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Characters in Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking[]
Portrayed by: Viveca Serlachius (1949 film), Inger Nilsson (1969 series), Tami Erin (1988 film), Melissa Altro (1997 film and series)
The main protagonist of the series. A feisty, Book Dumb girl with Girlish Pigtails and inherited Super Strength that easily surpasses her father's.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Pippi is sweet — if a little strange — but when she's triggered, she puts her Super Strength to good use.
- Blithe Spirit: Pippi's carefree attitude and whimsical behavior make her this in the lives of the townspeople, particularly Tommy and Annika.
- Book Dumb: She can't spell and thinks math is a waste of time, but she's smart enough to know how to cook her own meals and frequently outsmarts adults who should know better.
- Bully Hunter: Any bully — child or adult — who crosses Pippi is no match for her phenomenal strength and quick wit.
- Cheerful Child: She is upbeat and positive, even in the face of difficult or strange situations. She spends her days making up games and enjoying wild adventures.
- Childish Bangs: In many film adaptations, Pippi is depicted with childish bangs, despite not having them in the original cover art.
- Cuckoosnarker: Despite her eccentricity, Pippi also has her snarky moments:
- "Is this the girl who has moved into Villa Villekulla?" asked one of the policemen.
- "Quite the contrary," said Pippi. "This is a tiny little auntie who lives on the third floor at the other end of the town."
- Cute Bruiser: She has not only defeated bullies, police officers, robbers, and dangerous animals, but in one of the movies, she took down an entire gang of fully armed pirates.
- Extreme Omnivore: On a whim, she once drank a cocktail of "meduseen (sic)" from the local pharmacy — including several bottles marked "For External Use Only" — yet showed no ill effects. She also regularly ate iron nails in the 1969 series.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: Pippi's long stockings never match — one is always different from the other.
- Fearless Fool: Pippi isn't afraid of anything and will cheerfully charge in where angels fear to tread — and with her Super Strength and Nigh Invulnerability, there's rarely a reason she should be.
- Filthy Fun: She gleefully disregards table manners and tidiness, whether at home or while climbing, wrestling, or playing outside.
- Fish Out of Water: Having grown up sailing the seven seas with her father, Pippi initially struggles to fit in with the villagers near Villa Villekulla.
- The Gadfly: While she occasionally annoys random people for fun, her worst insults and most irritating behavior are usually reserved for overly strict authority figures, bullies, and villains.
- Genki Girl: Pippi is an energetic, fun-loving girl with a wild streak.
- Girlish Pigtails: Pippi wears her red hair in two pigtails, although she is not conventionally feminine.
- Growing Up Sucks: Like Peter Pan, she wants to remain a free-spirited girl who never grows up.
- The Hedonist: Pippi exhibits hedonistic traits, but she remains a child at heart, driven by simple joys and the happiness of her friends.
- Improbable Hair Style: Pippi's gravity-defying red braids are notoriously hard to recreate — cosplayers struggle with them, and even the original TV actress had to use wire braided into her hair.
- Jabba Table Manners: Pippi cares nothing about table manners or decorum, diving headfirst into a cake to the shock of everyone around her.
- Little Miss Badass: At nine years old, Pippi has been described as "the strongest girl in the world."
- Little Miss Snarker: She manages to combine this with being a Cloudcuckoolander and Genki Girl. She is, not surprisingly, at her snarkiest when confronting overly strict or unfair adults who object to her nonconformist way of life.
- Minor Living Alone: Pippi lives alone with a horse and a monkey. Sometimes, the adults in town try to help her, but she prefers to take care of herself.
- Missing Mom: Died when Pippi was a baby. Pippi imagines her as an angel in Heaven who watches over her.
- Motor Mouth: She routinely lapses into long-winded, nonsensical speech, especially when she's telling lies or dealing with a stuffy adult.
- Mouthy Kid: Pippi is a sweetheart, but she is also known for her sassiness, especially toward uncooperative authority figures.
- The Munchausen: Most of the stories Pippi comes up with are actually lies. She even claims to have learned to lie from her trip to the Congo... which is probably also made up.
- Muscles Are Meaningless: Adolf, a very large and muscular circus strongman, has no trouble bending iron bars in half but can't beat Pippi in a wrestling match.
- Naughty Is Good: A lovable troublemaker, she is loyal and generous, causing mischief only to those who truly deserve it.
- Nice Girl: Although her eccentric behavior may initially put some people off, Pippi is a kind-hearted girl who quickly wins them over and refuses to tolerate bullies.
- Outdoorsy Gal: She spends much of her time outdoors — swimming, wrestling with friends, hanging from trees, riding her horse, rolling in the grass, or getting caught in rainstorms without a care.
- Overly Long Name:
- English translation: Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraimsdaughter Longstocking.
- Original Swedish version: Pippilotta Victualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump.
- Perpetual Smiler: Pippi usually wears a bright smile that lights up the room; her sunny disposition and infectious energy instantly put others at ease.
- The Pig Pen: Downplayed, but hygiene isn't her top priority. She has a wild appearance, with unkempt red braids, mismatched clothing, and a disregard for grooming, table manners, or decorum. She even allows her animals to roam freely indoors.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: She is a 9-year-old girl strong enough to lift a horse and defeat a circus strongman who can easily bend iron bars.
- Plucky Girl: She lives independently, with only a horse and a monkey for company. She faces life with bold confidence and a cheerful disregard for authority. Incredibly strong, she can lift her horse and easily overpower opponents twice her size.
- Super Strength: She inherited her father’s strength, able to lift heavy objects — including her horse — and wipe the floor with pirates and delinquents in seconds.
- Super Strong Child: The only adult who ever comes close to Pippi in strength is her own father, whom she probably inherited it from.
- Tomboy: She is free-spirited, exceptionally strong, and unafraid to get messy during her adventures.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Pippi is a mischievous, adventurous tomboy with a tough streak, while Annika is graceful, well-behaved, and impeccably dressed.
- Tomboy Princess: After her father is made the king of Kurrekurredutt Island, Pippi becomes a princess by default. Doubles as Modest Royalty since she discourages her subjects from bowing to her and prefers to be treated as one of them.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She's strong enough to carry a horse, climbs trees and houses with ease, and fearlessly takes on bad guys and pirates. Yet at home, she bakes gingerbread, hosts coffee parties with friends, and lovingly cares for anyone she's fond of — especially her horse and monkey.
- Uncle Pennybags: She is very generous with her gold pieces and never seems to run out of them.
- You Must Be This Tall to Ride: In the cartoon episode "Pippi Enters the Big Race", the registrar tries to prevent Pippi from entering by pointing out she doesn't meet the minimum height requirement. However, when she's measured, her pigtails lift, making her tall enough to qualify.
- Youthful Freckles: She takes great pride in her freckles, which reflect her adventurous and carefree nature.