Clarissa

Grandma Thora's doll, Clarissa

Clarissa is a porcelain doll that Grandma Thora owned since her fifth birthday in Clarissa is Cracked. Thora always places Clarissa in a cabinet for display. She loaned the doll to D.W. for a while. While D.W. was borrowing the doll, she was fiddling around with her, such as styling her hair, getting her to eat something despite that dolls are stationary, and messing her up, and then Clarissa had the left upper quarter of her face broken off. When it was almost time for Thora to have the doll back, D.W. and her family were trying several ways to get her fixed: the Doll Hospital that was closed for a month, the Doll Repairs website that had repair plans put on hold for six months, and then D.W. tried fixing Clarissa by tying a headband around her head to hold up the broken piece which doesn't stay together. Arthur then takes D.W. to Mr. Ratburn who manufactures and repairs puppets. Mr. Ratburn then agrees to fix the doll, and then a couple of hours later, D.W., Arthur, and their father David come to Mr. Ratburn's house to pick up the doll. D.W. fears he could have destroyed her, but then find out he has completely restored the doll. After Clarissa is restored, D.W. then takes Clarissa home, and shows Thora the doll. Thora then explains that she has broken Clarissa over the years, but always managed to have her fixed the same way Mr. Ratburn did.

Description

Clarissa is a bear-like porcelain doll with a pale complexion, long light brown hair with bangs, blue eyes with eyelashes, a pink nose, and bright red lipstick. She wears a bright green hair ribbon, a purple dress with lavender frills with four-spoked flowers, and a pair of gray Mary Janes.

She is very prone to being cracked and broken if the handler is not being cautious.