List of ''Pucca'' characters

Pucca

Voiced by: Tabitha St. Germain (English), Ikue Ōtani (Japanese)

Age: 10 (11 in the episode "Slam Bam Birthday Bash")

Pucca is the series' title character. She is a Korean girl who loves Garu. Pucca chooses not to speak, instead communicating with giggling, laughing, yawning, and growling sounds. Pucca lives with the 3 Master Chefs at the Goh-Rong Restaurant, who are her uncles. She also delivers noodles from the restaurant on her scooter. 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, to "transform" into either a Sailor Scout or a mermaid, and immense strength. Though she is typically sweet-natured and cheerful, Pucca can be temperamental when she does not get what she wants. Pucca has very long black hair, but usually wears it in the odango style, accompanied by red scrunchies. She is often referred to being a goddess of weather as she caused rain clouds and wind to form: either when the Master Chefs' feuding got annoying or when Ring Ring pushed her too far by taking Garu from her, causing her to fly away when the winds got too much.

Garu

Voiced by: Brian Drummond (English), Motoko Kumai (Japanese)

Age: 12 (13 in the episode "The Cursed Tie")

Garu is a dedicated ninja in training. Like Pucca, he does not talk in the TV series, continuing to only use the sounds from the Flash cartoons. He will immediately accept a quest if told it will bring him "great honor". Like Pucca, Garu is capable of superhuman athletics and endurance. In addition to being a skilled fighter, Garu has also demonstrated the ability to play the erhu. Garu is very shy and does not display excessive affection towards Pucca in the TV series, but in the episode "And The Band Played Rong" when Tobe insulted Pucca, Garu became infuriated and attacked him. Their relationship is more explicitly shown in the original flash series, where they are more explicitly displayed as a couple. He is friends with Abyo.

3 Master Chefs

Voiced by: Michael Dobson (Uncle Dumpling), Brian Dobson (Ho) and Dale Wilson (Linguini)

Linguini, Uncle Dumpling, and Ho are the owners/chefs of the Goh-Rong Korean restaurant, and Pucca's guardians. They cook jajangmyeon noodles as a team. They hold their noodles in very high regard, and possess a culinary honor system. In "Chef Slump," it is revealed the chef brothers are adept in athletics and martial arts (but in a cooking matter). The uncles once had a common love interest in Kua, an adventurer, though she ended up leaving them for Master Soo. In "Hot and Bothered," Ho also has a love interest in a fire goddess named Hottie.

Abyo

Voiced by: Lee Tockar (English), Ryuzou Ishino (Japanese)

Age: 11

Abyo is Garu's best friend. A practitioner of kung-fu, Abyo is very outgoing, competitive, selfish, self-absorbed, confident, and excitable. He believes that he is a Kung-Fu master, and that all the ladies want him (neither of which are true). Ching has a crush on him and often gets jealous when he flirts or looks at girls. Abyo is the son of Bruce, the police chief of Sooga. He is patterned (or stereotyped) after Bruce Lee.

Ching

Voiced by: Chantal Strand (English), Sachi Sukigara (Japanese)

Age: 11

Ching is the daughter of Chang, the master of Turtle Training Hall. She is highly skilled in both sword-handling and combat. She is Pucca's best friend. Sometimes she and Pucca hang out with Garu and Abyo (who Ching has an affection for). Although she's usually happy-go-lucky, warm, and supportive, she gets mad whenever Abyo flirts with other girls. She also has a magic-egg laying chicken named Won that can often be seen sitting on her head.

Ring Ring

Voiced by: Tabitha St. Germain (English), Ikue Ōtani (Japanese)

Age: 12

Ring Ring is Pucca's rival and enemy. She is stylish, but vain and selfish, always wanting to be better and prettier than everyone else. However, no one pays attention to Ring Ring due to seeing her as she truly is. She resents Pucca for being more pretty and stylish than her. Ring Ring is the goddess of the wind, and is possibly from China (explaining her Chinese choice of clothing). When someone makes her angry or upset, she gains the ability to stretch and control her long hair and the sleeves of her dress, and the power to sing in a high octave. She also has a shih-tzu named Yumi. She spends most of her time trying to get attention off of Pucca or to hurt her. However, she occasionally sees the consequences in pushing Pucca too far.

Tobe

Voiced by: Lee Tockar (English), Masato Funaki (Japanese)

Age: 14

First appeared in Oasis. A main villain, Tobe is rarely capable of defeating Garu, much less than Pucca. Tobe is obsessed with trying to strike vengeance on Garu. Tobe has an x-shaped scar between his eyes and usually wears his ninja mask, showing only the above. He is accompanied by his ninja minions who usually eliminate themselves by misinterpreting Tobe's commands or acting stupid.

The Vagabond Ninja Clan

Voiced by: Bill Mondy (Clown), Shannon Chan-Kent (Chief), Louis Chirillo (Shaman)

A trio of crooks mostly performing petty crimes. They are Binggure (a clown kicked out of the circus for not being able to laugh), Jumong (a bungling magician), and Jing-Jing/Chief (the female boss of the Vagabond Ninja Clan). Jing-Jing is in love with Tobe, and marries him in the episode "Evil Love" because of Cupid's mis-shot arrow.

Muji

Voiced by: David "Squatch" Ward

He is obsessed with grooming his sentient mustache, and uses genetic mutants, called zombies, as minions. In the episode "Ping Pong Pucca," he teamed up with Tobe to win against Garu and Abyo in a ping-pong tournament. In "A Better Boyfriend," he pretends to kidnap Ching to get grooming products for his mustache.

Cat Clan

They are rivals to Mio (Garu's cat) and are all in love with Yani (Pucca's cat). Although its never mentioned in the show, their names are, according to the Jetix website are: Brutus, Socrates, and Napoleon.

Doga

Voiced by: Kathleen Barr

An evil witch with a foul temper, she attacks anyone if they so much as step on her shadow. Doga was known to harbor black magic powers, but were no match for Pucca's light and love energies.

Santa Claus

Voiced by: French Tickner

First appeared in a Christmas story, but later began to appear frequently, showing what he does when it's not Christmas. This includes many jobs; such as being a doctor, a taxi driver and a shopkeeper. He is usually an unwitting victim of Pucca when she is after Garu. In one episode, Santa signs up to become a ninja like Garu. Before he became Santa, he was known as a thief called Red Lantern who used to work in pair with a ninja named Black Powder.

Dada

Voiced by: Lee Tockar (English), Yasuhiro Takato (Japanese)

Age: 14

Dada is a dishwasher and waiter at the Goh-Rong restaurant. He is usually nervous, high-strung, and clumsy, frequently making accidents in the kitchen. He has a crush on Ring-Ring, until after the way she treated him in the end of "Soap Opera". In "Chef Napped," he helped Ring-Ring kidnap noodle chefs from around the world, including the chefs: Dumpling, Ho and Linguini (as a form of revenge for the way they mistreated him). He and Ring-Ring were both foiled by Garu, Pucca and their friends. Dada once became Ring-Ring's boyfriend in "Soap Opera," thanks to Mister Dishey (a bubble genie). When he was exposed by Pucca to everyone, Ring-Ring was furious and left him. Despite this, she is sympathetic towards him, as he often feels down and is grateful for her kindness. It's also hinted that Dada develops feelings for Pucca since then and doesn't think Garu is right for her. Hence, he teamed up with Ring-Ring again in "He Loves Me Not" to pretend to be Garu and divert his feelings for Ring-Ring. It was his attempt to show Pucca that she was wasting her time chasing after Garu and she should be with him instead. When Garu exposes Dada as the imposter, everyone was shocked. However, Pucca is angry with him for it because his actions was a form of betrayal to their friendship.

Destiny

Destiny is a golden Chinese-style dragon who lives in a cave behind the waterfall in Sooga Lake. Destiny is a lounge singer and piano player. He and Pucca attempted to plan a romantic date with her and Garu. Garu walked off, but when Destiny said that because he left Pucca crying, he has no honor he fights him. In the end, Pucca helped him to score his first gig in five hundred years performing at the Goh-Rong. He reappeared in "Chef Napped!" where he flew the gang to Las Vegas for the World of Noodles Convention, and helped to rescue the chefs when they were kidnapped. He also appeared in "Enter the Dragon Girls" as the Dragon Girls' troop leader. He was also seen in "Full Moon Pucca," when Garu was lip-synching, Destiny was behind a fence, doing the real singing. And in "Garu Hood," he ate the last noodle bowl so Garu Hood (aka Robin Hood) had to get it back. Destiny ended up eating Garu, Abyo, and Dada until Pucca beat him. Destiny can fly (though he has no wings), and breathe fire, but in addition, he can make himself grow larger by roaring or singing.

Master Soo

Voiced by: Richard Newman

A man who is always surrounded by beautiful handmaidens. He acts as a being of all knowledge, and is often seen riding on a cloud. Garu admires him. In "Woolen Warrior," Master Soo is revealed to be one of the few legendary Fire Wasp Ninjas.

Ssoso

Voiced by: Kathleen Barr

A young Buddhist monk who is very calm and collected, often speaking in proverbs and wise sayings, but also has terrible eyesight. He practiced martial arts many years in a Shaolin temple, but left there to seek better martial art skills. He is a rival to Abyo.

Mio

Garu's beloved black cat. It is said the time can be told by looking at Mio's eyes. He seems capable of performing a feline form of martial arts and is in love with Yani (Pucca's cat). He also hates to go to the vet's office to get a shot. Mio only went there because Yani was there as a moral support.

Won

Ching's pet chicken who is often seen on the top of her head. She is known to lay powerful eggs which lead Tobe to try and capture Won with failed results.

Yani

Pucca's pink cat, Yani is the most popular cat in Sooga village. She always gives the paw, being a snob cat. She is loved by Mio and the Cat Clan, who are Mio's rivals. Yani is in love with Mio and doesn't like the Cat Clan.

Yumi

Ring-Ring's pet shih tzu. She is considered to be Yani's rival. Yumi can either be seen being an accomplice to Ring Ring in trying to one up Pucca or trying to stop her. The latter was evident in "Ring-Ring's Party Favors" when she was carrying an envelope (with an invitation to Ring-Ring for Pucca's party). Yumi was scolded by Ring-Ring in "Little Miss Sooga" for getting the silkworms and making Pucca's dress look better than hers.

Policeman Bruce

Abyo's father, he usually chases after Abyo when he is being 'antisocial' (or destructive). His wife is never seen or mentioned. He usually says "Over" after nearly everything he says, as if he were talking in police parlance.

Chang

Chang is Ching's father. He is the master of Turtle Training Hall and teaches Ching, Garu, Ssoso and Abyo martial arts. His best friend is Policeman Bruce.

Goblins (Smiley Men)

Common civilians. They are paper-like creatures. Their gender is determined by their color - blue being male, and pink being female. These smiley people can also build things fairly quickly. They are usually seen everywhere in Sooga village. They are also useful in helping others. They have special abilities as well such as control over fire or water, and can also combine to form one giant smiley man if their emotions run high, such as if they were angry.