Fantastic Mr. Fox and Other Animal Stories characters

First appears in chapter 2

A clever fox who supports his family by stealing food from three neighboring farms. He is confident in his ability to avoid the farmers and careful about disguising the route to his underground home.

First appears in chapter 2

Mr Fox's wife and the mother of their four children. She worries about the risks he takes on his nightly raids and depends on the food he brings back to their underground home.

Appears from the start

A large chicken farmer who eats heavily and joins his two neighbors in trying to kill the fox that raids their farms.

Appears from the start

A short, irritable farmer who raises ducks and geese. He helps Boggis and Bean surround Fox's hill after their first ambush fails.

Appears from the start

A thin turkey-and-cider farmer and the most calculating of the three men hunting Mr Fox. He insists that the farmers maintain their watch rather than admit defeat.

First appears in chapter 12

A practical underground neighbor whom Mr Fox meets while tunneling. Badger's family is also starving because the farmers have surrounded the hill, so he urgently wants to know whether Fox has found a way out.

First appears in chapter 19

A shy retired man who lives beneath Mrs Silver and has quietly fallen in love with her. He tends his balcony plants and longs for a reason to speak more openly to his upstairs neighbor.

First appears in chapter 19

Mr Hoppy's widowed upstairs neighbor, whose chief companion is a small tortoise. She longs for the animal to grow and readily listens when Mr Hoppy claims he knows a special method.

First appears in chapter 20

Mrs Silver's small pet tortoise and her closest companion at home. She cares for him attentively but is disappointed that he does not seem to grow.

First appears in chapter 26

A huge crocodile who leaves the river intending to eat children. He boasts openly about his plan and relies on disguises to approach his intended victims.

First appears in chapter 26

A powerful elephant who is appalled by the crocodile's plan. Like the other jungle animals, he watches for danger and intervenes when the crocodile's disguises threaten children.

First appears in chapter 28

A boy who dreams of turning an abandoned shop into a sweet shop. When he enters the building, he finds that an unusual window-cleaning company has made it its headquarters.

First appears in chapter 29

The long-necked member of the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company. Her height allows the group to reach upper windows without scaffolding, though she needs Billy's help when the company receives its first major job.

First appears in chapter 29

A pelican whose elastic beak serves as the window-cleaning company's bucket. He can also fly up to distant windows and carry water or objects for the team.

First appears in chapter 29

The energetic washer of the window-cleaning company. He rides on the Giraffe and uses the water carried by the Pelican while Billy helps the group organize its work.

First appears in chapter 31

A wealthy aristocrat with hundreds of windows at his great house. He hires Billy's new friends to clean them and becomes an enthusiastic patron when their first assignment takes an unexpected turn.