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Revision as of 01:33, 15 May 2011
Charlotte (CHARLOTTE) is a witch appearing in Episode 3 of the anime. She has two forms.
The dessert witch, with a tenacious nature. She desires everything. She will never give up. Though she is capable of creating infinite amounts of any dessert she desires, she is unable to make the cheese that she loves most. One could easily catch her off-guard with a piece of cheese. |
See above. |
Minions
The dessert witch's minion. His duty is to search for cheese. However, one shouldn't expect much from him. |
Trivia
- A charlotte is a type of dessert.
- The name Charlotte could also refer to Charlotte Buff, a woman Goethe unrequitedly loved and that deeply influenced him. The central and homonym character from Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther was based on her.
- The head of her first form is shaped like piece of candy in wrap.
- Watching carefully one can see that when Charlotte's second form gets injured a new Charlotte comes out of the mouth replacing the old as if the layers are being blown away.
- Pyotr is the Russian form of the given name Peter.
- On the official website, a mousing over Charlotte's card changes the image from the first to the second using JavaScript.
- Although official pronunciations of almost all witches' names are undisclosed, "Charlotte" is pronounced "シャルロッテ" (Sharurotte) like a German name (Shar-lot-teh) according to an official product's document.
- Runes in Charlotte's card are styled like biscuits.
- Charlotte reveals witches' kisses differ from witch to witch.
Speculation
- Her second form may have been inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
- Her second form seems to be visually based on - or inspired by japanese modern artist Takeshi Murakami's art.
- Charlotte might have been a cancer patient. Patients undergoing chemotherapy are unable to eat certain foods such as cheese. This would explain her hospital-based labyrinth theme and the location of her grief seed. Kyubey is likely to target terminally ill girls.
- In that case, her caterpillar-like second form would represent unlimited reproduction of cancer cells.
- It is possible that she was designed around the theme of bulimia nervosa, which involves restrained food intake, periodic binge-eating, and frequently the purging of consumed foods through vomit. Issues of self-image may be involved.
- Charlotte might have another true body separately and be immortal without its destruction. (See the gallery)
Gallery
- And-then--black-mr-dob-takashi-murakami.jpg
And Then, And Then, And Then, And Then, And Then (Black Mr. DOB) by Takashi Murakami: This style of "superflat" might have been applied to the design of Charlotte's second form.
External links
- Charlotte card at official website (Japanese)
- Pyotr card at official website (Japanese)