Intimates found him witty and even impish. His early work often displayed an impish giggle throughout his routines, which later vanished. He had an impish sense of humour. The character is famous for his impish pranks and innocent retorts. Monkeys were regarded as shameless and impish creatures and excellent imitators of human behaviour. He was known for his pranks and impish sense of humor. Similarly, Daddy was harried and desperate and occasionally was driven to spanking his impish daughter. "Her Eurasian beauty and impish sense of humor could not sustain her stardom". For this sin, he was delivered into the hands of impish tormentors. Chinku is a young impish kid who lives with his greedy uncle. Like a child they are impish, vulnerable and defenceless, open and spontaneous. These two films dealt with an impish, wish-granting creature named Munchie. "The New York Times" praised Cain's "impish humor". They talk in impish, caveman-like voices. For General Magic, she made Magic Cap's "impish" cartoon of dad's office desktop.