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'''The Thompson family''' is a group of unseen characters related to [[Milly Thompson (disambiguation)|Milly Thompson]].

== Biography ==

=== Manga ===
[[Milly Thompson (manga)|Milly]] wrote lengthy letters to the Thompson family while out on assignment, in which she would individually write to every possible family member. These letters were dubbed ''The Milly Monthly'' by the family and according to Milly, "''everyone always looks forward to it.''" She would often stay up all night writing these letters, which [[Meryl Stryfe (manga)|Meryl]] chastised her for. {{Storylink|LITTLE ARCADIA (chapter)|LITTLE ARCADIA}}

=== 1998 anime ===
[[Milly Thompson (anime)|Milly]] was the youngest of the 10 siblings in the Thompson family. Milly used to play chess with one of her big brothers. One of her big sisters told Milly that she should "''always help people in need''"<sup>sub</sup>/"''when people need help, if [she] can, [she has] to help them''."<sup>dub</sup> {{Storylink|ESCAPE FROM PAIN}} Milly's big sister<sup>sub</sup>/big big sister<sup>dub</sup> told her that "''[she] should never hold back''" when acting on her heart<sup>sub</sup>/to "''never hold back in matters of the heart''."<sup>dub</sup>{{Storylink|SIN (episode)|SIN}}

Milly wrote lengthy letters to the Thompson family while out on assignment, in which she would individually write to every single family member, down to each little niece and nephew. These letters were dubbed ''The Milly Monthly'' by the family and according to Milly, they received "''rave reviews.''" She would often stay up all night writing these letters, which [[Meryl Stryfe (anime)|Meryl]] chastised her for. {{Storylink|LITTLE ARCADIA (episode)|LITTLE ARCADIA}}

== Members ==

=== Manga ===

* [[Milly Thompson (manga)|Milly Thompson]]

* Father
* Mother
* Big big brother
* Middle big brother
* Little big brother
* Big big sister
* Middle big sister
* Little big sister
* Doug
* Annie
* Rodney
* Mike
* Sandra
* Tim
* Drake

=== 1998 anime ===

* [[Milly Thompson (anime)|Milly Thompson]]
* Mom
* Dad
* Big big sister
* Middle big sister
* Little big sister
* Big big brother
* Middle big brother
* Little big brother
* Dougie
* Anry
* Rodney
* Mikey
* Little Sandra

== Notes ==

* In the anime, Milly says she is 1 of 10 siblings, yet only 3 brothers and 3 sisters (6 total) are specifically addressed in ''The Milly Monthly''. However, the other 3 siblings may have been addressed by name, as 5 additional names are listed after the 6 specified siblings.

== Appearances ==

=== Trigun (manga) ===

* ''[[LITTLE ARCADIA (chapter)|LITTLE ARCADIA]] (mentioned only)''

=== Trigun (1998 anime) ===

* [[ESCAPE FROM PAIN|''ESCAPE FROM PAIN'']] ''(mentioned only)''
* ''[[LITTLE ARCADIA (episode)|LITTLE ARCADIA]] (mentioned only)''
* ''[[SIN (episode)|SIN]] (mentioned only)''

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