List of Pucca characters

This is a list of characters who appear in the Pucca television series.

Main characters

Pucca

Age 10 (turned 11 in 'Slam Bam Birthday Bash'), birth date July 7th, Pucca is the series' titular character. She is hopelessly in love with Garu, constantly trying to kiss him.She onced kissed Abyo by accident. Pucca will also try anything to win Garu's heart. Pucca never speaks in the series, instead communicating with giggling, kissing, and growling sounds (it is mentioned by Ching, however, that she has a pretty singing voice). Pucca lives with her guardians, the 3 Master Chefs at the Goh-Rong Restaurant.Pucca's best friend is a girl named Ching.Pucca never opens her eyes but opened them in "Dance,Pucca Dance" when she wears a costume that looks just like Garu. She is very strong, fast, and giggly. She also delivers noodles from the restaurant on her scooter.She once span a merry-go-round so fast that she,Garu,Abyo,Ching and Ssoso went to the time of the dinosaurs.She even tries to marry Garu in "Scenes from the Maul" but it dosen't work out. Pucca has a pink cat named Yani who is in love with Garu's cat Mio.She oned ran on water from Sooga village in China all the way to Austrailia. Pucca has kissed Garu in every episode except a few. Although she isn't a ninja she has demonstrated some unique abilities of her own that make up for what she lacks in training. Some of these abilities are: a nearly indestructible head, the ability to run on water, the ability to 'transform' (demonstrating the ability to become a mermaid, and a parody of a Sailor Scout), and immense strength. Though she is typically sweet-natured, Pucca can be very aggressive and temperamental when she does not get her way. Pucca has very long black hair, but usually wears it in her famous odango style. Voiced by: Tabitha St. Germain (English), Ikue Ohtani (Japanese)

Garu

Age 13 as of "The Cursed Tie" birthday December 2, Garu is a skilled somewhat serious-natured and selfish ninja, and the object of Pucca's love. To Pucca's frustration, he very rarely returns her affection and frantically tries to escape when Pucca kisses him. Pucca annoys him frequently, and her meddling with his life seems to lead him to insanity, as seen in "Flower Power".He appears in every episode except "Peace out"(but he makes a slight appearance on a magazine Pucca was reading),"A better boyfriend" and "Chef Slump" When Pucca kisses him, he groans and blushes. Like Pucca, he does not talk at all in the TV series, continuing to only use the sounds from the Flash cartoons.In "Treasure of the comfy sofa", Gau yells "Pucca!"to Pucca to help him when he was sinking in a sea of coins but Pucca can't hear him. It's explained in the TV series that he's taken a vow of silence (in the episode "Romancing the Clone" however, the clone speaks throughout the episode). He will immediately accept a quest if told it will bring him "great honor".Garu has a black,ninja cat named Mio. Like Pucca, Garu is capable of superhuman athletics and endurance, such as running around the entire world without tiring, but not to the same degree. In the episode "Slam Bam Birthday Bash", he blew a kiss out to Pucca (which he nearly vomited after getting the idea) to help her stop crying. In addition to being a skilled fighter, Garu has also demonstrated the ability to play the erhu. In the episode "Evil love" he is hit by a Cupid arrow and falls in love with Pucca. His role is Pucca's love interest and Abyo's best friend. Voiced by: Brian Drummond (English), Motoko Kumai (Japanese)

Uncle Dumpling, Ho and Linguini

The owners/chefs of the Goh-Rong Chinese restaurant, and Pucca's guardians.They are Uncle Dumpling or Jang Toong, Ho or Ho-Oh and Linguini or Woo-Wuh. They cook jajangmyeon noodles as a team, with Linguini twisting the noodles, Uncle Dumpling chopping up the vegetables, and Ho heating up the dishes with his bare hands. They hold their noodles in very high regard, and possess a culinary honor system. In "Chef Slump," it is revealed the chef brothers are actually quite adept in athletics and martial arts (but in a cooking matter). Dumpling, for example, can handle his knives like swords.The chefs cook the best noodles in Sooga Village and possibly the world. Voiced by: Michael Dobson (Uncle Dumpling), Brian Dobson (Ho) and Dale Wilson (Linguigi) (English), Hiroshi Naka (Uncle Dumpling), Jouji Nakata (Linguini), Shigeru Chiba (Ho) (Japanese)

Abyo

Abyo is Garu's friendly best friend and rival but more of friend. A practitioner of Kung-Fu, Abyo is very competitive, friendly, and excitable. Ching is in love with him. He is unaware of Ching's love for him, but sometimes he will return her affections. In "Misplased Face", he and Ching kiss at the end, with their faces upside down. He typically rips his own shirt off at least once in every episode, the only exception being an episode where he rips off every time getting a higher bill from the shop owner. He sometimes wears a yellow suit instead of a black and white jacket. Under his jacket,he wears a white T-shirt. His weapons are a pair of Nunchucks. His physical appearance is an homage to martial arts icon Bruce Lee. Abyo is the son of Bruce, the police chief of Sooga. Abyo does not understand Ching is in love with him in "A better boyfriend", but ends up getting kissed by Ching while trying to stop her. He is the love interest of Ching. Voiced by: Lee Tockar (English), Ryuuzou Ishino (Japanese)

Ching

Ching is the daughter of Chang. Ching is in love with Abyo, Garu's best friend.Chang is the master of Turtle Training Hall from which she learned sword-handling and combat. Ching likes to shop. She is a very sweet girl with virtually no enemies, who can often be seen jump-roping, and playing with her best friend Pucca. She also has a magic-egg laying chicken named Won that can often be seen sitting on her head. She would like to marry Abyo, but he is not interested. She is Pucca's best friend.Her relatoinships are-Pucca:best friend,Abyo:love interest and Garu:ally. Voiced by: Chantal Strand (English), Sachi Sukigara (Japanese).

Santa Claus

First appeared in a Christmas story, but later began to appear frequently, showing what he does while it is not Christmas. This includes many jobs such as being a doctor, a taxi driver and a shop keeper. He is mainly used for comic relief. He is usually an unwitting victim of Pucca when she is after Garu, for example when he dressed up like Garu to get chocolates from Pucca, (and was beaten with a tree afterwards...). In one episode it is shown that Santa is also signing up to become a ninja like Garu. He is seen in all but a couple of episodes. It has been revealed that before he became Santa, he was known as a thief by the name of Red Lantern who used to work in pair with a black ninja named Black Powder. Voiced by: French Tickner, (English), Yasunori Masutani (Japanese)

Tobe

A main villain, who wants to defeat Garu at all costs. He uses two swords in battle. Tobe is rarely able to defeat Garu however, much less Pucca. He is unaware of Jing-Jing's love for him. But in the episode "Evil Love", Socrates, the brown cat from the Cat Clan, accidentally shoots a Cupid Arrow into Tobe and he falls in love with Jing-Jing. He also married her just as Pucca took the arrow out to use on Garu, who Pucca loves. In the television series, he often makes quips that range from melodramatic to just plain ridiculous (i.e. "The fly is walking right into my web-like...mousetrap."). Tobe has an X-shaped scar between his eyes and usually wears his ninja mask, showing only the above. However, Tobe has been seen without his mask a number of times before, in which he has a samurai ponytail. He is 13 years old. He hates skipping and fancy folk music.Voiced by: Lee Tockar (English), Mugihito (Japanese)

Major villians

Tobe's ninjas

Tobe's evil henchmen. They use swords in battle and wear masks like Tobe. They do their best to help Tobe but they are unintelligent, but they have been smart a number of times. They also barely remove their masks.

The Vagabond Ninja Clan

A trio of gypsy crooks. They don't get up to much evil, mostly performing petty crimes. They are: Binggure (or Clown), kicked out of the circus for not being able to laugh (left-hand man to Jing-Jing) (even though he can't laugh he laughed in "Misplaced Face"when Abyo embarresed himself and chuckled in "Chicken Spots"), Jumong (or Shaman), a bungling magician, (right-hand man to Jing-Jing). And Jing-Jing (or Chief), the female boss of the Vagabond Ninja Clan. Jing-Jing is in love with Tobe. Voiced by: Bill Mondy (Clown), Shannon Chan-Kent (Chief), Louis Chirllio (Shaman) (English), Kenji Nojima (Clown), Naomi Inoue (Chief), Masami Kikuchi (Shaman) (Japanese)

Muji

Another of Sooga's resident villains. He is obsessed with grooming his (apparently sentient) mustache, and uses genetic mutants known as Xombies as minions. His only weakness is when his mustache gets cut off. In "A Better Boyfriend", he kidnaps Ching to get more grooming products. He also regularly attempts to lay claim to public property, such as a beach or a maple syrup producing woods. Voiced by: David "Squatch" Ward (English)

Minor villains

Ring Ring

A vain girl who considers herself Pucca's rival. She is an opera singer who performs in traditional Chinese robes. In the episode "A Ring-Ring Touch", she catnapped Mio to lure Garu into a trap. After he took Mio away from Ring-Ring, she kissed Garu. When angered she transforms into a siren-like persona, using her powerful voice and long blue hair as weapons. Ring-Ring once fell in love with Dada when he became a cool star-like dude. She also has a dog named Yuni close to Yani and is in love with Garu. Voiced by: Tabitha ST Germaine

Cat Clan

They are rivals to Mio for Yani's love. The Cat Clan are always committing crimes and causing trouble. There is a chance that they may be The Vagabonds' pet cats. They are Mio's best friends and rivals. However, the leader (The Chinese straw hatted white cat with a black patch over is left eye) has been seen with Chang a couple times, so it's possible he may be his cat. They are also in in love with Yani, Pucca's cat. Though never mentioned in the show, their names, according to the Jetix website are: Brutus, Socrates, and Napoleon. Socrates is possibly Tobe's cat. Napoleon (the green one with black stripes on his head) is possibly Jing-Jing's cat.

Doga

An evil and nice wizard similar to Shaman, but far more capable in magic. She has been usually seen in the background, being friendly and nice. She was featured prominently in the episode "The Usual Ching," when one of Doga's socks gets mixed in with Ching's laundry, causing her to become evil. She has tear imprints from her eyes to her chin and a braid which she has dark spiky hair.She is seen as Ching's rival and friend. In "Evil Love",she is seen to have a possible crush on Chang.

Allies(helpers)

Dada

A luckless dishwasher and waiter at the restaurant. He is nervous and highstrung, and incredibly klutzy. He is in love with Ring-Ring. In one episode he turned cool thanks to the "soap genie". He is a martial art rival and friend to Abyo. Voice By Lee Tockar (English)

Master Soo

A Jewish deity-like man who is always surrounded by beautiful handmaidens. He acts as a being of all knowledge, and is often seen riding on a cloud. In "Woolen Warrior", Soo is revealed to be one of the few legendary Fire Wasp Ninja. Voiced by: Richard Newman (English), Masashi Ebara (Japanese)

Ssoso

A young Buddhist monk who is very calm and collected, often speaking in proverbs and wise sayings, usually in a sluggish, surfer dude-styled voice. He practiced martial arts many years in a Shaolin temple, but left there to seek better martial art skills. Ssoso is blind but in the show,like Pucca and Policeman Bruce,he can see with his eyes closed. Voiced by: Kathleen Barr (English), Mamiko Noto (Japanese)

Turtle 2

A turtle who stands on two legs and is usually seen in the background.He wears a hat similar to Ho's. He is also Chang's pet turtle.

Mio

Garu's beloved black cat. He is often seen with his master, usually on his head or helping in his training/meditation. He seems capable of a feline form of martial arts and is in love with Yani.They first met in the desert and fell in love.Mio and Yani have an interest in becoming future mates.Mio can also divide into 3 Mios.He hates going to the vet because he is afraid of getting shots.

Yani

Pucca's beloved pink cat. Yani is the most popular cat in Sooga village. She is loved by Mio.She is in love Mio herself and would like become his future mate.Yani would also like Mio to be her husband.She always lends a paw,being a snob cat.In "Gold Medal Garu",she teams up with Mio to stop Tobe from cheating.

Policeman Bruce

Abyo's father, Bruce is the police chief of Sooga Village. He finishes his sentences with the word 'over', or if he is the last one to speak at the end of an episode he says 'over and out'. His best friend is Chang. Voiced by Lee Tockar.

Chang

Chang is Ching's father. He is the master of Turtle Training Hall, he usually teaches Abyo, Ching, Garu and Ssoso martial arts. Chang loves to make fruit juices (that his pet turtle named Turtle often swims in) for Ching and friends. His best friend is Policeman Bruce.

Smiley People

Common civilians. They are paper men-like creatures. Their genders are determined by their color - blue being male and pink being female. They are usually seen everywhere in Sooga village, usually doing construction-related work. They also can be useful to help others. They have special abilities as well such as control over fire or water. They can also combine to form one giant smiley person if their emotions run high.

Minor characters

Ester Loo

Master Soo's younger brother. He received a prank birthday present from his brother in the episode "The Choo-Choo Troubles": a urn full of toy snakes. He is a tattle-tale who isn't afraid of telling his mother.

Master Hiel Kikyu

A master martial artist who Garu, Abyo, Ching and Chang are the number one fans of. He appears in "Autograph This!" where Pucca tries to get his autograph for Garu when Tobe took Garu's ticket. Despite Hiel's supposed superhuman martial arts, he was constantly topped by Pucca. He is also a legendary Fire Wasp Ninja. His name is a pun for "he'll kick you."

Turtle

An old man who resembles a turtle (even down to the green skin and shell). He makes fortunes for fortune cookies that always come true when read. But everyone's favorite part is eating the cookie, then reading the fortune. He is also a legendary Fire Wasp Ninja. He appears in "Unfortunate Cookies" and "Choo-Choo Trouble,". He is , according to Tobe, just a turtle who write fortunes.

Hai-Tais

Stone dogs that stand on the sides of the restraunt's steps.They are sometimes seen in being alive.Even though they are silent,they laughed at Garu in "Slam Bam Birthday Bash".

Gura

Garu's younger brother. He has a blue heart on his chest, as opposed to Garu's red heart. Gura has not appeared in the television series to date.

Kua

A young female dare devil whom Uncle Dumpling, Ho and Linguini gain a crush on. She takes them on a dangerous date(Bungee jumping, sleding and sharks) until picking her true love. Before coming to her conclusion, Master Soo appears and she falls in love with him, becoming one of his maidens. Her physical appearance and lust for adventure seems to be a reference to Lara Croft.

Master Soo's Maidens

Beautiful maidens that live with Master Soo. They are completely devoted to him and are in love with him.. They are usually silent, though a few of them talked in the "Sooga Showdown" episode.

Neutral characters(Characters that appear once)

The Goddess of Baby Delieveries

A deity-like being like Master Soo. She has a crush on Master Soo. She is responsible for bringing Baby New Year each year to Sooga Village to replace Father Time. Master Soo gained a crush on her, calling her "hot stuff" when he greeted her. She speaks in a matter using "w"s in place of "r"s. ("Some fool just gwabbed him!"). She has only appeared in "No Year's Eve,".

Baby New Year and Father Time

Two owlmorph beings who are responsible for progressing (at least in Sooga Village). Each Baby New Year would replace Father Time on a treadmill that apparently progresses time and his first word would decide what special year it would be in Sooga Village. (In No Year's Eve, his first word was Pucca, so it became the Year of the Pucca) Baby New Year would then progress the year, eventually becoming the new Father Time to be replaced by a new Baby New Year next year. Baby New Year apparently has some uncontrolled power to make people age (as he did to Muji when he was kidnapped, eventually turning Muji into a very old man).

Australian Man

A man from Australia that finds Garu and adopts him as his son, despite that he has terrible parenting skills, placing Garu in danger and poisoning him with various things (Emus, a tree and even an electric fence) when trying to teach his son. Pucca saves him from the man. He is oblivious to Garu's dislike for him and the danger he puts him in. May be loosely based on Steve Irwin.

Heidi

A spoiled young Swiss girl who falls in love with Garu.

Lazlo Gozalotovish

A wealthy model who falls in love with Pucca.

Pocket change-eating Sofa

A couch formerly owned by Soo who gives it to the Go-Rong noodle restaurant. It is known to suck pocket change and anything near it.It also swallows Garu and Abyo. It carries a treasure that Abyo is trapped looking for. In the end, Master Soo remodels it into a long adjustable love seat.

Ghost Pucca

A ghastly clone of Pucca from an antique photograph that Pucca bought and gave to Garu. Garu was driven out of his house due to the Pucca's ghost trying to kiss him.

Mr. Dishy

A soap genie from a soap bottle who allies Dada to win Ring-Ring's heart.

Cupid

Cupid makes an appearance in "Evil Love".Pucca asks him to shoot Garu with an arrow. But Cupid doesn't have any. Then Pucca angrily shoots Cupid into the wall.

Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny makes an appearance in "Evil Love" with Santa and Cupid. He worries about his eggs falling and breaking and Cupid's bad elbow.

Guest Villains

Black Powder

A hooded fiend from Santa's past who was betrayed by Santa a.k.a Red Lantern and was defeated by Santa belly bouncing him into a whale's belly.

Fire Smiley People

The Smiley People fire brigade who were exposed to terribly spicy Goh-Rong noodles. They are engulfed in fire and go on a rampage. They merge into a giant Fire Smiley Person and Pucca drinks the entire lake to try and douse it. When that doesn't work she grabs the Goh-Rong noodle bowl off its roof and stomps the monster out under it, turning it back into normal Smiley People.The Smiley People then repair Sooga Village and make a ladder for Pucca to kiss Garu.

Tex Lugie and Sloppy Sue

A rich Texan couple. They begin buying everything in Sooga Village, eventually creating their own fast-food restaurant that runs the Goh-Rong restaurant out of business.They are defeated at the end.Tex and Sue can also turn into a robot.

The Sumo Wrestlers

Three sumo wrestlers that Garu and Abyo wrestle with. They are able to combine into one sumo wrestler(mega sumo size) and are able to change different sizes. They can also suck things up with their belly buttons. Pucca defeated the sumos(because they tried to beat up her beloved Garu) when she turned into a Sailor Scout.

Doga's Sock

Doga's evil sock that got mixed up with Ching's laundry that makes her evil.

Venus Ninja Trap

A flytrap that Master Soo planted that swallows Abyo, Ching and Garu. Pucca fails to realize this at first and tries to use it as a present for Garu.When Garu tries to get rid of it, Pucca always returns it.Right after Garu was swallowed, Pucca realizes that she was giving Garu a monster! She then snaps the ninja trap's steam causing it to spit out her friends and vomit green slimy ooze.

Character Variations

Pucca

• Can-Can Girl: The can-can girl of a wild western town. She loves the Sheriff Garu who likes Sooga Village Pucca.
• Puccahontas: An Indian maiden who aids Garunimo on his tasks only to pass them all and gain great honor, and forces Garunimo into marriage who refuses and is chased by Puccahontas into the sunset. Her name is a parody of Pocahontas.
• Goddess Pucca: One of the pantheon in a Greek version of Sooga Village who God Master Soo makes the Goddess of sport. She foils all of the Greek Tobe's cheating attempts to beat Garu. She appears to be a reference to Athena.
• Sailor Pucca: in Tokyo, Pucca is transformed into a parody of Sailor Moon.
• Noodle Girl: Pucca has the ability to transform into Noodle girl, as seen in the episode The Shirtless Avenger. She wields an infinite amount of noodles to attack with.
• Alien A light green-skinned alien with little antennae and produces green hearts when she's infatuated with Space Ninja Garu. A transition shows Garu leave Earth in a rocket, and encounter her on the moon, which is part of the word "Pucca"
• Little Red Riding Pucca:In "Flower Power", Pucca appears as Little Red Riding Hood.
• Mermaid - Pucca Appear as a mermaid in 'A Close Shave'. She helped save the Dugong from having its moustache shaved.

Garu

• Sheriff: Known as "Marshal Arts," he is the sheriff of a wild western town. He doesn't care for his town's Pucca but has a crush on Sooga Village's. He fights with badges used as shuriken.
• Garu of the Jungle: A jungle boy who protects all in danger. He is hunted by Pucca for love while hunted for a reward by hunter Tobe. When realising Pucca's desires, he is chased through out the jungle by Pucca. He is a parody of George of the Jungle and Tarzan.
• Garunimo: An Indian who is aided by Puccahontas on his tasks that would bring him great honor. In the end, Puccahontas gains great honor and forces Garunimo into marriage who refuses and is chased into the sunset.
• Space Ninja Garu: A dashing hero who usually wears a space suit who went out to retrieve the Never-Ending Jojang Noba Noodles from Muji the Intergalactic Space Pirate (And ended with an alien Pucca chasing after him!)
• Wrestler:In the sumo episode,Garu transforms into a wrestler.But Ching and Pucca saw Garu's butt!

3 Master Chefs

• Indians: Makes a cameo smoking a bubble peace pipe alongside Abyo in "Puccahontas".
• Space Creatures: All three chefs play as characters from Star Trek in "Noodle to the Stars".

Abyo

• Indian: Appears smoking a bubble peace pipe alongside Uncle Dumpling, Ho and Linguini.

• A-V 2.O: A similarity to the "Star Wars" cyborg C-3PO in the episode "Noodle to the Stars"
• Greek:He appears as a contest announcer.

Ching

• Townfolk: Makes a cameo in a wild western town as a town folk. Just as Sooga Village Ching carries her pet chicken on her head, this Ching carries her pet eagle on her head.
• Greek: Ching is seen throwing flower pedals for Goddess Pucca.

Santa Claus

• Mime: When Garu travels through Paris, a mime that resembles Santa makes a cameo.
• Townfolk: Appears in a wild western saloon requesting songs.
• Mountain Climber: In Switzerland, a mountain climber that resembles Santa is caught between the clash of Garu and Heidei's brothers.
• Indian: An Indian who changes the day to night and day again as Puccahontas chases Garunimo.
• Referee:From the sumo episode.
• Hunter:He thinks Garu and Abyo are pigeons in "Cat scratch fever".
• Docter:In "Cat Scratch Fever" he gives a shot to Mio.

Ssoso

• Greek: A philosopher type with a long beard and plays the lyre after each facet of wisdom he gives.

Tobe

• The Hapkido Kid: The leader of "cat-wrangling" bandits who is also a parody of "Billy the Kid". He has a mustache unlike Sooga Village's Tobe.
• Hunter: A hunter intending to capture "Garu of the Jungle".

The Vagabond Ninja Clan

• Town Folks: Clown and Jumong are seen playing cards in a wild western saloon (Clown asking Jumong if he had any four and replies with go fish despite all his cards being fours. He then asks for sevens despite, as stated, only having fours).
• Indian: Clown is seen as Master Soo's comedy partner and plays a comedic beat on a drum and flashing his trademark comedic twitch. Jumong appears a rain dancer that causes rain in Muji's tipi.
• Greek: Jing-Jing is displayed as Pandora, who gives the Greek Tobe her infamous box to help him cheat. (But Goddess Pucca tricks Tobe into opening the box.)

Muji

• Indian: Jumong causes rain to fall in Muji's tipi as the wet Muji walks out of it.
• Intergalactic Space Pirate: A cyborg who controls space xombies and steals the Never-Ending Noba Noodles to force Space Station Sooga into accepting him as leader. After forced into a corner by the combined forces of Space Ninja Garu, AV-20, and an alien Pucca, he foolishly devours the Never-Ending Noodles' box whole, causing the noodles to continually expand inside of him until he grew into the size of a red giant and eventually exploded.

Cat Clan

• Cat-Wrangler Bandits: Part of wild western Tobe's "Cat-Wrangler" bandits.

Doga

• Greek She appears as Medusa who Tobe tries to trick Garu into looking at (But Goddess Pucca turns Doga/Medusa around and has Tobe turned into stone instead. She then promptly carves a fountain out of him. However, Tobe appears okay in the next scene.).

Dada

• Town Folk: Hides from the cat-wranglers in a full spittoon.

• Greek: He appears as Greek that has his butt on fire.

Master Soo

• Indian Chief: The chief of the Indian tribe Smoogo Village. He sends Garunimo on his tasks of great honor and commonly makes jokes that the tribe finds humorous.
• God Master Soo: The leader of the Greek version Sooga's god pantheon who makes goddess Pucca a deity of the games and immortalizes her kissing Garu as a constellation.
• Master Soo Van Helsing:Master Soo appears as Van Helsing in "Them Bones" to help Pucca find Garu's runaway skeleton.