Georgette

### Personality

**Formerly**: Vain, over-dominating, ditzy, spoiled, cocky, snobbish, rude, arrogant, selfish, self-centered, bossy, demanding, melodramatic, and short-tempered
**Later**: Helpful and nice

### Description

Thin poodle with baby blue fur wearing a pink ribbon and a gold collar around her neck

### Goal

To look her best, to get rid of Oliver (formerly); later, to save Jenny from Sykes

### Home

Foxworth Residence, #1125, 5th Avenue, New York

### Friends

Oliver, Jenny, Winston, Dodger, Tito, Einstein, Rita, Francis, and Fagin

### Enemies

Oliver (formerly), Bill Sykes, and Roscoe and DeSoto

### Fate

Accepts Oliver and yells for Tito to come back, which he is unlikely to do.

### Quote

"Well, it may be Jenny's house, but everything from the doorknobs down is MINE!!!"

**Georgette** is the former tertiary antagonist later anti-heroine in Disney's *Oliver & Company*. She is Jenny Foxworth's pet dog. She was voiced by Bette Midler.

## Description

Georgette is a thin poodle with baby blue fur wearing a pink ribbon and a gold collar around her neck. She is not really a house-pet (which explains why Jenny would take in a stray kitten as a pet later in the movie) but a pampered, prize-winning poodle with a whole room to herself in the Foxworth residence. Although she never shows any real emotional attachment to Jenny, she can show a sign of jealousy especially when she notices Oliver getting Jenny's attention and helps the dog-gang rescue him just to get rid of him.

Despite her selfishness, she is known to show some remorse when she later sees how much Jenny loves Oliver and how sad she is without him when trying to get him back, thus, allowing her to realize her mistake and regret her recent selfish actions.

She is shown to be vain, ditzy, spoiled, cocky, snobbish, rude, arrogant, self-centered, bossy, demanding, melodramatic, short-tempered, over-dominating, and rather selfish. However, after Jenny is kidnapped; then rescued, she proves to be helpful and nice.

## Appearances

### *Oliver & Company*

In a mansion, Georgette is first seen in her room, getting out of bed after Winston the butler wakes her up. As she starts putting on make-up and freshening up with a little help from some birds, she sings "Perfect Isn't Easy"; a song that defines her vanity and pride while attracting many love-sick neighboring domestic/stray dogs outside her balcony.

Later, after coming down the stairs while Winston is on the phone with his employers; namely, Jenny's parents, the Foxworths, Winston warns Georgette not to go inside the kitchen. Nevertheless, Georgette simply ignores his warning and proceeds further as Jenny comes out to talk with her parents, only to find a kitten later named Oliver eating out of her bowl; much to her shock. Outraged, Georgette barks for Winston in vain, but to no avail. So now, Georgette decides to handle this matter personally. At first, Georgette approaches Oliver sympathetically with somewhat sarcastic questions until finally, she snaps and scolds at Oliver when she arrogantly but naively claims that despite Jenny and her family owning the house, she gains power over it.

Luckily, Jenny returns just in time to inform Georgette that her parents have approved with the decision of keeping Oliver while assuming that both she and Oliver are going to be the "best of friends", a statement which Georgette finds rather amusing; given her vanity, ego, and recent animosity of Oliver.

Later, during the day, Georgette arrives in the music room, only to find both Jenny and Oliver bonding as Jenny sings "Good Company" while practicing the piano, which makes Georgette grow more envious, angrier, and more hateful of Oliver than before despite never having shown any sign of love or affection towards Jenny earlier in life up to a point where she decides that she's going to have to try getting rid of him in some way somehow soon before leaving the room in anger, envy, and frustration.

The next morning, while Jenny is at school, Georgette is at her make-up counter expressing her anger and hatred of Oliver while applying perfume until she freaks out when she notices an unexpected visit received by a dog named Dodger and panics as she calls for Winston, which causes her to accidentally destroy her make-up counter in the process despite the latter trying to tell her to calm down. Thinking he's after her, Georgette begs Dodger not to approach her but then, she appears insulted when the latter reassures her that she's not his target, which provokes Georgette to give Dodger an uninteresting education about herself while showing him her numerous collection of ribbons and trophies from previous dog shows.

Then, Georgette is initially repulsed when she discovers more dogs, namely, Dodger's friends entering her room; especially, Tito who takes a sudden romantic interest in her and whom she refers to as a "bug-eyed creep" in response; prompting her to call for Winston, who managed to sneak back inside through an open window after having been distracted by Dodger and the gang earlier. Having had enough of Rita asking her about one of her ex-boyfriends, Rex in a picture, Francis eating her bon-bons while lying down on her bed, and Einstein sneezing after sniffing her make-up powder, Georgette desperately calls and barks for Winston once again.

However, the moment Dodger states that they will leave as soon as they get their cat friend back, Georgette finally realizes that both Dodger and the gang are in fact, the friends that Oliver keeps talking about. Knowing this is the perfect opportunity to rid herself of Oliver, Georgette becomes more cooperative and helpful, but before she can willingly help, Winston is heard calling for her; having heeded her call earlier. When Winston comes to check up on Georgette, half of Georgette's body sticks out with Francis and Einstein hiding under her bed cover while Dodger and Rita pose as dog statue replicas and Tito hangs on a coat hanger of the door. Though puzzled, Winston leaves nonetheless. Then, Georgette takes the gang to Jenny's room. Noticing Oliver happily sleeping on his pillow, Rita, being the first one convinced that he's okay, proposes they forget the plan, but Georgette convinces them that he's so "traumatized" and when Winston's voice is heard again, she quickly hands him to them in a pillow sack held by Francis and Einstein and allows them to flee through the fire escape. Before leaving, Tito tries flirting with Georgette with a good-bye kiss, only to get slapped in response and fall down the fire escape; foolishly thinking she "likes" him as he continues singing some lovesick nonsense on their way back home.

Later in the day, when Jenny returns home from school and tries to look for Oliver, Georgette is busy enjoying herself, eating bon-bons and following exercises on T.V. When Oliver is nowhere to be found, Jenny asks Georgette to help her find him. After turning off the T.V., Georgette pretends to look for Oliver and deny his whereabouts as she lets out a sneaky smile. While Jenny continues searching for Oliver, Georgette enters the kitchen where she picks up Oliver's bowl and calmly dumps it in the bin. Then, Georgette comes to somewhat comfort Jenny when the latter realizes that Oliver has been "kidnapped" after finding and reading a ransom note left in the mail slot by an unknown man she has yet to meet named Fagin. Georgette proceeds to snicker behind Jenny's back, which Jenny mistakes for crying when she assumes that Georgette "loved" Oliver too. However, the moment Jenny states that she's going to get Oliver back, Georgette gasps in shock.

At night, a reluctant Georgette is taken by Jenny to the rendezvous spot marked on a map that came with Fagin's ransom note. Jenny fears they're lost but in fact, they have arrived at their point of destination without knowing it. When Jenny and Georgette arrive and meet Fagin, Georgette somewhat growls at Fagin until she is once again disgusted by Tito and his constant flirt attempts. Oblivious to the fact that Fagin's evil boss, Sykes and his dogs, Roscoe and DeSoto are watching them from a distance in his car, when Fagin learns that Jenny is in fact, Oliver's new owner but with very little money in a piggy bank she brought as payment to get Oliver back, Jenny begins to cry, therefore, making Georgette feel bad and so ashamed of herself for what her previous selfish actions have led to and Fagin has a hard time deciding whether to give up the ransom and follow his good heart or not while feeling guilty as he watches Jenny and Georgette leave with great sadness in their eyes.

Finally, Fagin does the right thing, pretends to find Oliver in a box, and returns him to Jenny; much to both his and the latter’s joy. Unfortunately, their happiness is cut-short when Sykes, having seen the whole thing, drives straight towards Jenny to make his move, kidnaps her, and throws Oliver out the window. Before driving away, Sykes tells Fagin to keep his mouth shut and to consider their account closed. Appalled to see their little friend injured, Dodger and the gang including Georgette rush to Oliver's aid and at the same time, generously promise to "absitively" help him get Jenny back as well. Without further hesitation and without riding in Fagin's scooter this time despite the latter’s orders, Oliver and the dogs dash straight to Sykes' warehouse.

At the warehouse, after Tito and Francis have finished inspecting the place to see if they can find a way in, they inform Dodger that it's all locked up. So, Dodger comes up with another plan on how to get inside. The plan is set with Tito as the "maestro" and Francis and Oliver (in a football helmet) as the "cannonballs". Once Oliver's inside after being launched by Francis and after avoiding detection from Roscoe and DeSoto investigating a noise that alerted their master earlier, he opens a hatch from the inside. However, Georgette is pleased to see how one of the gang members, namely, Tito has some manners when the latter insists she goes first. Francis appears slightly annoyed after Tito refers to Georgette as his "little croissant". Later, while sneaking inside in silence, Georgette suddenly screams in pain after breaking a nail, which somehow alerts Roscoe and DeSoto more than ever. When Francis puts down her moan, Tito stands up for her while angrily confronting Francis until everyone is detected by a security camera facing their direction.

After Tito takes care of the camera as suggested by Dodger, Oliver and the dogs proceed until they reach somewhere above Sykes' office where they find Jenny tied up to a chair but otherwise, okay while Sykes is on the phone with Winston, demanding him to get in touch with Jenny's parents in order to ask about a ransom concerning their daughter since they are away on a business trip around Europe. Then, Dodger comes up with another plan on how to distract Sykes and rescue Jenny at the same time. The plan is set with Tito, Francis, and Einstein posing as a pizza delivery guy to lure Sykes away from his office while the others sneak in to help Jenny. Tito, Francis, and Einstein run until they unfortunately come face-to-face with Roscoe and DeSoto. Luckily, when all seems lost, Georgette suddenly appears and manages to temporarily trap the Dobermans under a tarpaulin net, thus, enabling Tito, who cheers for Georgette's efforts, and the others to safely return and reunite with the rest of the friends back at Sykes' office to save Jenny before locking the door behind them.

When chewing the ropes off of Jenny proves futile and their enemies are about to return, Dodger, noticing a crane at the top that could help them out, asks Tito to hot-wire it, which he refuses at first due to having had enough of being barbecued too many times. Having grown fond of Tito and using her charm, Georgette manages to convince Tito and make him more confident and less reluctant than before up to a point where he quickly makes it up to the top where the crane's controls are located in order to operate and send the crane down just as Sykes and his dogs return to find the door locked. Luckily, Georgette and the others are carried up to safety once Tito manages to operate the crane to send it down then back up again just in time before Sykes and his dogs break through the locked door. All goes well as they are being carried away in another direction by the crane until Sykes takes out a fire axe and destroys the crane's controls, which causes everyone to fall and land on a long slide, only to find themselves cornered by their enemies at the end of the slide unfortunately.

Luckily, when all hope seems lost as Sykes is about to snap his fingers so as to order his dogs to attack again, Fagin arrives in his scooter breaking through a window just in time to save and drive everyone out to safety until Sykes tries to catch up to them in his car. Thinking Sykes won't bother following them any further, Fagin drives everyone down into a subway station as Georgette begins to panic but Sykes, driving like a madman, pursues them nonetheless. Once they drive into a tunnel with Sykes still in hot pursuit, Georgette listens to the other dogs barking fiercely at their enemies until Sykes' car collides with Fagin's scooter, causing Jenny to fall and land on the hood of his car. Georgette and the others watch as Oliver jumps in to save Jenny by biting Sykes' hand, only to end up thrown in the backseat and cornered by Roscoe and DeSoto. Then, they watch Dodger jump in to rescue Oliver by fighting off and allowing Roscoe to fall to his death on the electric railway caused by the friction between Sykes' ruined car tires and the railway itself before Oliver comes to Dodger's rescue by scratching and allowing DeSoto to also fall to his death in the same manner when the latter tries to kill Dodger in vain as payback for Roscoe's death. Then, Dodger saves Oliver again just in time before meeting the same fate as well.

On the Brooklyn Bridge, while Fagin comes to Jenny's aid with Einstein to help make sure he doesn't fall as the latter calls for help, Tito takes command of the scooter. Suddenly, a train is heard and seen heading their way, causing Georgette to panic as she holds a tight grip on Tito momentarily. When it looks like Sykes has got the upper hand by grabbing Jenny's leg and pulling her back in, Oliver and Dodger arrive just in time to save her by jumping on and fighting Sykes off, thus, enabling Jenny to jump back into Fagin's scooter. Luckily, Tito manages to save everyone at the last minute by driving them up to safety on one of the bridge's cables while Oliver and Dodger stay behind to fight Sykes off. After Sykes throws Dodger and Oliver off, the train approaches and finally collides with Sykes still in his car, thus, killing him and sending both him and his car down the Hudson River. Then, Tito drives everyone safely back down before Jenny runs out to search for Oliver, only to find a sad Dodger approaching with a supposedly lifeless Oliver in his mouth. At first, everyone thinks he's dead but when Jenny hears a soft meow coming out of Oliver, everyone minus Georgette, still in shock from the chase, quickly rejoices when they see that their little cat friend is still alive.

The next day, back at Jenny's house, while everyone including Fagin and his dogs is celebrating Jenny's 8th birthday, Georgette is in the next room learning some of Tito's dance moves with a little help from his favorite Latin music again; much to the annoyance of Francis. Once the gang has given Jenny birthday presents (garbage actually), to which she is kindly grateful to, it’s time for them to go home as Jenny and Fagin bid each other a touching good-bye. While most of the gang leaves, Georgette invites Tito for a "private" moment, which he gladly accepts; thinking this his moment to profess his love for her. However, after Georgette gives Tito a bath, grooms, and dresses in a sailor suit, he quickly changes his mind about staying, runs away from the place in fear, and hides behind Dodger as Georgette calls out for him amorously then demandingly from her balcony, which he is definitely unlikely to do as he quickly bids Oliver good-bye and runs further away to catch up with his friends.

### *Goof Troop*

Georgette (or a possible lookalike) appears in the episode, "A Pizza the Action" as a pet dog who first chases Max delivering pizza while losing control of his bike until she causes him to fall. A few days later, she is seen trying to chase him again until Max retaliates by throwing a pizza at her.

### *House of Mouse*

In the episode; "Ladies' Night", she is briefly seen sitting next to Peg from *Lady and the Tramp*.

## Disney Parks

In the years following the movie's release, Georgette made numerous appearances at the parks.

## Trivia

* When Georgette dumps Oliver's bowl in the trash, she is humming a few bars of "Perfect Isn't Easy".
* While singing "Perfect Isn't Easy", Georgette mentions the name Lassie; a reference to the titular hero of the novel, *Lassie Come-Home* and later an adapted movie franchise of the same name.
* Strangely enough, one of Georgette's photos during "Perfect Isn't Easy" shows Ratigan, the villain of *The Great Mouse Detective*, which was done two years earlier, while another, strangely enough for Disney, shows a picture of the Hanna-Barbera character, Scooby-Doo.
* Georgette is melodramatic since her voice actress, Bette Midler, is known for playing melodramatic characters.
* Despite not being affiliated with Sykes, she can be considered a villain, or at least an antagonist, due to her mistreatment of Oliver.
* Given her former envy of Oliver and desire to get rid of him, it is possible that Georgette was likely based on Edward Leeford alias Monks, the titular hero's criminally-inclined half-brother from *Oliver Twist*, the Dickens novel that inspired the animated film. However, the only difference is that while Monks intended to get rid of his half-brother by means of defamation and murder in order to inherit the money promised to him in their late father's will out of hatred, envy, and greed mostly (which failed) and was ultimately defeated in the end, Georgette intended to get rid of Oliver by simply helping the gang steal him back in order to regain Jenny's love and attention out of envy and pride mostly and later made amends due to regretting her previous selfish actions when she saw what it led to, especially for Jenny by finally accepting Oliver and helping both him and the gang rescue Jenny from Sykes.
* Georgette's hair is loose when she gets out of bed, but is in curlers when she looks in the mirror.
* During "Perfect Isn't Easy", the birds are opening the curtains on the balcony doors. Moments later, just before Georgette bursts open the doors, the curtains are seen still closed.
* When Georgette sings the line "I'm beauty unleashed, yeah!" the fur on her chest is missing.
* When Georgette dips her paw into some mascara and applies it to her left eye, her right eye is already mascared despite the fact that her left eye is the first one she applies it to.
* When Georgette lays down on the pillow in front of her collection of portraits, a smaller pillow next to her is bare. When the camera pans overhead to show the large oil painting of Georgette, the pillow now has a portrait on it.
* In her autobiography, *Bette Midler: Still Divine*, Bette Midler stated that this was one of her personal favorite roles that she had played in a movie.
* Georgette has also been shown to have an exceptional strength, seen in the final scenes in the movie in which she flawlessly bends a metal bar on Fagin's scooter in fear and panic.
* According to Georgette, she has won 56 blue ribbons, 14 regional trophies, and is a six-time national champion.
* Georgette has a box of bonbons that Francis was seen eating. It should be noted bonbons are small candies coated in chocolate which is poisonous to dogs.