Melissa

Melissa Annabel Pugacheva (née Thornhill) is a mink who was born in Hazelnut Hills. She is 28 years old as of right now. She is a prima ballerina and contortionist who is very graceful and flexible. She is voiced by Brenda Longman, who gives her a posh English accent.

## Melissa Pugacheva

### Relatives

Helios (husband), Apollo (daughter), Artemis (daughter), Hazel (sister), Juno (mother), Misha (father)

## Notable info

Melissa was born in a very rich and powerful family of white minks with yellow tails. Melissa's father Misha is an animator who is currently working with Sir Kenneth Fayanov. Melissa's mother Juno is a famous prima ballerina who taught Melissa everything she knew about ballet dancing from the stretches and the five basic positions to the advanced moves and the pointe techniques. Melissa's older sister Hazel also taught Melissa how to be a ballet dancer. Melissa likely learned contortion herself since she saw her mother doing some complex yoga poses and became super flexible very quickly. In the first twenty years of her life, she met a lot of good friends including Kiki, Alesya, Susan, Delta and Paloma to name a few. Melissa married Helios on the former's eighteenth birthday in mid 2013, and shortly after giving birth to Apollo and Artemis in 2014, Melissa became a famous prima ballerina. Helios and Melissa likely had their honeymoon in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales.

A concept name for Melissa was Luna, but it got changed to Melissa in pre-production, which was done to avoid confusion with another character called Luna.

## Talents

Melissa is super talented for a mink, especially the fact that she's an excellent ballet dancer and a very supple contortionist.

Ballet dancing: Melissa is a very skilled prima ballerina. She wears a pink tutu, white tights, blue pointes and a platinum tiara with sapphires in it when she does ballet. She even teaches young ballerinas how to dance, including her twin daughters Apollo and Artemis.

Contortion: Melissa is the most flexible member of her family and specialises in extreme splits, backbends, frontbends, twists, acrobatics and dislocation, the latter confirming that she is double-jointed. Her toes are very flexible, meaning that she can curl them very tightly, spread them out very wide, curl them while spreading them and control each one individually among other things. She wears a pink latex catsuit when doing contortion. Melissa also tends to sleep with her legs behind her head - a trait shared by Paloma.

Gymnastics: Melissa is very acrobatic and can do handstands, cartwheels, somersaults and other acrobatic tricks. She can even balance on her tail! Melissa wears a pink leotard when doing gymnastics.

Swimming: Melissa is a very experienced swimmer and teaches others how to swim. She even taught her twin daughters Apollo and Artemis how to do so! Melissa can hold her breath underwater for 15 to 30 minutes. Melissa wears either a pink one-piece or a pink bikini (mainly the latter) when sunbathing or swimming.

Figure skating: While Melissa is an excellent ballerina, she excels on ice too! When doing figure skating, she wears her ballet costume except she swaps her pointes out for a pair of ice skates.