Sumeray (International 2017-)

A kindhearted cat who's very gentle with others. She's the sister of Susie, who works at the Grand Department Store in the city.

• The Heart: Lulu serves as the voice of reason at times with Laura and Stella at the Grand Department Store and is very soft spoken.
• Friend to All Children: Lulu has a soft spot for children and finds Bell to be cute when she decides to become a model for Stella's entry at the fashion show in the Grand Department Store.

Toy Poodle-no-ne-san / Laura Cakebread

Voiced by: Ayami Yano (Japan 2017-), Anne Yatco (US 2017-), Mayumi Kawai (International 2017-)

A Toy Poodle who is Melinda's sister. She loves chatting and sweets. She works with Lulu and Stella at the Grand Department Store.

• Sweet Tooth: She really loves sweets and is commonly seen eating cakes and other pastries while at work. Stella even mentions her habit of eating anything sweet when she sends a letter Bell in the mini episodes.
• The Lancer: Compared to the roles Lulu and Stella have at the Grand Department Store as fashion designers. Laura has busier and more important roles, such as taking calls from customers and other people who work at the Department.

Grace Hopscotch / Créme Chocolate

Voiced by: Cherami Leigh (US 2017-), Bernadette Vanderkar (International 2017-)

Bell's baby sister, who loves playing with her family and hangs out at Nursery School. She's also one of the main characters in the "Calico Critters Nursery" series.

• Adorably Precocious Child: While she's still an infant. She's able to speak full sentences at times, most notably in the mini-episodes.
• Depending on the Writer: How talkative and intelligent Grace can be depends on the situation. In "The Treasure of Calico Village", Grace talks with a limited vocabulary, similar to a real toddler who is learning how to talk. In the mini episodes and stop-motion shorts, she is able to speak full sentences.