The following is a list of characters from How I Got My Shrunken Head and its television adaptation in the order they are mentioned or appear.
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Characters[]
| Character | Medium | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Rowe
|
Book and TV episode | Mark is the protagonist and narrator of this book. He is twelve-years-old, and he is short and a little chubby. He loves playing video games, especially one called Jungle King. |
| Eric and Joel
|
Book | They are Mark’s best friends. They don’t like to play Jungle King with Mark, which, according to Mark himself, is due to them always losing against him. |
| Jessica Rowe
|
Book | Mark’s bratty little sister. She is eight years old, but she usually acts as if she was younger. She only appears in the book; in the TV adaptation, Mark is an only child. |
| Alice Rowe
|
Book and TV episode | She is Mark and Jessica’s mother, and Aunt Benna’s sister. |
| Ed
|
TV episode | A man who Mark's mom is dating. Mark drives him away with his talk of a glowing shrunken head. |
| Carolyn Hawlings
|
Book and TV episode | A work colleague of Mark’s aunt Benna. Carolyn is a tall woman, with short black hair and a soft voice. She brings Mark the magic Shrunken Head, saying it is a present from Benna. |
| Aunt Benna
|
Book and TV episode | Mark’s aunt and Mrs. Rowe’s sister. She is chubby and has short black hair, and a round face. |
| Flight attendants
|
Book | They work at the plane Mark and Carolyn Hawlings use during their trip to Baladora. |
| Ernesto
|
Book | He is a young and kind airplane pilot, who has slicked-down black hair and a black mustache. |
| Jimmy Lo
|
TV episode | Mark's pilot in the episode. He dresses like Elvis and wants to be a movie star. |
| Dr. Richard Hawlings
|
Book and TV episode | He is a research scientist who studies the wild life in Baladora Island. He has thick white hair and pale blue eyes, which Mark describes as being just like blue marbles. |
| Kareen Hawlings
|
Book and TV episode | Kareen is Dr. Richard’s daughter. Like her father, she has blue eyes. She is very pretty, with straight blond hair and a nice smile. |