Characters / Spirit: Riding Free

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Voiced by: Amber Frank (series); Isabela Merced (Untamed), Bridget Hoffman (baby; Untamed)^{Other Languages} Meli G (Latin American Spanish/seasons 1-2), Monserrat Aguilar (Latin American Spanish/season 3 onwards), Yui Makino (Japanese)

The protagonist. She was born in the frontier town of Miradero to railroad scion Jim Prescott Jr. and circus performer Milagro Navarro as their only daughter. After Milagro's death, her family left Miradero at two years old, but returned after turning twelve.

• Adaptation Dye-Job: Lucky's complexion in Untamed is slightly darker than her original self's.
• Ambiguously Brown: Subverted. Lucky bears a striking resemblance to her mother, Milagro, who was a Hispanic woman from Mexico. However, Lucky has lighter skin than her mother had.
• Big Sister Instinct: Lucky is naturally fond of her baby sister, Polly, not to mention how excited the former gets about babysitting the latter. When Snips takes Polly in mistaking her as a wolf cub he’s after, Lucky immediately chases Snips and scolds him.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Redhead (of the auburn variety) to Abigail's Blonde and Pru's Brunette.
• Butt-Monkey: In contrast to her name, Lucky is prone to experiencing misfortunes. The pilot episode has Lucky forced to wear a formal puffy dress. At school, Lucky has trouble fitting into her desk because of her dress, and then when she finally sits down her dress flips up. She has more misfortunes occur to her in “Lucky and the Wayward Wedding”; accidentally losing a bouquet which gets eaten by Senor Carrots; getting her face smashed into the wedding cake; riding on a runaway carriage; and getting captured by her worst enemy, Butch LePray. Snips manages to outsmart her in many ways throughout “Lucky and the Escape Artist.”
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: She can be considered as this to Little Creek from the original film, in that both human characters from the Americas have interacted with the Spirit-named horses. Whereas Little Creek has a (justifiably) Native American living, Lucky instead has a modern Hispanic-themed lifestyle. In addition, Little Creek gets to communicate with Spirit Sr., while Lucky has been close to Spirit Jr.
• Cool Big Sis: Not only does she love her baby sister, Polly, very much, but she doesn't even show jealousy of her.
• Cute Clumsy Girl: Before heading off to the Palomino Bluffs boarding school, Lucky was quite clumsy and accident-prone. She's steadily growing out of it.
• Daddy's Girl: Lucky has a close relationship with her father. Justified by her mother being dead. Though Lucky inherits her mother’s spirit, she also has the same wild streak as her father. Jim even allows Lucky to set off on adventures alone with her friends, though he accompanies them on two of their camping trips. While remembering his first wife, Milagro, Jim tells Lucky stories about her. Even when she runs away from home, Lucky is convinced to return to her father and their reunion is heartwarming.
• Expository Hairstyle Change: In the first episode, Lucky's braid comes loose as she rides Spirit for the first time.
• Free-Range Children: Technically is the case with all three girls to varying degrees, hence the problems they get themselves in, but is mostly the case with Lucky, much to the dismay of her Aunt Cora.
• Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: In Untamed, she was both angered and saddened to realize that Hendricks was only deceiving her for him to capture Spirit Jr.'s herd.
• Hollywood Costuming: She wears a t-shirt and pants that look very much like those worn in The New '10s, despite the show presumably set around the mid-to-late 1800s.
• Ironic Name: Fortuna, a.k.a. "Lucky", is a frequent Butt-Monkey throughout her appearance, having to experience a series of unfortunate events herself.
• Missing Mom: Her mother died prior to the series. Later seasons reveal she was a famous acrobat, and that the danger of it may have contributed to her final fate.
• Nice Girl: Though she has her impulsive and stubborn moments, Lucky is someone who's nonetheless quite friendly and willing to do what's right.
• Only the Chosen May Ride: Lucky is the only one who can ride Spirit.
• Orphan's Plot Trinket: Lucky's boots, formerly her mother's, fit her so well that wearing other boots become an uncomfortable experience for her and turn her clumsiness up to eleven.
• Overly Long Name: Her full name is Fortuna Esperanza Navarro Prescott.
• Practically Different Generations: She's 14 by the time her baby half-sister, Polly, is born.
• Red Is Heroic: In the winter, Lucky wears a red coat and bean cap.
• Sweet Tooth: From what is seen in the show, Lucky takes second place behind Abigail when it comes to being fixated on candy. In "Lucky and the Resolutionary Fever", one of her New Year's resolutions is to try every piece of candy at the local candy shop. And when Aunt Cora moves out of the household in "Lucky and the Role Reversal", one of the first things that Lucky does is have ice cream for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Headstrong and adventurous Lucky to sweet and gentle Abigail as well as elegant but snooty Maricela.
• Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Lucky is headstrong, adventurous, and courageous. With her passion for horseback riding, she has a wild spirit. She normally wears casual clothes, but she’ll wear a dress on formal occasions, such as for the governor’s ball.
• Tragic Keepsake: Her mother's riding boots.

Lucky's wild buckstin mustang stallion. Since Lucky's return to Miradero, he has shared a close bond with her. He earned his name from his fiery independence and untamable by no one else.

• Badass and Child Duo: Spirit is the animal badass paired up with young city child Lucky.
• Berserk Button: Spirit will fly off the handle for the following reasons:
  • Someone throwing or placing a rope around his neck.
  • Any human other then Lucky trying to ride him.
  • Another human threatening or bullying Lucky.
  • A cruel human tormenting an innocent horse. 
  • Being held captive in a barn without a chance of freedom.
• Cool Horse: Most mustangs never get out of paddocks once they're put in one. Spirit earned his freedom within two days, by saving several children's lives. And he only got caught in the first place because his idea of fun is racing steam-powered trains.
• Fantastic Racism: Like his father, he shows no inclination to interact with domestic horses... at first.
• From Stray to Pet: Spirit was born in the wild. After being captured by wranglers, he befriends Lucky and becomes her companion.
• Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Lucky's main motivation to improve as a rider is that Spirit gets hurt when she makes mistakes.
  Lucky: (to Spirit, after complaining about a recent failure) Not you. You were perfect.
• Klingons Love Shakespeare: Despite himself, he loves the perks of being a domestic horse, like treats and cosy stables. Pru and Abigail Pet the Dog by altering a normal stall so that Spirit can leave or enter it whenever he wants.
• Legacy Character: This isn't the same horse from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, but his son. Like his father, he earns the same name as him for more or less the same reasons.
• Lighter and Softer: While he still has his father's fierce independent personality, he also has some of his mother's gentleness and loyalty, which allows him to bond with Lucky.
• Moody Mount: Being a wild horse, Spirit will not allow anyone to ride his back. Lucky, who Spirit trusts most is the only human Spirit will allow to ride his back. Lucky always rides him bareback with no bridle nor reins unlike Chica Linda and Boomerang, because Spirit doesn’t like wearing a saddle.
• Papa Wolf: As far as being fond of Lucky, Spirit is very protective of her, saving her from life-threatening situations (the speeding handcar incident, fighting off raging wolves, nearly falling off a cliff in “Lucky and the Treacherous Trail”...) or antagonists who oppose and/or actively try to harm her (Grayson, Butch LePray, Smoke...).
• Secondary Character Title: Technically, he's not the protagonist of the spinoff media, despite being the namesake character. Rather, it's his owner Lucky.
• Strong Family Resemblance: With the only major difference being a white blaze, Spirit greatly resembles his father.

Voiced by: Sydney Park (series); Marsai Martin (Untamed)^{Other Languages} Fernanda Robles (Latin American Spanish), Umeka Shoji (Japanese)

One of Lucky's best friends, and the horse trainer. She owns a mare named Chica Linda.

• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Brunette to Abigail's Blonde and Lucky's Redhead.
• Birthday Hater: Every birthday, something calamitous has happened to her, her family or her friends or all of the above, so she refuses to celebrate as a result.
• Blue Is Heroic: Pru’s wardrobe consists of a blue shirt and blue jeans. She also wears a blue coat in the winter. During the Pony Tales miniseries and reboot movie, she wore blue overalls.
• Daddy's Girl: Pru has a close relationship with her father. She is seen with her father Al more than her mother. She assists Al in wrangling and training horses. She makes her father proud by wrangling a herd of horses that run lose. Al gets emotional when Pru is about to leave for boarding school.
• Dark and Troubled Past: On her fifth birthday, she was taken to see a circus only to be publicly humiliated.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Headstrong Pru to angelic Abigail and elegant but snooty Maricela. Pru also has her stuck up horse, Chica Linda.
• Tomboy Ponytail: Pru always has her hair braided in a ponytail.

Voiced by: Bailey Gambertoglio (series); Mckenna Grace (Untamed)^{Other Languages} Andrea Arruti, Regina Carrillo (Latin American Spanish)

One of Lucky's best friends. Funny, a bit naive when it comes to figuring things out. She owns an American paint horse named Boomerang.

• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Blonde to Pru's Brunette and Lucky's Redhead.
• Butt-Monkey: Abigail has her share of bad luck.
  • During the Fiesta, she wins a huge jar of jelly beans. As she gets overexcited, she accidentally drops the jar and the jelly beans spill out.
  • Her younger brother, Snips, sometimes gets the best of her by pranking her.
  • Every year on April Fools day, Abigail gets caught in the middle of the war of pranks Pru has with her father. By always showing up at the wrong time, the joke is on her. Abigail tries setting up traps for Pru and father as pranks of her own, but she keeps getting caught in her own traps.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Abigail has shades of this, such as when she concludes that teaching Lucky how to ride would turn her to banditry in "Lucky and the Treacherous Trail" or when she guesses that Respero's buried treasure might be kittens in "Lucky and the Mysterious Map."
• Comically Missing the Point: Abigail is prone to this in several episodes. Too many to count.
• Cool Big Sis: Lucky views Abigail as this to Snips, given that she never raises a hand to him despite all the trouble he causes.
• The Determinator: Abigail is set on guessing the right amount of jelly beans in a jar in "Lucky and the Cowboy Next Door".
• The Ditz: Abigail is sweet and naive.
• Naïve Animal Lover: Abigail is this in the Riding Academy episodes, particularly in the episode Welcome Back Otter.
• Nice Girl: Abigail is very kind, sweet and caring.
• Pink Means Feminine: Abigail wears something pink very often as a representation of her feminism. She is the most feminine girl of the PALS. She wears a light pink shirt as part of her main wardrobe. “Lucky and the Cowboy Next Door” has Abigail wear a darker pink shirt during the night festival. On formal occasions, she wears a pink dress.
• Sweet Tooth: Although all three girls do enjoy candy from time to time, it's implied heavily throughout the series that Abigail absolutely loves candy:
  • In "Lucky and the Resolutionary Fever", when Lucky tries to complete her resolution of trying every piece of candy at the local candy shop, Abigail is the one to suggest that they all help her, and displays what is implied to be a sugar rush throughout the rest of the episode as a result.
  • In "Lucky and the Role Reversal", Abigail comments on how cool it is that Lucky is having ice cream for breakfast, happily bringing up that she was allowed to do that once, but first had to have her tonsils removed, as well as referencing cotton candy as a highlight to seeing a play in person.
  • In the penultimate episode of the original series, "Lucky and the Endless Possibilities", after Aunt Cora, filling in for Mrs Prescott, assigns all the students to shadow adults throughout the town for a day, Abigail is the one to suggest working at the candy shop.

Voiced by: Nolan North (series); Jake Gyllenhaal (Untamed)^{Other Languages} Óscar Flores (Latin American Spanish)

Lucky's father, son of railroad tycoon James Prescott Sr. After Milagro's death, he and Lucky left Miradero at when she was two years old, but returned after she turned twelve.

• Good Parents: Jim cares deeply for his daughter, Lucky, especially since she resembles his wife, Milagro, who he lost long ago. When Spirit is captured by Grayson, Jim tries to buy Spirit from him only for Grayson to refuse his handsome fee. After Grayson sells Spirit to the auction house, Jim tries to buy him at the auction. Even though he fails to buy Spirit, he doesn’t give up until Spirit and Lucky are back together. When his father decides to take Lucky back to the city, Jim stands up to him while refusing to have his only child taken away from him. 
• Papa Wolf: Jim stands up to his own father when he threatens to take Lucky back to the city with him out of concern for her tomboy nature. His father pushes him around, but Jim puts his foot down for once.

Voiced by: Kari Wahlgren (series); Julianne Moore (Untamed)^{Other Languages} Gaby Cárdenas (Latin American Spanish)

Lucky's paternal aunt and Jim's sister.

• Brawn Hilda: Combined with Big Beautiful Woman.
• The Determinator: "Lucky and the Treacherous Trail" has Cora having a hard time baking a proper pie with the rustic tools available to her, but she keeps at it until she finally figures out how to make a perfect pie, having filled an entire room with dozens upon dozens of failed pies in the process. She points out that Prescotts never give up, and thus Lucky realizes she shouldn't either.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible to Jim's foolish. She's much more elegant and graceful and sets out to teach her niece how to be a proper young lady, while Jim is more adventurous and just lets Lucky do pretty much whatever she wants so long as she doesn't get hurt.
• Not So Above It All: As much as she criticizes Lucky for her obsession with wild animals, she ends up keeping a goose that was originally meant to be a family meal as a pet she names "Clancy".
• Prim and Proper Bun: Her main hairstyle.
• Proper Lady: Her defining character trait.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The prim and proper girly girl to Lucky's wild and spirited tomboy.

Voiced by: Darcy Rose Byrnes^{Other Languages} Annie Rojas (Latin American Spanish), Nanako Mori (Japanese)

The daughter of the mayor of Miradero. Initially a rude girl behaving antagonistic towards the PALs. She owns a horse named Mystery.

• Bilingual Bonus: Maricela speaks fluent Spanish.
• Character Development: Grows into a genuinely Nice Girl by the time Season 8 comes about, and has become a horse rider herself as of "Riding Academy''.
• Daddy's Girl: Maricela herself is fond of her father especially since he is the mayor.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Maricela is very snooty and self-centered. She often antagonizes the PALS. Yet, there are some occasions when she shows concern for them, such as in “Lucky and the Deadly Blizzard” when she worries that Lucky will not survive the blizzard alone. She also considers herself a friend to Lucky.
• Lovable Alpha Bitch: Post character development. She gets better and becomes nicer as the series progresses.
• Nice Girl: Eventually develops into this sort of person.
• Pink Means Feminine: Maricela wears a pink dress or skirt on some occasions.
• Proper Tights with a Skirt: As a prim and proper girl, Maricela always wears tights with every outfit she wears.

Voiced by: Tiya Sircar^{Other Languages}Maggie Vera (Latin American Spanish)

Lucky's homeroom teacher, becoming her stepmother after she and Jim fall in love and get married.

Voiced by: Duncan Joiner^{Other Languages}Jared Mendoza (Latin American Spanish)

Abigail's mischievous little brother. He owns a donkey named Señor Carrots.

• Adaptation Dye-Job: In Spirit Untamed, his hair is blond like his sister instead of red.
• Annoying Younger Sibling: Snips pesters not only Abigail, but her friends as well.
• Bratty Half-Pint
• Dub Name Change: His name in the Latin American Spanish version is Tuzo.
• Never Learned to Read: He can't read, and "Lucky and the Golden Opportunity" shows he draws Señor Carrots in lieu of signing his name.

Voiced by: Gabriella Graves^{Other Languages}Zoe Mora (Latin American Spanish)

• Abhorrent Admirer: Bianca is interested in Snips, who doesn't like spending time with her at all.

Voiced by: Andy Pessoa^{Other Languages}Pascual Meza (Latin American Spanish)

• The Big Guy: Saddlemaker Turo is a little tall and a bit stocky.
• The Determinator: In "Lucky and the Appaloosa Adventure" to save the horse from an abusive owner.

Voiced by: Lucas Grabeel^{Other Languages}José Luis Piedra (Latin American Spanish)

Voiced by: Jonathan Craig Williams (series); Andre Braugher (Untamed)^{Other Languages}Arturo Mercado Jr. (Latin American Spanish)

• Papa Wolf: Is shown to be protective to his daughter, Pru.

Voiced by: Dawnn Lewis ^{Other Languages}Cony Madera (Latin American Spanish)

Pru's mother and Al's wife.

Voiced by: Anna Vocino^{Other Languages}Anabel Méndez (Latin American Spanish)

Voiced by: Kari Wahlgren

Lucky's infant stepsister, daughter of Jim and Kate.

• Alliterative Name: Polly Prescott.

Voiced by: Natalie Otano (series); Eiza González (Untamed)

Lucky's mother from San Jorge, who belonged to El Circo Dos Grillos.

• Missing Mom: She died before Lucky was old enough to remember her. While the cause of her death has yet to be revealed, later seasons reveal that she was a circus acrobat, so the danger aspects of it could've contributed to her final fate.
• Runaway Fiancée: Milagro leaves her place of birth to escape her arranged marriage.
• Strong Family Resemblance: She looks like a darker version of her daughter.
• White Stallion: Her horse, Equuleus.

Voiced by: Robert Knepper, James Patrick Stuart^{Other Languages} Beto Castillo (Latin American Spanish)

• Dirty Coward: Grayson is implied to be one whenever Spirit tries to attack him. 
• Enemy Mine / It's Personal: He grudgingly teams up with Lucky to rescue her father from Butch LePray because Butch murdered his father during a prison break a while back and he's been itching to get even ever since.
• Jerkass: He seems to delight in being as cruel as he can be while still technically being within the law.
• Karma Houdini: He's never shown getting any comeuppance for his jerkassery. Even when it seems like he might, it's always revealed that he's legally (though not morally) correct and thus not subject any punishment. And he makes sure he rubs this in every single time.
• Would Hit A Woman: He doesn't pull his many punches when beating up Butch LePray.
• You Killed My Father: The reason for Grayson wanting revenge on Butch LePray: she killed his father while escaping prison.

Voiced by: Katey Sagal^{Other Languages} Gabriela Guzmán (Latin American Spanish)

• But for Me, It Was Tuesday: When Grayson reminds Butch that she killed his father, she cannot remember Judge Grayson at all, then states "she can't remember everyone she killed that got in her way".
• Disney Villain Death: Subverted! In “Lucky and the No Good Outlaw Butch LePray,” Butch falls into a ravine in her unhitched wagon. When the wagon hits the bottom of the ravine, Butch is nowhere to be seen by Lucky. Butch actually survives inside the wagon. 
• Evil Redhead
• A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: In her debut, Butch poses as a meek and bespectacled bookkeeper. She also befriends Lucky and acts supportive of her. When she realizes Lucky is a member of the Prescott family, who owns a railroad company, Butch sets a trap on her and reveals her true nature as a bandit.

Voiced by: Walton Goggins

• Ambition Is Evil: He'd do anything to capture Spirit for profit, even if it means deceiving the young Lucky.
• Beard of Evil: He has a goatee and is an Evil Poacher to many horses.
• Big Bad: He's the main antagonist of Untamed, planning to capture Spirit Jr. for him to make a profit out of selling him in his black market.
• Bad People Abuse Animals: His business involves capturing a bunch of horses to make a profit out of them.
• Canon Foreigner: He's a completely original character made for Untamed, an adaptation of the series.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: He is this to the Colonel from the original film, as both men have a notorious history of enslavement. Namely, the Colonel attempts to enslave the Native Americans, while Hendricks simply captures horses for his black market business,. However, the Colonel is a Noble Demon for having a sense of honor, unlike Hendricks, who is simply Faux Affably Evil.
• Dirty Coward: As it turns out, he's not above being excessively fearful, as proven when Spirit puts him into physical trouble, which he wanes over.
• Evil Poacher: His business involves kidnapping a bunch of horses for profit.
• Evil Sounds Raspy: Walton Goggins gives him a fairly rough voice that matches his status as a villain from The Wild West.
• Faux Affably Evil: The moment he first interacts with Lucky, he acts all nice to her just for him to obtain Spirit.
• Greed: His primary motivation when it comes to poaching horses, where he gets to obtain a hefty amount of profit for it.
• Irony: His next target is Spirit, yet this same horse would partially be the one responsible for his downfall as an Evil Poacher.
• Put on a Prison Bus: He was arrested, alongside his men, after their defeat by Lucky and her friends.
• Terms of Endangerment: As part of his Faux Affably Evil schtick, he occasionally refers to Lucky as "princess".
• Would Hit a Girl: He's not above causing harm on Lucky, Pru and Abigail.
• Would Hurt a Child: Besides being practically abusive towards horses, he's also more than willing to cause pain on Lucky, Pru and Abigail, who are adolescents.

Voiced by: Lew Temple, Gary Anthony Williams

• Bad People Abuse Animals: They are content in capturing a ton of horses for them to be sold in the black market.
• Canon Foreigners: They weren't existent in the series.
• Co-Dragons: They all work with Hendricks as his henchmen, helping him in collecting horses they can sell in his black market.
• The Dividual: They are always seen with each other in the same scenes.
• Evil Poachers: They engage in Hendricks' horse-napping business.
• No Name Given: None of the wranglers' names are revealed.
• Put on a Prison Bus: All of them have been arrested alongside their boss.