Maria Van Der Polk

## Maria Linnea Van Der Polk

### Aliases

Marie III; Maria Von Trapp; Edelweiss; Little Miss Muffet; Primpy Baker; Expert Mountaineer

### Relatives

Nicholas Van Der Polk (Father); Alexandra Steinbrenner-Van Der Polk (Mother); Marie Daryovetsky-Van Der Polk (Grandmother); Tatiana Van Der Polk (Little Sister); Anya Van Der Polk (Little Sister); Alexei Van Der Polk (Little Brother); Olga Van Der Polk (Little Sister)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Amber

Maria Van Der Polk is the minor supporting protagonist of "Donkey Kong Country Escapades," an ally to Team DK, and Anya’s older sister.

## Voices

* Youko Honna (Japanese; Teenager)
* Chika Sakamoto (Japanese; Adult)
* Jennifer Hale (English; Teenager; In a Swedish accent)
* Amy Sedaris (English; Adult; In a Swedish accent)
* Claudia Mota (Latin American Spanish; Teenager)
* Verónica López Treviño (Latin American Spanish; Adult)
* Yolanda Mateos (Castilian Spanish; Teenager)
* Ana Pallejá (Castilian Spanish; Adult)
* Mar Nicolás (Catalan; Teenager)
* Ana Pallejá (Catalan; Adult)
* Christine Bellier (French; Teenager)
* Marjorie Frantz (French; Adult)
* Christine Bellier (Canadian French; Teenager)
* Josée Deschênes (Canadian French; Adult)
* Marie Bierstedt (German; Teenager)
* Claudia Lössl (German; Adult)
* Ilaria Latini (Italian; Teenager)
* Emanuela Rossi (Italian; Adult)
* Sandra de Castro (Portuguese; Teenager)
* Elsa Galvão (Portuguese; Adult)
* Sylvia Salustti (Brazilian Portuguese; Teenager)
* Bia Barros (Brazilian Portuguese; Adult)
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## Descriptions

Maria is a 17 year old girl with long, wavy, dark red velvet-colored hip-length hair, amber eyes, and wearing a purple head bandana with lavender flower designs on it, a pink short-sleeved shirt with poofy sleeves, a dark pink lederhosen-like dress, light pink socks, and black clog-styled slippers.

At age 29, Maria wears a pink long-sleeved button-up shirt, a dark pink sleeveless maxi dress, a light pink colored apron around her waist, and black ballet slippers, but retains her dark red velvet-colored hair and amber eyes; Plus, she doesn't wear the head bandana anymore.

Her expedition outfit is a dark pink long-sleeved safari shirt with the sleeves rolled up over a pink cropped tanktop, a purple neckerchief, a dark pink safari hat with a pink band in place of her head bandana, a lavender fannypack-like pouch around her hips, dark pink safari shorts, light pink socks, and black cargo boots.

During the summer season, she wears a N/A.

During the fall season, her outerwear is a N/A.

In both fall and winter, her outfit is a N/A.

Her winter outerwear is a N/A.

When going out in the rain, she wears a pink long-sleeved raincoat, a pink rain hat, and pink boots.

At night, she wears a lavender short-sleeved nightgown with poofy sleeves in both the spring and the summer.

Her pajamas are a purple long-sleeved flannel pajama jacket with buttons and purple long flannel pajama pants, and sometimes wears purple slippers in both the fall and the winter.

Her party outfit is a N/A.

At a royal ball, she wears a N/A.

When going swimming, she wears a light green two piece bikini.

When going to church, she wears a N/A.

Her Halloween costume is Maria Von Trapp in her curtain-made dress, consisting a brown sleeveless dress with a flowing knee-length skirt over a butter yellow medium-sleeved shirt with poofy sleeves, beige stockings, and brown ballet flats from "The Sound of Music (1965)."

## Relationships

**Anya Van Der Polk**

Anya is Maria's little sister.

**Tatiana Van Der Polk**

Tatiana is Maria's other little sister.

**Olga Van Der Polk**

Olga is Maria's other little sister.

**Alexei Van Der Polk**

Alexei is Maria's little brother.

**Nicholas Van Der Polk**

Nicholas is Maria's father.

**Alexandra Steinbrenner-Van Der Polk**

Alexandra is Maria's mother.

**Marie Daryovetsky-Van Der Polk**

Marie is Maria's grandmother.

## Christmas Specials

* Donkey Kong Country Escapades: A Christmas Special

## Movies

* Donkey Kong Country Escapades: The Movie

## Trivia

* Maria's name is based on Maria Rainier, later Maria Von Trapp, from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical and 1965 film adaptation versions of "The Sound of Music," as well as Maria Romanov, one of Anastasia's older sisters from Don Bluth's 1997 film "Anastasia."
* And speaking of "The Sound of Music," this musical happens to be her and her family's favorite movies and Broadway musicals of all time because it took place in Austria, which is a European country nearby Sweden, where Stockholm, their original hometown, is located. In fact, she also accompanied her family to Austria where the filmmakers made "The Sound of Music (1965)" while taking a class trip there with Tatiana and her overseas studies class for one of their overseas studies, which landed them their eventual new home in Seattle, Washington in America due to their newly grown knowledge and interest on different locations across the world, and despite her and her family missing Stockholm and their old friends and other family members there, they love their new hometown in Seattle and they also legally, and gladly, became official Swedish-American citizens upon moving there, even agreeing with the immigration movers to keep their birth real names and have legalized American nicknames.
* Her full name is "Maria Linnea Van Der Polk."
* Maria is in high school and in 11th grade.
* In Seasons 1-3, Maria starts out as a teenager. Yet, in Season 3’s last episode, Season 4’s first episode and the very beginning and very end of the movie, she is an adult, while in the rest of Season 4 and the movie, she is a teenager.
* She both a combination of a beauty queen and a risk-taker, particularly when it comes to climbing mountains.
* Anya picked up and adopted Maria's polite behavior from Maria herself due to being Anya's role model.
* Maria is extremely close to her siblings, mostly Anya, who looks up to her as a role model.