Poppy

**Poppy** is a main character in Candle Cove. He is the captain of The Laughingstock Crew and has a brother named Milo.

## Appearance

Poppy has red hair and a red beard. He has blue eyes and, being a live action human, towers over all the puppets. He wears a long black coat and a white button up under it most of the time. He has a belt around his torso to hold weapons.

## Personality

Poppy is kind and caring though a little overprotective. A brave captain, always wanting to protect those he loves. He is remorseful for the past and avoids talking about it, especially to Janice

He is very fond of and good with kids, but Since he is in the middle of the ocean he does not see kids often, and when he does get to meet one, he gets super interested in them and wants to be around them. He can rough around the edges, but is gentle with kids. Not so much with anyone else.

Working from a young age, Poppy has gained a very serious manner from it. He is gruff and blunt sometimes, Mostly towards people he does not know well.

## Relationships

### Percy

He is a mentor to Percy and often calls him by his full name; Percival. When things get tense, he tends to snap at Percy. Both of them tend to get irritated with each other, Percy for Poppy's lack of patience and Poppy for Percy's lack of courage. Whenever Percy is upset, Poppy attempts to comfort him, but it usually comes out as rough, if not a bit uncaring, putting all the more strain to their relationship.

Even still, Poppy seems to care about Percy in his own way.

He slowly respects Percy more thoughout the series as Percy grows braver.

### Janice

Since Poppy resembles Janice's father a lot, she clings onto him the most when in need of comfort. Unlike her father, however, Poppy is sweet and caring to Janice. Which makes her all the more reluctant to want to return home.

### Calvery Stankoff

Poppy is wary of Calvery at the beginning of the show, being originally from the Rubberfishes, but warms up to him thanks to the latters sharp wit. Though they often get into heated arguments over Poppy letting Milo uncontrolled and hurting Percy, warning him that he can't just let Milo do whatever he wants without consequences.

### Milo

As an older brother, he is protective to the point he almost smothers him. They are often seen joking together and talking in the background. Poppy, as the older brother, often stands behind his brother's decisions to the point of favoritism because of this, Milo believes that his brother only cares about him, even though this is not true, and dislikes when his brother shows affection towards others.

Poppy notices that Milo can exhibit despicable behavior at times, but he also recognizes that his brother is capable of showing kindness. Despite his flaws, Poppy maintains a positive outlook on Milo and hopes that he will continue to grow and improve as a person.

While he does scold Milo for doing things such as disobeying, being mean to Janice and being greedy, he lets him off the hook a little too much. Poppy most of the times turns a blind eye to Milo bullying Percy but on rare occions will stop him him, mostly if Milo is being too mean or doing it too much.

Milo's death takes a heavy toll on Poppy, and he grieves him for the rest of the series.

### The Skin-Taker

Poppy hates him for his cruel acts and ends up skinning him as revenge for the victims. When he comes back as the Skin-Taker, Poppy hates him more than ever and wants to get rid of him.

### Horace Horrible

Throughout the show, there are multiple instances where it is hinted that the characters may have known each other for a considerable amount of time before the events of the show take place. These hints are often subtle and reference past events that are not explicitly explained. Fans have picked up on these clues and have formulated a theory that the characters may have had a romantic relationship in the past. Although this theory is not confirmed, it adds an intriguing layer to the storyline. Poppy, however, is now seemingly indifferent to Horace's safety

When Milo passes away, Horace seems to want to be gentle with Poppy as to comfort him. Poppy seems to not care but does not stop Horace from trying to comfort him.

## Trivia

* Poppy loves his beard, a trait that is similar to Horace’s love of his moustache which is one thing, among few Horace still likes about Poppy
* He is one of the few live action characters other than Janice, Susan Siren and those from the Ordinary World
* He is played by series creator Emerson Grimes
* Grimes had to wear blue contact lenses for the role. He doesn't wear them in some scenes, though, because wearing the contacts for a long time irritated his eyes.