Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts characters

Appears from the start

A mistreated young woman who longs to escape her household and is given a magical chance to attend a royal ball. Her familiar fairy-tale situation begins the collection.

Appears from the start

The royal bachelor hosting the ball that Cinderella attends. To her, he appears to offer a route out of her unhappy home.

First appears in chapter 2

A poor boy whose family's cow is exchanged for magic beans. The enormous beanstalk they produce offers him a dangerous route to a giant's home.

First appears in chapter 3

A princess driven from home by a jealous queen. She finds shelter with seven men whose livelihood has left them struggling for money.

First appears in chapter 4

A girl who comes upon the bears' empty home and enters without permission. This version treats her familiar curiosity as an intrusion into someone else's property.

First appears in chapter 5

A confident girl traveling through the woods to visit her grandmother. The wolf expects her to fill the helpless role assigned to her in the familiar tale.

First appears in chapter 6

One of three house-building brothers. He chooses brick for his home, giving him stronger protection from the wolf than the other pigs possess.

First appears in chapter 7

An unusually intelligent farm animal who studies his surroundings and wonders about the farmer's purpose in keeping and feeding him.

First appears in chapter 8

A large predator whose polite approach does not make him safe. He addresses a child directly while considering the child as his next meal.

First appears in chapter 9

A hungry wild cat whose victim expects conventional good manners to provide protection. The brief encounter turns on the difference between social expectations and an animal's appetite.

First appears in chapter 10

A small but dangerous creature discovered close to a person's sleeping place. Its size offers little comfort once its sting becomes the central threat.

First appears in chapter 11

An exotic animal obtained as a demanding child's pet. Hungry and far from its natural surroundings, it must interpret the confusing instructions and names used by its new owners.

First appears in chapter 12

A well-defended animal whose sharp quills create an embarrassing emergency after an unfortunate human encounter.

First appears in chapter 13

A remarkable cow whose sudden ability to fly gives her an unusual way to respond to an unpleasant man below.

First appears in chapter 15

A child who insists that a creature inside his stomach is responsible for his hunger. His mother regards the claim as an excuse rather than a literal explanation.