This page is a list of characters in the Little Bill series. Main characters[]William Farnell "Little Bill" Glover is a 5-year-old inquisitive and imaginative African-American boy who loves his hamster and is a fan of the (fictional) Blue Sox baseball team. He also likes Captain Brainstorm because he comes up with great ideas. He enjoys going to kindergarten, although he misses Elephant, but he is still happy. He is known as Little Bill because his actual name is William Farnell Bill Glover Jr; his father's name is also Bill. Little Bill is based on Bill Cosby's son, Ennis William Cosby. Elephant is a small light yellow hamster who loves Little Bill. The only noises that are heard from him is his blinking eyes after Little Bill has spoken and he sneezes in one episode. When the rest of the family goes on vacations, he is left alone with Alice the Great, Little Bill's great-grandmother. He gets sick in one episode, but gets better at the end. Elephant sometimes travels in a clear plastic hamster ball. April Glover is the oldest child of the Glover family, She is a 10-year-old highly talented African-American basketball player on the school team, and also at basketball camp, where she won a trophy and is also in a choir practice. She is often seen getting bossy. (She sometimes argues with Bobby.) She is the only sister. Bobby Glover is the most studious of the kids. He is 8 years old. He is always reading and investigating things. He is the middle child and oldest son of the Glover children. He can also play the violin and sometimes he can say upsetting things, usually resulting in his family saying, "Bobby!" Big Bill Glover is the father of Bobby, April and Little Bill. They have a very close relationship with their father. He works for the city, as a building inspector. His hobby is collecting and listening to jazz records. He is also known as Big Bill because his actual name is Bill Sr. Big Bill is 40 years old. Brenda Glover is Little Bill, Bobby and April's mother. Wife of Big Bill, she works for a bank (see "Mom's Trip"), but her hobby is photography. Brenda Glover is 38 years old. Alice the Great is the Great-Grandmother of Little Bill, Bobby, April and Jamal; Alice is also Brenda and Deborah's grandmother (see "The Magic Quilt"). Alice the Great has an older brother and older sister (see "The Surprise") and a cousin who lives in Cincinnati. Usually teaches Little Bill lessons and tells stories to him. She also lives with the family. Alice the Great is 72 years old and turns 73 in Alice the Great's birthday. Miss Murray is Little Bill's African-American teacher, who later marries Dr. Winthrop Clinkscales. (but the students are still allowed to call her Miss Murray, since they have trouble pronouncing her husband's name). Their engagement was mentioned in "The Ring Bear" and they were married in "Miss Murray's Wedding". Fuchsia Glover is the cousin of Little Bill, Bobby, and April. Her father Al (Big Bill's brother) runs a shop close to Little Bill's house. Fuchsia is 5 years old. Al is 39 years old. Fuchsia's mother is named Vanessa and is 35 years old. Andrew Mulligan is a 5-year-old white, red haired, freckled boy who’s Little Bill's best friend. Andrew and Little Bill have many things in common - they both like Captain Brainstorm or play with construction sets, etc. In one episode Copy Cat Little Bill and Andrew and a quarrel and Andrew called Little Bill a copy cat, but soon learns his lesson and apologizes to him. Andrew has a pet dog named Farfy. Andrew is sometimes seen with his cousins: Kevin (13) and Rachel (11). Kiku Wong is a 5-year-old Asian-American friend of Little Bill's. Little Bill would say that she is the nicest of his friends. She loves nature (particularly flowers) and origami. Kiku is very creative and likes putting on puppet shows. Supporting characters[]Captain Brainstorm is an astronaut who has an orange rocket and an orange space suit. Little Bill is a fan of his TV show, Space Explorers. Captain Brainstorm has a dog called Spark-E whose tagline, "Ruff-Roo!", is in a dog accent. Al Glover and Vanessa Glover are Fuchsia's parents. Big Bill and Uncle Al are brothers. Aunt Vanessa and Brenda are good friends who spend a lot of time talking on the phone even though they only live a block away from each other. Uncle Al and Aunt Vanessa own a corner store. Little Bill likes hanging out there, but he never expects to get anything free; Uncle Al is notoriously cheap. On occasion, when Uncle Al is not looking, Aunt Vanessa will slip Little Bill and Fuchsia a Popsicle, or a piece of candy or two. Monty is the grandson of Alice the Great's best friend Emmaline, uses a wheelchair to get around because he was born with cerebral palsy. He and Little Bill are good friends and pretend to be dinosaurs together; Monty's favorite is the triceratops. Monty is 5 years old. Jamal Glover is Little Bill's baby cousin, son of Deborah (Brenda's sister) and Gary. He’s around 9 months. Deborah is 34 and Gary is 36. Mrs. Shapiro is an old friend of Alice the Great, with a cat named Sophie. She was Little Bill's neighbor but then moved back to Hawaii, in the episode "Same Moon, Same Sun, Same Star"? to live with her sister Mimi. She’s 56 years old. Others[]Dorado: Classroom friend of Little Bill (see "New Foods" and "Natural Root Pals"). Teaches Little Bill about experiencing the Spanish lifestyle by inviting him to dinner. Dorado introduces Bill to arroz con gandules y platanos (rice with pigeon peas and plantains). Dorado is a bit of a comedian and is 5 years old. Michael Riley is a classmate of Little Bill's who moves to the neighborhood from Miami. He is mean to Little Bill and his friends at first, but learns his lesson. He is then a good friend. Dr. Winthrop Clinkscales is Miss Murray's new husband. He’s a doctor and treats Little Bill when he breaks his arm in "A Trip to the Hospital". Mr. Miguel Rojas is an elderly man who speaks English and Spanish. He moved into Mrs. Shapiro's house and met Little Bill in the episode "The New Neighbors." He has a dog called Lito who's good at doing tricks. He only appears in "The New Neighbors", "Doggie Magic", "The Early Bill" and "The Halloween party". and is 65. He has children, but they're all grown up and have families of their own. Mr. Clark Terry is Alice the Great and Little Bill's new friend. He teaches Little Bill how to skip rocks and make music with a reed. He plays the fluglehorn and is about 69 years old. Percy Mulch is the owner of a pet shop. He knows all about animals, but is a bit clumsy and has a hard time remembering the first names of Little Bill's parents. Mr. Williams is a music store owner only seen in "The Musical Instrument". He’s a talented musician and shows little Bill the piano, accordion, saxophone and drums (which happens to be his grandson's favorite instrument). He’s 63 years old. Isabel is Mr. Rojas' niece and Little Bill's babysitter after Mrs. Shapiro moves to Hawaii. She also likes Captain Brainstorm and does a good alien voice. Isabel is 17-years-old and in high school. Tiny is April's best friend, also in basketball camp and the choir. She’s a little older than April. Her full name "Tiffany". She was seen and mentioned in the same episode, but she was sick in that episode so she had to be taken home and miss her choir class. Little Bill replaced her in the choir. |
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