List of Disney's Cinderella characters
The main characters introduced in the first film include the protagonist Cinderella, her mouse friends Jaq and Gus, her stepmother Lady Tremaine and stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella, her Fairy Godmother, and her love interest, Prince Charming.
Cinderella (voiced by Ilene Woods in the original film and Jennifer Hale in the sequels) is a young orphan who, after the death of her father, is forced into servitude under her evil stepmother, Lady Tremaine, and stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella.
With the help of her animal friends, she repairs her mother's old dress so that she can attend a royal ball, but is heartbroken when her stepsisters tear it up and fears that her dreams will never come true.
She was originally named Ella, with Cinderella being a spiteful nickname the stepsisters gave to her after she slept near the fireplace and was covered by cinder (ash).
In Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, they and the mice move into the castle and Gus comes up with the idea to make the new book of stories to replace the old one.
They later help Cinderella put on her wedding gown, but Tremaine sends them away and assigns Lucifer to drive them in a pumpkin carriage over a cliff.
Like other characters from the first film, Jaq and Gus make cameo appearances in the television series House of Mouse as guests of the titular club.
In Once Upon a Time, Billy the mechanic (Jarod Joseph) is revealed in the episode "Child of the Moon" to be the mouse Gus.
In Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, Anastasia falls in love with a working-class baker and wants to get close to him, which Tremaine forbids because of her prejudice towards his social standing.
However, Cinderella reassures her that the baker is a good man, regardless of what Lady Tremaine believes, and encourages her to follow her heart.
Though manipulated and forced into marrying Prince Charming as a means to fulfil her family's selfish desires, she begins to feel remorse and guilt.
[6] At Walt Disney World during the Cinderella's Gala Feast attraction, Julie and Mike Neal stated that "everyone will love Anastasia and Drizella, Cinderella's evil stepsisters, who wander the room with Lady Tremaine..."[7] Like other characters from the first film, Anastasia makes cameo appearances in the television series House of Mouse as a guest of the titular club.
She appears in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep in her homeworld, Castle of Dreams, having the same role as in the original film.
However, the darkness in her heart leads her to attempt to murder Cinderella before the Cursed Coach, an Unversed born from their jealousy, drops a bomb on them and transforms them into Heartless.
Like other characters from the first film, Drizella makes cameo appearances in the television series House of Mouse as a guest of the titular club.
She appears in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep in her homeworld, Castle of Dreams, having the same role as in the original film.
However, the darkness in her heart leads her to attempt to murder Cinderella before the Cursed Coach, an Unversed born from their jealousy, drops a bomb on them and transforms them into Heartless.
Lucifer (vocal effects provided by June Foray in the original film, Frank Welker in the sequels, and Jon Olson in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep) is the Tremaines' pet cat, who antagonizes the mice and seemingly dies by falling out of the tower's window after being scared away by Bruno.
Like other characters from the first film, Lucifer makes cameo appearances in the television series House of Mouse as a guest of the titular club.
Lucifer appears in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep as a boss character who Ventus fights while helping Jaq gather the necessary materials for Cinderella's dress.
The Fairy Godmother (voiced by Verna Felton in the first film, by Russi Taylor in sequels and other media, and Grey DeLisle in The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse) appears after Cinderella's stepsisters tear up her dress, using her magic to transform her gown into a dress, the mice into stallions, Bruno the dog into a footman, Major the horse into a coachman, and a pumpkin into a white coach.
In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, her wand is stolen by Anastasia, who accidentally turns her into a stone statue, and Tremaine uses its magic.
She also appears in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep in the world Castle of Dreams, reprising her role from the film and shrinking Ventus and Aqua to the size of mice, and in the Re Mind expansion of Kingdom Hearts III, where Merlin and Yen Sid task her with assisting in the search for Sora by looking into Riku's dreams.
The Fairy Godmother appears in the Descendants film series, portrayed by Melanie Paxson, where she is the principal of Auradon Preparatory and has a daughter, Jane.
In the fourth film, Descendants: The Rise of Red, she is the new president of Auradon University, and also a past version of her appears as a teenager, portrayed by Grace Narducci.
After meeting Cinderella while she attempts to reclaim the wand, he is confused by the connection he feels with her before Gus and Jaq convince him or their story.
