In His Dark Materials, Marisa Coulter (Ruth Wilson) is an elegant, sophisticated adventurer who is former lovers with Lord Asriel. She offers to adopt Lyra Belacqua and train her as her protege in London. Marisa’s dæmon is a golden monkey with long fur named Ozymandias.

In His Dark Materials, Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) is an orphan girl living with scholars at Oxford. There she discovers a dangerous secret involving Lord Asriel and Marisa Coulter, and soon finds herself in the middle of a cosmic struggle. Lyra, like all inhabitants of her world, is accompanied by her dæmon, named Pantalaimon and who likes to take the form of a snow-white ermine.

In Mary Poppins Returns, Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda) is a cockney lamplighter and former apprentice of Bert from the 1964 Mary Poppins. He accompanies Mary Poppins and the Banks children on some of their adventures.