Madame Souza

Madame Souza is the main protagonist of the 2003 French animated film The Triplets of Belleville.
In the original French version, she was voiced by Monica Viegas. In the English version, she was voiced by Graziellia de Villa.
==Her Story==
She is first seen sitting with her young grandson, Champion watching TV. Souza notices her grandson is sad and lonely, hinted as due to the loss of his parents, so she first tries to get him interested in the piano. When this fails, she buys him a puppy named Bruno to cheer him up. Although he is initially happy, he quickly becomes melancholic once again. After discovering that Champion has a keen interest in road bicycle racing, because it is implied that Champion's deceased parents were cyclists, she buys him a tricycle. Years later, Champion becomes a professional cyclist with Souza as his coach.
At the Tour de France, Champion races until he is kidnapped by two mobsters along with two other cyclists. Souza and Bruno follow the men to Belleville, but lose their trail soon after reaching the city. Lost and with no way to find Champion, Souza has a chance encounter with the renowned Belleville triplets, music hall singers from the 1930s, now elderly women turned improvisational musicians. The sisters take Souza to their home and over time she becomes a part of their group.
At a fancy restaurant, the Triplets and Souza perform a jam session using a newspaper, refrigerator, vacuum and bicycle wheel as instruments. The mafia boss who kidnapped her grandson happens to be in the same restaurant and, with the help of Bruno, Souza realizes he has Champion. She tails one of the Mafia's minions the next day and discovers their scheme.
That night, Madame Souza, Bruno and the triplets then infiltrate the hideout and sabotage the contraption, unbolting it from the ground and turning it into a pedal-powered vehicle on which they all escape. The mob henchmen pursue them, but are all thwarted amidst the chase. The film ends with the motley group riding on out of Belleville, and a flashforward to an elderly Champion reflecting on the adventure, as told to him by the then-deceased Souza.
Category:Elderly
Category:Cartoon Heroes
Category:Wise
Category:Nurturers
Category:Voice of Reason
Category:Disciplinarians
Category:Selfless
Category:Movie Heroes
Category:Theatrical Heroes
Category:Deceased
Category:Pure Good
Category:Female
Category:Rescuers
Category:Comedy Heroes
Category:Parents
Category:Indie/Doujin Heroes