This is a list of characters from Georgia Byng's Molly Moon series of children's novels, which consist of Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism, Molly Moon Stops the World, Molly Moon's Hypnotic Time-Travel Adventure, Molly Moon, Micky Minus and the Mind Machine, Molly Moon and the Morphing Mystery, and Molly Moon and the Monster Music.
Main protagonists
Molly Moon
Molly Moon is an intelligent 11-year-old orphan with purple-pink blotchy legs, curly brown hair, a steady droning voice, large, hypnotic green eyes, and a "potato nose." She likes eating ketchup sandwiches and drinking orange squash concentrate. She is played by Raffey Cassidy in the movie. Molly Moon's name derives from the fact that she was found on the doorstep of the Hardwick House in a Moon's Marshmallows box. She got her name because there was a lollipop stick in the marshmallow box, so Ms. Trinklebury, the orphanage nanny named her Lolly. Ms. Adderstone, the headmistress, forbade Lolly as a name, so she was renamed, Molly.
Throughout the series, Molly learns to hypnotize, stop time, time travel, mind read, and morph.
Micky Minus
Micky Minus is the twin brother of Molly Moon. He was named Micky after the St. Michael's Hospital tag he wore around his wrist. During the travel to the 26th century, this tag is snapped in half - one half reading "ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL MALE LO" and the other half reading "GAN TWIN."
Like his sister, Micky has huge hypnotic potential. Once in the 26th century, his powers are harnessed for a large empire. To ensure the young hypnotist doesn't revolt, Princess Fang and Miss Cribbins pretend that he is very sick and would die without their medication. Even his last name suggests that the boy is worthless.
Micky changes his last name to Moon to match his sister. Now his name is Micky Moon.
Petula
Petula is Molly's cute, lovable blue pug and a main character in the book series. She was once owned by Miss Agnes Adderstone but was rescued by Molly. Before, Petula was grumpy, lazy, and didn't like anyone. Once Molly hypnotized her, Petula was nicer and more caring (to certain people). Afterward, Petula learned to hypnotize, and in book two, she learned how to freeze the world just like her owner; by doing this, she even saved Molly's life.
In book four, Petula helped Molly enter the mind machine room by hypnotizing Miss Cribbins' evil pet, Taramasalata, and hypnotizing Miss Terryaki to be a guinea pig and save Molly's brother, Micky, and Lily Black.
Forest
Forest is Sinclair Cell's yoga teacher, who's a stereotypical hippie with dreadlocks and likes meditating. He plays a secondary role in books two and five but is one of the protagonists in book three. Though he has a weird personality, he can be wise. He taught Molly many aspects of meditation that helped her in book two and suggested some useful ideas about time-traveling in book three.
Ojas
Ojas is a Hindu Indian boy from 1870 who speaks almost perfect English. He has green eyes like Molly's and a straight nose. After both of his parents died, he began stealing to survive. Molly first met him in book three when he stole her crystals for time traveling. They made a deal, and he returned them to her; they soon became friends. Ojas is one of book three's main characters and appears episodically in book four.
Rocky Scarlet
Rocky Scarlet is Molly's best friend with a talent for voice-only hypnotism. He first appears in book one and plays an important role in all the books.
Main antagonists
'Professor' Simon Nockman
Simon Nockman (Professor Nockman) is a chubby, ill-groomed man who wears a gold scorpion pendant. He has 'bulbous' eyes and greasy black hair; he doesn't shower much; instead, he uses cologne to cover up the smell, giving him a terrible odor.
Simon Nockman's cruel way of life began at an early age when his pet budgerigar, Fluff, was caught in a rat trap set out by his landlord. His immoral parents didn't console him (his mother actually laughed). Because of his parents' and the landlord's lack of sympathy, he became a hateful person. Since then, he has committed a range of crimes and schemes. At the age of eleven, he learned how to steal goods. When he was an adult, he tricked an old lady into giving him her life's savings which she thought were for a stray-dog home. With that money, he bought his warehouses in Manhattan and started his business of dealing in smuggled goods and designer rip-offs.
After the Shorings Bank incident, he was hypnotized by Rocky to be kind and good. Molly also hypnotized him to have a German accent, as the police might recognize his original Chicago accent.