The Mouse Avenger's GMD Fanfic World

Brigette Cousteau

 

NAME: Brigette Jean-Sophie Cousteau

AGE: 33

BIRTHPLACE: Paris, France

OCCUPATION: Globetrotter, adventuress, journalist, & photographer

FAVORITE QUOTES: “C’mon, Victor, don’t be such a scaredy-cat!”

“Life is an adventure—live it to the fullest!”

 

FANFIC APPEARANCES: “The Baker Street Family Chronicles”, “The Power Of One”, “Hello, Livvy!”, “The Winds Of Change”, “Friends Forever”, “Nightmare On Baker Street”, “Baker Street Tales”, etc.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Very tall, & thin. Has tan fur (with brown markings on the nose & ears), a pointy brown nose, sweet turquoise eyes, wavy brown hair, curvy pink ears, & a bucktooth. Wears a turquoise blouse (with puffy sleeves, a mint-green collar, & a purple amethyst set in gold), a purple waist-scarf, a mint-green skirt, little brown boots, & a flower in her hair. Can be seen carrying a lavender umbrella.

MARITAL STATUS: Married (to Monsieur Victor Claudius); heterosexual

CHILDREN: (Biological) None; (Adoptive / Foster) Cherise Migayo

NATIONALITY: French

VOICE ACTOR: Bernadette Peters (Hear my voice!)

CHARACTER MODELS: Sophie (from “Anastasia”), Nellie Bly, Marianne Thornberry


FAVORITE THINGS: Going on adventures, traveling the world, collecting artifacts, writing newspaper stories, meeting new mice, children, action-adventure movies

 

WHEREABOUTS: Traveling where no mouse has gone before with her husband Victor & her niece Cherise; also spending quiet time with her family in her house


RELIGION: Methodist-Christian

BORN: May 18, 1864

DIED: Not deceased yet, but will die on October 9, 1971 (of old age)

SPECIES: Common domestic mouse

CHARACTER DESIGNER: Unknown

BLOOD TYPE: A+

HEALTH PROBLEMS / DISABILITIES / ILLNESSES SUFFERED: Colds, the sniffles, pneumonia, jungle fever, sleeping sickness, heat stroke, hypothermia


ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Taurus

EDUCATION: Graduated from Paris Mouse College (with a degree in Journalism)

ODD HABITS: None

NOTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Has chronicled many important events in mouse world history; has discovered numerous special artifacts & once-hidden secrets; has established connections between England & certain other countries


TALENTS: Has a knack for taking great pictures; is a master at foreign languages; can climb mountains & cliffs really well; not bad at singing, either

EXTRACURRICULAR: Her favorite cheese is Bleu; is a huge fan of Sophocles Braveheart; danced to the “Blue Danube” the first time she met Monsieur Victor; really enjoys action-adventure movies, especially “The Panda-Lily Ninjas”; is no relation to the mouse detective Tobias Cousteau


HEIGHT: 1 inch, 79 centimeters

WEIGHT: 109 oz.

FAVORITE COLORS: Turquoise, blue, purple, lavender, red, golden, orange, green, black, brown


PRIZED POSSESSIONS: Her journal, her camera, her pocket translating dictionaries, her umbrella, her suitcases, her souvenirs, her newspapers with her articles, her foreign coins, her artifacts


LIKES: Going on adventures, traveling the world, collecting artifacts, writing newspaper stories, meeting new mice, children, action-adventure movies


DISLIKES: Smoking, drinking, villains, losing her stuff


PASTIMES: Going on adventures, traveling the world, collecting artifacts, writing newspaper stories, meeting new mice, writing in her journal

FAMILY: Madame Jeanne Cousteau (mother), Chad Cousteau (father, deceased)

 

BIO: Born in Paris, France, on May 18, 1864, Brigette Cousteau was indeed a different child.  Instead of learning how to be a proper lady at her mother Jeanne’s charm school, she spent her time climbing trees & riding bikes in the park.  Brigette was a girl ahead of her times, a feminine naturel, who never wanted to settle down & raise children.  But all that changed shortly after her 11th birthday...

 

It was a sunny summer day in Madame Cousteau’s Charm School.  Brigette, against her wishes, had been dragged over to the place to act as a dancing partner for one of the students.  It turns out her dancing partner, Victor Claudius, had fallen in love with her, & soon, Brigette did the same.  The two had a loving relationship for the next 8 years, until Victor moved to London to work in the police force.  A heartbroken Brigette wept mournfully as Victor’s ship made its way across the English Channel.

 

Desperate to have her boyfriend back, Brigette spent the next many years traveling around the world, looking for Victor, until she decided to go to London to search for him.  She couldn’t have picked a better place to reunite with her lover...

 

Currently, Brigette can be seen in London with her new husband & her niece Cherise, that is, when she’s not traveling the world with her family.

 

A prime example of the “New Woman”, Brigette Cousteau has an immense appetite for exciting activities & all things exploratory, be it traveling through dense jungles or climbing mountains.  Tough & tomboyish, this spunky adventuress can’t imagine doing anything else to occupy her time, except for bringing her family along on her escapades.

 

However, Brigette is more than a plucky voyager; she has the heart of a loving mother bird, ever concerned about her loved ones & the friends she makes on her countless journeys.  Sweet-natured & gentle, she is constantly smiling & not bothering to say a bad word about anyone (unless she has a good reason to).  Though she has very little patience & is very dramatic over her pet subjects, she is kind, considerate, friendly, & polite to everyone she meets.

 

One of Brigette’s other well-loved qualities is that she is quite intelligent, diving into books in her spare time & giving out random factoids about the foreign places she visits; the brainy young lady is also street-smart, quick to act & able to come up with a good plan in times of danger.

 

Brigette Cousteau is a most harmless mouse, & may be approached without caution.

Back in 2003, when I began showing interest in GMD again, I had begun writing a proposed story for my fanfic “The Baker Street Family Chronicles”, in which Monsieur Victor was reunited with his one true love.  When creating the character of Brigette Cousteau, I had lent her the voice & middle name of Sophie (pictured left), Marie’s lady-in-waiting in the 1997 animated film “Anastasia”, as well as her talkative nature & her French nationality.  Later, as the character became more developed, I modeled Brigette further after Nellie Bly (pictured center) for her career as a journalist.  Marianne Thornberry (pictured right), a cartoon character from a Nickelodeon show I particularly enjoy, later gave Brigette her sweet & adventurous characteristics.