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'''Charlotte''' ({{Runes|CHARLOTTE}}) is a [[witch]] appearing in [[episode 3]] of the anime.
'''Charlotte''' ({{Runes|CHARLOTTE}}) is a [[witch]] appearing in [[episode 3]] of the anime.


Charlotte reappears in ''[[The Rebellion Story|Rebellion]]'', though she has a slightly different appearance. The other characters call her "Bebe", and she helps the magical girls in their fight against the [[Nightmare]]s. Bebe/Charlotte eventually returns to her human form, a magical girl named [[Nagisa Momoe]].
Charlotte reappears in [[The Rebellion Story]], though she has a slightly different appearance. The other characters call her "Bebe", and she helps the magical girls in their fight against the [[Nightmare]]s. She is able to switch from witch form to her original magical girl form: [[Nagisa Momoe]], due to being {{Spoiler|a part of the Law of Cycles}}.


==Cards==
Charlotte also appears in [[Madoka Magica Portable]], [[Madoka Magica Mobage]], [[Madoka Magica Online]], [[Madoka Magica - The Battle Pentagram|Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram]] and [[Magia Record]].
 
==Witch Cards==
{{Card
{{Card
|name          = Charlotte (First form)
|name          = Charlotte (First form)
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|image        = File:Card Charlotte.png
|image        = File:Card Charlotte.png
|japanese_desc = お菓子の魔女。その性質は執着。欲しいものは全部。絶対に諦めない。お菓子を無限に生み出せるが大好物のチーズだけは自分で作ることができない。チーズさえ持っていれば簡単に隙をつくことが出来ただろう。
|japanese_desc = お菓子の魔女。その性質は執着。欲しいものは全部。絶対に諦めない。お菓子を無限に生み出せるが大好物のチーズだけは自分で作ることができない。チーズさえ持っていれば簡単に隙をつくことが出来ただろう。
|english_desc  = 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.
|english_desc  = The witch of sweets. Her nature is tenacity. 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.
|type          = Dessert witch
|type          = Witch of sweets
|nature        = Tenacity
|nature        = Tenacity
|episodes      = [[Episode 3]]
|episodes      = [[Episode 3]], [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record|Magia Record]]
}}
}}
{{Card
{{Card
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|image        = File:Card Charlotte 2.png
|image        = File:Card Charlotte 2.png
|japanese_desc = お菓子の魔女。その性質は執着。欲しいものは全部。絶対に諦めない。お菓子を無限に生み出せるが大好物のチーズだけは自分で作ることができない。チーズさえ持っていれば簡単に隙をつくことが出来ただろう。
|japanese_desc = お菓子の魔女。その性質は執着。欲しいものは全部。絶対に諦めない。お菓子を無限に生み出せるが大好物のチーズだけは自分で作ることができない。チーズさえ持っていれば簡単に隙をつくことが出来ただろう。
|english_desc  = 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.
|english_desc  = The witch of sweets. Her nature is tenacity. 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.
|type          = Dessert witch
|type          = Witch of sweets
|nature        = Tenacity
|nature        = Tenacity
|episodes      = [[Episode 3]]
|episodes      = [[Episode 3]], [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record|Magia Record]]
}}
}}
{{Card
{{Card
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|image        = File:Bebe_Card.png
|image        = File:Bebe_Card.png
|japanese_desc = お菓子の魔女。かつて執着の夢を見た。マミの家に突如現れた謎の生き物。「ベベ」と名づけられるが、その正体は円環の理からやって来たお菓子の魔女。出会った当初はかなり無口で無表情だったが、いつの間にか今のような有様に。ちょっとうるさい。新しい服はマミのお手製。巴マミは、この魔女が最後に見たこわい夢に出てくる人に似ている。
|japanese_desc = お菓子の魔女。かつて執着の夢を見た。マミの家に突如現れた謎の生き物。「ベベ」と名づけられるが、その正体は円環の理からやって来たお菓子の魔女。出会った当初はかなり無口で無表情だったが、いつの間にか今のような有様に。ちょっとうるさい。新しい服はマミのお手製。巴マミは、この魔女が最後に見たこわい夢に出てくる人に似ている。
|english_desc  = The Dessert Witch. Once dreamt of tenacity. A mysterious creature who suddenly appeared in Mami's home. Was christened "Bebe," but it is actually the Dessert Witch who arrived from the Law of Cycles. She was expressionless and silent when she was first encountered, but took on its current appearance out of the blue. A bit loud. Mami made its clothes by hand. Mami resembles someone who appeared in the final nightmare the witch saw.
|english_desc  = The witch of sweets. Once dreamt of tenacity. A mysterious creature who suddenly appeared in Mami's home. Was christened "Bebe," but it is actually the witch of sweets who arrived from the Law of Cycles. She was expressionless and silent when she was first encountered, but took on its current appearance out of the blue. A bit loud. Mami made its clothes by hand. Mami resembles someone who appeared in the final nightmare the witch saw.
|type          = Dessert witch
|type          = Witch of sweets
|nature        = Tenacity
|nature        = Tenacity
|episodes      = ''[[The Rebellion Story|Rebellion]]''
|episodes      = ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion]]''
}}
}}


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|image        = File:Card Pyotr.png
|image        = File:Card Pyotr.png
|japanese_desc = お菓子の魔女の手下。その役割はチーズを探すこと。しかし過度な期待は禁物。
|japanese_desc = お菓子の魔女の手下。その役割はチーズを探すこと。しかし過度な期待は禁物。
|english_desc  = The dessert witch's minion. His duty is to search for cheese. However, one shouldn't expect much from him.
|english_desc  = The witch of sweets' minion. It's duty is to search for cheese. However, one shouldn't expect much from it.
|type          = Dessert witch's minion
|type          = Witch of sweets' minion
|task          = Searching for cheese
|task          = Searching for cheese
|episodes      = [[Episode 3]], ''[[The Rebellion Story|Rebellion]]''
|episodes      = [[Episode 3]], ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion]]'', [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record|Magia Record]]
}}
}}
{{Card
{{Card
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|image        = File:Pyotr Polina FIXEDCard.png
|image        = File:Pyotr Polina FIXEDCard.png
|japanese_desc = 逃走中のお菓子の魔女とお菓子の魔女の手下達。その役割はチーズの探索とチーズの看病。ほむら救出時、看護師姿の手下はマミの空中ブランコの移動を手伝い、ネズミ型の手下はなぎさの周囲をとにかく回っていた。
|japanese_desc = 逃走中のお菓子の魔女とお菓子の魔女の手下達。その役割はチーズの探索とチーズの看病。ほむら救出時、看護師姿の手下はマミの空中ブランコの移動を手伝い、ネズミ型の手下はなぎさの周囲をとにかく回っていた。
|english_desc  = The fleeing Dessert Witch and her servants. Their roles are to search for cheese and to nurse the cheese. When saving Homura, the Nurse-like servant helped with Mami's trapezes, while the mouse-like servants generally ran circles around Nagisa's position.
|english_desc  = The fleeing witch of sweets and her servants. Their roles are to search for cheese and to nurse the cheese. When saving Homura, the nurse-like servant helped with Mami's trapezes, while the mouse-like servants generally ran circles around Nagisa's position.
|type          = Dessert witch's minion
|type          = Witch of sweets' minion
|task          = Search for and nurse cheese
|task          = Search for and nurse cheese
|episodes      = ''[[The Rebellion Story|Rebellion]]''
|episodes      = ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion]]''
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==History==
* A [[Episode_3#Witches_and_desserts|charlotte]] is a type of dessert.
===Original Anime===
* The name Charlotte could also refer to [[:Wikipedia:Charlotte Buff|Charlotte Buff]], a woman [[:Wikipedia:Goethe|Goethe]] unrequitedly loved and that deeply influenced him. The central and homonym character from Goethe's [[:Wikipedia:The Sorrows of Young Werther|The Sorrows of Young Werther]] was based on her.
Charlotte first appears in [[Episode 3]]. Her [[Grief Seed]] appears outside the hospital [[Kyosuke Kamijo]] is staying in, [[Madoka]] notices it whilst leaving with [[Sayaka]]. Sayaka stays by the Grief Seed while Madoka goes to find [[Mami]]. Mami and Madoka venture into the labyrinth together to save Sayaka and defeat the witch. Polina are shown in the labyrinth but never fought, however Pyotr are. When Mami and Madoka reach the deepest part of the labyrinth, Mami appears to beat the witch Charlotte however the witch reveals she hasn't been defeated by revealing her second form and decapitating Mami. She then proceeds to eat her, killing her. Before the witch can get to the other girls, [[Homura]] arrives and kills the witch with her time manipulations skills and explosives.
* Runes in Charlotte's card are styled like biscuits.
 
* On the official website, mousing over Charlotte's card changes the image from the first to the second using JavaScript.
===The Rebellion Story===
* 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 [http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004PVTNNK/ an official product's document].
Charlotte reappears in [[The Rebellion Story]] though with a slightly new appearance and the name 'Bebe'. She lives with Mami and joins the girls in their battles. [[Homura]] soon realises something's wrong as she remembers Charlotte being their enemy. Bebe quickly reveals herself to Mami to be the magical girl [[Nagisa Momoe]] and {{Spoiler|while fighting Homulilly, explains how she and Sayaka are reborn as part of the law of cycles and act as secretaries for Ultimate Madoka, hence why both of them can use their witch forms, albeit in different ways.}} Bebe is able to transform from witch form to magical girl form freely, as well as using her witch forms second form - though sometimes with a slightly altered appearance. She is also able to summon Pyotr, however they don't seem to be able to do much. Charlotte's original appearance in Episode 3 makes a cameo as Homura reminisces about witches as well as in photographs of Charlotte turning into Bebe with Mami.
* [[:Wikipedia:Pyotr|Pyotr]] is the Russian form of the given name Peter.
 
* Charlotte makes a brief appearance in [[Puella Magi Oriko Magica]].
===Manga===
* The [[Runes:Episode_3 | runes reading "MAMI MOGU MOGU GONBO"]] in Charlotte's barrier describe [[Mami Tomoe|Mami]]'s death, as mogu mogu is onomatopoeia for chewing, but also likely reference to a famous educational cooking TV show called [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B0GOMBO Mogu Mogu Gombo].  
Charlotte and Bebe reappear in the [[Madoka Magica Manga|original manga]] and [[Rebellion Manga]] with little differences.
** There is no significant difference between the Japanese pronunciations of gonbo and gombo, so gonbo is an alternate romanization.
 
** Mogu Mogu Gombo aired from 1993 until 2003 and was hosted by two famous comedians (Kobuhei Hayashiya and HIROMI). The main target audience was children, but many adults also enjoyed it.
Charlotte makes an appearance in [[The Different Story]] where the scene from Episode 3 plays out with Mami however Sayaka intercepts and saves Mami.
** The cooking and eating themes of the show match Charlotte's themes of sweets and eating Mami. A children's show matches other aspects of the barrier: Charlotte looks like a doll in one form and a clown in the other, she has a tea party setup like what a little girl might arrange, and she fills her barrier with candy.
 
The witch makes cameos in [[Puella Magi Oriko Magica]] and its [[Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story|Extra Story]]. She further appears in [[Welcome to Café Grief Seed!]] as the Spitting Witch who acts as an arrogant and rude customer to the cafe.
 
===Madoka Magica Portable===
Charlotte and her familiars reappear in [[Madoka Magica Portable]]. They appear in [[Madoka Magica Portable Madoka Route|Madoka's Route]], [[Madoka Magica Portable Mami Route|Mami's Route]], [[Madoka Magica Portable Sayaka Route|Sayaka's Route]] and [[Madoka Magica Portable Homura Route|Homura's Route]]. She also serves as the boss on the final floor of the Mysterious witch's barrier: the Sufficiency barrier.
 
When fighting her, she will always have both her forms as a boss fight. In [[Madoka Magica Portable Madoka Route|Madoka's Route]], you start as Mami to fight her first form then have to play as Homura for her second form, in line with the anime story. Her Grief Seed can be collected to cleanse a magical girl's Soul Gem during battle.
 
===Magia Record===
Charlotte appears as an enemy witch but also as Nagisa Momoe's doppel. Her witch description is the same as the original anime.
 
====In-Game ([[Nagisa Momoe in Magia Record|Normal]] version) description====
The Doppel of attachment. Its form is desserts. The master of this emotion gets attached to people and objects as soon as they pluck her heartstrings. She may behave in a shameful manner at times, but in her heart is a well of deep love. The Doppel does not fuse with its host; rather, it emerges as a mask from her nose, which then covers her face completely. The host does not move while her Doppel is present. Instead she sits completely still and stares as though she were staring at the object of her obsession.
 
====[[Nagisa Momoe (Valentine ver.)|Valentine]] version description====
The Doppel of tenacity. Its form is melted chocolate.
The master of this emotion always misidentifies the target of her tenacious attachment. Upon seeing a chocolate cake, she’ll surrender to its luscious brown temptation and try to swallow it whole, but will find her stomach filled with milk-white no-bake cheesecake instead.
This Doppel sometimes responds to its master’s desire by deliberately going for the cheesecake in the first place, but on these occasions alone, it finds its stomach filled with actual baked cheesecake.
 
====Pyotr====
Minions of the witch of sweets. Their role is to search for cheese.
You shouldn’t expect too much from them, though.
They came to [[Kamihama City|Kamihama]] in search of cheese, hailing from a place called [[Mitakihara City|Mitakihara]].
Their faces are actually stamps. They’ll headbutt anything that moves, instantly determining whether or not it’s cheese and marking it with either a “Cheese Approval Stamp” or a “Not-Cheese Stamp”.
Since they didn’t have much luck finding cheese in their master’s barrier, they expanded their search radius to outside the barrier. (They got kicked out, in a sense.) Even if they succeed in finding some cheese, though, it’s a little doubtful as to whether they remember the route back home.
 
===MADOGATARI===
====Pyotr====
The witch of sweets' minion. Its duty is to search for cheese.
They mill about inside the Labyrinth while emitting mouse-like squeaks.
Their faces are stamps, which they use to mark anything that isn't cheese.
The sight of them performing bodyslams while bouncing around like rubber balls may seem completely ridiculous,
but if you get hit by one of them head-on, you'll end up with more than a couple of broken bones.
====Song====
'''One solitary cheese''' (ひとっこチーズ)<br>
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チーズ！　チーズ！<br>
チーズは　どこよ？<br>


===Charlotte in ''Rebellion''===
チーズ！　チーズ！<br>
* According to the [[Movie 3 Brochure]], Charlotte is called "Bebe" in ''[[The Rebellion Story|Rebellion]]'' because the other characters can't actually read the [[runes]].
わたしは　ここよ？<br>
** It's possible that Bebe's name was meant to contrast with Mami's name ("Baby" and "Mommy").
* It is suggested that Charlotte's design was changed to make her more expressive.
* According to Witches Guide, Mami found Bebe in her original appearance (looking as Charlotte does) and was quiet. Mami sews Bebe new clothes and over time her appearance continues to change and she becomes even more interactive.
* Bebe actually talks to the other characters. When she speaks, bubbles with katakana appear from her mouth, though the noises she makes are just gibberish. The other characters appear to understand her just fine, and subtitles appear to let the viewer know what she's saying.
* Bebe is shown to be extremely close to Mami. Mami even says that if she didn't meet Bebe she would have fallen into despair long ago.
* She is called the Witch of Sweets in ''Rebellion''.


==Observations==
チーズ！　チーズ！<br>
* The head of her first form is shaped like a piece of candy in wrap.
おねがい　ひとつ<br>
* 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.
* Charlotte reveals witches' kisses differ from witch to witch.
* A line in the [[:file:Guidebook_0067.jpg|design for Charlotte's labyrinth]] in the [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Official_Guidebook_"You_Are_Not_Alone"#Witch_Design|Official Guidebook]] says "It's really a delicious cheese cake. My dying mother wanted to eat it, but maybe I should have cured her disease instead. However, that surely wasn't appropriate."
* A description in the [[Puella_Magi_Production_Note#Witch_of_cheesecake_.28early_concept_that_later_became_Charlotte.29 | Production Note]] reveals that Charlotte obtained "one single cheesecake" in strict accordance with her wish.


==Speculation==
チーズ！　チーズ！<br>
* Her second form may have been inspired by [[wikipedia:The Very Hungry Caterpillar|The Very Hungry Caterpillar]].
チーズを　さがせ！<br>
* Her second form seems to be visually based on - or inspired by Japanese modern artist [[wikipedia:Takashi Murakami|Takashi 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.
* A fan theory about Charlotte's life as a magical girl has a number of similarities to {{Spoiler|Airi}}, from [[Kazumi Magica]]. {{Spoiler|Like Airi, she was a hospital patient and she wished to live and enjoy eating, just like Charlotte's obsession with cheese. Plus, both become witches.}}
* 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)
* Assuming the cancer patient theory, she could have wished herself able to eat sweets without consequences. Such a wish would have likely cured her, but the selfishness of it -- compared to, for instance, wishing cancer didn't exist saving tons of people -- could have driven her toward becoming a witch. Her double form would then represent the guilt eating away at her: though she looked like an innocent girl, she felt like she was a selfish monster.
** Although it is also possible, that her magic potential wasn't enough for a wish of such magnitude.
*She may also have been a familiar that grew into a witch, as they are said to become "Pregnant with a grief seed", and yet we see Sayaka's (Oktavia's) barrier form immediatley after becoming a witch. One could assume that the creation of a larger barrier from a familiar would take longer.
**However, this seems unlikely due to the fact that a familiar already has a miniature barrier, and was nowhere to be seen. It is also later revealed that Charlotte was in fact a magical girl - Nagisa Momoe.
* The [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Official_Guidebook_"You_Are_Not_Alone"#Witch_Design|Guidebook line]] on Charlotte indicates that it was Charlotte's mother who was ill. One speculation is that her mother loved food, especially cheese and sweets, and often shared them with Charlotte. When Kyubey approached during an emotional moment, Charlotte wished to share a cake with her mother one last time. After they ate the cake and the mother died, Charlotte realized that she could have wished to cure her mother, and quickly became a witch. Cheese, which Charlotte cannot create in her labyrinth, represents her mother.
** Since the shock of such a realization could darken a soul gem very quickly (much like the speed with which Homura's darkened in Episode 11), this theory allows for the possibility that Kyubey contracted Charlotte while Madoka and Sayaka were visiting the hospital in [[Episode 3]].
*** Perhaps Kyubey was hanging around on Madoka's shoulder, telepathically eavesdropping on people in the hospital, and heard Charlotte and her mother. "Charlotte, I wish I could eat cake with you one last time before I die." Kyubey sent one of his other bodies to make a contract. Once the cake was finished and they said their goodbyes, the wording of the wish caused the mother to die on the spot, and then Kyubey wondered out loud why Charlotte didn't wish to cure the disease instead. Instant witch, and he stuck the new grief seed into the wall where Madoka and Sayaka were headed to pressure them into contracting.
**** Alternatively, Charlotte was an existing witch that was defeated and the grief seed was either overused or, perhaps, Kyubey planted it there after receiving it from the magical girl that used it.
** The last two lines from the guidebook seem to imply that Charlotte had actually considered wishing for her mother to be healed, but simply never made said wish on the grounds of "But that wish is impossible, isn't it?" It seems very likely that once QB had actually granted said wish and made her into a magical girl, she saw that impossible things really could happen and was either driven into immediate regret and despair or she slowly broke down and destroyed herself with never ending questions and doubts.
** It should be mentioned the guidebooks clearly indicate prototype witches, and that there were significant differences between what was described in the guidebook and in the anime (see the Witch of cheesecake, below).
* Charlotte and Mami Tomoe could also be linked to the story “Hansel and Gretel". The witch in Hansel and Gretel lives in a house made of gingerbread, cake and candy, similar to Charlotte's barrier. The witch's intent is to eat the children, which is also like Charlotte's behavior.
* Charlotte's head also bears strong resemblance to a [http://st.houzz.com/simgs/1f012ac300f42382_4-4604/eclectic-cookware.jpg Charlotte Mold], a cooking vessel used exclusively for the baking and forming of desserts.


==Gallery==
にっがい　チーズ<br>
===Official art===
がったい　チーズ<br>
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
モソモソ　チーズ<br>
File:Charlotte-manga.jpg|Charlotte in the manga.
　やな　 チーズ<br>
File:Charlotte's Nurse Familiars.jpg|Sketches for Charlotte's nurse familiars.
File:Production note Charlotte 1.jpg|Sketches from production notes.
File:Production note Charlotte 2.jpg|
File:Production note Charlotte 3.jpg|
File:Production note Charlotte 4.jpg|
File:Production note Charlotte storyboard 1.jpg|
File:Production note Charlotte storyboard 2.jpg|
File:PN 81.jpg|
File:PN 15.jpg|
File:PN 24.jpg|
File:Guidebook 0047.jpg|Puella Magi Madoka Magica Official Guidebook "You Are Not Alone"
File:Guidebook 0048.jpg
File:Guidebook 0060.jpg
File:Guidebook 0067.jpg
File:GRIEF GS ICON CHAR.png|Charlotte Grief Seed from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]
</gallery>


===Screenshots===
わたしが　ほしい<br>
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
チーズは　ひとつ<br>
File:Charlotte_grief_large2.jpg|Charlotte's grief seed on the hospital wall
チーズ！　チーズ！<br>
File:Charlotte_grief_large.jpg|The seed glows as it begins to activate
チーズを　さがせ<br><td>
File:Charlotte_activating.jpg|A close-up of the seed's emblem just before Charlotte appears
Cheese! Cheese!<br>
File:Charlotte_initialform.jpg|Charlotte as she first appeared.
Where is the cheese?<br>
File:Charlotte_and_bomb_that_blew_her_up.png|One can see a bomb stuck to Charlotte's tongue, which she then swallows. This and other bombs Homura laid down during her game of leapfrog made the series of explosions which killed Charlotte.
File:Mami shoot Charlotte.gif|Mami shoot Charlotte
Cheese! Cheese!<br>
File:Charlotte hit by Tiro Finale.gif|Charlotte hit by Mami's Tiro Finale
I'm right here, see?<br>
File:Homura charlotte big boom.gif|Homura blows up Charlotte in her Second Form.
File:2mcva6r.jpeg|A picture of Charlotte appears on a piece of candy in the background before they fight her in episode 3.
Cheese! Cheese!<br>
</gallery>
I'd like one, please<br>
Cheese! Cheese!<br>
Search for the cheese!<br>
Bitter cheese,<br>
blocky cheese,<br>
squirmy cheese,<br>
bad cheese.<br>
There's just one cheese<br>
that I really want.<br>
Cheese! Cheese!<br>
Search for the cheese!<br>
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===Speculation===
==Observations==
<gallery>
* Charlotte's head is shaped like a wrapped sweet, this motif can also be seen on her grief seed
File:Charlottecomparison.PNG|A comparison chart showing one of Walpurgis familiar's silhouette matching with Charlotte. Notice that the Witch's nose has the same shape as the silhouette's tail, similar hair, and a resemblance to the wand.
* 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
File:PN_86.jpg|This sketch from the [[Puella_Magi_Production_Note | production notes]] shows the Walpurgis familiar suspected to be Charlotte with bangs similar to Charlotte's and polka-dotted tights.
* A [[Episode_3#Witches_and_desserts|charlotte]] is a type of dessert
File:Ep3 Charlotte Fake JP.jpg|Charlotte's true body ?
** Charlotte's head also bears strong resemblance to a [http://st.houzz.com/simgs/1f012ac300f42382_4-4604/eclectic-cookware.jpg Charlotte Mold], a cooking vessel used exclusively for the baking and forming of desserts
File:Totally not Charlotte pile-up figures.jpg
* The name Charlotte could also refer to [[:Wikipedia:Charlotte Buff|Charlotte Buff]], a woman [[:Wikipedia:Goethe|Goethe]] unrequitedly loved and that deeply influenced him. The central and homonym character from Goethe's [[:Wikipedia:The Sorrows of Young Werther|The Sorrows of Young Werther]] was based on her
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* [[:Wikipedia:Pyotr|Pyotr]] is the Russian form of the given name Peter
**The name Peter simply means 'stone' or 'rock' however given the sweet theme of the barrier - they could be a reference to rock candy
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky| Pyotr Ilyich Thaikovsky] was a Russian romantic period composer who composed scores for ''The Nutcracker'' and ''Swan Lake.'' He also composed '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_but_the_Lonely_Heart_(Tchaikovsky)| "None but the Lonely Heart",]'' based on a poem by Lev Mei which was in turn translated from Goethe's ''Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.''
* [[:Wikipedia:Polina (given name)|Polina]] is also a Russian given name, interpreted either as a short form of the name Apollinaria, or a variant form of the name Paulina
**Polina means 'little stone' which is a more dainty defintion  Pyotr, given the feminine appearance of Polina then this would fit
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polina_Semionova| Polina Semionova] was a ballerina who once played the lead role in Thaikovsky's ''The Nutcracker.''
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_von_Metternich| Pauline von Metternich] was an Austrian socialite who was important in the promotion of Richard Wagner's work; it was at her request that Napolean III invited Wagner to "substantially amend" his opera ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannh%C3%A4user_(opera)| Tannhäuser]'', creating what would be known as the "Paris version", which failed and would become one of the nineteenth century's greatest musical scandals. Wagner also dedicated a piano composition to her
***''Tannhäuser'' "centers on the struggle between sacred and profane love, and redemption through love, a theme running through much of Wagner's mature work."
* The [[Runes:Episode_3 | runes reading "MAMI MOGU MOGU GONBO"]] in Charlotte's barrier describe [[Mami Tomoe|Mami]]'s death, as mogu mogu is onomatopoeia for chewing, but also likely reference to a famous educational cooking TV show called [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B0GOMBO Mogu Mogu Gombo].
** There is no significant difference between the Japanese pronunciations of gonbo and gombo, so gonbo is an alternate romanization.
** Mogu Mogu Gombo aired from 1993 until 2003 and was hosted by two famous comedians (Kobuhei Hayashiya and HIROMI). The main target audience was children, but many adults also enjoyed it.
** The cooking and eating themes of the show match Charlotte's themes of sweets and eating Mami. A children's show matches other aspects of the barrier: Charlotte looks like a doll in one form and a clown in the other, she has a tea party setup like what a little girl might arrange, and she fills her barrier with candy
* By the way Homura fights Charlotte and because she pleas to Mami that the witch is 'like no other she's fought before', it may be that Charlotte's weakness is actually the doll at the table in her labyrinth. Charlotte seems to only take damage once Homura lands on the doll meaning all other shots - both by Mami and Homura - did nothing to the witch


===Fanart===
==Trivia==
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* A description in the [[Puella_Magi_Production_Note#Witch_of_cheesecake_.28early_concept_that_later_became_Charlotte.29 | Production Note]] reveals that Charlotte obtained "one single cheesecake" in strict accordance with her wish.
File:Mami Charlotte cosplay.jpg|Awesome cosplay
* A line in the [[:file:Guidebook_0067.jpg|design for Charlotte's labyrinth]] in the [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Official_Guidebook_"You_Are_Not_Alone"#Witch_Design|Official Guidebook]] says "It's really a delicious cheese cake. My dying mother wanted to eat it, but maybe I should have cured her disease instead. However, that surely wasn't appropriate."
File:Charlotte 458.jpeg
* On the official website, mousing over Charlotte's card changes the image from the first to the second using JavaScript.
File:Charlotte sick fanart.jpg|Fanart depiction of Charlotte as a hospital patient.
* 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 [http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004PVTNNK/ an official product's document].
File:Charlotte close up smiling avatar fanart.jpg
* Runes in Charlotte's card are styled like biscuits, she is the only witch to have a unique runic font like this
File:Charlotte_seed.png|Charlotte's grief seed.
* In Magia Record, Charlotte is the first witch to appear as Doppel and then an enemy witch
File:Charlottesymbolpink.png|Charlotte's witch kiss done by a fan in a nice , high quality.
File:Heart-warming.gif|
File:MadoKami Charlotte final wish cheese.jpg|Happy Ending.
File:Mamilotte big love.jpg
File:Apricot +4.jpg|[[Ume Aoki]] doujin "RKGKMDK"
File:A world full of charlottes.jpg|nightmare fuel just before bedtime.
File:Charlottewithcake.jpg|Charlotte in human form. She is crying because she wanted cheese and all she got was cake.
File:My wish by yunare-d3jv9oy.jpg
File:Charlotte as a normal girl.jpg
File:Charlotte yellow pancake.png|Mmmm... taste like Mami.
File:Charlotte mami execution style.jpg|It was self-defense, your honor.
File:Charlotte kyoko not so different after all.jpg
File:Charlotte familiars cookies cupcakes sweets.jpg
File:Charlotte loves cheese.jpg
File:Charlotte pacman game.gif|Charlotte pacman game
File:Charlotte wins eat mamicakes.png|Charlotte: 1 <br>Mami: 0
File:Charlotte human puella magi wings fanart.jpg
File:Hungry hungry charlotte ready to eat fanart.jpg
File:Charlotte to eat mami fanart.jpg
File:Charlotte like a bossu fanart.png
File:Charlotte human form smile fanart.jpg
File:Charlotte daily activity fanart.png|Charlotte's daily activities
File:Charlotte v sign for cheese fanart.jpg
File:Genderbender charlotte magical boy fanart.png|Charlotte as a magical…boy?
File:Mami charlotte kill me baby cheese fanart.png
File:CHARLOTTE black white fanart work.jpg
File:18471637 p6.jpg
File:Mami and charlotte nice chair fanart.png
File:Mami and Charlotte slumber.jpg
File:Charlotte crying.png
File:Charlotte by Xaien.jpg
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===Other===
===Charlotte in ''Rebellion''===
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* According to the [[Movie 3 Brochure]], Charlotte is called "Bebe" in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion|Rebellion]]'' because the other characters can't actually read the [[runes]].
File: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.
** It's possible that Bebe's name was meant to contrast with Mami's name ("Baby" and "Mommy").
File:Mami-gem-vs-charlotte-seed.png|Comparison of Charlotte's grief seed and Mami's soul gem
* It is suggested that Charlotte's design was changed to make her more expressive
File:Urobuchi punch charlotte.jpg|Not even Charlotte can defeat [[Gen Urobuchi]].
* According to Witches Guide, Mami found Bebe in her original appearance (looking as Charlotte does) and was quiet. Mami sews Bebe new clothes and over time her appearance continues to change and she becomes even more interactive. This can also be seen in photographs of Bebe in Mami's apartment
</gallery>
* Bebe actually talks to the other characters. When she speaks, bubbles with katakana appear from her mouth, though the noises she makes are just gibberish. The other characters appear to understand her just fine, and subtitles appear to let the viewer know what she's saying
* Bebe is shown to be extremely close to Mami. Mami even says that if she didn't meet Bebe she would have fallen into despair long ago


===Figma and Figures===
==Gallery==
<gallery>
See [[Gallery:Charlotte]]
File:Charlotte figma 02.jpg
File:Charlotte figma 03.jpg
File:Movic Witches 07.jpg
File:Movic Witches 08.jpg
</gallery>


==See also==
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*[http://askcandywitch.tumblr.com/ Ask Charlotte!] ''(a fan blog)''
*[http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php?tag=charlotte Charlotte pixiv fanart]
*[http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php?tag=charlotte Charlotte pixiv fanart]
*[http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2531030228 How to make your own Charlotte!]
*[http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2531030228 How to make your own Charlotte!]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j38ZeqBJzA ''Käse, Käse, wo ist die Käse?''] (''"der Käse" would be correct here'')
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j38ZeqBJzA ''Käse, Käse, wo ist die Käse?''] (''"der Käse" would be correct here'')
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1IcTLCnvs 【MMD】Charlotte is sleeping /Puella Magi Madoka Magica 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1IcTLCnvs 【MMD】Charlotte is sleeping /Puella Magi Madoka Magica 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOjvcv-hG6U Fan-Made Charlotte Connect Opening. (Puella Magi Ver.)]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2bkPfbIZDU Fan-Made Charlotte Connect Opening. (Witch Ver.)]
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This section may contain major spoilers!

Please refrain from reading if you are not yet familiar with all the latest media released.

Charlotte (CHARLOTTE) is a witch appearing in episode 3 of the anime.

Charlotte reappears in The Rebellion Story, though she has a slightly different appearance. The other characters call her "Bebe", and she helps the magical girls in their fight against the Nightmares. She is able to switch from witch form to her original magical girl form: Nagisa Momoe, due to being a part of the Law of Cycles.

Charlotte also appears in Madoka Magica Portable, Madoka Magica Mobage, Madoka Magica Online, Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram and Magia Record.

Witch Cards

Card Charlotte.png

お菓子の魔女。その性質は執着。欲しいものは全部。絶対に諦めない。お菓子を無限に生み出せるが大好物のチーズだけは自分で作ることができない。チーズさえ持っていれば簡単に隙をつくことが出来ただろう。

Charlotte (First form)

RunesCHARLOTTE
TypeWitch of sweets
NatureTenacity
EpisodesEpisode 3, Magia Record

The witch of sweets. Her nature is tenacity. 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.

Card Charlotte 2.png

お菓子の魔女。その性質は執着。欲しいものは全部。絶対に諦めない。お菓子を無限に生み出せるが大好物のチーズだけは自分で作ることができない。チーズさえ持っていれば簡単に隙をつくことが出来ただろう。

Charlotte (Second form)

RunesCHARLOTTE
TypeWitch of sweets
NatureTenacity
EpisodesEpisode 3, Magia Record

The witch of sweets. Her nature is tenacity. 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.

Bebe Card.png

お菓子の魔女。かつて執着の夢を見た。マミの家に突如現れた謎の生き物。「ベベ」と名づけられるが、その正体は円環の理からやって来たお菓子の魔女。出会った当初はかなり無口で無表情だったが、いつの間にか今のような有様に。ちょっとうるさい。新しい服はマミのお手製。巴マミは、この魔女が最後に見たこわい夢に出てくる人に似ている。

Charlotte (Rebellion)

RunesCHARLOTTE
TypeWitch of sweets
NatureTenacity
EpisodesPuella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion

The witch of sweets. Once dreamt of tenacity. A mysterious creature who suddenly appeared in Mami's home. Was christened "Bebe," but it is actually the witch of sweets who arrived from the Law of Cycles. She was expressionless and silent when she was first encountered, but took on its current appearance out of the blue. A bit loud. Mami made its clothes by hand. Mami resembles someone who appeared in the final nightmare the witch saw.

Minions

Card Pyotr.png

お菓子の魔女の手下。その役割はチーズを探すこと。しかし過度な期待は禁物。

Pyotr

RunesPYOTR
TypeWitch of sweets' minion
DutySearching for cheese
EpisodesEpisode 3, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion, Magia Record

The witch of sweets' minion. It's duty is to search for cheese. However, one shouldn't expect much from it.

Pyotr Polina FIXEDCard.png

逃走中のお菓子の魔女とお菓子の魔女の手下達。その役割はチーズの探索とチーズの看病。ほむら救出時、看護師姿の手下はマミの空中ブランコの移動を手伝い、ネズミ型の手下はなぎさの周囲をとにかく回っていた。

Pyotr & Polina

RunesPYOTR+POLINA
TypeWitch of sweets' minion
DutySearch for and nurse cheese
EpisodesPuella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion

The fleeing witch of sweets and her servants. Their roles are to search for cheese and to nurse the cheese. When saving Homura, the nurse-like servant helped with Mami's trapezes, while the mouse-like servants generally ran circles around Nagisa's position.

History

Original Anime

Charlotte first appears in Episode 3. Her Grief Seed appears outside the hospital Kyosuke Kamijo is staying in, Madoka notices it whilst leaving with Sayaka. Sayaka stays by the Grief Seed while Madoka goes to find Mami. Mami and Madoka venture into the labyrinth together to save Sayaka and defeat the witch. Polina are shown in the labyrinth but never fought, however Pyotr are. When Mami and Madoka reach the deepest part of the labyrinth, Mami appears to beat the witch Charlotte however the witch reveals she hasn't been defeated by revealing her second form and decapitating Mami. She then proceeds to eat her, killing her. Before the witch can get to the other girls, Homura arrives and kills the witch with her time manipulations skills and explosives.

The Rebellion Story

Charlotte reappears in The Rebellion Story though with a slightly new appearance and the name 'Bebe'. She lives with Mami and joins the girls in their battles. Homura soon realises something's wrong as she remembers Charlotte being their enemy. Bebe quickly reveals herself to Mami to be the magical girl Nagisa Momoe and while fighting Homulilly, explains how she and Sayaka are reborn as part of the law of cycles and act as secretaries for Ultimate Madoka, hence why both of them can use their witch forms, albeit in different ways. Bebe is able to transform from witch form to magical girl form freely, as well as using her witch forms second form - though sometimes with a slightly altered appearance. She is also able to summon Pyotr, however they don't seem to be able to do much. Charlotte's original appearance in Episode 3 makes a cameo as Homura reminisces about witches as well as in photographs of Charlotte turning into Bebe with Mami.

Manga

Charlotte and Bebe reappear in the original manga and Rebellion Manga with little differences.

Charlotte makes an appearance in The Different Story where the scene from Episode 3 plays out with Mami however Sayaka intercepts and saves Mami.

The witch makes cameos in Puella Magi Oriko Magica and its Extra Story. She further appears in Welcome to Café Grief Seed! as the Spitting Witch who acts as an arrogant and rude customer to the cafe.

Madoka Magica Portable

Charlotte and her familiars reappear in Madoka Magica Portable. They appear in Madoka's Route, Mami's Route, Sayaka's Route and Homura's Route. She also serves as the boss on the final floor of the Mysterious witch's barrier: the Sufficiency barrier.

When fighting her, she will always have both her forms as a boss fight. In Madoka's Route, you start as Mami to fight her first form then have to play as Homura for her second form, in line with the anime story. Her Grief Seed can be collected to cleanse a magical girl's Soul Gem during battle.

Magia Record

Charlotte appears as an enemy witch but also as Nagisa Momoe's doppel. Her witch description is the same as the original anime.

In-Game (Normal version) description

The Doppel of attachment. Its form is desserts. The master of this emotion gets attached to people and objects as soon as they pluck her heartstrings. She may behave in a shameful manner at times, but in her heart is a well of deep love. The Doppel does not fuse with its host; rather, it emerges as a mask from her nose, which then covers her face completely. The host does not move while her Doppel is present. Instead she sits completely still and stares as though she were staring at the object of her obsession.

Valentine version description

The Doppel of tenacity. Its form is melted chocolate. The master of this emotion always misidentifies the target of her tenacious attachment. Upon seeing a chocolate cake, she’ll surrender to its luscious brown temptation and try to swallow it whole, but will find her stomach filled with milk-white no-bake cheesecake instead. This Doppel sometimes responds to its master’s desire by deliberately going for the cheesecake in the first place, but on these occasions alone, it finds its stomach filled with actual baked cheesecake.

Pyotr

Minions of the witch of sweets. Their role is to search for cheese. You shouldn’t expect too much from them, though. They came to Kamihama in search of cheese, hailing from a place called Mitakihara. Their faces are actually stamps. They’ll headbutt anything that moves, instantly determining whether or not it’s cheese and marking it with either a “Cheese Approval Stamp” or a “Not-Cheese Stamp”. Since they didn’t have much luck finding cheese in their master’s barrier, they expanded their search radius to outside the barrier. (They got kicked out, in a sense.) Even if they succeed in finding some cheese, though, it’s a little doubtful as to whether they remember the route back home.

MADOGATARI

Pyotr

The witch of sweets' minion. Its duty is to search for cheese. They mill about inside the Labyrinth while emitting mouse-like squeaks. Their faces are stamps, which they use to mark anything that isn't cheese. The sight of them performing bodyslams while bouncing around like rubber balls may seem completely ridiculous, but if you get hit by one of them head-on, you'll end up with more than a couple of broken bones.

Song

One solitary cheese (ひとっこチーズ)

Original text Translation

チーズ！　チーズ！
チーズは　どこよ？

チーズ！　チーズ！
わたしは　ここよ？

チーズ！　チーズ！
おねがい　ひとつ

チーズ！　チーズ！
チーズを　さがせ！

にっがい　チーズ
がったい　チーズ
モソモソ　チーズ
　やな　 チーズ

わたしが　ほしい
チーズは　ひとつ
チーズ！　チーズ！

チーズを　さがせ

Cheese! Cheese!
Where is the cheese?

Cheese! Cheese!
I'm right here, see?

Cheese! Cheese!
I'd like one, please

Cheese! Cheese!
Search for the cheese!

Bitter cheese,
blocky cheese,
squirmy cheese,
bad cheese.

There's just one cheese
that I really want.
Cheese! Cheese!
Search for the cheese!


Observations

  • Charlotte's head is shaped like a wrapped sweet, this motif can also be seen on her grief seed
  • 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
  • A charlotte is a type of dessert
    • Charlotte's head also bears strong resemblance to a Charlotte Mold, a cooking vessel used exclusively for the baking and forming of desserts
  • 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
  • Pyotr is the Russian form of the given name Peter
    • The name Peter simply means 'stone' or 'rock' however given the sweet theme of the barrier - they could be a reference to rock candy
    • Pyotr Ilyich Thaikovsky was a Russian romantic period composer who composed scores for The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. He also composed '"None but the Lonely Heart", based on a poem by Lev Mei which was in turn translated from Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.
  • Polina is also a Russian given name, interpreted either as a short form of the name Apollinaria, or a variant form of the name Paulina
    • Polina means 'little stone' which is a more dainty defintion Pyotr, given the feminine appearance of Polina then this would fit
    • Polina Semionova was a ballerina who once played the lead role in Thaikovsky's The Nutcracker.
    • Pauline von Metternich was an Austrian socialite who was important in the promotion of Richard Wagner's work; it was at her request that Napolean III invited Wagner to "substantially amend" his opera Tannhäuser, creating what would be known as the "Paris version", which failed and would become one of the nineteenth century's greatest musical scandals. Wagner also dedicated a piano composition to her
      • Tannhäuser "centers on the struggle between sacred and profane love, and redemption through love, a theme running through much of Wagner's mature work."
  • The runes reading "MAMI MOGU MOGU GONBO" in Charlotte's barrier describe Mami's death, as mogu mogu is onomatopoeia for chewing, but also likely reference to a famous educational cooking TV show called Mogu Mogu Gombo.
    • There is no significant difference between the Japanese pronunciations of gonbo and gombo, so gonbo is an alternate romanization.
    • Mogu Mogu Gombo aired from 1993 until 2003 and was hosted by two famous comedians (Kobuhei Hayashiya and HIROMI). The main target audience was children, but many adults also enjoyed it.
    • The cooking and eating themes of the show match Charlotte's themes of sweets and eating Mami. A children's show matches other aspects of the barrier: Charlotte looks like a doll in one form and a clown in the other, she has a tea party setup like what a little girl might arrange, and she fills her barrier with candy
  • By the way Homura fights Charlotte and because she pleas to Mami that the witch is 'like no other she's fought before', it may be that Charlotte's weakness is actually the doll at the table in her labyrinth. Charlotte seems to only take damage once Homura lands on the doll meaning all other shots - both by Mami and Homura - did nothing to the witch

Trivia

  • A description in the Production Note reveals that Charlotte obtained "one single cheesecake" in strict accordance with her wish.
  • A line in the design for Charlotte's labyrinth in the Official Guidebook says "It's really a delicious cheese cake. My dying mother wanted to eat it, but maybe I should have cured her disease instead. However, that surely wasn't appropriate."
  • On the official website, 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, she is the only witch to have a unique runic font like this
  • In Magia Record, Charlotte is the first witch to appear as Doppel and then an enemy witch

Charlotte in Rebellion

  • According to the Movie 3 Brochure, Charlotte is called "Bebe" in Rebellion because the other characters can't actually read the runes.
    • It's possible that Bebe's name was meant to contrast with Mami's name ("Baby" and "Mommy").
  • It is suggested that Charlotte's design was changed to make her more expressive
  • According to Witches Guide, Mami found Bebe in her original appearance (looking as Charlotte does) and was quiet. Mami sews Bebe new clothes and over time her appearance continues to change and she becomes even more interactive. This can also be seen in photographs of Bebe in Mami's apartment
  • Bebe actually talks to the other characters. When she speaks, bubbles with katakana appear from her mouth, though the noises she makes are just gibberish. The other characters appear to understand her just fine, and subtitles appear to let the viewer know what she's saying
  • Bebe is shown to be extremely close to Mami. Mami even says that if she didn't meet Bebe she would have fallen into despair long ago

Gallery

See Gallery:Charlotte

See also

External links

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