The Sad Unfortunate Life of Boo-Hoo
The Sad Unfortunate Life of Boo-Hoo is a passion animated project I have been working on for the past 6 years.
It follows the life, or in this case death, of Boo-Hoo, a young ghost child, and his quest to have his soul freed with the help of his close friends. His closest friends, Skelley, a tall dapper skeleton man who is Boo-Hoo’s adopted guardian, Manny, a young spunky teen girl with a heart of gold, and her best friend since childhood, Pim, an anxious teen boy who struggles with his sense of belonging, are just a few of the friends Boo-Hoo meets along his journey to set his soul free.
People
Boo-Hoo Wood
he/him
Age: 8
height: 4’2″
hetero
Boo-Hoo is a silly and mischievous young boy who spends the story trying to remember his past life so his soul can be freed to the afterlife. He’s silly, and sensitive, and is always wanting to spend time with his friends and family.
Manny Werner
she/they
Age: 14-18
Height: 5’2″
aromatic/ asexual
Manny is a spunky young girl who is constantly seeking for fun, adventure, and new quests to take on. After her parents died in a tragic car crash, Manny lives with her sweet and spunky grandma. She also spends the story exploring her desire to be close to people, and how she accepts that she doesn’t need romance in her life to feel fulfilled.
Pim Green
he/they
Age: 14-18
Height: 5’3″
Trans man/ pansexual
Pim is an overthinking and awkward boy. He spends the story opening up to people and finally gaining happiness and confidence in his life. Madly in love with his best friend Manny, he learns to accept that she is her own person, and she can feel however she wants to feel, but that doesn’t mean that her, or any of his friends hate him. After his parents divorced, and his father mysteriously disappeared, Pim lives with his abusive mother who constantly belittles and verbally abuses him. Later he gains a psychokinetic power where he can control paper.
Skelley Wood
he/him
Age: early 30s
height: 7′
heterosexual
Skelley is a gentle loving father figure for Boo-Hoo. After finding him lost in the woods, Skelley took in Boo-Hoo as his own child and cares for him as much as he can. He tends to get a tad bit clingy to Boo-Hoo however, and he learns to keep his distance, while still being a supportive dad.
Caroline Wood
she/her
Age: early 30s
height: 6′
heterosexual
Caroline, as well as Skelley, is a gentle loving mother figure for Boo-Hoo. She acts as an aid of comfort for him and will protect her adopted ghost son at any cost, even if that cost is taking the life of another.
CJ (Charles Jackson) Rainford
he/him
Age: 15-19
height: 6″2
pansexual
Coming from the Dream Dimension, CJ is a cocky and selfish sand person. Sand people are essential that of the Sand Man mythological legend; they are elvish people who live in the Dream Dimension who are taught from birth that their purpose is to gift people happy dreams. One night, CJ is assigned a new set of humans and on that list is Manny, who he instantly falls in love with. He starts staring at her through the night and disappearing before she can see him, until one night when Manny wakes up. CJ spends the rest of the story befriending the other characters. He starts off very cocky and rude, but begins to open up to everyone around him, and shows his softer side.
Exander & Oakal
a forest spirit couple who act as guides for Boo-Hoo
Exander:
he/him
Age: technically around 200, but physically 20
height: 5’5″
homosexual
A bubble of positivity, Exander is always wanting to cheer his friends up. With his mandolin at his side, he will always have a tune to play when his friends are in need of a smile.
Oakal:
he/him
age: technically around 200, but physically 20
height: 5’7″
homoesexual
Oakal is a stoic young forest spirit who acts as the calm to Exander’s silly storm. He acts as a guide for Boo-Hoo and his friends and will always give the most riddling advice.
Victor
he/him
Age: 16-20
height: 6’2″
homosexual
He is the local scientist, studying this monstrous world. With his high temper, and timid demeanor, Victor swears by protecting his little brother Christopher. When their parents suddenly die, Victor goes into a manic episode where he builds a robot mom replacement. When the robot goes haywire, he calls help from the main cast to destroy this evil robot.
Christopher
he/him
Age: 7-11
height: 4″3′
hetero
Victor’s little brother, and onw of the only other people who’s Boo-Hoo’s age. He’s a sweet happy little boy who wants to make sure his friends are ok.
Doofus Danny
he/him
Age: 25-29
height: 5″9′
trans aro/ace
A friendly clown who runs and entertains in his own restaurant/ bar, The Fairy Bar. He sells his home made root beer to those under 21.
Ragz & Doop
Ragz
he/him
Age: 8-12
height: 4″4′
hetero
A grumpy living Rag Doll, part of Boo-Hoo’s kid pose.
Doop
he/him
Age: 8-12
height: 4″
hetero
A mute fish boy, part of Boo-Hoo’s kid pose. He needs a water tank that’s hooked up to his back,to breath.
Sail
he/him
Age: 17-21
height: 5″7′
pansexual
The local sailor boy, he lives on the beach in his own little house.
Blob/ Blue Bean/ Little Shit/
it/its/he/him
Age: 0-4
height: any
aro/ace/agender
A friendly little blob made up of Boo-Hoo’s ectoplasm.
Arrow & Vesper
Arrow
they/them
Age: 43-47
height: 5″10′
nonbinary lesbian
Vesper’s partner, they were killed in an accidental fire made by Vesper, but then was brought back to life with the use of magic.
Vesper
she/her
Age: 42-46
height:
lesbian
She is a local wise witch who trains Manny in becoming a magic user. Born without the lower half of her legs, she rides around in a magical wheelchair.
Monarch Moon
he/they/she
age: as old as the moon
height: 6″4′
genderfluid/ pansexual
The ruler of the dream world, and protector of the sand people. They were born when the Moon came into existence, and built the city of dreams.
Granny Werner
she/her
Age: 60-64
Height: 5″3′
heterosexual
Manny’s spunky grandma, she looks after Manny as her guardian after her parents died. She is secretly also a witch and is ecstatic when she finds out Manny becomes interested in magic.
Angelica (Angel) Green
she/her
Age: 32-36
Height: 5″6′
heterosexual
Pim’s abusive mom, she constantly belittles him and blames him for her problems. Divorced her husband soon after Pim was born.
Hazel
she/her
Age: 17-21
height: 5″
lesbian
A mysterious girl who lives in the forest and spies on the cast throughout their adventures.
Nightmare King
he/him
Age: ???
Height: 8″
aro/ace
The main villain of the story. He rules over the kingdom of Nightmares and wants to take over Earth and turn it into a world of nightmares.
Dream Man
he/him
Age: ???
Height: 7″5
aro/ace
The second main villain of the story, he works for Nightmare King and Winkley. He is a species called Husks, who are shadow demons that use objects as a body. Dream Man’s shell is made up of tree bark and a pumpkin.
Winkley (Willem)
he/they
Age: 31-35
Height: 5″9′
homosexual
A silly jokey villain, he calls himself the king of misfits. He takes in children who feel abandoned and are mentally unwell. He turns them into goblin like creatures he names “Misfits”. He lives with them in a castle in the dark woods.
P5-02 (Parent 5 Version 2)
she/her
Age: 0-4
Height: 6″
aro/ ace
Victor’s robot, she was created for the purpose of being a guardian, but she gains sentients and wants to pursue her own life.
Flytrap
he/it
Age: 37
Height: 6’3″
heterosexual
A man cursed by his house plant, acting as a venom situation where the plant needs blood to survive. He is hired by Winkley to kidnap Boo-Hoo.
Rabbit O’Hare
he/they/it
Age: technically around 150, but physically 16
Height: 5″8′
agender/ aro/ ace
A rogue forest spirit, he attempted to kidnap the forest princess, but only gave her amnesia. Kicked out of the forest for his crimes, he now works as a bounty hunter.
Nightmare King (true form)
Age: ???
Oakal (werewolf form)
he/him
age: technically around 200, but physically 20
height: 8″
homoesexual
Caroline (monster form)
she/her
Age: early 30s
height: 7″
heterosexual
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