Chief

The Chief is the serious and sensible detective of the brothers. He is the older brother of the Colleague. He is attentive, well-mannered, polite, a genius, and a natural-born detective. He is a parody of Sherlock Holmes. He smokes a pipe, plays the trumpet, wears a cap and a gray double-breasted coat, and examines everything through a magnifying glass. He behaves with poise, thoughtfulness, and composure; he is always calm and unperturbed. He responds to many of the Colleague's statements with "Likewise!" The Chief is 50 years old.

The Coworker is the Boss's younger twin brother, three years apart. He's naive and childish. He acts as the Boss's Dr. Watson. More often than the Boss, the Coworker puts himself in comical situations, plays the fool, gets inspired by naive hypotheses, and very often says, "I don't understand anything!"
Karbofos is the brothers' enemy. He is a German and a smuggler. He was the kidnapper and, initially, the owner of the elephant Baldakhin.
Baldachin is a rare, striped elephant. He was kept by Karbofos for many years. Unable to bear the beatings and abuse, he escaped. He wandered for a long time and one day, sick and hungry, he arrived in the city of Berdichev. Border guards nursed him back to health and donated him to the N zoo. He is very fond of fish oil. He loses his temper at the sound of a flute. He is a friend of the Chief and Colleague.
Karbofos's Servant - Arab. A minion of Karbofos's, albeit reluctantly. He regularly switches sides between the Pilot brothers and back. His most frequent use of the word "please" is his vocabulary.
Arsenic is a cunning, impudent, and fat cat. He lives with the Pilot brothers.