Into the Woods/Characters

The Baker
"What if I just wasn't meant to have children?"


 * Action Survivor
 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
 * The Hero
 * Hurting Hero: the second half of Act II. OH GOD, Act II.
 * Took a Level in Badass

The Baker's Wife
"But you have a princess. And I have a... baker."


 * Everyone Calls Her Barkeep
 * Only Sane Woman
 * Only Sane Woman

Jack
"But Mother, no! Not Milky White - he's the best cow!"


 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Idiot Hero: The idiotest.
 * Simple Jack!
 * "Sometimes, I fear you're touched!"
 * Tenor Boy
 * Took a Level in Badass

Jack's Mother
"Jack, Jack, Jack, head in a sack!"


 * My Beloved Smother
 * Only Sane Woman: Her son is not that bright.
 * Only Sane Woman: Her son is not that bright.

Little Red Riding Hood
"And though scary is exciting, Nice is different than Good."


 * Action Girl: Shows signs of this in Act II, if some of her tropes below indicate anything.
 * Axe Crazy
 * Big Eater: In the opening number.
 * Deadpan Snarker: "You talk to birds?"
 * Girl with Psycho Weapon
 * Knife Nut
 * Large Ham: Depending on the production, her screaming can be either heartbreaking or hilarious.
 * Little Miss Badass
 * Took a Level in Badass

The Wolf
"Hello, little girl..."


 * Fan Disservice: No, it's not just your imagination.
 * In some versions.
 * Menacing Stroll
 * Shout-Out: This may be completely incidental, but he bears a striking resemblance to Jareth.

The Witch
"I'm not Good, I'm not Nice, I'm just Right. I'm the Witch - and you're the world."


 * Abusive Parents: Locks her adopted daughter in a tower all her life, and then gets snippy when the girl wants to leave.
 * Above Good and Evil
 * "I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right."
 * Anti-Villain
 * Whether or not  is debatable.
 * Badass: Especially considering that she's a character in a Broadway Musical about fairy tales.
 * Casting Gag: A 2012 production features Donna Murphy, who previously voiced Rapunzel's stepmother in Disney's Tangled, as the witch.
 * Dark Action Girl: Does several evil deeds, and is probably the biggest Badass in the show.
 * Evil Matriarch
 * I Was Quite a Looker
 * Knight Templar Parent
 * Large Ham
 * Vain Sorceress
 * What the Hell, Hero?: "Last Midnight" is one big one to all the main characters.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: "Last Midnight" is one big one to all the main characters.

The Narrator
"Once upon a time . . . later."


 * "You're going to be on the INSIDE, now!"
 * First-Person Smartass
 * Interactive Narrator
 * Lemony Narrator:
 * Only Sane Man
 * Only Sane Man

Cinderella
"What's the good in being kind if everyone is blind, and you're always left behind?"


 * Be Careful What You Wish For: Her recurring theme of "I wish" kick-starts both acts.
 * Book Ends: She starts and ends the musical with "I wish"
 * Cool Big Sis: Towards Little Red, though they're not related.
 * Friend to All Living Things: Her sidekick birds.
 * Meganekko: In the original cast, but not universally. And only for the first song.
 * Team Mom
 * The Chick
 * Took a Level in Badass

Rapunzel
"I was lonely atop that tower!"


 * The Ditz
 * Girl in the Tower
 * Hair of Gold: Well, "as yellow as corn", technically.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Finally tells off the Witch for sticking her in a tower all her life, abandoning her, blinding her Prince, and generally being a Jerkass.
 * Screaming Woman
 * The Soprano: Averted by her character, but vocally? You'd better believe it.
 * The Ophelia
 * : She was kept in a tower all her life.

Cinderella's Prince
"I was raised to be charming, not sincere."

"But even one prick - it's my thing about blood!"
 * Afraid of Blood


 * The Casanova
 * Large Ham

Rapunzel's Prince
"Aaaaaagonyyyyy! Much more painful than yours!"


 * Eye Scream: *shudder* He makes an Unexplained Recovery.
 * Large Ham: Engaging in Ham-to-Ham Combat with his brother.
 * Prince Charmless
 * Why Did It Have To Be Dwarves?

The Giantess
""That boy stole our gold, our hen, and our harp. Then he killed my husband! I must avenge the wrongdoing.""


 * Anti-Villain: Most of the deaths she causes are accidents and if she were human, Jack would have been thrown into a dungeon for the things he did to her and her husband.
 * Blind Without'Em: She loses her glasses and can't look for Jack by sight.
 * Knight of Cerebus
 * Mrs. Robinson: Implied in "Giants in the Sky."
 * The Unseen
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist

Cinderella's Father
"The closer to the family, the closer to the wine."


 * Alcoholic Parent
 * Unnamed Parent
 * Cinderella Circumstances: Obviously.
 * Parental Abandonment / Parental Obliviousness: This part can be played either way.

The Steward
""The greater the good, the harder the blow""


 * Karma Houdini
 * Obstructive Bureaucrat