The BFG Characters

Sophie is a super smart eight-year-old with a yearning for adventure and a bad habit of being awake during the Witching Hour. She has spent her whole pre-BFG life in various orphanages, because her...

The Big Friendly Giant (BFG, for short) is the tall guy who grabs Sophie from her bed in an orphanage and runs her off to Giant Country. He’s her protector from the other, people-eating giants, a...

In 1982, when The BFG was published, Queen Elizabeth II had been the reigning monarch of England for thirty years. Okay, it’s never explained whether The BFG is set in the present day or in the p...

Mary is the Queen’s maid, who brings her breakfast when Sophie appears in the window. While she’s not a bad person, she’s kind of the opposite of the Queen. When the Queen tells her what happ...

Mr. Tibbs is the castle butler, described as “an imposing personage” (20.2) who is “in supreme command of all the palace servants.” (20.2) Clearly a big deal.He only appears in one chapter,...

The Head of the Army and the Head of the Air Force might as well be interchangeable, based on how much they act the same. They’re the type of adults the BFG was talking about when he told Sophie,...

The Fleshlumpeater is one of the mean, non-BFG giants that we see the most often. He’s both gross- and scary-looking:“When the Fleshlumpeater was speaking, she got a glimpse of his tongue. It w...

The Bloodbottler is the giant who storms into the BFG’s cave, convinced that he’s taken a human for a pet. (Smart giant). He almost eats Sophie while she’s hiding in a snozzcumber, but snozzc...

The rest of the giants (besides the Bloodbottler and Fleshlumpeater) don’t speak to the BFG in the story. We only hear details about them from what the BFG tells Sophie. Like:The Bonecruncher cru...

Mr. and Mrs. Goochey run a grocer’s shop across the street from Sophie’s orphanage. In the second chapter, Sophie sees the BFG blowing dreams into the bedroom window of their children, Michael...