Description
Introducing Princess Laverne
My new Hanna-Barbera OC told here, Laverne, the runaway princess of Hummingland, a kingdom set in Europe.
Full Name: Laverne Sophia Marjorie, Princess of Hummingland
Universe: Hanna-Barbera - Top Cat
Voice Actor: Patty Andrews (original series to 1980s), Cassidy Landen (since 2020)
Real Life Inspirations: Teresa Ganzel, the Andrews Sisters, Dianne Lennon, Vivien Leigh, Ilene Woods, Mary Costa, Jodi Benson, Lauren Bacall, Gene Tierney, Helene Stanley, Lilly Moon, Sherri Stoner.
Fictional Inspirations: Velvet Brown (National Velvet), Amy Vandergelt and Kitty Glitter (Top Cat), Captain Blood, Judy Jetson (The Jetsons), Cinderella (Cinderella), Princess Aurora, Queen Leah (Sleeping Beauty), Sugar Kane (Some Like It Hot), Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), Elsa of Arendelle (Frozen).
Other Names: Her Royal Highness, Her Highness, Lavie.
Personality: Optimistic, brave, ingenue, daring.
Age: 15
Birthday: July 6
Appearance: Beautiful Caucasian young girl with dark green eyes, reddish brown hair and pink lips.
Her main attire is a black choker, a purple and violet princess gown with a long A-line skirt, a scoop neckline, and a pair of matching opera gloves, thights and hennin. Kitty Glitter wore Laverne's main attire at a costume party in her first appeareance. Her disguise when she arrives at the Vandergelt mansion is
Species: Human
Home: Hummingland Castle (birthplace).
Education: She got a governess as a child.
Relatives: King Peter of Hummingland (father), Queen Olga of Hummingland (mother), Prince Anglyn (older brother), Duchess Patricia (sister-in-law), Prince Gustaff of the Greyskies (husband-to-be by arranged marriage, separated), Prince Hugh of Northstar (husband)
Allies: Gerri Dibble (topcatmeeces97's OC), Darleen Lanchester, Jacqueline Porter, Katharine Garfinkel, Elvira Ann Wagner (my OCs), Top Cat, Benny the Ball, Brain, Spook, Fancy-Fancy, Too Cute (topcatmeeces97's OC), Amy Vandergelt, Thom Thomson, Officer Dibble, Gertrude Vandergelt, Kitty Glitter, Arabelle the horse, Jimmy the anteater, Ratsputin, my other OCs, Hanna-Barbera heroes, etc.
Enemies: Her fiancee, Prince Gustaff.
Likes: Dancing, singing, elegance, animals, exploring beyond her castle.
Dislikes: Arranged marriages.
Powers/Abilities: Her ability to run away from dangerous places.
Quote: "Who cares what I think and I want?"
Backstory:
"Not so much time after Top Cat and the gang returned to Beverly Hills to spend time there, they met a young girl who results to be Laverne, the princess of a hidden country named Hummingland. She ran away from her home after being forced to marry a man she doesn't like".
Princess Laverne is the youngest child and only daughter of the King and Queen of Hummingland, a small and hidden kingdom in Europe. She was born on July 6 at her parent's bedroom, instead of a hospital. At that time, her parents were only 28 and 24, and her brother Anglyn was just 4 (about to turn 5). Her presentation ceremony was celebrated three days after she was born. It was on that moment when her father Peter decided to bethroy her to his friend Henery's oldest son, Gustaff, prince from another country.
Little did Laverne know she was marriage-arranged until she revealed her love to Hugh, a raven-haired handsome prince from another place. Her parents told her she was bethroed to Gustaff. Disgusted by this idea, she escaped to the United States thanks to a known friend to Thom Thomson. To avoid her family discovering her, she arrived to Beverly Hills, where Top Cat and the gang are living as Officer Dibble is working on a patch for his family. Amy Vandergelt realized of the runaway princess' existence and gave her a home at her mansion.
At Hummingland, the king denies his daughter's disappeareance and orders his knights to search her. Sadly, no one in Hummingland found the princess. Finally, the princess was revealed at a newspaper interview, when she complained about Gustaff.
Family Backstory: She has an older brother, Anglyn, aged 20, who is married to a duchess. Her real love interest is Hugh, a handsome black-haired prince with a golden heart.
If she appeared in the original series, her voice would be mezzo-soprano and singer Patty Andrews, from the singing group The Andrews Sisters.
Top Cat (C) Hanna-Barbera
Gerri Dibble and Too Cute (C) topcatmeeces97
Notes:
- Kitty Glitter wore Laverne's princess gown in Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (at the costume party she attends). Thus, she recognized the princess once the latter came to the Vandergelt mansion as she was rescued by Amy.
- Laverne is eight years younger than Amy. At the events of Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats, Amy was 16, while Laverne was 8. They didn't see each other until the fugitive princess arrived to Los Angeles.