Characters
- Weetzie Bat
- The central character of the book. Daughter of Brandy-Lynn and Charlie Bat, best friend of Dirk, lover of My Secret Agent Lover Man, mother of Cherokee. When first seen, she is a skinny, unusual girl with a bleach-blonde flat-top hair cut, a love of Indian culture, and a quirky sense of style. When presented with a magic lamp, she makes three life-altering wishes, none of which turn out as she expects them to.
- Dirk
- The best friend of Weetzie Bat. Grandson of Fifi, lover of Duck, and possible father to Cherokee. When first introduced, he possesses blue eyes and a black Mohawk, which later morphs into a ducktail. He drives a 1955 red Pontiac named Jerry, after Jerry Lewis. Like Weetzie, Dirk tends to have poor taste in men.
- My Secret-Agent Lover Man
- A movie director with green eyes who rides a motorcycle. He appears in Weetzie’s life after her three wishes.
- Duck
- A short, blonde, freckly male surfer who wears leather.
- Slinkster Dog
- Slinkster Dog is Weetzie’s dog.
- Go Go Girl
- My Secret-Agent Lover Man buys Go Go Girl as a mate for Slinkster Dog so that Weetzie will stop wishing for children as she can raise the dogs' puppies.
- Cherokee
- Weetzie’s daughter.
- Witch Baby
- The daughter of My Secret-Agent Lover Man and Vixanne (also known as "the Lanka")
- Grandma Fifi
- Dirk’s grandmother
- Charlie Bat
- Weetzie’s father.
- Valentine JahLove, Ping Chong, and Raphael Chong JahLove
- Valentine is a tall Rastafarian. Ping Chong is a tiny Chinese woman working as a fashion designer in L.A. (Shangri-L.A). They have a son named Raphael.
- Brandy-Lynn
- Weetzie’s mother.
- Vixanne (aka “the Lanka”)
- A woman with long, black hair, purple, tilty eyes and a long body.
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