Yin Yang Yo!/Characters
Character of the Yin Yang Yo cartoon
Main Characters
Yang
A blue, male rabbit and the twin brother of Yin. He mostly uses the Martial Arts side of Woo Foo, but he can also use the Mystic side of Woo Foo. Yang is a cuckoo, lucky, courageous character, and has a liking for clowns. Despite not usually showing it, he really cares about his sister and Master Yo's well-being. He enjoys fighting, and likes hitting stuff.
- Battle Cry: "Chee, Hoo, Waa!"
- Blow You Away: "Foonado!"
- Book Dumb
- Calling Your Attacks
- Catch Phrase: several
- Cute Bruiser
- Hey, It's That Voice!: It's Owen (and Trent)
- Interspecies Romance: with Lina
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- Kidanova
- Large Ham
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse
- Power Glows His sword glows when it is especially powerful.
- Purple Eyes
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Yang is smarter than he really is but he does this so he can get away with things, and to make people not to expect anything from him
- Stalker with a Crush
- Talking to Himself: Is voiced by Scott Mccord along with Yuck.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: with Roger Jr.
Yin
Yin is a pink female rabbit. Yin is often described as intelligent, cute, girly, and sassy. She mostly uses with the Mystic side of Woo Foo, but she can also use the Martial Arts side of Woo Foo. She is often quite stubborn, and shows signs of being a "neat freak". Yin generally has a good sense of right and wrong, and usually does the right thing
- Action Girl
- All Girls Like Ponies: Or Twonicorns, as the case may be.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: She's only hot for Coop when he's evil.
- Balloon Belly
- Blue Eyes
- Calling Your Attacks
- Cute Bruiser
- Evil Makeover: When Coop corrupted her in "Gone-A-Fowl"
- Excessive Evil Eyeshadow
- In one scene in "Gone-A-Fowl," Yin's aura is purple, instead of its usual pink.
- Green Lantern Ring
- Hey, It's That Voice!: It's Sailor Venus
- And in Japan, she is Nagisa Misumi and Sumeragi Lee Noriega.
- Interspecies Romance: With Coop (a chicken) and Clamuel (a clam) among others.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse
- Playing with Fire: "Yincinerate!"
- Positive Discrimination
Master Yo
Teacher of Yin and Yang. Yo is a grumpy old panda whose age is unknown (but he missed his 117th high school reunion). Yo has great sage wisdom and is a master in the Woo Foo arts. Master Yo mentors Yin and Yang in the Woo Foo way to save the world, but it wasn't his choice. The spirits of past Woo Foo warriors stopped him from watching a movie called Who Stole the Cookie until he decided to do it. He's able to use both might and magic and has moves that Yin and Yang have no clue about.
- Badass Grandpa
- Brilliant but Lazy: He's a master of Woo Foo, but is now perfectly content to lounge around and do nothing.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- Last of His Kind: he's the last panda on earth.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: he's Yin and Yang's missing dad
- Interspecies Romance: In relation to the previous trope, Yo should had a rabbit girlfirend/wife
- The Obi-Wan: despite he's still alive, his spirit appears to advice Yin and Yang when he's not present.
- Purple Eyes
- Trickster Mentor
- Trademark Favourite Food: Pretzels
Allies
Lina
An aqua-green female dog, Lina is Yang's girlfriend(after "Gone-A-Fowl") and Yin's best friend. She is a nice, yet short-tempered girl who lives on a farm with her father. She was first introduced in "Beetlemania", when Yang pretended to be a Woo Foo Warrior in order to impress her, but his plan backfired after he had to fight a giant steel beetle. But Yin was eventually able to get Yang to tell the truth. Lina is often unafraid to state her opinion, and even talks back to her father. She was trained by Yin and Yang to use Woo Foo and is the second-in-command of the Woo Foo army Yin and Yang gathered together.
- Action Girl: after being trained to use Woo Foo might
- Catch Phrase: "talk to the hand!"
- Deadpan Snarker
- Hey, It's That Voice!: It's Leshawna
- Interspecies Romance: with Yang
- Took a Level in Badass
- Tsundere
- Vocal Evolution: For a short moment, she has a very high voice in "The Truth Hurts" and then goes back to a deeper voice.
Roger Jr.
Logically the son of Yin and Yang's part-time enemy, Roger the Skelewog. At first, Roger Jr. was a bully to Yin and Yang, having mock fights with Yang and teasing him and Yin, but, during "Woofoogeddon", it was revealed he longed to be Yang's best friend. Roger Jr., being a monster, has displayed super strength, such as when he easily took out a whole group of the Night Master's soldiers just by running by them with his arms.He is also a member of the Woo Foo army Yin and Yang gathered together.
- Breath Weapon
- Friendly Enemy
- Jerkass Facade: he pretends to hate Yang, but he longs to be his friend
- Super Strength
- Vitriolic Best Buds: with Yang
Dave
A magical talking tree stump, Dave is a low-life and is considered pathetic by his friends. Many times, Dave is often caught in the crossfire of battles or hurt in some way by friend and/or foe. He is also whiny, talks nonstop about his family of trees, and is never noticed. As discovered in Stuck, Dave has the ability to communicate with and manipulate plants. This apparently surpasses that of the other characters. He is now a member of Yin and Yang's Woo Foo army.
Coop
A nerdy chicken who appears to be scared of any threats and has a huge crush on Yin. But because she never returned any of his feelings, Coop joined the Night Master in exchange for the promise to have Yin when the world was taken over. He is a minor villain and he is seen with some of the other villains in the Yin, Yang, Yo intro in season 1. Coop gave the impression of incompetence, but in reality, he had powers and abilities rivaling Yin and Yang's. But in the end, Coop couldn't bring himself to go through with the Night Master's plans and held him in place so Yin and Yang could destroy him.
Muffin, The Town President
- Everyone Calls Him Barkeep: Muffin is just a nickname that Carl (and later Yin) use for him. We don't actually know his real name.
- I Lied: In one episode, when he promised Yin and Yang that he'd get them into a hip club.
Jobeaux
A Redneckistanian practicing Woo Foo, while being disliked by his teachers, Yin and Yang, as a stupid, smelly hick. However, when he finally gets the time to clean himself up, he reveals himself to be a smart, well-groomed young man. After defeating the Chung Pow Kitties, Beaux reveals his knowledge of Yin and Yang's disrespect and returns home to marry and live in a castle of diamond-encrusted grits (which Yin was fantasizing about before they met). He has a pet armadillo named Fuzzy Thunder that hides in his mouth, giving him a hick accent.
- Deepsouth: he lives in Redneckistan
- Warrior Prince: Yes, it's hard to believe, but he's a prince.
The Boogeyman
The Boogie Man is a disco-loving green monster that helps Yin and Yang defeat Pondscum, Zarnot, Fastidious and Mastermind in "Roboticus Maximus". When the two rabbits were looking for a sidekick to boss around he took charge over them which lead them to a victory. He became part of the Woo-Foo army they gathered.
- Cool Shades
- Everythings Funkier With Disco
- Funny Afro
- The Unintelligible: "This boogety-bites the big bamma-lamma!", among others.
Villains
The Night Master
Billed as a "Dark Overlord in an Evil Class All By Himself", the Night Master is a very powerful and dangerous foe who was responsible for the near extinction of Woo Foo by eliminating all of the Woo Foo knights except for Master Yo. The Sensei managed to turn Night Master's army to stone and sent him into hiding for a hundred years until he tricked Yin and Yang into using Woo Foo in order to free his army. The Night Master appears to be a demonic sorcerer bat (as such, he hates light) of some description and has a liking for gothically ostentatious outfits.
Carl, the Evil Cockroach Wizard
Carl, the Evil Cockroach Wizard (who tends to shout out his name as much as possible and always wants to be called Carl the Evil Cockroach Wizard), continuously schemes to defeat Yin, Yang, Master Yo and the power of the Woo Foo with his insecure genius. He also lives with his overbearing mother Edna, who is a dragon (it makes no sense as to how they are all related). Carl is always trying to find a way to impress his mother and out-do his brother Herman. Despite his desire to win his mother's love, Carl is resentful and has talked back (usually under his breath), made her cry, and even put a spell on her. And yet, he has been accused of being a mama's boy (obviously by someone who doesn't know him at all).
- Affably Evil
- Ambiguously Gay
- Breaking the Fourth Wall
- Butt Monkey
- Card-Carrying Villain
- Cruel Mercy: Played With, once he has Yin and Yang trapped by a Squid monster and after finding by Coop that them missed Dave's birthday party he ordered it to let them go so they would face Dave's "wrath" (despiste having no idea for who Dave is)
- Evil Sorcerer
- Hey, It's That Voice!: It's Coach Halder (and Ron the Rent-A-Cop)
- Laser-Guided Karma: he inflicted this to Yin in "A Bad Case of Buglies"
- The Unfavourite
- Weaksauce Weakness: Despite his appearance, he's actually more powerful than the heroes and pretty much every episode featuring him as the villain has a Eucatastrophe climax. It's only by exploiting his incredibly fragile ego that the heroes manage to defeat him time and again.
Eradicus
A mighty Gryphon who is bent on destroying Woo Foo. As revealed in "Welcome To The Dark Tomorrow", he is in fact the first and original Night Master. After his demise (of unknown cause), other beings of darkness took on the mantle of evil he left behind including an unknown snake lady and the bat-creature Yin & Yang faced in season 1. His deceased minions posed as the ghosts of the Woo Foo Elders to manipulate Yang into collecting the items of power needed to revive him. Tricking Yang into throwing the items into the Night Master's fireplace at the stroke of midnight, Eradicus was instantly resurrected.
- Big Bad: Season 2
- Card-Carrying Villain
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: as the head of "Eradicorp"
- Evil Overlord
- Large Ham: lots of it
- Villains Out Shopping: aside from being evil, he loves polka and to throw slumber parties with his minions
- Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: Downplayed, he has made a minor role in season 1 but there was'nt anything that foreshadowed his role as the Big Bad
- Names to Run Away From Really Fast
Ella Mental
A female villain who can read minds. She is the smartest one of Eradicus's minions, though her blunt corrections often get her zapped by Eradicus. Eradicus also forced her into tuba lessons, and can play polka music.
- Dark Action Girl
- The Dark Chick
- Deadpan Snarker
- Evil Genius
- Evil Redhead
- Hot Amazon
- Hey, It's That Voice!: It's Sailor Moon
- Psychic Powers
- Punny Name
- Quirky Miniboss Squad
Indestructo-Bob
A villain who has nearly impenetrable armor and can bowl over nearly anyone. He can be best described as unintelligent.
- The Brute
- Dumb Muscle: emphasis on dumb.
- Nigh Invulnerability: hence his name
- Punny Name
- Quirky Miniboss Squad
- Third Person Person: he refers to himself as "Bob"
Rubber Chucky
A villain who can stretch himself into any shape and any direction. He loves cracking bad jokes. His name is a portmanteau of the gag toys Rubber Chicken and Rubber Ducky.
Molecu-Larz
A villain who can shapeshift and regenerate his limbs.
- Brother Chuck: introduced in "Welcome to the Dark Tomorrow", never seen again.
- Punny Name
- Quirky Miniboss Squad
- Voluntary Shapeshifter
Brother Herman
Carl's black hearted, sadistic, selfish and evil ant brother, Herman, is a tyrannical ant warrior who rules his kingdom with an iron fist, a diabolical mind, and impeccable table manners. He is also quite the mama's boy. He attempted to take over the world until Master Yo stopped him.
- Evil Overlord
- Momma's Boy: oh pretty much
- Nigh Invulnerability
- Super Strength
- Strong Ants
- Weaksauce Weakness: he's allergic to panda fur.
Ultimoose Ultimoose is the ultimate Night Master lackey: tough as nails, a master at Moose fighting, and really, really dumb, despite his shortness and strong antlers. He seems to offer work under the Night Master but is merely a dim-witted pawn.
- Battle Cry: "HOOH!HAAH!HOOH!"
- Boisterous Bruiser
- Butt Monkey
- Harmless Villain: he's treated as one, but can be quite dangerous.
- Large Ham: a lot
- Moose Are Idiots
- Straw Misogynist
- Third Person Person
Yuck
Yuck, a turquoise-green rabbit with terrible hygiene, is an entity formed from Yin's obsession with control and Yang's aggression. As a disgusting, mutant rabbit, Yuck wants more than anything in the world to be the greatest, most powerful Woo Foo Knight of all time.
- All Your Powers Combined: he has all of Yin and Yang's abilities
- Calling Your Attacks: He only does this when he does his own move called "Yuck-icane".
- Evil Counterpart: to both Yin and Yang
- He Cleans Up Nicely: In "Upstanding Yuck" he seems to actually bathe himself, slick back his fur, and get a shirt that isn't ripped.
- Fangs Are Evil
- Jerkass
- Manipulative Bastard: Especially towards Yin.
- Slasher Smile
- Talking to Himself: Is voiced by Scott Mccord along with Yang.
- Third Person Person: On occasion, he will refer to himself this way. In "Yin Yang Yuck!" he yells "So swears Yuck!". There's also "Imperfect Fooplicates" when he says "You'll be no match for Yuck!".
- Vocal Evolution: His voice starts off as more nasally in the first season and sounds more raspy in "Voyage to The Center of Yo". In the second season, he has his official voice which is deeper and slightly raspy.
Smoke
A hyper-active female who was, supposedly, Yang's girlfriend. It turns out she was using him to fight against her brother, who in turn, captures Yin to fight against Smoke. Yin and Yang eventually capture the two into Smoke's Prison Prism.
- BFS
- Affectionate Parody: Smoke and Mirrors capture Yin and Yang and force them to fight in a style similar to Pokemon. Smoke dating Yang is a parody of Pokemon's usual Power of Friendship theme.
- Smoke loses the Pokemon angle in later appearances, becoming an entirely different parody that's only more ironic considering her VA (see below).
- Boobs of Steel
- Dark Action Girl
- Dating Catwoman: Yang dated her.
- Evil Redhead
- Hey, It's That Voice!: It's Sailor Moon
- Impossible Hourglass Figure
- Large Ham
- Punny Name
Mirrors
Smoke's rivaled brother. When Smoke uses Yang in the tournament, Mirrors obtains Yin to fight her. Yin and Yang managed to use one of the Forever Friend Prisms to imprison Smoke and Mirrors. Mirrors' hairstyle resembles the hairstyle of Goku from Dragon Ball Z. He appears to speak in a way mocking most anime, by stopping and starting at odd intervals.
- Affectionate Parody: Smoke and Mirrors capture Yin and Yang and force them to fight in a style similar to Pokemon.
- Anime Hair
- Punny Name
- Something About a Rose: Flings one into the ground before his introduction, copying a paticular anime.
Saranoia
With an outfit & magic wand for every occasion, Saranoia is a powerful sorceress and mistress of disguise. Deeply sexist and obsessed with female rights, she is determined to free Yin from studying Woo Foo and take in as her disciple. She had a terrible childhood and always thinks men are like her lazy brother Mark and her boy-favoring wizard father, who she mistakes Yo as, just as she mistakes Yang for Mark.
- Evil Sorceress
- Flanderization
- Hey, It's That Voice!: It's Sailor Moon
- Squick: In-Universe, her obsession with Yin.
- "Sweat Sisters."
- Straw Feminist
- The Unfavourite
Zarnot
Once Yang's favorite toy, Zarnot is an evil action figure brought to life by the Lie Fairy, hell bent on destroying Yang.
- Card-Carrying Villain: he wants to be one
- Large Ham
- Humongous Mecha: subverted for most of the time, but sometimes displays the ability to grow huge
Pondscum A street, Swedish, fish inside a robot suit. His being a "Swedish fish" appears to be a reference to Swedish Fish candy. He is obsessed with "bling-bling", and will get it at all costs. However, he truly carries a Swedish accent.
- Funny Foreigner
- Everythings Funkier With Disco
- Negative Continuity: it was revealed to be a frog in "Deja Foo", but in "Welcome to the Dark Tomorrow" was a fish again.
- Sidekick: the Blixens
Chung Pow Kitties Are little, furry and adorable kittens (at first glance), but they are really evil and heartless ninjas. They usually wear dresses red, blue and green
Kraggler A gargoyle who is about a "bazillion" years old, Kraggler used to be a great and powerful warrior and Master Yo's arch enemy. Reduced to a feeble old man, after he broke the time traveling hour glass he got the power to drain the youth from anything, or give his age to anything.
Mastermind An evil mittens-wearing wizard who was a big threat years ago. Now he's just a brain looking for a body to regain his reign of evil.
- Beyond the Impossible: "I was the ruler of an empire that covered over twelve continents in a world that only had seven"
- Diabolical Mastermind
The Manotaur A half-man with hairy hooves, but all man (If you count collecting comic books and action figures manly). He is a large man with a bald head who dresses like a city man.
- Ambiguously Gay - his fashion sense
- Bald of Evil
- Four-Fingered Hands - unlike the rest of the cast, he subverts it
- Large Ham
- Seth MacFarlane