Bertie

“*I'm not really used to staying around the same people for very long, if you know what I mean.*”
―Bertie[src]
**Bertie** is the deuteragonist of the Netflix film Arlo the Alligator Boy and it's sequel series, I Heart Arlo. She is a giantess who felt like an outcast and had no place to call home, until she first met Arlo and took up residence with him and his friends.

## Profile

### Appearance

Bertie is the tallest of all, standing several feet high and is four times as pudgy, muscular and plump yet very beautiful and cute. She is light-skinned with freckles, a beauty mark next to her right eye, has medium brunette hair in two braids, and has a black headband with a small white lotus flower. She wears an off-white sleeveless dress that stops slightly below her knees, with a green patch, and has black sandals.

### Personality

Bertie is gentle, sensitive, and wise. She's often shown to be the brains of Arlo's gang, being more serious than him, often serving as his voice of reason for when things start to go wrong. Initially she was insecure and sheltered of herself during her time as a drifter, until meeting Arlo when she learned how to accept who she is. She's also warmhearted and kind, and appreciates Arlo as a true best friend.

### Abilities

* **Strength:** she is shown to have a high amount of strength. she has used it to get out of dangerous situations and she also uses it for everyday life. she uses her strength to defend her self and others. lift things up and throw things. she has used her strength to fight the beast and the bog lady.
* **Agility:** she is very quick and good at dodging. she jumped over trains and keep up with trains. she could also dodge attacks from huge octopuses and other monsters.

## History

### *Arlo the Alligator Boy*

Bertie was introduced at the Willow Button train station as Arlo is running away from the evil alligator hunters Ruff and Stucky, who intend to make him into their newest attraction and become rich. Bertie punches the hunters out of nowhere and faces them down, before finding Arlo who is astounded by her "angel" appearance. She manages to hold the hunters back and escapes on the moving train with Arlo aboard, but the hunters are intent at following them.

While onboard the roof of one of the cars, Bertie meets Arlo for the first time; when he asks where she's from, she claims, "nowhere special," which he doesn't think so. She was initially reluctant when he asks her to come to New York City with him to find his father, but decided to give in; it was that moment the two had to escape however, as Ruff and Stucky have caused the train to halt. The two eventually come upon a barn where Arlo gets into some trouble with the farmers who have been scammed by a motley crew led by Teeny Tiny Tony. Luckily, Bertie rescues him.

Hitching a ride on the crew's bus, Bertie, along with Arlo, is introduced to Tony, his partner Furlecia who moonlights as a wrestler, and their driver Alia. The crew is annoyed when Arlo reveals he gave the scammed money back to the farmers, but Furlecia feels sorry when Bertie says she gets it more than them. At first the crew is not interested in getting Arlo to New York, but Tony sees Arlo's feet and decides to take them under the condition they free their friend Marcellus trapped in an aquarium. Bertie wasn't keen with this idea, but was forced to agree.

While at the aquarium, Arlo frees Marcellus in no time, and while the gang takes a rest stop at a beach, Bertie is unable to sleep well, and goes to look out to the ocean. Arlo joins her, and she reveals more of her background as a drifter who has no place to live and has to move on once she gets Arlo to his dad. Arlo understands her sadness and, through song, reassures her that she's special no matter what, and the two bond. Arlo also gives her a "best friend rock", really a scallop, which she loves.

Once arriving in New York, Bertie and the gang explore the city, with her trying to blend in with the cityfolk. Regrouping in Times Square, the group spots Arlo's dad, Ansel, giving an interview about his next big project on the bigscreen, and Tony helps by contacting a partner of his to get the address. Bertie shares a tearful farewell with Arlo before departing with the rest of the crew.

Instead of moving on though, Bertie spends the night on a trashy beach under the boardwalk of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Seaside by the Seashore, which serves as the project site for Ansel's upcoming city expansion. While talking with Tony, Bertie spots Arlo's half of their "best friend rock" wash ashore, which causes her to realize Arlo has arrived. After fighting some seagulls, she finds Arlo, having been disowned and rejected by Ansel the night before, and goes to hide in shame. Bertie proceeds to reassure him by revealing more of her past: she was originally like everyone else as a child, but as she got older, she constantly grew taller and taller and got more and more obese, and wouldn't stop. Thus, no one wanted to be around her anymore and became a roving drifter. For Arlo though, he's the most genuine person she met and the first one to accept her for who she is, making him her true best friend. Upon seeing the town and getting the ad for the Met Gala from Alia, Bertie decides Arlo needs to know the truth, and will stand by him.

That evening at the Met Gala, Bertie breaks down the back door so the gang can sneak in, and Bertie holds Arlo over the crowd to get Ansel's attention. But since Arlo's nerves and fear at being rejected again prevent him from getting one sentence out, Bertie gives him the same advice he gave her to break into song about how he feels, allowing him to confront Ansel and demand the truth. While he goes off to chase him however, Arlo is caught by hunters Ruff and Stucky, who are about to take him away to make into a tourist attraction for their swamp shack. As Bertie fends off the beast, Ansel, revealed to be a bird-man, rescues Arlo and tells the truth of his life, allowing the two to reconcile.

After Arlo turns down living with Ansel in favor of being with his friends instead, he asks Bertie if she's not ready to stay in one place, they can keep moving on, all together. Bertie admits she doesn't need to be anywhere except with Arlo, officially becoming part of the gang. Ansel also gives his second thoughts about his project, and allows the gang to reopen Seaside by the Seashore and make it their home, which Arlo accepts. Bertie is then shown taking part in the restoration, helping Arlo fix up the boardwalk sign, fill an asphalt path, among other things. At the end of it all, Bertie goes down to the beach to watch the sunset and feel the water on her feet, with Arlo joining soon after, embracing the neighborhood as her true home.

### *I ♥ Arlo*

Bertie is one of the main characters in the series, which continues some time after the movie. She serves as the second main role after Arlo, residing in a conjoined apartment which was originally separate until they brought down the shared wall so Arlo doesn't have to feel lonely while living alone. Throughout Season 1, she takes part in preparing Seaside by the Seashore for its grand "Uncondemning" party to celebrate its official grand opening.

## Relationships

*Click **here** to view the relationships between **Bertie** and other characters.*

## Songs sung by Bertie

* "Follow Me Home"
* "Beautiful Together"
* "The Way"
* "Even In A Garden"
* "I Can Lift You Up"
* "Just Another Night In New York"
* "Coming Together"
* "As Long As We Got Each Other"

## Foreign voices

* Neh Fikry (*Arabic*)
* Lara Suleiman (*Brazilian Portuguese*)
* Monica Isa Andersen (*Danish*)
* Vajèn van den Bosch (*Dutch*)
* Marketta Tikkanen (*Finnish*)
* Emmylou Homs (*French*)
* Giovanna Winterfeldt (*German*)
* Leto Abaji (*Greek*)
* Alessia Rubini (*Italian*)
* Laura Shopov (*Hebrew*)
* Chihiro Otsuka (*Japanese*)
* Lee Jaw-Hyun (*Korean*)
* Lee Jung-Seok (*Korean, singing voice*)
* Jessica Angeles (*Latin America*)
* Nana Mendoza (*Latin America, singing voice*)
* Marianne Pentha (*Norwegian*)
* Marta Burdynowicz (*Polish*)
* Sissi Martins (*Portuguese*)
* Cătălina Antal (*Romanian*)
* Zhang Kang (*Simplified/Traditional Chinese*)
* Awang Tao (*Simplified/Traditional Chinese, singing voice*)
* Laura Pastor Carrasco (*Spanish*)
* Matilda Smedius (*Swedish*)
* Canan Çiftel *(Turkish)*

## Trivia

* Bertie was Mary Lambert's first voice role and first acting role all together.
* Bertie's problem with her overweight and obesity was inspired
* Bertie is a vegan, as mentioned in the movie and "Moody Tuesday".
* She does headstands to think, as seen in "The Uncondemning".