Nikki

Sweetheart (Kasondra)

"Overgrown puppy" (her dad)

### Friends:

Dolly (creation), Collin (creation), Finnick, Sour Sweet (BFF), Ice Bear, Gweeseek, Judy Hopps, Nick Wilde, Taffy Tiger, Kimmy, Songbird Serenade, Spinel, The Madrigals (sometimes), Sonic, Ellie (close friend), Fisher Town East Citizens

### Enemies:

The Dazzlings (she HATES them)Upper Crust

Anyone who messes with her friends

### Likes:

Drawing, furries, doing voice impressions, cooking, helping around the house, reading, collecting figurines, focusing on the lives of pet/one-shot characters, her hyperfocus, baby/children's merch, children's cartoons, reading books, seeing Finnick partake in his "hobbies", certain characters getting comeuppances on taking it out on other characters in dark humor, her knowledge on voice actors, clever writing/humor

### Dislikes:

People calling her a "problem", dark humor, insults, bullying, being misunderstood, anyone getting on her nerves, flanderization, the Dazzlings (she HATES them), inaccuracy, annoying characters, anything that insults or embarrasses her, anyone messing with her friends

### Interests:

Furries/anthros, baby/children's merch, children's cartoons, collecting figurines, drawing, impressing people

### Fears:

Dark humor, insults, flanderization, inaccuracy

## Family

### Parents:

Unnamed biological parents, unnamed step-father, Kasondra (adoptive mother)

## Production Information

### Voiced By:

KoalaKat16

Nikki Koala is a fursona of *Dolly and Collin* creator, KoalaKat16. She appears in the episode, "The Adorkable Aspie", as Dolly and Collin meet her, who is their creator, as they get to know her and who she's like. She is voiced by KoalaKat16.

## Appearance

Nikki is an anthropomorphic koala-dog creature with grayish-brown fur, grayish-tan insides of her ears, and dark brown hair. She sports grayish-teal eyes, black claws on the tips of her paws, a dark brown egg-shaped nose, and a small stubby tail.

Her outfit consists of an anime cat shirt, navy blue jeans, and cerulean/white sneakers.

## Personality

Nikki is what she calls herself an "adorkable Aspie", and is very affectionate, intelligent, outgoing, and friendly. She is diagnosed with both Autism and Asperger's Syndrome, which is one of the aspects about her she is very proud of, which she has had ever since she was a young pup. She is shown to memorize a lot of facts and things quickly and easily, and doesn't like anyone asking her things she already knows about (they don't really need to ask her again, which not a lot of them understand about her).

There are certain movies/shows Nikki enjoys watching, such as *Chikn Nuggit*, *Paw Patrol*, *Gabby's Dollhouse*, *The Ghost and Molly McGee*, and *Uncle Grandpa*. For some reason*,* Nikki doesn't often watch *Encanto* because of how the characters are an all-human cast, but she does find them to be somewhat interesting and will focus on them to see what they are like sometimes, and for her it's totally okay to not be into it as much at times, which is very understandable for some. However, this doesn't mean that she doesn't care about both the movie itself and the Madrigals (she likes them and will focus on them depending on how she's feeling). When she does focus on the Madrigal Family, she makes them as animals (anthros) because that way she will get more interested in them and will be enthusiastic in focusing on them.

Unusually, she has a special interest in furries/anthros considering her love for animals. She has a unique interest in anthropomorphizing/turning fictional human characters into animals because, for some reason, she finds them to be more interesting than their human counterparts, but it also doesn't mean that she's truly careless about human characters; it's just how she is and doesn't really consider it to be a "problem" either. A lot of people may find it a mostly strange thing, but Nikki enjoys this aspect of her because of how she uses character traits to help her write for pet/one-shot characters in a special way she knows how.

Nikki is very confident when it comes to her ability to draw in different styles flawlessly (e.g. Disney, anime, realistic people in a semi-animated style, 3D characters in a 2D style) using only a pencil and eraser on paper (which she finds very helpful to use if she makes any mistakes while drawing, unlike using only just a pen). She is shown to have a knowledge of different voice actors and their ethnicities, ages, and nationalities (e.g. Cristina Vee for Marinette Dupain-Cheng (Ladybug), Bryce Papenbrook for Adrien Agreste (Cat Noir), Darina Vekua for Lya-Lya, Tom "Tiny" Lister Jr. who unfortunately passed away in December 2020, Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino, John Cena, etc.), as well as impressing people with her vocal range and voiceovers, which she states to have had these desires while she was growing up. She is also good at easily pronouncing things without effort (monotonous, etc.) and staying on rhythm when it comes to singing songs.

Nikki has a hyperfocus which is about her focusing on the lives of pet/one-shot characters (considering her love for furries), which other people claim to be strange or weird in some way. Nikki doesn't consider this to be a problem and is only about what other people think of her, and her Mom accepts this side of her as well, which she truly enjoys.

Nikki often struggles with complex emotions such as frustration and tiredness. She doesn't really get jokes in general because of who she is. She takes the "just-for-fun" aspect literally and doesn't really like inaccuracy when it comes to randomly choosing characters for inaccurate personality/characteristic roles whenever it comes to this as well, but it doesn't mean that she is very misunderstood about this. She does enjoy certain characters getting comeuppances on taking it out on characters, whenever it mainly comes to dark humor, as she feels very satisfied as a result of this.

Nikki doesn't like anything with characters not being self-conscious about their actions towards others, which she considers to be unfunny (e.g. the fictional character Sunny Flare falling to the ground in embarrassment, Indigo Zap poking Sugarcoat on the arm to provoke Sugar, etc.), which is why she doesn't really find them to be funny very often, showing that she truly enjoys lighthearted and clever humor.

Nikki isn't a truly selfish person; however, she's actually very caring and empathetic with others and shows an unconditional love towards her family and friends. It may seem like she's selfish to anyone because of how she gets very hyperfocused about her interests and what she's doing to pay attention to all the important stuff in life. She is shown to hold a strong, heavy grudge against the Dazzlings (Aria Blaze is the one she HATES the most), whom she strongly dislikes and is mostly resentful towards.

Nikki is shown to have a strong romantic relationship on Finnick. She even enjoys seeing indulge in his own "hobbies" considering that he's pretty much made for being a permanent cub, as she very much enjoys the aspect of characters who are tough but babies deep down. She is very self-aware and understanding about how Dolly deserves a nice relationship with Cinnamoroll whom she is currently close to. Nikki is BFFs with Sour Sweet, and has known her ever since she first met her.

Nikki has a tendency to judge others because she doesn't always understand that no one's perfect and doesn't like imperfection. She, at times, expects others to draw certain fictional characters in their respective styles, for example. At times, she can be overconfident and judgmental about others when it comes to drawing, practicing voices, singing, and even spelling errors and inaccuracy about things. She does this as a way to hide her unbridled honesty about how she truly feels about those things. Because of this, it can cause difficulties between herself and the relationships she has. She can also feel anxious that people were going to judge Nikki for who she is.

Nikki also enjoys having a sense of security. What she uses to help her cope with the stress in life and the trauma she experienced growing up are baby/children's merchandise, watching children’s cartoons, collecting stuffed animals, and regressing to a younger age, which her mother, Kasondra, greatly supports her.

## Nikki's Backstory

Growing up as a young pup, Nikki's grandma coddled her and spoiled her a whole lot, and enjoyed the comfort that was given to her, making her feel safe and secure as she was growing up. Because of the overindulgence of being coddled by her, Nikki felt safe by her grandma as Nikki stayed in her room all the time because it was her safespace.

As Nikki grew up, her sister Ally took on a “mother hen” role while her biological mother wasn’t there and was under a lot of stress as she grew up, and even took out the stress upon her, making it hard for her to understand that her sister was taking it out on her. Ally never meant for it to happen, and it felt hard for her as well. When Ally did so, like everyone else, she began to feel insecure and anxious which was hard for her to overcome as she grew up.

Nikki's biological mother was never part of her life as much as her parents were, but still loved her. The truth about her mom calling her “weird” is that she wasn't ready to have children of her own. Nikki's biological mother loved her so much but she just got frustrated and tired, and even took out these emotions onto her, which is why she felt so shy about talking to her at times. Her step-dad also loved her very much but heard him tell all these mean-spirited jokes about her. All of these insults had gotten on her nerves. She resented the jokes he made about her and took them literally, which made it even harder for her.

Her biological father also put her down a whole lot while she was growing up; he had insecurities and did some very bad things which she is aware of. He took out his temper on her, and was sociopathic to anyone. Why she feels resentful towards anyone is because of him. Her father told her the harsh punishments he was going to do to her if she misbehaved, and never cared how she felt about it. He wanted everyone to pretend that everything was okay, making it even harder on Nikki.

This caused Nikki to be very anxious and insecure at times whenever people took out their anger or did dark humor towards her. She would feel resentful towards them to get them to stop doing so and give her even more trauma than she's already had. As she grew up and held onto her insecurities, she ended up feeling shy about coming out of her room and talking to anyone because she worried that they would feel the same way her biological parents acted toward her.

## Trivia

* Nikki Koala is strongly based off of *Dolly and Collin* creator KoalaKat16