Romaine Rat

Romaine (French:Romain) is the primary antagonist of the Mia Collection series.

Appearance
Romaine is an adult rat with brown fur and dark brown eyes with a slightly reddish hue. His signature outfit consists of a dark gray plaid tuxedo and a dark gray bowler cap with a red band. He also typically carries a cane with him.

Personality and Character Traits
Romaine is usually motivated by greed and is always looking for opportunities to get Sparklies. Romaine causes trouble, such as stealing things that are not his. He is very greedy and Despite this, he describes himself as a gentleman and will object to being accused.

Mia's Reading Adventure: The Search for Grandma's Remedy
After snooping near Grandma Mimi's residence, Romaine overhears Grandma Mimi talking to Mia. He learns that Grandma Mimi has just given the last of her Sparklies to Mia to pay for medicine to cure Grandma Mimi of her sickness. As Mia is leaving Grandma Mimi's room, Romaine ambushes her in the dark and steals the Sparklies from her. He then tries to get additional Sparklies by charging Mia to cross a stream.

Mia's Science Adventure: Romaine's New Hat
After Mia loses her mother's hat in a storm, the hat ends up falling down the drain where Romaine resides. Romaine takes a liking to the hat and decides to claim it as his. When Mia confronts Romaine and accuses him of being a thief, he agrees to sell her the hat if she can win a game of cards. Although Mia wins, she's a few Sparklies short and Romaine tells her the deal is off if she cannot pay the full amount by evening. Mia procures and gives the required Sparklies. Romaine is reluctant to hand over the hat, but Mia prompts him to keep his end of the deal.

Click & Create with Mia
Romaine appears in many of the art projects. He also appears in the multimedia section, where he has a dancing animation.