Emily Elizabeth Howard is the deuteragonist of Clifford the Big Red Dog and Clifford's Puppy Days. She is the owner of Clifford as well as his best friend. Her surname was not revealed in the books. She is also the owner of Daffodil in Clifford's Puppy Days. She adopted Clifford when he was a puppy, and her massive amount of love for him resulted in his enormous size, resulting in her family having to leave their New York City apartment for a home on Birdwell Island. She was voiced by Alyson Court in the 1988 series produced by Nelvana, Grey DeLisle in the 2000 PBS series and re-dubbed by Joanna Ruiz in the UK re-dub and Clifford's Puppy Days and Hannah Levinson in the 2019 PBS series.
Appearance[]
In 1988 Nelvana series, Emily Elizabeth wears a white and blue T-shirt with a red undershirt with a blue skirt, she has white knee socks and black shoes.
In 2000 series and its prequel, she usually wears a long sleeve school uniform pink shirt with a black school uniform skirt and black and pink striped knee socks and black school shoes. She was 10 year old of a preteen. She was 6 year old from Clifford's Puppy Days."
She wears soccer clothes with shorts in "Tummy Trouble", "Islander of the Year", "Team Spirit", "Dog for a Day", "Saturday Morning", "Vaz Goes Down the Tubes" and "Tie-Dye Clifford."
She wears blue/white swimsuit in "A Ferry Tale","Clifford's Doggy Reunion", "The Best Party Ever", "Saturday Morning", "Best Paw Forward", "Topsy Turvy Day", "Clifford's Charm School", "Forgive and Forget", "Camping It Up", "Another Fine Mess", "No Baths For Cleo", "Lights Out" and "Tie-Dye Clifford."
She wears 20,000 BC costume in "Boo."
She wears Field Day clothes in "Nobody's Perfect."
She wears her hat, blue/white swimsuit, green beach towel and sandals in "Lights Out."
She wears Heinz ketchup costume in "Clifford On Parade."
She wears pink/white pajamas in "Little Clifford", "Welcome to the Doghouse" "Clifford's Hiccups", "Blanket Blues", "Clifford Grows Up" & "Another Fine Mess."
She wears Basketball clothes in "Basketball Stories."
She wears her pink bikini & sandals.
In the 2019 series, she now wears a light yellow shirt, and has a cyan hair clip, bracelets, socks, and light blue shoes, has short blonde hair.
Trivia[]
- Emily Elizabeth Announcers in the book of My Best Friend, Cleo's Fair Share, Special Delivery, A Ferry Tale, And Birdy Makes 3, Home is Where the Fun is, Clifford's Carnival, Clifford's Doggy Reunion, Tummy Trouble, Clifford and the Beanstalk, An Itchy Patch, Stormy Weather, Circus Stars, Limelight Fright, To Catch a Bird, The Best Party Ever, Come Back Mac, Boo!, Little Clifford, Welcome to Birdwell Island, The Dog Who Cried Woof, Nobody's Perfect, Teacher's Pet, Islander of the Year, Clifford's Big Surprise, The Ears Have It, Stars in Your Eyes, The Dog Park, Team Spirit, Clifford On Parade, The Big Sleepover, Dog for a Day, Clifford's Big Heart, A Bunny in a Haystack, Short-Changed, Screaming for Ice Cream, New Dog in Town, Get Well, Babysitter Blues, Saturday Morning, Best Paw Forward, Then Came Bob, Friends, Morning, Noon and Night, Mr. Bleakman's Special Day, Welcome to the Doghouse, Promises, Promises, Clifford's Hiccups, It's My Party, Clifford Cleans His Doghouse, Baby Makes 4, Jetta's Tall Tale, The Big Fetch, Potluck Party Pooper, The Best Gift, Fair Weather Friend, Doggie Garden, Captain Birdwell's Treasure, Topsy Turvy Day, Clifford's Charm School, Forgive and Forget, Blanket Blues, Dino Clifford, That's Snow Lie, A Friend in Need, Fan Mail, Nothing to Fur but Fur Itself, Jetta's Project, Stinky Friends, He's Wonderful Mr. Bleakman, Magic in the Air, Everyone Loves Clifford, Clifford Grows Up, Jetta's Sweater, Big Hearted T-Bone, Embarrassing Moments, Lucky Charm, Princess Cleo, Basketball Stories, When I Grow Up, Camping It Up, A Job Well Read, Special T-Bone, Jetta's Sneak Peek, Vaz Goes Down the Tubes, Cyber Puppy Problems, Another Fine Mess, Clifford the Pirate King, Clifford's Cookie Craving, Jetta's Friend, Fishing Lessons, No Baths For Cleo, Flood of Imagination, Lights Out, A Big Help, Wedding Bell Blues, Food for Thought, Tie-Dye Clifford and Stage Struck is used for the first and the second seasons of Clifford the Big Red Dog.
- Emily has a different voice in the British re-dubbed version of Clifford the Big Red Dog. She is voiced by Joanna Ruiz.
- Emily is voiced by Joanna Ruiz in the UK version while Grey DeLisle voiced him in the US version.
- Throughout the series, Emily gets angry the rarest out of Clifford. One of her angry moments is in Jetta's Sneak Peek, when she discovers that her diary was read by Jetta Handover (who was so eager to peek that she did not ask for permission). In the prequel series' episode "My Blanky", she also gets angry with Nina over finding out that the latter had told a secret about her baby blanket to one person, because every person tells another up to the point where Mr. Solomon dedicates a book on baby blankets to Emily Elizabeth. In Clifford’s Most Wanted, she got sad when she tries to save Clifford, but failed.
- Emily is usually addressed by her full name, Emily Elizabeth. It’s possible that Elizabeth is her middle name. However, there are times where people (usually Charley) just call her Emily.
- Emily didn't appear mostly in "The Great Race", "Cleo Comes to Town", "False Friends", "A New Friend", "Doing the Right Thing", "Leaf of Absence", "Tough Enough", "Mac's Secret Dog Club", "Fluffed Up Cleo", "Follow the Leader", "Goodbye T-Bone", "The Truth About Dogs and Cats", "T-Bone Dog About Town", "Who Me, Jealous?", "Clothes Don't Make the Dog", "The Kibble Crook", "2's Company", "Mimi's Back in Town", "Hooray for Cleo", "Cleo's Valentine Surprise", "Not Now I'm Busy", "Doggie Detectives", "Cleo Gets a Cone", "King Mac", "Who Moved My Bone?", "The Trouble With Kittens", "Led Astray", "Friends Forever", "Doghouse Rock", "Guess Who's Coming to Birdwell", "Little Big Pup", "Getting to Know You", "Helping Paws", "Norville's New Game", "Best Nest", "Puppy Dog Power" & "What a Story."