Mymy

## Mymy Schoppenboer

Mymy is one of the main characters of Ongezellig. She is an adoptive sister of Maya and Coco. She has a fierce interest for Dutch history and culture, and she especially seems to like the elements of Dutch history that relate to colonialism and the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Her patriotism for the Netherlands has caused her to adopt a racist view of Belgium, perhaps due to the friendly rivalry both nations share to this day. All of her interests revolve around Dutch culture, bolstered by her patriotism towards anything Dutch.

Mymy is originally from Nagasaki, but she despises her Japanese heritage and so does everything she can to appear more Dutch, including dyeing her hair from its original colour of black to ginger and pretending to be from a Dutch place called "Japsterdam" in the province of Drenthe.

Mymy can be characterised as megalomaniacal and egocentric, due to her extreme desire to become class representative, this is so that she can become the "absolute emperor of serf untermenschen". In Deel 1 when the 3 sisters childhood drawings are shown, Mymy's drawing shows her standing on a mountain above a large pile of bodies, presumably revelling in her complete dominance over the dead people below. Her desire for power is so great that when she doesn't achieve class representative, she immediately becomes completely irrational and is shown to genuinely believe that her toy gun can shoot and possibly kill her teacher, Vera, in an act she describes as a "schoolocaust".

## Appearance

Mymy has warm coloured skin, upturned almond shaped eyes, freckles, dyed ginger hair and has blue eyes from her colour changing contact lenses. Her clothing is that of regular school uniform, blue skirt, white polo shirt and an orange tie. She also wears white and orange boots and a red bow in her hair that is later used in replacement of her tie after it breaks in Deel 4. Towards the end of Deel 6 Mymy can be seen in different clothing, a navy blue nightgown with the popular Dutch character called Miffy printed across it.

## Trivia

* Mymy is perhaps the most memorable character in Ongezellig and thus serves as the unofficial mascot.
* In Deel 1 an edited portrait of William the Silent, a key figure in the Netherlands' Golden Age, can be seen in the background. This edit is used as the thumbnail on one of Massa's Stille Willem videos, a series that features William as a rapper, often tackling topics related to the history of the Netherlands in humorous fashion.
* Mymy has a Kapitein Koek bodypillow in her room, and is seen with a Kapitein Koek product in Deel 5. Kapitein Koek (literally "Captain Cookie" or "Captain Cake") is the mascot for an iconic Dutch brand of pastries, and Mymy's appreciation for the character can be seen in an animation made during the production of Ongezellig's pilot by one of the animators that worked on it.
* Throughout the pilot, Mymy's entire palette is shared with the colors of the Prince's Flag, a flag based on William the Silent's flag, used by the Dutch during their revolt against the Spanish government during the 16th century. Since she dyed her hair, started using blue eye contacts and changed her entire outfit when moving to the Netherlands, this decision adds to her obsession towards anything Dutch.
* Mymy is the editor of the school newspaper, as shown in the article Mymy shows Maya in deel 1.
* Joyce Ter Stege, Mymy's voice actor, is the main singer in *Ik Ben Het Maar*, Ongezellig's outro song.