Yin Yang Yo!

Yin Yang Yo!
Created by	Bob Boyle
Starring	Stephanie Morgenstern (Yin & Chung Pow Kitties) Scott McCord (Yang & Yuck) Martin Roach (Master Yo) David Hemblen (Night Master) Jamie Watson (Carl & Zarnot) Jonathan Wilson Damon Papadopoulos Dwayne Hill Kathy Najimy Tony Daniels Megan Fahlenbock
Country of origin	USA (produced in Canada)
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	approx. 22 minutes (per episode)
Original release
Network	Toon Disney's Jetix
Release	August 26 2006 – Present

Yin Yang Yo! is an American/UK Animated television series distributed by Walt Disney Television Animation and created by Bob Boyle (also the creator of Nick Jr. series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!). It is produced in Burbank, California and Toronto, Canada. It is the third Jetix-original show. It was set for a 26 episode release starting in September 2006 on Jetix with a sneak peek on August 26, 2006. It debuted on Jetix UK on February 5, 2007 after a sneak peek preview on January 27, 2007. It made its Canadian television premiere on Family Channel on March 25, 2006. It stars two rabbits named Yin and Yang, and their panda master named Master Yo.

The theme song for Yin Yang Yo! is sung by Cory In The House's Kyle Massey.

Origin

Bob Boyle, the show's creator, quoted in an online interview, "That idea came from a trip my wife and I made to Little Tokyo (in Los Angeles). I saw a little girl wearing a shirt that said 'Samurai in Training.' I thought that's cute, and then that a tiny samurai would be not only funny, but hilarious!! and then went to 'what is the cutest' animal and thought of a fluffy little bunny and it took off from there. Always hearing from folks in pitches that an idea didn't have enough boy appeal, or enough girl appeal, I thought why not do both. Have equal characters, or equal importance, boy and girl. Then give them that sibling rivalry." Yo was added a bit later on. Thus, Yin Yang Yo! was born.

Both Boyle and composer Guy Moon formerly worked on "The Fairly OddParents" (Boyle as Art Director and later as Producer) so the style similarities between the earlier show and "Yin Yang Yo!" are frequent.

Plot

This show is about two anthromorphic rabbit twins named Yin and Yang that train under Master Yo, a grumpy old panda. They learn the sacred art of Woo Foo, a special type of martial arts that involves might and magic. They must work together to save the world from evil villains and forces that want to destroy, corrupt, or take it over. They gain allies as well as enemies along the way. Among the villains they face are the demonic Night Master, arrogant sexist bodybulder Ultimoose, psychotic pro-female rights activist Saranoia, Carl, the evil cockroach wizard, Herman, the tyrantial warrior, as well as Yuck, the sinister green rabbit with terrible hygiene.

But through it all, Yin and Yang portray typical siblings; almost always disagreeing with each other, but working together to fight evil.

Episodes

Half of the season one episodes were not shown in order.

• See List of Yin Yang Yo! episodes

There will also be new episodes on January 1, 2008.

Characters

Main characters

• Yin (voiced by Stephanie Morgenstern): Yin is a pink female rabbit and the twin sister of Yang (who is her older brother by a few seconds). Yin is intelligent, cute, sassy, but quite stubborn. Yin hopes to save the world and likes getting back at her brother. Yin is learning the magical side of Woo Foo, however, her might side in Woo Foo is just as good as Yang's. Yin knows many attacks, such as Yin-Cinerate, Yin-Ferno, Trans-Foo-Mate, Fooluminate, Yin-Visible, and Foo Field. She can also use the Pretty Pink Paws of Pain (her version of the Paws of Power), Woo Foo Racket, Trans-Foo-Shrinkafy and Buns of Honey. She can also fly/float. She also has a high jumping ability. She is a fan of two-ni-corns (two horned horse creatures with crime-boss accents). Her best friend is Lina, who she attempts to keep her brother from dating. She is a Level One Woo Foo Knight. Also, in "Night Fall", she finds an attraction to Coop, but in "The Pecking Order", she loses attraction to Coop when he has his evil under control. In "The Pecking Order", it is shown that any boy who has evil in them, Yin will say they are hot.P.s. that makes Yin evil.

• Yang (voiced by Scott McCord): Yang is a blue male rabbit and the twin brother of Yin. He is into video games, motorcycles, and other boyish things. Yang is quite naive and is bad at mathematics. Yang, like his sister, cares about saving the world. Yang always wants to "hit stuff". Yang learns the might side of Woo Foo, and his magical side is as good as Yin's. He can use many attacks such as, Foo-Nado, Fire Fists, Paws of Pain (really Paws Of Power, but it decided to call it the latter), Feet of Fury, and Power Punch. He uses a Bamboo Sword, which can become a boomerang (Yang-a-Rang), a staff (Bamboo Staff), a magnifying glass in the episode "Shadows and Light", and a pair of nunchucks (Foo Chucks). He can also use Yang-Cinerate (his version of Yin-Cinerate.) He can also fly/float. He also has a super jumping ability. He also has great strength. He also has a battle cry: "CHEE! HOO! WAA!" He's really more intelligent than he makes out to be so he can get away with more. He is also a Level One Woo Foo Knight. It is shown in "Party Favors", that Yang loves clowns.

• Master Yo: (voiced by Martin Roach) Yo is a grumpy old panda whose age is unknown (but he could be around 100 or so). 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. He once was able to defeat the ultimate evil, the one and only Night Master. He is, in his own words; the last panda on the planet.

Allies

• Lina (voiced by Novie Edwards): An aqua female bear. Yang's eternal love life(she could possibly be in love with Yang as well) and Yin's best friend. She is an intelligent, pretty, yet short-tempered farm girl. She was first introduced in "Beetlemania" where Yang lied about being a Woo Foo Warrior to impress her, but his plan backfired after he had to fight a giant steel beetle. Yin was able to get Yang to tell the truth. In "The Yin of Yang" she shows slight feelings for Yang after he tried to act like Yin in order to impress her. She lives on a farm with her father.

• Roger Jr. (voiced by Damon Papadopoulos): Logically the son of Yin and Yang's part-time enemy, Roger the Skelawog. 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 a whole group of the Night Master's soldiers just by running by them with his arms. He can also breathe fire and launch spikes from his arms.

• Dave (voiced by Dwayne Hill): A magical talking tree stump, Dave a long life is considered pathetic by his friends. Many times, Dave is often caught in the crossfire of battles or hurt someway by friend and/or foe. He is also whiny, talks nonstop about school and is never noticed.

Villains

• Night Master (voiced by David Hemblen): 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 of some description and has a liking for gothically ostentatious outfits. He frequently communicates with his lackeys by using a hologram. He was destroyed in the season one finale, but it is said a new Night Master will soon rise to take his place. Night Master's appearance is obviously similar to Aku of Samurai Jack fame. He is considered to be the actual main villain throughout the series, even though Carl appeared in most of the episodes, while many think that Carl was the main villain since the first season.

• Carl the Evil Cockroach Wizard (voiced by Jamie Watson): Carl, the malevolent cockroach wizard,(who tends to shout out his name as much as possible.) continuously schemes to defeat Yin, Yang, Master Yo and the power of the Woo Foo with his insecure genius. Of course, with all his magic, he always fails. 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, who is a small but superstrong ant with a Scottish accent. Despite the fact that Carl and Herman loathe one another, they have worked together on occasion, making a deadly force against Yin and Yang. His dream is to become so enormous that he would blot out the sun, an idea that Herman and The Night Master stole. He takes the Night Master's place in the center of the group of baddies in the season 2 theme, in a much more threatening pose than previously.

• Brother Herman: Carl's black hearted, sadist, selfish and evil ant brother, Herman, is a tyrannical warrior who rules his kingdom with an iron fist, a diabolical mind, and impeccable table manners. He attempted to take over the world until Master Yo stopped him. Since Herman is allergic to panda fur, he can't take over the world as long as Master Yo is around. He is a college graduate and has a master's degree in pain. Despite the fact that Carl and Herman hate each others guts, they have worked together on occasion making a deadly force against Yin, Yang and Master Yo (In a situation where he had no fur). It's implied throughout the series that Herman is older than Carl. When he speaks, his voice sounds similar to Gordon Quid from Catscratch, even having something of a Scottish accent.

• Kraggler (voiced by Tony Daniels): 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, Kraggler uses his youth-draining powers to restore his youth and still maintains a threat to Yin and Yang. His appearance is also similar to a gargoyle.

• Saranoia (voiced by Linda Ballantyne): 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. She had a terrible childhood and always thinks men are like her lazy brother Mark, who she sometime mistakes Yang for. When Saranoia takes one of her wands, she takes on a set of characteristics and must abide by the rules of the wand, even if it's against her own will (one wand, known as the Broom Wand, turned her into a maid that was forced to clean any mess she saw). Unlike the other villains on the show, Saranoia is not pure evil, but she is psychotic (in a comical way).

• G.P. (voiced by Damon Papadopoulos): Saranoia's sidekick who makes comments about her sanity. When Saranoia uses one of her wands, G.P. immediately turns into a creature fitting for that wand (Ice: A penguin. Pirate: A parrot. Maid: A little fluffy poodle. Popular girl: A girl (Just him in a skirt)). He is not evil, but he accompanies Saranoia on her evil missions, and corrects her when she calls Yang "Mark". His voice sounds like Norm MacDonald's impression of Burt Reynolds made popular on Saturday Night Live. His name is finally revealed to be "G.P." (not Kerlian, as stated in press releases) in the season 2 premiere, where he renames himself Fred.

• Fastidious (voiced by Mark Bowden): A small hamster with a cultured British accent, obsessed with cleanliness and world domination.

• Zarnot (voiced by Jamie Watson): Once Yang's favorite toy, Zarnot is an evil action figure brought to life by the Lie Fairy. Once Zarnot hid inside a doll that loves Yin but despises Yang. He is now being controlled by the Night Master.

• Ultimoose (voiced by Tony Daniels): 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. He employs the use of his battle cry "HOOH! HAH! HOOH!" usually followed by his antlers shooting out flame in the shape of a square with his name written in flames and is soon defeated by Master Yo and fails to work for the Night Master. Also as an insult, he likes to call people little girls or ladies. He tends to refer to himself in the third person. His outfit and hairstyle are similar to that of the Marvel Comics superhero Wonder Man.

• Chung Pow Kitties (voiced by Stephanie Morgenstern): At first glance, the Chung Pow Kitties (CPK) seem like three endearing white kittens with pink, blue, and green dresses, but in reality, they are ruthless ninjas with ultra-sharp weapons (with the exception of the green-clad cat's nunchukus). However, once they see a ball of yarn or a dish of cat food - even in battle - they instantly revert to adorable balls of fur. They are also world famous as rock stars and stage actors, even though all they say is "meow." Yang was once their biggest fan, but the CPK betrayed him and they have been bitter rivals ever since.

• Yuck: (voiced by Scott McCord) A disgusting by-product of Woo Foo gone awry, Yuck (a turquoise-green rabbit with terrible hygiene) is an obnoxious combo of 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. After he lost his physical form, he was found by the Night Master who built him a robot suit with hands that absorb Woo Foo so he could become real. He dated Yin in disguise and eventually absorbed enough energy to regain his physical form, becoming his own individual being. The rabbit duo defeated him but it's most likely he'll be back. Yuck has shown himself to be quite intelligent in his convoluted schemes to Yin and Yang. In terms of fighting ability he appears to be as formidable as Yin and Yang put together, being able to take on Yo himself. After a mission into Yo to get an ancient Woo Foo weapon, Yin and Yang break his shrink belt and he shrinks uncontrollably to the point where he is no longer visible. He'll be back yet again.

• Miss Millipide (voiced by Linda Ballantyne): A centipide villain thief who attacks Yin and Yang in the Pong's Market. In the battle of Yin and Yang, she dissapears. Later, she reappears in the same market for the revenge, but Yuck makes she "shred". She later appears in the celebration of the "Dictador of the Year", and in the reunion of the villains of the Night Master.

• Roger the Skelewog: Roger the Skelewog is a vicious warrior from 9 to 5. Being a scary monster is just his job. When a whistle blows, he goes home to his equally fearsome wife, teenaged son Roger Jr. and 5-year-old daughter Tillman and life in the suburbs.

• Pondscüm (pronounced "Pondscy-oum"): A Slang-talking fish inside a robot suit. (he has to have an interpeter at all times.) He is obsessed with "bling-bling", and will get it at all costs. He is usually accompanied by his female henchmen, the "Blixens". Pond-scüm "practically puts the --oo-- in cool"! He's a totally gold, cool, fancy fish who wants to create an army of ultra Blixen warriors with "bling-bling".

• Flayvior (David Berm): Minion of the Night Master.

• Heriditous: A mighty Gryphon bent on destroying Woo Foo. He appears as the final boss in the online game "Ultimate Comic Book Of Doom" and Yang states that he's way out of their league, which means he may be more powerful than Night Master.

• 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. Yang and Yin eventually capture the two into Smoke's prism like capturer. This also meant Yang breaking up with her as both he and Yin imprison them in a prism. Her prism like capturers seem to be a knock-off of poke-balls, found in the Pokemon series. She also seems to talk really fast, a knock-off of the English Dub of anime.

• Mirrors: Smoke's brother. They've had a sibling rivalry especially when it comes to using creature tournament battles. When Smoke uses Yang in the tournament, Mirrors obtains Yin to fight her. Yin and Yang managed to use one of the prisms to imprison Smoke and Mirrors. Mirros' 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. He and his sister's names is a play on words of the phrase "smoke and mirrors."

• Mastermind (Peter Crugo): An evil wizard who was a big threat years ago. Now he's just a brain looking for a body to regain his reign of evil. He tried to take over Yang's body, but was eventually defeated.

• Badfoot: A purple horse who was known as the enemy that Master Yo couldn't beat. He is supported by his horn section. When Yin and Yang used their musical beat, they managed to defeat Badfoot.

Neutral

• Edna: Carl and Herman's mother. Unlike her sons, she doesn't appear as a cockroach or an ant, but as a dragon. And a fire-breathing one at that. Edna seems to be always at wits-end with Carl, but she dotes on Herman. In A Match Not Made In Heaven, it's revealed that she has the power of flight. She has a faint greenish glow around her when she uses this power.

• The Lesson: The Lesson was once a great hero who stopped the two bad habits. When the two bad habits got loose again, The Lesson came to stop them, but the two bad habits explained to him that they had done nothing, and that people were just being lazy on their own. The Lesson then tried to rid people of their bad habits, but when they ignored him he tried to pound the lesson into them, literally. He is not evil, he just wants to get people to get rid of their bad habits. His powers include flight and the ability to turn his hands into hammers. He is currently trapped in a video game. In Mickey Mouse: Toontown Arsenal Game, He enclose Toontown in a giant glass Dome,

• The Lie Fairy (voiced by Kathleen Laskey): A fairy like the Tooth Fairy, but, as Yang puts it, "totally stupid". Appears whenever someone lies excessively like when Yin and Yang lied about Zarnot, she brought Zarnot to life to teach them a lesson. Was last seen at the dojo, saying what Yang wrote on his blog was a lie. She has a power called 'Lie Fairy Fists', which is so weak that it might take you a while to figure out you're being hit.

• 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. 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. However, like the Night Master, Coop disappeared as well, but returns in the season 2 premiere "The Pecking Order/Party Favors."

Cast & Crew

Job	People
Producer	Bob Boyle (executive), Steve Marmel (co-executive), Larry Johnson (line), George Elliott (line)
Director	Bob Boyle (supervising), John Fountain (series), Steve Marmel (dialogue), Martin Smith (art), Evan Steacy (animation), Todd Kauffman (assistant), Alex Teslik III (supervising technical), Jezreel M. Carlos II (technical), Daren Clark, Pamela Pamla, Phil Bonner, Eric Falconner, Ian Zamojc
Editors	Steve Marmel (story), Paul Telford (assembly), Julie Annie Lau (film), Susan Odjakjian (assistant film), Paul McGrath (pre-production dialogue), Jason Oliver (dialogue)
Voice Talents	Linda Ballantyne, Tony Daniels, Novie Edwards, Dwayne Hill, Julie Lemieux, Scott McCord, Stephanie Morgenstern, Martin Roach, Johnathon Wilson
Casting	Karen Goora (voice)
Supervisors	Mark Thornton (character design), Brad Graham (location design), Otis Van Osten (sound), Melinda Rediger (sound), Jeff Shiffman (sound effects), Kate Marciniak (sound effects), Jody Thomas (foley), Geri Byran (post production)
Design	Eddie Hui (character), Rodica Oancea (character), Phil Williams (character), Mitch Manzer (character), Michael Tymochko (character), Jim Bryson (character), Michael McKay (character), Jeff Lyons (prop), Robert Barton (prop), Brain Woods (location), Brain Coughlan (location), Andrew Hickson (location), Darren Donovan (effects)
Paint	Bill Dunn (background), Maureen Paxton (background), Hsiao Mei Taso (background)
Revisions	Llyn Hunter
Stylists	Bill Dunn (character color), Martin Smith (character color), Jeff Lyons (character color),
Lead Animators	Christos Katopodis, Keith Oliver, Jeff Size
Animators	Stephen Ashley, Stephen Baker, Ian Blum, Paul Brigham, Manereet Bunchoo, Tara Donovan, Scott Gylnn, Harold Harris, Danny Kahan, Sharon Kim, Kezia Ma, Dipesh Mistry, Melissa Moniz, Jens Pindal, Mitch Rose, Royston Robinson, Bart Sarmazian, Stuart Shankly, David Shepstone, Paul Teglas, Joel Van Dyk
Coordinators	Patricia Jones (continuity), Sean Cookson (continuity), Keith Cook (online), Adam Bolduc (original dialogue), Ryan Henwood (original dialogue), Treasure Rawson (post production), Mark Bollinger (post production), Mara Ancheta (digital), Steve Walby (production), Tara Copat (production), Sara Goldberg (talent), Dawn Connors (script)
Mangers	June Lee (asset), Jason Boyer (production)
Music	Mike Tavera
Foley Engineer	Trevor Sperry
Recordists	Steven Traub (original dialogue), Rob Andres (original dialogue)
Mixer	Carlos Sanches (re-recording)

	People
Main Title Theme Written by	Bob Boyle and Guy Moon
Performed by	Kyle Massey
Produced by	Tony Phillips and Jetix Animation Concepts
Animation Production	Elliott Animation Inc. and

Goofs

In "Imagination Situation", there is a blooper at the end, Yin's eyelashes disappear and appear on Yang's eyes. In some episodes Yang's teeth appear in Yin's mouth and Yin's teeth in Yang's mouth.

In the episode "Aura or not" Yang consistently calls the move Paws of Pain and Yin always corrects him. But despite its name actually being Paws of Power, Yo calls it Paws of Pain.

In "Who Knows What Evil Lurks", when Yang breaks Yin's Foo Field around him in the beginning, he is translucent for a bit.

Future of Yin Yang Yo!

The first new episode is aired on January 1st, 2008, and the time slot for new epsodes is Mondays at 9:00 pm, starting January 28th.

Special events

The show has seen several marathon screenings and other events, presumably as a form of advertising:

• Rabbit Takeover- an online event, the show's writers and artists were to live like rabbits for 60 days.

• Yin Yang Yoverthrow, the official (UK) show premier. An 18-hour marathon with the repeat of 4 episodes all-day and a new one at 7:30 on US Jetix on Toon Disney. It was also shown on Jetix UK on February 12, 2007 for 10hrs.

• Yin Yang-tastic Marathon- A 90 minute season finale that followed a marathon of 23 Yin Yang Yo episodes stretched out over the weekend.

• Don't Bug Your Mother Mothers Day Marathon- a collection of episodes, most of which featuring Carl and Herman's mother, Edna.

• Every Good Villain Has a Battle Cry Marathon- A marathon of the Yin Yang Yo! villains with their battle cries on Labor Day from 9 a.m. to 1.p.m

• Yin Yang Yo-lebration/Voice Your Choice Marathon- A marathon of Yin Yang Yo episodes (voted on by viewers) on January 21st, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, starting at 6 pm and ending with a new episode at 8:30 pm.

Trivia

• In the episode "How the cookies crumbles" the owner of the shop mentions the stores name is Long Jake. Long Jake is a nod to American Dragon: Jake Long a show on Toon Disney that Jetix shares a channel with Disney Channel and the shop keepers voice is similar to Jake's grandpa, nod to the voiceactor.

• In "The Gig is Up" Yin, Yang and Yo make a reference to American Idol Yin was the perky and nice judge (Paula Abdul), Yang was the snobby British guy (Simon Cowell), and Yo was the man that uses the out of date slang (Randy Jackson).

Links

• Offical site
• Rabbit Takeover