Rip Van Winkle - The protagonist is a good-natured but lazy Dutch-American villager who avoids profitable labor. He is henpecked by his nagging wife Dame Van Winkle, but beloved by the village children for repairing their toys. One day, Rip meets a group of mysterious men in the Catskill Mountains who are playing nine-pins. After drinking their liquor, he falls into a deep sleep for 20 years, waking up to find his village has changed drastically due to the American Revolutionary War.

Dame Van Winkle - Rip's ill-tempered and quarrelsome wife who constantly nags him about his laziness and neglect of domestic duties. She is the source of much of Rip's unhappiness.

Rip Van Winkle Jr. - Rip and Dame's son, who is determined to grow up just like his idle father, much to Dame's chagrin.

Stranger/Hendrick Hudson - The ghostly man Rip meets carrying a barrel, who is implied to be the spirit of the Dutch explorer Hendrick Hudson. He gestures for Rip to help carry the barrel to the mysterious men playing nine-pins, who are revealed to be the ghosts of Hudson's crew.

Judith Gardenier - Rip's married daughter who takes him in after he returns from his 20-year sleep as an old man.

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