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Characters from Kiki's Delivery Service include:

Main Characters

Kiki

A thirteen year old witch who, in accordance with tradition, must live in a town for a year, on her own, when she turns thirteen.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Blush Sticker: Kiki has them throughout the film.
Cute Clumsy Girl: She's quite clumsy when she first starts the delivery service, but slowly gets better.
Cute Witch: A rather mild version of it, given how Hayao Miyazaki has repeatedly denounced otaku culture (though Kiki's still cute).
Daddy's Girl: Although she also takes after her mother.
Determinator: Kiki, especially in the climax of the film. She gets a borrowed broom to lift off simply by focusing hard and telling it to fly.
GASP: Kiki does this once she realises she is about to be late for Tombo's party. The clock in Madame's house runs about ten minutes slow, and when she is informed of this, she GASPs and rushes to deliver the baked pie and to go the party.
Hair Decorations: The preposterously large red bow Kiki wears, visible in almost every shot that she's in.
Little Miss Snarker: She occasionally replies to Jiji's snarky comments.
Plucky Girl: Kiki's a poster child for this trope. She's a Miyazaki heroine, after all. It takes true talent to leave your parents by thirteen and settle into a brand new life.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: At the hotel, the man behind the desk asks Kiki for identification after the latter says she is a witch. Kiki leaves immediately after.
Shrinking Violet: Kiki when she believes that Tombo's friends don't like her. Later on, she grows out of it.
They Should Have Sent a Poet: As Kiki swoops into the main setting.
Tsundere: Kiki is type B. She only seems to lapse into Tsuntsun mode when Tombo is pestering her, yet when he invites her to a party, she instantly wants to go. Jiji lampshades this mood swing ("I thought you didn't like him!")
Victoria's Secret Compartment: Yes, in a kid's film. Kiki keeps things down the front of her dress while flying her broom.

Tombo

The first person Kiki meets in Koriko who is her age. Tombo is a huge fan of aviation, and is a member of a flying club and builds flying machines.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Adorkable: Tombo.
Dogged Nice Guy: Tombo combines this with Extroverted Nerd. It takes a while, but eventually Kiki warms up to him.
Nerd Glasses: Tombo has them.
Stalker with a Crush: Tombo comes across this way to Kiki intially, so she avoids him as much as possible. She later realizes that she has misjudged him and becomes his friend. Turns out, he really likes flying and anything that flies, including witches!

Adults

Osono

A person who runs the bakery Kiki stays at, and provides for her.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Ursula

A painter who lives in a reclusive shelter. Kiki meets her on her first delivery job.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Nice Girl
Reclusive Artist: Ursula, who lives in a cabin in the woods. Subverting the trope, she's quite friendly and later visits Kiki in town.

Kokiri

Kiki's mother, playing a minor role in the beginning and end of the film. When the audience first sees her, she is brewing potions.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Good Parents

Okino

Kiki's clumsy father, who was planning to take her on a camping trip before she decides to leave.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Good Parents
Bumbling Dad: Kiki's father is a lovable version. When Kiki announces that she is leaving, he trips over a string and makes carefully packed bags on top of his car tumble down.

Madame

A nice old lady who Kiki meets. She asks Kiki to deliver a cake to her granddaughter.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Animals

Jiji

All witches have black cats as companions. Jiji is the companion for Kiki!

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Animal Talk: Jiji can talk to Kiki, but also to other cats, and birds.
Cats Are Snarkers: His sarcasm is turned up in the 1998 Disney dub, as opposed to him in the original Japanese track. When Disney revisited the dub and released a more faithful version, some of this sarcasm is toned down.
Cats Hate Water
Deadpan Snarker: Kiki can occasionally shoot back, too.
Non-Human Sidekick: For Kiki.
Talking Animal: Jiji, though the movie implies that Jiji actually can't talk, it's just that Kiki can understand and talk to him. Made more obvious when she loses this power later in the movie.

Lily

A white cat Jiji meets in Koriko.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Love Interest: For Jiji.

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 == Main Characters ==
 === Kiki ===
+A thirteen year old witch who, in accordance with tradition, must live in a town for a year, on her own, when she turns thirteen.
-A description of the character goes here.
 {{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
+* [[Blush Sticker]]: Kiki has them throughout the film.
-* [[Cute Witch]]
+* [[Cute Clumsy Girl]]: She's quite clumsy when she first starts the delivery service, but slowly gets better.
-* [[Trope]]
+* [[Cute Witch]]: A rather mild version of it, given how [[Hayao Miyazaki]] has repeatedly denounced otaku culture (though Kiki's still cute).
-* [[Trope]]
+* [[Daddy's Girl]]: Although she also takes after her mother.
+* [[Determinator]]: Kiki, especially in the climax of the film. She gets a borrowed broom to lift off simply by focusing hard and telling it to fly.
+* [[GASP]]: Kiki does this once she realises she is about to be late for Tombo's party. The clock in Madame's house runs about ten minutes slow, and when she is informed of this, she GASPs and rushes to deliver the baked pie and to go the party.
+* [[Hair Decorations]]: The preposterously large red bow Kiki wears, visible in almost every shot that she's in.
+* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: She occasionally replies to Jiji's snarky comments.
+* [[Plucky Girl]]: Kiki's a poster child for this trope. She's a Miyazaki heroine, after all. It takes true talent to leave your parents by thirteen and settle into a brand new life.
+* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: At the hotel, the man behind the desk asks Kiki for identification after the latter says she is a witch. Kiki leaves immediately after.
+* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Kiki when she [[I Just Want to Have Friends|believes that Tombo's friends don't like her.]] Later on, she grows out of it.
+* [[They Should Have Sent a Poet]]: As Kiki swoops into the main setting.
+* [[Tsundere]]: Kiki is type B. She only seems to lapse into Tsuntsun mode when Tombo is pestering her, yet when he invites her to a party, she instantly wants to go. Jiji lampshades this mood swing ("I thought you didn't like him!")
+* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Yes, in a kid's film. Kiki keeps things down the front of her dress while flying her broom.
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 === Tombo ===
+The first person Kiki meets in Koriko who is her age. Tombo is a huge fan of aviation, and is a member of a flying club and builds flying machines.
-A description of the character goes here.
 {{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
-* [[Trope]]
+* [[Adorkable]]: Tombo.
+* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Tombo combines this with [[Extroverted Nerd]]. It takes a while, but eventually Kiki warms up to him.
-* [[Trope]]
+* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Tombo has them.
-* [[Trope]]
+* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Tombo comes across this way to Kiki intially, so she avoids him as much as possible. She later realizes that she has misjudged him and becomes his friend. Turns out, he really likes flying and anything that flies, including [[Flying Broomstick|witches]]!
 {{break}}
 == Adults ==
+=== Osono ===
+A person who runs the bakery Kiki stays at, and provides for her.
+{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
+* [[Nice Girl]]
+* [[Parental Substitute]]
 === Ursula ===
+A painter who lives in a reclusive shelter. Kiki meets her on her first delivery job.
-A description of the character goes here.
 {{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
 * [[Nice Girl]]
+* [[Reclusive Artist]]: Ursula, who [[The Hermit|lives in a cabin in the woods.]] Subverting the trope, she's quite friendly and later visits Kiki in town.
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-=== Osono ===
+=== Kokiri ===
+Kiki's mother, playing a minor role in the beginning and end of the film. When the audience first sees her, she is brewing potions.
-* [[Parental Substitute]]
+{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
-=== Kokiri (Kiki's mother) ===
 * [[Good Parents]]
-=== Okino (Kiki's father) ===
+=== Okino ===
+Kiki's clumsy father, who was planning to take her on a camping trip before she decides to leave.
+{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
 * [[Good Parents]]
+* [[Bumbling Dad]]: Kiki's father is a lovable version. When Kiki announces that she is leaving, he trips over a string and makes carefully packed bags on top of his car tumble down.
 === Madame ===
+A nice old lady who Kiki meets. She asks Kiki to deliver a cake to her granddaughter.
+{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
 * [[Cool Old Lady]]
+* [[Nice Girl]]
 == Animals ==
 === Jiji ===
+All witches have black cats as companions. Jiji is the companion for Kiki!
+{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
+* [[Animal Talk]]: Jiji can talk to Kiki, but also to other cats, and birds.
+* [[Cats Are Snarkers]]: His sarcasm is turned up in the 1998 Disney dub, as opposed to him in the original Japanese track. When Disney revisited the dub and released a more faithful version, some of this sarcasm is toned down.
+* [[Cats Hate Water]]
+* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: [[Little Miss Snarker|Kiki can occasionally shoot back, too.]]
+* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: For Kiki.
+* [[Talking Animal]]: Jiji, though the movie implies that Jiji actually can't talk, it's just that Kiki can understand and talk to him.  {{spoiler|Made more obvious when she loses this power later in the movie.}}
 === Lily ===
+A white cat Jiji meets in Koriko.
+{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
+* [[Love Interest]]: For Jiji.
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