Brandy Harrington (of the Florida Harringtons) is one of the two titular protagonists on Brandy & Mr. Whiskers. She is Mr. Whiskers' best friend, as well as a valley girl. She formerly lived in a mansion in Palm Beach, Florida.
She lived in luxury for many years, until she met Mr. Whiskers in an aircraft's cargo room while on her way to a spa for the first time. Oddly enough, Brandy is a true friend and often treats him like brother and sister, despite his crazy shenanigans. She often has good advice to give Whiskers, as well as some bad ones, followed by insults that often hurt his feelings.
Physical Description[]
Brandy bears some resemblance to a human female, whereas Mr. Whiskers and the jungle animals resemble members of their respective species. She is described as a 14-year-old female with straight, blonde-colored dog ears (similar to pigtails, referred to as Brandy's hair in various episodes), a darker blonde coat of fur, and blue eyes. She also has a black nose on her snout, and a light blonde tail. She usually wears a pink short-sleeved midriff shirt, red jeans, and purple platform sandals. She sometimes wears a pink and black polka-dotted bikini (she also wears a red and black swimsuit in the episode "Better Off Wet" and a purple swimsuit in "Wolfie: Prince of the Jungle"). Brandy is also seen wearing a pink bikini with really tiny, almost-invisible white polka dots, seen in "The Babysitter's Flub" and some other episodes. She also wears a black collar with a silver license around her neck.
Early Life[]
Brandy was born into a litter of twelve puppies, and was raised by a very wealthy family named the Harringtons. She is considered a spoiled, self-centered, somewhat greedy brat and a valley girl. She lived in a mansion in Palm Beach, Florida with the Harringtons, and slept in a dog cage with her first name encrusted on the side in rhinestone.
She lived in luxury over the years until she met Mr. Whiskers while on her way to a spa for the first time in an aircraft's cargo room. Oddly enough, Brandy is a true friend and somewhat treats him like a brother, despite his crazy shenanigans. She often has good advice to give Whiskers, as well as some bad ones, followed by insults that hurt his feelings.
Into the Amazon Rainforest[]
Brandy and Mr. Whiskers in the jungle.
Brandy first comes across Mr. Whiskers in the pilot episode "Mr. Whiskers's First Friend". Whiskers grows very fond of Brandy and comes to like her. When she asks him to "find her some light", he accidentally opens the cargo room's Emergency Escape Hatch which sends them both out of the aircraft and into the Amazon Rainforest. Brandy desperately wanted to get back home (after Whiskers destroyed the cellphone she got in one of the suitcases which fell out of the aircraft along with them). Then Gaspar Le Gecko decides to make a deal with Brandy: To give her a map in exchange for Mr Whiskers (to have him for dinner). Then Brandy agrees and decides to use the map to find her way out of the Amazon.
While walking to take the route back home, she goes on a guilt trip and begins seeing faces of Mr. Whiskers telling her that she wouldn't possibly let Gaspar eat him. Brandy then turns around and goes to rescue Mr. Whiskers. Just as Whiskers is in the pot, ready to be cooked reading out recipe instructions, Brandy walks in with Lola Boa (a snake she met while in a tree, when Mr. Whiskers chased her away). They both rescue Mr. Whiskers. She and Mr. Whiskers build themselves a treehouse with bunk beds made from lingerie worn by a hippopotamus.
Personality[]
Brandy prefers to make the most out of any situation and she tries to improve her own standing by mistreating and abusing the kindness of her friends, though she does care for them very much. However, she is always on the lookout for escape opportunities. She has idiotic ideas and is prone to act like a drama queen, and can be more annoying than Mr. Whiskers at times. Brandy thinks she is a spaniel with a pedigree, but in the episode "Pedigree, Schmedigree", it is revealed that she is an unspecified mixed breed from a puppy hound. She often tends to be motherly towards Mr. Whiskers, often treating him like her own son.
Relationships[]
Mr. Whiskers[]
Brandy showing she cares for Mr. Whiskers.
Mr. Whiskers is Brandy's best friend and former arch-rival. Brandy met him on an aircraft in a cargo room. When she asked him to find her some light he accidently opened the Emergency Escape Hatch, which caused them both to end up in the Amazon Rainforest. When Brandy desperately wanted to get home, Whiskers broke the cellphone she found in one of the suitcases. When they both landed up in a tree, they met Lola and Mr. Whiskers, who once had a bad experience with snakes, rudely yelled at her, which caused her to cry and slither away. Brandy, exasperated with Mr. Whiskers, then made a deal with Gaspar Le Gecko and got a map out of the Amazon Rainforest for Whiskers. While Whiskers was in the pot ready to be cooked, Brandy and Lola came to rescue him. Brandy often describes him like everyone else does, silly, gross, sloppy and overall annoying, while he personally thinks of Brandy as his best friend.
Brandy is often the one who gets caught in Mr. Whiskers problems. In "A Bunny On My Back, Mr. Whiskers was covered in tree sap and then Brandy got stuck to him.
Lola Boa[]
Lola is Brandy's friend. They first meet when Brandy is sitting up in a tree with Whiskers when Lola offers her help. Then Mr. Whiskers rudely yells at her and she slithers off crying and feeling insulted. Brandy asks for her help when Mr. Whiskers is taken away by Gaspar, Lola gladly does it. She and Brandy arrive when Whiskers is in the boiling pot ready to be cooked when they rescue him. She and Whiskers soon become friends afterwards.
Cheryl and Meryl[]
Cheryl and Meryl are cute, twin toucan sisters who hold a grudge against each other. They are also Brandy's friends. They fight a lot and often their fights lead to catastrophes for Mr Whiskers and Brandy.
Margo[]
Margo is a stick bug who hangs out with Brandy. She is above Brandy in the social chain of the Amazon Rainforest. When Brandy first arrived in the Amazon, Margo helped her out by giving her inside information on where the popular people hang out, and suggests she shouldn't hang out with Mr. Whiskers. Brandy and Margo have an ongoing bitter rivalry. They both seem to be jealous of each other. Margo tries to screw up Brandy to make herself look good. She is often with Brandy's friends at public places, such as the mall or the watering hole, just to make her jealous.
Gaspar Le Gecko[]
Gaspar Le Gecko has associated with Brandy and Mr. Whiskers for a number of reasons. He often uses Brandy for his evil plans to get rid of Mr. Whiskers at all costs, but is sometimes doing normal jungle activities, such as playing a card game out loud (to which Brandy responds angrily).
Trivia[]
- Brandy is similar to Penny from The Big Bang Theory (aside from the fact that they are both played by Kaley Cuoco).
- In "A Little Problem", Brandy gets a mail about her IQ test result. It shows she has 150 IQ, which is very close to the IQ of Albert Einstein.
- Along with Mr. Whiskers, she is the only character to in every episode.
- She is 14 years old (78 in dog years) according to an issue of Disney Adventures.
- In "Private Antics, Major Problems" it shows that she went to Frisky Puppy Obedience School.
- She mentions her headmistress in "The Tortoise and the Hare-Brain".
- Her birthday is most likely on August 21, the day the episode "Happy Birthdays" aired. If we're being specific to Brandy being 14 in human years, she would have been born in the late 90's.
- As mentioned in "Pedigree, Schmedigree" Brandy's breed is a spaniel mix, though it is unknown what her other mix is.