Oliver & Company (film)/Characters

Oliver
"Voiced by: Joey Lawrence"

Tropes associated with Oliver:
 * Cats Are Mean: Quite naturally averted.
 * Cute Kitten
 * The Hero
 * Naive Newcomer: To Fagin's gang.
 * Orphan's Ordeal
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter



Dodger
"Voiced by: Billy Joel"

Tropes associated with Dodger:
 * The Artful Dodger: An Expy of the Trope Namer.
 * The Cast Showoff: He is voiced by Billy Joel, after all.
 * Cool Shades
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Hey, It's Billy Joel!
 * The Lancer
 * Street Smart



Ignacio Alonzo Julio Federico de Tito
"Voiced by: Cheech Marin"

Tropes associated with Tito:
 * Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: At Jenny's apartment, he sniffs a cigar lying around, quoting, "If this is torture, chain me to the wall!!!"
 * Hey, Its That Voice: Has the same voice as Banzai.
 * Latin Lover:Averted til the End of the movie.
 * Motor Mouth
 * Overly Long Name: His friends simply call him "Tito" for a reason.



Einstein
"Voiced by: Richard Mulligan"

Tropes associated with Einstein:
 * Big Friendly Dog
 * The Big Guy
 * Dogs Are Dumb
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Ironic Nickname: Yeah, he ain't exactly the smartest member of Fagin's gang.



Francis
"Voiced by: Roscoe Lee Browne"

Tropes associated with Francis:
 * The Big Guy
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Fake Brit: His voice actor, Roscoe Lee Browne, is actually an African-American, born in Newark, New Jersey.
 * Insistent Terminology: He refuses to be referred to as "Frank" or "Frankie", a fact that Tito abuses when they fight over what to watch on TV.
 * Large Ham
 * Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Plays dead in front of Jenny's limo to distract Winston long enough for Oliver and Tito to steal the radio from inside.



Rita
"Voiced by: Sheryl Lee Ralph"

Tropes associated with Rita:
 * The Chick
 * Sassy Black Woman
 * The Smurfette Principle: Is noticeable the only female dog in Fagin's gang, and the only major female character, apart from Jenny and Georgette.
 * Women Are Wiser: Notably the only one who notices.



Fagin
"Voiced by: Dom DeLuise"

Tropes associated with Fagin:
 * Anti-Villain
 * Cowardly Lion
 * The Fagin: An Expy of the Trope Namer only having a heart of gold this time around.
 * Homeless Pigeon Person



Roscoe and Desoto
"Voiced by: Taurean Blacque (Roscoe) and Carl Weintraub (Desoto)"

Tropes associated with Roscoe and Desoto:
 * Color Coded for Your Convenience: Roscoe = red, Desoto = blue.
 * Dark Is Evil: Is it ever!
 * Expy: Somewhat like the alligators, Brutus and Nero, from The Rescuers, since there are two of them, and both serve the villain.
 * Family-Unfriendly Death: Fried by the third rail.
 * No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Anytime they get into a fight with Dodger.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Somewhat inverted, since Roscoe, the red-collared doberman, is somewhat cooler than the blue-collared doberman, Desoto.
 * Scary Black Man: Roscoe - you can hear his African - American accent.
 * Those Two Bad Dogs



Bill Sykes
"Voiced by: Robert Loggia"

Tropes associated with Sykes:
 * Ax Crazy: At one point.
 * Badass Finger-Snap: Its his attack dogs' cue to attack.
 * Bad Boss
 * The Big Bad
 * Fat Bastard
 * Good Smoking, Evil Smoking
 * Loan Shark
 * Right-Hand Attack Dog: Two for the price of one! (See below).
 * Right-Hand Attack Dog: Two for the price of one! (See below).



Jenny Foxworth
"Voiced by: Natalie Gregory"

Tropes associated with Jenny:
 * The Chick
 * Damsel in Distress: In the climax after
 * Expy: Of Penny from The Rescuers.
 * Lonely Rich Kid
 * Spoiled Sweet: To a certain extent.
 * Younger Than They Look: She appears to have only eight candles on her birthday cake. At the end of the film, no less. However, some have argued that she looks older than eight or seven.

Winston
"Voiced by: William Glover"

Tropes associated with Winston:
 * Cool Old Guy He's apparently a fan of pro wrestling.



Georgette
"Voiced by: Bette Midler"

Tropes associated with Georgette:
 * Anti-Hero: She is extremely jealous of Oliver when Jenny first gets him, and tries to get rid of him after that. Despite this, she does help Oliver and the gang  and appears to have...slightly lightened up by the end.
 * Green-Eyed Monster: Towards Oliver for much of the movie.
 * It's All About Me: She gets a little better though.
 * Large Ham: Nearly every line is a slice of pure pork, as you would expect from her voice actress.
 * Lovable Alpha Bitch: She does have a heart, especially towards the end.
 * Really Gets Around: Just check out her shrine to her admirers! Even Ratigan appears in there.
 * Rich Bitch: A literal example!
 * Shrine to Self: Her room is not only stuffed with photographs and paintings of her and many, MANY mirrors, but statues of her make up most of her bed, flank her vanity table, and even her dog bowl has a few miniature Georgettes on it.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: It is unclear whether her fur was dyed blue, naturally blue, or intended as gray via Hair Color Dissonance.