Ida is a character and protagonist from The Fairytaler episode, "Little Ida's Flowers", based on Hans Christian Andersen tale of the same title.
About Ida[]
Ida is being tutored by a man named Carl when she tells him she has to leave for a moment to check on her flowers. She enters her room, greeting her doll named Sophie and another doll named Jim. When Ida looks at her flowers, she finds that they've wilted and she's saddened by this. The counselor approaches Carl and asks him what he has been teaching Ida. Carl says he's been teaching mostly sums. Ida returns to the room where Carl and the counselor are, and shows her dwindled flowers. The counselor asks her what she expects and says that dying is what flowers do. Carl tells Ida that the flowers aren't really dead, but rather they're just resting. Then, to cheer her up, he tells her a story about flowers coming to life in a garden outside the gates of the town after visitors there leave for the night. He asks Ida if she knows about the garden and says she does, as she was just there the day before. The flowers then enter the mansion where they dance and party. After dark, a steward arrives at the mansion to check to see if there's any unusual activities going on and that shouldn't be. When the flowers hear him come to the room, they run off to hide, which is behind a dresser. The steward thinks he must be losing his mind. As Carl finishes the story, he's made a chain of a few paper dolls with flower-shaped heads. He also tells Ida that the flowers will have to be buried after they die, so that they'll revitalize and blossom in the summer. Ida is happy at hearing this for a moment, but then her mood gets spoiled by the counselor, who doesn't believe in what Carl tells the girl, he's doubtful, dismissive, saying that it's just poppycock, and that the flowers won't be brought back to life. Carl tells Ida not to listen to him and says he must gets going, they say their goodbyes to each other.
Afterwards, Ida brings her wilted flowers back to her room, removing Sophie from the doll-sized bed, telling her the flowers need it more than she does, placing them there, and she moves Sophie into a dresser drawer. She also gives tea for the flowers to drink, then goes to bed. But has a hard time falling asleep right away, still thinking about the story Carl told her earlier. Restless, she tosses and turns a lot and for a while before she eventually goes to sleep. Once that happens, the flowers and dolls come alive, and dance to some music in another room. She's awakened by this, gets up, out of bed, and walks to a cracked door, peering through the narrow opening between the doors to watch this. The drawer where Sophie is placed opens and she wonders what's happening. Jim tells her they're having a dance and she's upset that she wasn't invited. When he asks her if he may dance with her, she refuses. She then purposefully falls out of the drawer and some flowers, especially the wilting ones, come over to help her up, but she just did that in hopes of a gentleman coming to her aid. These particular flowers tell her that they're wilted and that tonight is their last night alive, that is, until they're replanted and bloom again in the summer. Sophie apologizes and says she didn't know. Sophie then decides she changes her mind and will join in on the fun after all. Jim dances with a purple-headed tulip when Ida enters the room. Without noticing at first, he takes her hand and walks her over to the other flowers to introduce them to her. The other flowers are alarmed that she's seen them moving on their own and now knows about their secret lives. They suddenly vanish and while Ida still holds Jim's hand, he's become inanimate again. Ida is then back in bed and wakes up the next morning. She sees her flowers are still wilted and her dolls are motionless. She wonders if the whole experience was just a dream, then thinks about what Carl told her about what to do with the wilted flowers and the event the night before, believing that everything that happened was real. She places the wilted flowers in a box in preparation for a burial.
Later, Ida and Carl bury the flowers and the counselor arrives, asking them what they're doing. Ida says they're having a funeral for the flowers, so that they'll be resurrected in the summer. He tells Carl he's just filling her head with things that will never come true, remaining just as doubtful and dismissive as ever, then leaves. Carl tells her, once again, not to pay him any mind and that once the flowers do grow back, and are revitalized, they'll be just as beautiful as ever. More flowers grow in the garden, truly becoming more beautiful every year. The garden as a whole becomes more beautiful over time, and that's just what happens.
Physical Appearance[]
Ida is a slender girl with blue eyes, fair skin, and her hair is blonde with arched bangs and downward pigtails in white bows. She wears a shin-length, cornflower blue, round dress with long, puffed sleeves and cuffs; a white, vest apron with matching bow in the back; matching pantaloons; matching socks; and black flats.
Personality[]
Ida is kind, friendly, sweet, thoughtful, and compassionate, especially to flowers. She is something of a horticulturist.