The Darkside of the Brightside -Ruby Gloom-

The mansion's ghost, Boo Boo sees it as his job to haunt. Unfortunately, it's a little difficult for him to do that when everyone thinks he's cute (and he hates being thought of as cute). When he first arrived at the mansion, Boo Boo wasn't an official ghost in that he couldn't phase through walls and only cats and psychics could see him. According to the leaders of the Ghost Family (two large, mobster-type ghosts who go by the names of Mr. White and Mr. White), Boo Boo couldn't become a full ghost until he had scared at least one person and Ruby's mansion was the house they'd selected for him. But since Boo Boo couldn't go through walls and Doom Kitty was the only one in the house who could see him, his job was next to impossible. However, when Doom Kitty splashed milk on him to reveal his presence, Boo Boo got a slight scare out of Misery when he almost splashed milk onto a tablecloth owned by Misery's great-great-really great-grandmother. Apparently, it was enough of a scare for Boo Boo to become a full fledged ghost, since he can now phase through walls and everyone can now see him. After that though, his only real motivation for staying in the mansion has been to torture Scaredy Bat, as he hasn't been able to scare anyone else since. Boo enjoys pranking more than he enjoys scaring.

As Ruby's pet cat, Doom Kitty has complete free rein of the mansion. As such, she is usually the only one who knows 100% what's going on in any given area of the house. This keeps her one step ahead of Ruby and the others most of the time, because whenever something strange happens in the mansion, Doom will usually have all the facts already while everyone else is still trying to figure things out. Unfortunately, since Doom can't talk, her only hope of communicating with the others is through pantomime. Ruby usually has a pretty easy time understanding her, but it doesn't always work.

Doom Kitty hates it when she is trying to communicate, and her friends think she is playing charades.

Three dapper uptown ravens, Edgar, Allan and Poe live in an attached addition to the mansion. However, of the three of them, Poe is the one who is seen the most. Edgar and Allan are hardly seen and when they are, they never speak (it's unclear whether it's because they can't talk or because they simply don't have anything worth saying). As such, they seem to spend most of their time in the series acting as Poe's bodyguards and servants. Poe meanwhile, as a man of culture and sophistication (if he does say so himself), likes to think of himself as a role model to the rest of the mansion's residents. Unfortunately, he tends to be a little too attached to his image and likes to cover up the parts of him that make him look like less than what he makes himself out to be. For example, he'd rather tell people he's performing in an actual opera than admit that he's staying home to listen to opera records. Poe's pampered nature also tends to make him overreact to things that everyone else would more or less take in stride. Their names are an obvious reference to Edgar Allan Poe and his poem The Raven.

Rockers by nature, these two patchwork brothers live in the mansion's garage. Appropriate settings, considering that they have their own garage band, known as R.I.P (pronounced RIP). To their credit, Frank and Len are actually incredibly gifted musicians. Unfortunately, that's about all they're gifted at, as they both tend to lose focus on anything that isn't their music. They can hardly focus on something if it doesn't have a beat. Frank is actually the more intelligent of the two. and seems to know much more than Len. Even though they seem upbeat for their music, the two of them are almost never on the same page (even though they're both in the same body). Plus, One of them always takes things too literally and the other one sees things completely illiterally. Who can tell which one is which?

Like Ruby, Iris goes through life without a care in the world, but in a much different way. Where Ruby finds happiness in anything, Iris finds adventure. From safaris to fighting wild animals to even shooting herself out of a cannon, there isn't a single thing this cyclops girl won't try at least once, as long as she thinks it's fun. Unfortunately, Iris' adventuresome nature also makes her quite impulsive and she has a bad habit of jumping into a situation (often literally) without considering potential consequences. This usually results in trouble she didn't expect. However, Iris never seems to learn from this and as soon as the trouble is gone, she's off again on the next adventure.

Misery doesn't mean to be a walking disaster area. Her mishaps are usually a combination of clumsiness and extraordinary bad luck. Evidently, these traits run in her family, as Misery has had relatives who have been present at every single major disaster in recorded history (the lost city of Atlantis, the city of Pompeii, just to name a few). Fortunately, her friends are all kindhearted enough to take this in stride. Misery spends most of the time in a state of detached apathy and with ever-present trails of tears running from her eyes.

She does have tiny moments of happiness throughout the series, but unless they're few and far between, her bad luck rears its ugly head and strikes her down with a vengeance, usually in the form of lightning bolts. Sugar is also something that Misery needs to stay away from, because whenever she has any sweets, she goes into a hyper autistic frenzy, running around spouting everything that has ever gone wrong in the history of the world, from major catastrophes like an earthquake in China to small non-events like stubbing her toe in the kitchen.

Despite these problems though, Misery has actually been revealed to be an incredibly gifted singer. However, this talent only shines through whenever she's asleep. Otherwise, her singing just comes out as banshee-like screams. Still, it was enough for Frank and Len to recruit her as lead singer for their band, R.I.P., during a major concert event. Their performance was a huge success, but it remains to be seen if Misery has become a full-time member of the group.

These two large ghosts are the mentors and teachers of young Boo Boo in his learning to be a ghost. Distinguished by their glasses high and rank within "The Family", they typically act in a mafia orientated manner (even having their own pasta making skit and Italian music playing in the backgorund), often threatening to take Boo Boo away if he does not complete enough scares or if he is pulling pranks, such as the line "Less Taunt. More Haunt". Noticeably, the Mr White with the hat is higher than the other Mr White, (who is usually driving their modes of transport (eg. car, gondola)). Also, the Mr Whites seem to be able to produce environs within closets, usually much larger than the actual closet, such as swamps, beachs, classrooms, restuarants and roads to drive on.

Is he "just a stuffed sock" or is he the mansion's "special, one-of-a-kind friend"? The jury's still out, but one thing's for sure. It's always interesting whenever Mr. Buns is around. A stuffed rabbit that Ruby created from one of her leftover socks, the floppy, yet enigmatic Mr. Buns loves tea cozies and pretty much finds himself in the middle of almost all the action in the mansion. But always the questions remain, is it real or coincidence? Did he really make off with a tray of Ruby's pastries right after she finished making him? Is he really Poe's talent agent? What will he do next? Is he even doing these things at all? Only time will tell if these questions will ever have any answers.

The titular character, Ruby has earned her title of "The Happiest Girl in the World". Ruby is a girl who can find happiness in anything. "Look on the bright side" is a phrase she chants like a mantra, and it serves her well. There isn't a single thing in the world that gets her down or a single negative that she can't turn into a positive. And her solution to any problem usually seems to involve throwing a party of some kind, although Ruby never has any problem finding a reason to have a party. Her positive attitude is actually quite helpful, as it allows Ruby to act as the voice of reason in the mansion, while her friends tends to lose focus on real issues. Ruby also has a crush on Skullboy, a bony companion of hers. Her upbeat outlook also makes Ruby very loyal to her friends and there's almost nothing she wouldn't do for any of them. She enjoys to have quiet time to write in her diary and sew.

Just as his name suggests, Scaredy is pretty much...scaredy. Where Ruby finds happiness and Iris finds adventure, Scaredy finds only fear. He's afraid of reading nursery rhymes. Despite being a bat, he's afraid of flying and afraid of the dark. And as it turns out, he's literally afraid of his own reflection. Still, this constant state of fear is perfect for Boo Boo, the mansion's ghost, since Scaredy is the only one who's afraid of him. The only thing he's not afraid of is a crumpet. He speaks with an Arab accent.

A man of many talents, Skull Boy is the mansion's official Jack of All Trades. From film directing to painting, cooking to cavern exploring, robotics to private investigating, Skull Boy can pretty much do it all. His only problem is that he can't seem to find one thing and stick to it for any serious length of time. But if Skull Boy doesn't know where he's going, it's mostly because he doesn't know where he's been. He spends a lot of time trying to discover his roots, hoping that this knowledge will give him a direction to focus his life in. There have been subtle hints that Ruby definitely has a crush on him. There are also points leading to Skull Boy having a crush on Ruby. In one episode, Skull boy goes up to Ruby to ask her an important question. But it turns out he was just asking her to turn his books pages as he was playing.

A group of Jazz musicians that befriend Skull Boy (referring to him as "SB"). The band contains four skeletons. The vocalist is the jazzy Skele-T, instantly recognised by his outfit, ear hole rings and gold tooth. The other skeletons each have a different instrument, one with a accordian, one with a tuba and one using his rib cage as a xylophone. They are shown to be "Jokers", disappearing and joking around with Skull Boy. Skele-T does most of the talking, using jazz slang and phrases, such as "Your straight from the fridge daddio" and throwing in skeleton puns like "You fracture me" instead of "You crack me up".