Daisy Quokka

Daisy Quokka is a one of main characters from The Tales from Sanctuary City franchise, starting as the main protagonist of the 2021 Australien animated movie, Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal. Tired of her adorable life as a Quokka on Quokka Rocks, Daisy has always wanted to participate in World's Scariest Animal games since she was little. The day the games take hold in Sanctuary City, Daisy seizes the opportunity to make her dream come true, recruiting her idol Frankie Scales to coach at the same time and entering the most dangerous of games with both Frankie's daughter, Ronda Saltie and the intimidating Drago Modo.
She was voiced by Angourie Rice who also potrayed Betty Brant in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
== Personality ==
Daisy is energetic, determined, talkative, compassionate, sympathetic and loved practicing World's Scariest Games since childhood. Her most dominant trait that sets her apart from all of her species is that she can't stand taking selfies and smile with everyone. She also do not support the cumbersome attitude of her parents or their Neo-Luddism opinion on her dreams, despite that she loves them. Daisy is especially too enthusiastic, starting to dance strangely when his joy reaches its fullest or when she met her competitor Drago and wanted to greet him just to be roared at.
The biggest Frankie Scales fan since childhood, Daisy admires him immensely, even after his decadence. Upon meeting him for the first time, she was initially afraid of the lonely old crocodile but soon replaced her fear with disappointment when he coldly refused to be her coach, calling him a "mean crocodile" until which he ends up accepting, bringing back Daisy's admiration for him.
When she is stressed or scared, Daisy speaks quickly with a long summary sentence. In other cases, she stutters a bit and speaks slowly, like when she met Ronda the second time. When she becomes depressed after ruining the first challenge, Daisy admits that although she is afraid of dying, she is mostly afraid of living the boring life of a Quokka having been able to fulfill her dream for the rest of her life days. Once her confidence was restored by Frankie, Daisy became more determined than ever, not even afraid of Drago anymore.
Initially on bad terms with Ronda since the Crocodile had demeaning opinions of the Quokkas, the two ended up befriending as the games progressed. A good example of their friendship is when when the two rivals helped each other along the way and Ronda came back to save a Daisy stuck in the stadium on fire. As Daisy knew that Ronda was Frankie's daughter, she encouraged the old reptile to reconnect with Ronda, showing both wisdom despite her young age and a good heart.
== Background ==
After waking up from a nightmare, Daisy begins a classic day at Quokka Rocks again, starting with the exasperating pampering of her parents but this time she decides that it is finally time to make her dream come true. When she next wants to tell them about it, her parents offer her a ferry ticket to Sanctuary City where the World's Scariest Animal Games will be held this year, only for her to act as the new head of their business and thus entered family affair, much to Daisy's annoyance especially after her parents are laughing at her dreams of participating in the game and then constantly asserting that Quokkas are only good at being adorable in selfies.
Landed in Sanctuary City, Daisy goes to Sanctuary Stadium and is quickly thrilled. She then turns to the announcement of qualifying starting the next day presented by Flightless Feather which also reveals that Sanctuary City has obtained two entries for the games. The reporter then introduces a town favorite, a teenage female crocodile named Ronda Saltie who quickly inspires awe in Daisy by uttering Frankie's slogan about dreams coming true. Daisy catches the intention of the reptile and tells him which account also participated in the games. Not only does Ronda not take her seriously but she also denigrates her for being just a Quokka, while noticing that she needs a coach to participate in the qualification. Daisy shyly suggests that Ronda's coach could be hers as well, only so that the crocodile wouldn't tell the rodent to go take some stupid selfies since that's the only thing she's currently good at doing. Ronda gone, Daisy is really outraged before people start asking her for selfies, which she only reluctantly does.
At nightfall, Daisy looks at a card from Frankie and decides to give up when suddenly the Drop-Bears slaughter her advertising cart before stealing it from her. Pursuing the filthy little critters in the Wild, Daisy stumbles upon the encampment of an old crocodile bothered by thieving creatures. It does not take long for her to discover that the individual is infatuated with Frankie Scales himself. Pushed around by the Drop-Bears, Daisy finds herself face to face with her idol and after a somewhat hostile first encounter due to Frankie's lonely life, Daisy reveals her idolater for the old crocodile while asking him to please be his coach. Frankie refuses at first because of what the games have done to his life, because Daisy is a Quokka and also because he no longer believes in dreams but when Daisy calls him a bad crocodile like Ronda, he changes suddenly notices and agrees to be Daisy's coach despite already starting to regret it.
The next day, Daisy and Frankie arrive at the qualifying gymnasium where Frankie reunites with his former rival Jerry now Ronda's coach, making matters even worse. Once everyone has passed the course, Daisy takes a chance, starting off by almost missing the first jump and ending up doing the slowest time ever. Jerry chooses Ronda and a cockatoo named Dex Brown because of their superb timing until games president Augustus Maximus points out from the rule-book that Dex is not qualified because he did not touch the button and the only person other than Ronda to have done it is Daisy, much to everyone's shock. More than happy, Daisy goes to see her locker and is approached by Jerry who gives her the Sanctuary City team jersey, not without hiding how much he coldly disapproves of the Quokka's presence.
On the day of the first challenge, Daisy starts off badly, quickly finding herself far behind Drago Modo, Ronda, Tyrus and Adewale and then briefly manages to make her way through the meteor shower emerging from the fictitious volcano. Unfortunately, her fear of heights accidentally crashes into Ronda, leaving the two females suspended above a deadly void. Ronda reluctantly chooses to help Daisy back up, sending their team down to last place in the process. Going back down to the stadium, Daisy tries to apologize just for Ronda to scold her angrily for having almost hurt them both.
Feeling shabby and depressed about the lack of encouragement from her parents, Daisy tries to improve herself by training in the park to no avail. Frankie then arrives and tells her that she can't give up after going this far but Daisy seems to have totally lost confidence in her because she was afraid of dying today. She also admits to being mostly afraid of starting an uninteresting life again where no one cares who she really is inside. However, Frankie is able to convince her to continue because if she gives up now, she will regret it for the rest of her life, knowing only too well himself, that even if she is not terrifying she still has a lot of talents and she must above all be herself. Convinced, Daisy begins intensive training that allows her to both stay in the games and win the hearts and respect of the audience, including Ronda. With only one place left in the final, Daisy manages a perfect jump to the button, leaving only herself and Drago for the final round.
Leaving the stadium celebrating her success with Frankie, Daisy notices the sudden sadness of the old reptile, easily guessing that he is thinking of Ronda. When Frankie denies it, Daisy admits knowing that Ronda is his daughter since she knew all about her idol and having come to understand Frankie's real reason for wanting to be her coach, because he wanted to see his daughter after she didn't not having seen her since she was a little. The Quokka then encourages her coach to tell Ronda the truth, not knowing that the female crocodile had quietly heard everything.
The next day, the last decisive challenge "The Floor is Lava'' is initially to the advantage of a Drago using twisted blows to keep the Quokka at bay but Daisy holds on thanks to her determination and her cunning, overtaking the bad player lizard to end the challenge. While she is only a few meters from the victory, Drago refuses to lose deliberately throws a flaming torch towards her, setting fire to the course and then to the whole stadium. The crowd evacuates the flaming scene but a group is stuck in the upper stands as the button tower begins to wobble towards them. Braving the danger, Daisy climbs to the top with a grappling hook then almost hesitates to press the button to instead choose to save the people by hooking the cable rope to the tower and sticking the hook in the ground after a dive into the void, allowing the group to exit before the grapple gives way. Unfortunately, by hitting the stands, the tower crashed into the Quokka. Ronda then returns to the crumbling trail to find an injured Daisy losing consciousness.
Waking up in the hospital with just her left foot broken, Daisy is surrounded by both her parents and her friends. Saying thank you to Ronda for saving her, Daisy hopes to return the device to her one day but Ronda simply tells her that she has already done it by making her known to her father. After learning of Drago's arrest, Daisy grows sad knowing that the World's Scariest Animal did not have a winner but regains her joy when seeing the many animals outside cheering for the courage she has shown. Subsequently, the Quokkas decide to finally fulfill their dreams, Frankie and Ronda make up for lost time and Daisy becomes the favorite of the now renowned World's Bravest Animal, concluding the story with Never give up on your dreams.
== Quotes ==
== Trivia==
*Daisy believes that the Quokka is a mix of kangaroo, rat, and teddy bear.
*Daisy is the very first Quokka in filmography's story to be a main protagonist.
*Her home, Quokka Rocks is briefly seen in The Wishmas Tree.
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