Mary, also known as Daisy, is the tritagonist of the 2020 movie The Witches. She is a white mouse who used to be a human girl.
She is voiced by Kristin Chenoweth who also voiced Princess Skystar in My Little Pony: The Movie, Rosetta in Tinkerbell, Gabi in Rio 2, Abby in The Star and Kilowatt in Space Chimps.
History[]
Mary was once a young orphaned human girl who lived in an orphanage. One afternoon, for unrevealed reasons, she ran away from the place and soon afterwards met a seemingly kind woman who offered her a chocolate bar. Unknown to her, the woman was actually an evil, child-hating witch, and the bar was laced with a potion which immediately transformed Mary into a small, white mouse. Shortly afterwards, a pan-handler captured Mary and sold her to a pet shop.
Four months later, Mary was bought by Agatha Hansen who gave her as a pet to her grandson Charlie Hansen, who had recently been orphaned. named her Daisy. Throughout her first several days of being a pet, Daisy kept her nature as a former child hidden from her owners, never speaking. She received tight-rope training.
Later, the three moved to a hotel after Charlie encountered a witch. Due to the hotel's no-pet policies, Charlie took Daisy to the deserted ballroom to continue her training. However, a large group of witches led by the Grand High Witch herself soon entered the room to have a secret meeting, forcing the pair to hide. When a boy named Bruno Jenkins came in and was transformed into a mouse, Daisy went out to save him. In doing so, she revealed her nature as a former human by saying "I'll fetch him!", much to Charlie's shock. Daisy saved Bruno and took him to Charlie, but inadvertently led the Grand High Witch to him, resulting in Charlie being turned into a mouse as well. While the Grand High Witch was waiting for a mallet to kill Charlie, Daisy saved him by biting the evil witch's finger. The three mice then fled into the ventilation shaft, where Daisy explained to Bruno how he'd been transformed and her nature as a former human girl. The trio then headed to Agatha's room for help. There, Daisy revealed her past and that her real name is Mary. She also again saved Bruno's life by stopping him from eating grapes, which are toxic to rodents.
Charlie then stole some of the Grand High Witch's "Delayed Action Mousemaker" potion. Agatha attempted to reverse engineer it to create a cure for the three mice, but it failed. Though initially disheartened, the trio accepted their new forms. Later, Mary, Bruno and Charlie stole the key to the Grand High Witch's room right from her pocket while she was mocking Agatha. The group then headed into her room to steal her supply of potion. When the Grand High Witch arrived and prepared to murder Agatha, the three mice sprung a trap; Mary and Bruno snapped mouse traps onto the witch's single toes, making her scream in agony. While her mouth was open, Charlie flung a bottle of potion into it, turning her into a large, hideous rat. The rat then angrily chased the mice, but was trapped in a bottle by Agatha. Mary and Bruno then took the opportunity to mock the Grand High Witch. Before the group left with the Grand High Witch's money and potion supply, Grandma released the witch's cat, Hades, who promptly turned on his owner and ate her.
Mary then lived a happy life as a mouse with her new family.
Trivia[]
- Mary is based on one of the protagonist's pet mice, of the same name, in the original novel. However, in that book, she is named Mary by the hero and is not a former girl, just a normal mouse. Although in the 2020 film, Mary is indeed a human girl, who was turned into a mouse.
- There is a subtle hint to Mary's true nature; in the scene where Agatha tells the story about her Alice Blue being turned into a chicken, she stops running in her cage's wheel and looks at Agatha with a fearful expression. Mary later mentions that she almost spoke up, but "thought better of it."