Bones

Physical trait: a dancing skeleton
Personality: a bashful introvert who wants to make friends
Instrument: xylophone

Bones is the bashful skeleton living in Stompy and Snorty’s closet. Despite his shy nature he often leaps out in the hope of making friends, but Stompy and Snorty seem not to notice him. When startled, or during Stompy’s ground-shaking stomps, Bones tends to fall to pieces, and has to put himself together again. Bones is also the easily flustered and comically incompetent stage manager of the Stompy & Snorty show. He frequently breaks the fourth wall and appeals to the audience when things invariably go wrong.

The Birds

                      Physical trait: a group of squat, short-beaked birds
                        Personality: gossipy brats who revel in the misfortunes of others
                       Instrument: piccolo

The Birds perch in the tree in Stompy and Snorty’s yard, their delicate piccolo trill in comic contrast to their constant sniggering and gossip. Like the critics in the balcony in The Muppet Show, they are quick to laugh at the misfortunes of others, yet often find themselves at the butt end of the joke. When it rains, The Birds pop out little umbrellas; when the sun shines, they slip on little aviator sunglasses.

Squeak the mouse

Physical trait: oversized ears
Personality: a sophisticated snob with luxurious taste
Instrument: Tibetan bowl

Squeak’s oversized ears make him highly sensitive to noise, so he often storms out of his hole to demand some peace and quiet for meditation. But the others find it hard not to giggle whenever Squeak appears – his ears catch on the edge of his hole and rebound, vibrating like tuning forks.

Slops

                                     Physical trait: a massive, lolling tongue in a shaggy ball of fur
                                          Personality: a bundle of wild, indiscriminate exuberance
                                           Instrument: harmonica

Slops’ massive tongue and sloppy licks express his wild exuberance
– he whirls through life like a happy hurricane, a path of destruction in his wake. His rambunctious arrivals often cause Bones the skeleton to fall to pieces, and send the unstable Snorty toppling onto his nose.

Chopper

                  Physical trait: a giant set of chattering teeth
                      Personality: a nervous wreck
                        Instrument: castanets

Chopper’s giant set of chattering teeth betray his many fears and anxieties – he’s terrified of everything, especially Blinkers the cat. Like an anglerfish, Chopper has a lure that protrudes from his forehead, but his lure is a little smiley face. With a memory like a goldfish, Chopper often forgets about his lure, and is suddenly startled by the little face smiling happily at him. Chopper lives in a bowl in Stompy and Snorty’s living room, where he cowers behind his water plant, worrying about things.

Blinkers

Physical trait: huge detachable eyes that light up a darkened room
Personality: a cool, aloof observer
Instrument: double bass

Blinkers’ huge eyes help her to see things that might pass others by – she is a cool, aloof observer. When not watching Stompy and Snorty she spends time staring hungrily at Chopper the fish, or eyeing The Birds in the tree outside. Blinkers has the unusual habit of taking off her lamp-like eyes and polishing them on her coat like a pair of sunglasses.