Tilly Green

“
Here's Tilly!
”Tilly Green is the deuteragonist of Big City Greens. As Cricket's older sister, she is the first born and only daughter of Bill and Nancy Green who moved to the Big City alongside her family to live with Alice.
== Appearance ==
=== Physical ===
Tilly is a short and slender twelve year old girl (an animation error in the episode "Bat Girl" makes her unexpectedly have a fat belly.) She has medium-length black hair, freckles on both sides of her cheek, and like the other Greens, she also has yellow skin, though hers is slightly paler than the others.
Her eyes are oval-shaped, which makes her the only Green to have that trait, and has darker-colored sclerae, unusual to others. She has two buckteeth which stick out of her mouth, and puffy cheeks. She has a visible slouch and is taller than Cricket. She has thin eyebrows, but they aren't usually seen.
As of "Tilly Style", she has her ears pierced (even though her ears are always hidden by her hair, episodes following "Gabriella's Fella" shows she still has them).
=== Attire ===
Main article: Tilly Green/Outfits
She wears a light purple long dress that stops above her knees with a white collar and poofy sleeves. Tilly, unlike her brother, actually wears green shoes in the form of Mary Janes, along with white socks.
She bears a resemblance to her great great aunt Metrona Green. ("Family Legacy")
== Personality ==
Tilly is a tomboyish and somewhat nerdy oddball. While quiet at times, she is very imaginative, though very unusual and surreal. Despite being older than Cricket, she is much more sillier than him. Tilly is smarter than she looks; while others perceive her as unintelligent and childish, she is quite wise for her years.
Tilly is a selfless, very nice, sweet and friendly girl, and like her younger brother Cricket, will always lend a hand to anyone in need. This cuteness and friendliness of hers can be interpreted as being pacifist, best seen in "Winner Winner" when she doesn't want to fight her opponent, despite Community Sue's insistence. This pacifism is also seen in "Feud Fight", where she tells Cricket that fighting is not the answer to problems, telling him to talk it out with Chip Whistler. However, "Big Deal" shows that she shows no remorse when fighting.
Tilly is known for her love for animals, even those that aren't commonly seen as pets. She names all of the animals she comes across; for example, the horse she wrestled to pass the Green family's rite of passage is named "Fredrico". In "Steak Night", she befriends and commands a pack of rats in the subway, and in "Coffee Quest" she commands Melissa the goat and Marjorie the sheep on a bobsled to help Cricket and Gloria escape from Chip Whistler and his goons. Her love for animals is that strong to the point she absolutely refuses to hurt them, as shown with the moles in the whack-a-mole game ("Present Tense")
She is somewhat enthusiastic of her younger brother Cricket's actions; whatever he does interests her. Befitting her sometimes tomboyish nature, she appears to be fearless of the danger that she may encounter from time to time, and appears to like facing danger head-on (she has also said that she loves danger in "Space Chicken"). The most prominent example of her fearless nature is in "Chipocalypse Now"; with Bill inside the house, Vasquez and Gramma taken by surprise, and a squad of drillers racing towards her, Tilly proclaims that she'll never let anyone touch the house. Tilly will also break from her sweet and caring nature to protect her family, as shown in "Squashed!".
Despite her cheerful and silly demeanor, when pushed enough, Tilly opts to show a darker and gloomier side of her; this is best shown in "Axin' Saxon" when she swears vengeance against her Gramma (it was actually Nancy) for breaking Saxon. At times, she may say things in an ominous and foreboding way; examples are seen in "Flimflammed", "Level Up" and especially "Axin' Saxon". She may also harness her anger to potentially inflict harm, though against her will ("Winner Winner", though "Big Deal" shows she does not regret fighting amongst the crowds, though this may be influenced by the others.)
Sometimes, Tilly is also rather controlling: throughout "Mama Bird" Tilly, wanting to be their mom, attempts to woo the newly-hatched birds towards her (who favored Cricket after Tilly ignored Bill's warning), and in "Cricketsitter", she decided to scare Cricket when convincing him did not do the trick (that made Cricket fall and break his left arm).
There are times where Tilly refers to herself in the third person; for example, in "Cricket Versus", one of her lines is "More for Tilly," in "Park Pandemonium", she told Alice that "There are a million grandmas, but only one Tilly," and in "Level Up", as Bill goes inside, she says she'll stay outside, "Tilly bein' Tilly." In multiple episodes, she says her other catchphrase: "This will do nicely".
== Abilities ==
=== Talents ===
* Common sense:
** Tilly's rational thinking and common sense has saved her family from danger multiple times. She is also more vigilant and responsible than Cricket, serving as his minder - and sometimes protector - from time to time.
** Her clever thinking has also solved problems multiple times. She is more level-headed and practical in her ideas, compared to her brother, whose ideas are sometimes more all over the place and ultimately impractical.
* Animal magnetism:
** Tilly is well-known for her immense love of animals of all kinds (excluding Snakey and an aggressive-looking chihuahua seen in "Volunteer Tilly"). She gets along well with pretty much any animal she sees, from pets Melissa (whom she thinks is a dog) and Phoenix, to Anoush, Mr. Grigorian's cat, to a freak of nature combination of multiple animals named the "Cratigeon".
** This animal-loving side of her is best seen in the abovementioned "Volunteer Tilly", where she, having forged a quick, though strong, bond for all of them, sets the animals free at her house instead of putting them up for adoption. This animal magnetism extends to even fictional animals; in "Present Tense", she is against the concept of whack-a-mole, saying that moles deserve some respect. In addition, in "Flimflammed", she is able to sense an "unfamiliar canine energy", referring to a pug Cricket had found wandering by Elkins Street.
** This apparent magnetism is to a point all the Greens' chickens are connected to her, in a way; in "Sellouts", the chickens, after being let loose by Gloria, go to the Farmer's Market only to spend time with Tilly. Tilly's singing voice can reach frequencies only animals can hear, as revealed in "Bleeped".
** Ironically, the only animal she hates is horses, as revealed in "Horse Girl".
* Telepathy:
** Tilly has been shown to communicate telepathically with animals, like the street rats in "Steak Night", Melissa in "Tilly's Goat", the three birds in "Mama Bird", and Snakey in "Cheap Snake".
** While she is able to create a perfect telepathic connection with animals, Tilly has not had much luck creating telepathic connections with humans. She tried to form a psychic link with Andromeda once, but failed. In "Sellouts", she uses a "personal connection" to try to gain customers, which involves telepathy to grant a deep connection to a customer.
* Music: Tilly is known to have a good singing voice, which is demonstrated to its full extent in "Okay Karaoke" and the Broken Karaoke shorts. In the case of the former, she couldn't find a song perfect to her, so she created her own song which everyone enjoyed. In "Bleeped", she was to end the choir concert with a long high note which she wanted to perfect so everyone would love it. In the end, she sings so high it attracts animals to the concert, who applaud her.
* Dancing: Tilly is also known to be a good dancer. This is prominently shown in the Broken Karaoke short "Queen of Nice".
* Artistic skill:
** Tilly has been shown to have artistic talent, for example producing a get-well soon card in "Super Gramma!" and her Tilly Gifts in "The Gifted". She also seems to have a big imagination. This artistic skill of hers landed her on the Big Coffee Employee of the Month plaque, displacing Gloria ("Cricket's Shoes"). In addition, this artistic skill of hers allows her to draw up some storyboards in a short time, as shown in "Animation Abomination".
** Her artistic skill was suddenly tested in "The Gifted" when she believes Bill hated the gifts she made him and destroys them out of sadness, only for him to reveal he liked them after all because they came from the heart.
* Sign language: In "Quiet Please", it is revealed that Tilly knows how to speak in American Sign Language. She uses this to her advantage whenever she needs to say something in the very quiet library, and with that knowledge, she remains the only Green who didn't get in trouble with the librarian.
* Acting and general theatrical knowledge:
** Episodes have shown that Tilly has dabbled into theatre; her stagey diversions with Remy show that she has some acting knowledge. In addition, in "Times Circle", she has written an entire script for a play featuring her, Remy and Saxon, and in "Tilly Tests Trevor", she has written a script for a Christmas movie with Trevor Tordjman playing Santa.
** In "Cheap Show", Tilly presents her story in storyboard form, showing she has some knowledge of animation production and animatics. In "Pool's Gold", she acts out the roles of "A. Resident" and "A. Guest" while trying to break into pools in Big City. She knows how to storyboard, as shown in "Cheap Show", and as of "Animation Abomination" she knows the entire process on making cartoons. In "Cousin Jilly", she is able to put on a convincing show as the titular "Cousin Jilly" for Cricket's pleasure.
* Lock picking skill: In “Garage Tales", Tilly is able to pick the lock of an old antique chest. She got this from her Gramma. In addition, Tilly is able to use a credit card to pick the lock of Gramma's room in "Cricket's Biscuits".
* Resistance to most unwellness or pain:
** Throughout the show, Tilly is shown to somehow resist some unwellness or pain; examples include "Flimflammed", where the Skull Slimmer shatters on her head (contrary to when it was tested on Cricket), and "Chipocalypse Now" where she is somehow unable to feel the blood rushing to her head (unlike Cricket).
** However, she isn't completely immune to pain, injury nor sickness, especially seen in "Fast Foodie" where she becomes sick after eating many Burger Clown meals.
* Hypnosis: "Sellouts" reveals Tilly can hypnotize others by staring into their eyes for long amounts of time. However, the spell could break if she and the victim touch eyeballs, which is gross. Also in the end card for "Tilly Calls a Library", she tries to hypnotize the viewer into liking the video and mooing like a cow, which somehow works on Cricket.
* Tunneling ability: In "Fast Foodie", Tilly is shown to be able to create tunnels.
* Heightened senses: Also in "Fast Foodie", Tilly gets sick due to eating too much, but easily recovers thanks to vegetables and fruits; while Bill says that her body is just returning to normal, Tilly says she has "heightened senses", enabling her to see clearly, breathe deeply, smell even the littlest of things, gain big sister strength, and even crawl very fast through the power of vegetables. This allows her to create tunnels, for example through a ball pit, as described above.
* Intelligence: Tilly is exceptionally intelligent for her age. When combined with her rational thinking, Tilly is able to create big, sprawling plans; an example is her plan to get Bill and Chip Whistler together in "Friend Con" (though in this case she didn't know Chip was still evil and was secretly manipulating Bill the entire time).
* Multilingualism: "The Van" reveals she is capable of speaking fluent Japanese, and "Gloria's Café" shows her speaking some French. In Junk Mountain, Tilly is also shown speaking Italian. Tilly is the only Green to know a different language. In the non-canon Miss Tilly's Fun Time TV Minute episode featuring Meg Donnelly, she is shown to be able to speak rat, having picked up the language following the events of "Steak Night".
* Decoding skill: "Family Legacy" shows Tilly has the ability to decode the answers to riddles, as shown when she is able to realize the meanings behind the riddles to find the Green Family Treasure and discover its purpose.
 	 	
Tilly fights off the horde of pumpkins with her father.	Tilly fights off the horde of pumpkins with her father.	Tilly fights off the horde of pumpkins with her father.
* Fighting prowess: In "Squashed!", she is shown to have some skill in fighting off the pumpkin horde.
=== Weaknesses ===
* Controlling demeanor: At times, Tilly is known to be very controlling, especially to animals she loves. This is best shown with her treatment of the baby birds in "Mama Bird".
* Rage: Tilly is generally calm and collected; if she is pushed enough, she will lash out at anyone. While she isn't actually keen on physically hurting others around her, as shown in "Winner Winner" (however in "Big Deal" she is shown fighting), she may adopt a very harsh tone; a well-known example is shown in "Axin' Saxon", where she swears she'll make Gramma pay for destroying Saxon. In addition, in "Friend Con", she unsuccessfully tries to attack Chip Whistler after finding out he conned Bill into a fake friendship. Tilly lunges at Bill in rage in two episodes, "Cheap Show" and "Present Tense", the former because their streaming services have ads, and the latter because of Bill playing whack-a-mole correctly. She lunges at Remy in a rage after Cricket does the same in "Chipocalypse Now".
* Unfamiliarity with modern tech: Tilly is somewhat inept with modern tech; in "Gramma Driver", she tries to free Agatha, her Fun Fon's smart assistant, from its "phone prison", which results in her trying to destroy the seemingly-indestructible phone right after Bill gets it for her. However, she is able to use a tablet and Bill's smartphone fluently in "Bad Influencer" and "Chipocalypse Now", respectively. This discrepancy may be due to Tilly being distracted by the Fun Fon's smart assistant. In "Sellouts", she admits to not being familiar with social media. Tilly, after being handed Gloria's phone, would eventually dabble with social media in "Ding Dongers", but forsakes it by the end of the episode.
* Lack of fighting skill: Tilly's kind demeanor can sometimes work against her. An example is seen in "Winner Winner", where she profoundly refuses to attack Donowitz, despite needing to so she can win a trophy. However, this isn't shown in "Big Deal" and especially "Squashed!".
== Songs sung by Tilly ==
=== Series ===
* Tilly's Bird Song
* The Best Part of Christmas
* Good Deeds are Good Indeed
* Christmas is Busted
* The Best Part of Christmas (Reprise)
* Miss Tilly's Fun Time TV Hour
* Banana Song
* Sing My Song
* When I Get Home
* My Only Enemy
* That's What Best Friends Do
* Fun, Fun, Fun
=== Shorts and Other Media ===
* Queen of Nice
* Stuck at Home
* Monsterman (Broken Karaoke only)
* We're Goin' Offline
* Santa Gave My Grandson Coal for Christmas
* Born To Be Strange
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== Trivia ==
* In "Blue Tater", she doesn't believe that bad luck, nor curses, exist, as she explains that everyone has their own luck.
** She also added that the reason that she beat Cricket in head-and-tails is because she glued two pennies with only the heads on both sides.
** She calls it "[her] own luck", encouraging Cricket to make his own and teach him not to believe everything he hears.
* In "Cricketsitter", she tends to quietly pass out when she gets overwhelmed by the situation.
** In the same episode, it is revealed that she also carries a sack bag that she named Saxon.
* She likes to personify objects, like Saxon and Henry the dummy. ("Hiya Henry")
* She apparently sleeps during the day, and Cricket does not like it when she does. ("Space Chicken")
* Prior to "Date Night", Tilly appeared in all episodes. The aforementioned episode is currently the only episode where Tilly is not mentioned nor does not appear in person.
** Tilly does not appear in most of the shorts.
** In Date Night, Tilly is not here because of the mistake.
** The "real" Tilly does not appear in "Time Crisis"; her alternate future counterpart appears in her place.
** While absent for the majority of "Greens' Acres" due to the episode being one big flashback, Tilly appears in the ending scene.
* "Times Circle" reveals Tilly is into theatre. This is previously hinted at with her stagey diversions with Remy. ("Bear Trapped", "Critterball Crisis") She seems to have Remy as a supporting actor frequently.
** In addition, she comments on Remy's acting having "improved" in "Flimflammed".
** In "Tilly Tests Trevor", it is shown she has written a script for a Christmas movie, and is looking at Z-O-M-B-I-E-S star Trevor Tordjman as a potential Santa Claus. However, she gives Gramma the role.
* Later episodes, especially in Season 2, reveal that Tilly is somewhat nerdy:
** "Cheap Show" reveals Tilly is into Japanese culture. In "The Van" she is shown to be able to speak fluent Japanese.
** "Animation Abomination" also reveals she is a super-fan of the animated series Kingdom of Lore, having watched/read/listened to every single piece of Kingdom of Lore media (episodes, books etc.) and even buying the official tie-in cereal. She and Cricket would have a hand in shaping the show's season finale, though the Internet reception wasn't that enthusiastic.
* Tilly loves all animals, with the exception of the Patagonian Snake shown in "Cheap Snake" and a chihuahua shown in "Volunteer Tilly", However she doesn't like horses as revealed in "Horse Girl".
** This is to the point she will befriend all animals, regardless of species: in "Tilly Tour" she has apparently befriended a "Cratigeon" (a combination of a rat, cat, pigeon and "who knows what else").
** Her love for animals is to a point where she has named all the animals her family and she herself have met, and memorized all their names (Chris Houghton on his Tumblr). This includes the horse she tamed for her Rite of Passage, which she named "Frederico".
*** Season 3 introduces an inconsistencies. The episode "Horse Girl" reveals that she hates horses, contradicting her love for all animals and her ability to tame Frederico for her Rite of Passage.
** Tilly has a knack for telepathic communication for animals. ("Steak Night", "Tilly's Goat", "Mama Bird", "Cheap Snake", "Sellouts")
** She is apparently a "skunk expert", knowing everything about the animal. ("Skunked")
** "Present Tense" reveals she absolutely refuses to attack any type of animal, especially the vermin, as seen when she praises the moles in a whack-a-mole game and is offended when Bill shows her how to play correctly.
** Cats may be her favorite animal, seeing as she befriended Anoush, dressed as one in her play, and had her Mages & Mazes character turn into a cat.
* She is the only Green whose hair is not colored in any way (she has black hair), alongside her counterpart Metrona Green.
** Chris Houghton joked that her hair is black because she wears a wig. This was alluded to in "Dream Weaver" where she removed her hair in a dream sequence.
* Tilly mentions in "Tilly Style" that she's a pre-tween, which means she could be be 9-12.
** When a fan pointed out she acted immature for her age, Chris Houghton sarcastically said that Tilly's age is 10.
 	 	
Tilly's new piercing (left), and Tilly wearing her hair up, exposing her piercing (right).	Tilly's new piercing (left), and Tilly wearing her hair up, exposing her piercing (right).	Tilly's new piercing (left), and Tilly wearing her hair up, exposing her piercing (right).
* Tilly is currently the only Green to undergo a permanent change (in "Tilly Style" she gets her ears pierced, though it's not seen due to her ears not being seen because of her hair. Only when her hair is styled upwards can it be seen.)
* Tilly is brave enough to stand up to whoever is controlling her, as seen in "Dolled Up" where she stands up to Cantaloupe Sinclair.
* Tilly has an unique running style. Her arms are laid against her body with her fingers curled back, as she thrusts forwards.
** Chris Houghton says she does this so she can run "faster".
** Her running style is similar to Tina Belcher's running style in Bob's Burgers.
* Inspirations for Tilly's character:
** Her personality is very similar to Gravity Falls' Mabel Pines; one thing to note is both of their loves for animals (Mabel with Waddles, and Tilly with pretty much any kind of animal), and another is their cheerful, free-spirited and silly tendencies.
*** In addition, her puffy cheeks look like Mabel's.
*** This trait of hers, alongside her pacifism, is also somewhat similar to Sid Chang from Nickelodeon's 2016 animated series The Loud House and its 2019 spin-off, The Casagrandes. Her animal-loving traits also mirror Lana Loud from The Loud House.
**** Her personality is also similar to Smurfblossom from The Smurfs, their both cheerful, silly, imaginative, and friendly, and they both have short hair.
***** She is also similar to Agnes Gru from Despicable Me, they both have black hair, and are silly, creative, sweet, and kind-hearted.
** Her bucktooth looks somewhat identical to Ronnie Anne Santiago's, also from The Loud House and its spinoff The Casagrandes. In addition to their bucktooth, both are tomboys, preteens and have black hair and freckles, and are intelligent, kind and friendly to others.
** However, Ronnie Anne is much more nicer from The Loud House season four and The Casagrandes onward.
** She looks similar to the Pop Tart Girl from Pop Tarts.
*** She is also similar to Penny Fitzgerald and Leni Loud, the former from the abovementioned series and the latter from The Loud House. Both are kind-hearted girls who are very nice and friendly and will go out of their way to help others in need.
** She is also similar to David Van Driessen from Beavis and Butt-head.
*** In addition, both are wise and older than the main characters (David is a teacher and Tilly is the older sister and is intelligent in general, also both are older than Beavis and Butt-head and Cricket respectively) and usually speaks in a gentle voice, but both has had their moments of rage in both series (David due to the antics of Beavis and Butt-head and Tilly's moments of rage are mentioned in "Weaknesses" above).
*** Both have also had some notable near-death experience (David's near-death experiences are brought on the regular by the antics of Beavis and Butt-head, while Tilly's most notable is in "Mama Bird".)
** Her kind personality is also similar to Petty from the South Korean animated series Pororo the Little Penguin, Lani from Tayo the Little Bus, and Chess from Chiro.
** She bears a striking resemblance to Prudence from Cha Ching.
** Her dress is similar to Janey Powell from The Simpsons, but is colored purple, unlike Janey, whose dress is pink.
* In the theme song and "Welcome Home", she and Cricket were shown sitting in the front seat of the Kludge; in America, children must be of age 8-12 or older to sit in the front seat of a car and must be at least 4'10 (1.2 meters) and in some states must weigh at least 100 lbs (45 kg).
* Though hard to notice, Tilly's sclerae are noticeably grey, especially in close-up shots.
* Unlike Cricket, who refers to his parents as "Dad" and "Mom", Tilly always refers to them as "Papa" and "Mama".
* From "Tilly Style" and onward, Tilly has her ears pierced.
* Tilly’s name could be inspired by the Platycodon grandiflora, 'Miss Tilly' plants. Her dress is also purple, just like the flower.
** The "Miss Tilly" name was eventually used in "Dream Weaver" and the Miss Tilly's Fun Time TV Hour shorts.
** Tilly's name was actually inspired by the band "Tilly and the Wall", as revealed by Chris Houghton on Tumblr.
* In the early episodes, Tilly's voice was high-pitched and more baby like. During the middle ten of Season 1, starting with "Gargoyle Gals"/"Supermarket Scandal", Tilly's voice got progressively lower-pitched and sounds slightly older, which is in full effect around "Blood Moon" and for the rest of the show.
* In "Quiet Please" it's revealed she can understand American Sign Language.
** She was also the only Green family member who did not get in trouble with the librarian in that episode.
* A plush form of Tilly wearing her "Miss Tilly" suit and sitting on her play couch is visible in the background during the live-action Disney stars' "Group Chat" shorts.
* She was the first nuclear Green to hear of Cricket's romantic relationship with Gabriella, by the time of "Big Resolution".
* According to Chris Houghton, if Tilly is to attend Hexside (from The Owl House), she would study the art of "everything I touch turns to chocolate."
* Tilly has a total of four swimsuit designs, the most out of every other character in the series.
* According to Chris Houghton, Tilly's favorite Beatles song is Across the Universe.