This changed Carmen's over-friendly and pushover-like personality, making her less of a softy. Walter is strongly disliked by Dennis because of his teddy-bear picnics and softy antics. Keith's kindness towards Billy causes Natalie to think that Keith is "a softy". Soppy Susan a character similar to Walter the Softy but a girl. This also led to the "Big Softy" Kleenex campaign, which kicked off his film career. All flights into and out of the federal state were canceled amid softy fears.