°Wirt°

Name:Wirt Gender: Male Age:14-16 (approximately) Species:Human Occupation: Student Wirt is Greg's older brother (on his mother's side) and the main protagonist of Over the Garden Wall. His vision is different and much more serious compared to his brother Greg's. He tends to oppose others' suggestions and wants to do everything his way, which gets them into trouble. He has a half-brother named Gregory but they call him "Greg"

Wirt is a relatively tall and rather thin teenager, wearing a red gnome hat. His outfit consists of a navy blue cloak with yellow buttons, simple grey pants that reach to his ankles, suspenders, and a classic, white, button-down shirt. He has dark hair, which covers most of his forehead, large, round, black eyes that vary in expression, as well as large ears compared to other characters and a triangular nose. He wears two different types of shoes, his left shoe is brown and his right shoe is black. They are commonly untied, and this can be noticed in some episodes. In the episode Into the Unknown, it is shown that his outfit is nothing more than a Halloween costume. Wirt's normal outfit consists of an earth-toned sweater that is worn over a white collared shirt and ordinary grey pants, eventually the same pants he wears during his travels. Wirt's hair also appears to be messier than during his travels.

Wirt is a realistic, if rather pessimistic, teenager in many ways, but he also has a naive and childish side. He is easily startled and shocked, and even though he is older than his brother, he still acts like a child. Throughout the story of Over the Garden Wall, Wirt has to struggle to remain optimistic in the face of impossible odds, and near the end of the story, specifically episode 8, Babes in the Woods, Wirt begins to finally succumb to his negativity. It is because of his negative outlook on life that Wirt is an easy target for the Beast to make him fall into hopelessness. Wirt's brother, Gregory, is the opposite of his brother, bringing out Wirt's jovial, playful childlike side. In episode 9, Wirt is shown to have low self-esteem and perceives himself as a loser, possibly because of his more sensitive interests, such as poetry and the clarinet. He tells Greg that he wasn't invited to the Halloween party by his friends and that his crush Sara is interested in Jason Funderberker, though both statements are proven to be false. In the series finale, he appears to have gained more self-confidence. Wirt seems to be the type of teenager who makes everything that happens around him worse than it really is, as shown in episode 9 several times: his overreaction to Greg giving the tape to the girls during the football game, the fact that everyone at the party and all of Sara's friends seemed to know him and were nice to him and his breakdown during the occasion that Sara received her cassette tape as a gift, he claims that his life is ruined when this happens, he blames Greg and refuses to tell Sara about his feelings, which ultimately further complicates his interactions with her and their eventual situation in The Unknown, It is hinted at several times that if Wirt would just stop dramatizing things and worrying so much everything would have been easier for him

★His secret passions are poetry and playing the clarinet ★Making cassette tapes for significant others was a popular hobby in the 70s and 80s (almost to a cliché point) ★Judging by how Sara claims that she does not own a cassette tape player, it can be inferred that the story takes place in a modern setting. ★In a concept art Wirt's original name was Walter ★The uniform he wears is that of a Union corporal in a civil war ★Wirt's hat is made from what appears to be a Santa Claus hat with the fluff cut off ★Wirt and Greg are "half-brothers" mentioned in Wirt's song in the episode "Songs Of The Dark Lantern". ★It is not known why one of Wirt's shoes is different from the other (one is black and the other is brown) ★Wirt is very much in love with Sara so much so that in addition to composing a tape for her, he feels jealous when Sara is with Jason Funderberker ★The photo of Wirt's room in "Into the Unknown" shows that he owns a book on interior design, which explains how Wirt recognized the difference in the architecture of the two mansions in episode 5, "Mad Love."