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Darla Dimple
Darla Dimple

Voice Actor/Actress

Ashley Peldon (speaking). Lindsay Ridgeway (singing).

Chei Kojiro (Japanese dub). Cristina Hernandez (Spanish dub). Esmeralda Kame (Albanian dub). Aline Pinsonneault (French dub).

Personality

Adorable (formerly), sweet (formerly), kind (formerly), talkative (formerly), enthusiastic (formerly), beautiful (formerly), loving (formerly), temperamental, angry, rude, spoiled, hot-tempered, evil, greedy, ruthless, vengeful, heartless, selfish, unpleasant, vindictive, manipulative, calculating, sociopathic

Apperance

Small, slightly oral, fair skin, pink clothes, bleach blonde hair, blue eyes, and pink hair bow

Friends

Max, Darla Sherman, Philip Sherman, L.B. Mammoth (formerly)

Foes

Danny, Sawyer, Nemo, Marli, Dory, Gill, Bloat, Peach, Gurgle, Deb, Bubbles, Jacques, Nigel, Pudge, Woolie, Tillie, T.W., Frances, Cranston, L.B. Mammoth, and Flanigan

Likes

Fame, being in the lead, and power

Dislikes

Animals, which is including Danny, her role being stolen

Goal

To remain the most popular performer around at any cost (failed)

Fate

She fell through a trapdoor, got fired from show business and got a job as a janitor

Quote

"That's right! I am an angel! I... am... an adorable... little... ANGEEEEEEEL!!!" (
) "I...HATE...ANIMAAAAAALS!!! Especially that one!!!" (
) "I'm the star... Stupid, stupid cat... (inhale) I should have drowned you all when I flooded the stage!!!"

Darla Dimple is the main antagonist of the animated movie Cats Don't Dance. Darla Dimple made an effort to appear sweet and kind when in public, but she is a spoiled, mean and ultimately perfect girl who has no qualms about exacting unjust vengeance on anyone, whom she felt, has wronged her. Darla is also a sweet heart to her staff and underlings, as to the point they tried everything to keep her happy, due probably to her being their main star plus the fact nobody wanted to risk invoking her wrath and having the dreaded Max to deal with as Darla has got such a bad temper.

Danny discovered Darla's bad side the hard way when he accidentally offended her by overstepping his place and attempting to sing, which Darla became infuriated by this and went into a temper tantrum that climaxed in her calling in Max, who proceeded to grab Danny and intimidate him. However, Danny wasn't giving up his dreams and this inevitably put him into conflict with Darla again. Darla planned a scheme for the animals to get kicked out, singing 'Big and Loud' to Danny, making him think that she is doing something for him. During the animal's performance, Darla began to sabotage the stage and succeeded in her goals. When the animals got kicked out, she came up to Danny in her private car, hugging him while thanking him for his participation, revealing to the animals his responsibility in this scheme and Darla chucked out fudge out of her car and drove off, laughing her head off as she goes.

At the end of the movie Darla's temper got the better of her when she exposed herself as the spoiled monster she truly was to the entire audience when, after a failed attempted at sabotage, she yelled at Danny that she should have drowned him when she flooded the stage, unaware a microphone was currently attached to her due to her falling from a catwalk and becoming entangled in wires and stage-props. Darla was promptly dropped through a trapdoor by pudge, the penguin, who pulled a lever which opened the door, it is not known how she escaped injury, but at the end of the movie, she has been fired from show business and has been seen working as a janitor during the end credits.


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Trivia[]

  • When Darla is in her sweet and loving personality, her hair bow is normal; however, whenever she loses her temper or begins scheming, her bow becomes pointed which gives her the appearance of devilish horns.
  • Darla bears a physical resemblance to (but does not have the same personality as) the late Shirley Temple during her days as a child actress in the 1930s. However, Shirley was a brunette while Darla is blonde.
    • Darla is also stated to be a parody of the young Shirley Temple.
    • Both Darla Dimple and Shirley Temple have curly hair and both of them are singing child actresses. But unlike Shirley who is sweet and nice, Darla is evil and greedy.
  • Although she is the main antagonist, Darla hasn't been competed with Danny physically, her butler Max does. Darla’s true villainy is in her behavior and words.
  • Some people think she is the main antagonist of the movie, because she is the one who sabotages the animals. However, she is the secondary antagonist of the the movie and the second in-command to the true main antagonist.
  • Her actual name "Darleen" is a play on the word "darling", meaning a precious and adorable person.
  • Her dual personalities make her somewhat similar to Momoka Nishizawa from the Sgt. Frog series, since both are rich spoiled children.
    • However, unlike Momoka, Darla's evil personality is her true form.
  • Darla is a bit overweight, especially in her limbs. When she gets knocked offstage during “Little Boat on the Sea”, you can see her chubby legs in relation to how tiny her feet are.
  • She has gapped front teeth to show that she is indeed a child, similar to fellow wealthy child villain Montana Max.
  • Her curls are made by electrocuting her hair. In real life, this would have killed her.
  • Her real age is unknown, but the actress providing her singing voice was around 12 at the time. However, Darla would likely be in kid years (possibly 6 years old) .
  • It is unknown if she genuinely cares about her fans or is just giving out autographs to make herself look better. Given her short temper, it’s probably the latter.
  • Several clues are alluding to her hatred of animals: singing about drowning animals in her production, refusing her rubber ducky, screaming “I HATE ANIMALS” while pointing at Danny, eating animal crackers, her fantasy about drowning Danny and Sawyer, trying to frame the animals, and sabotaging the stage.
  • Darla gets a lot of panty shots, which some parents might criticize as sexualization.
  • She is similar to Steele from Balto: They are obsessed with fame and will do anything to get it, even if it means destroying the main heroes, and they are also psychopathic. However, Darla is not quite as evil as Steele is; Steele was willing to condemn an entire village of children to death, whereas Darla simply wanted to kill Danny.
  • Darla is also similar to Cozy Glow from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: They both pretend to be sweet, innocent, kind, and lovable in front of the public society, but deep in their hearts, they're actually ill-tempered, power-hungry, cruel, dishonest, and highly menacing. They also wear a bow and have many ringlet curls, though Darla's hair is blonde and Cozy Glow's mane is blue. Darla and Cozy however, have different goals with Darla wanting to drown Danny and the animals during stage production, while Cozy Glow wanted to take over Equestria and bring chaos and disharmony.
  • She's possibly an orphan as she has no parents that are present in the film. Her vast wealth could indicate her parents are wealthy and either they died or left, leaving Max to be her caretaker. Therefore, her villainous nature stems from a lack of any parental discipline and Max isn't doing anything about it because it's not his place to do so. That and Max seems to be enjoy following Darla's orders to a sadistic degree.
  • Darla is similar to Miss Piggy from The Muppets: TBA
  • Darla has committed the Seven Deadly Sins.
    • Wrath: She is extremely short-tempered and will lash out at others when she just didn't get in her way.
    • Gluttony: Eating a lot of sweets, as shown when she met Danny.
    • Lust: An attention-seeker who tries to act cute to manipulate others into doing whatever she wants.
    • Pride: Sees herself better than anyone else.
    • Greed: Wants all fame to herself.
    • Sloth: Has Max to do all the work while she watched him to do so, as shown when he flood the stage to ruin Max and the animals' act.
    • Envy: Gets jealous if anyone upstage her and even tried to stop anyone from doing so, as shown when she sees Danny and the other animals performing onstage after her movie is played.
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