This is a list of characters who appear in the Pucca television series.
Main characters
Pucca
Pucca is the series' title character. She is a Korean girl who loves Garu. Pucca never talks, most likely in order to imitate Garu, who took a vow of silence. Pucca lives with her uncles, the three Master Chefs at the Gohrong Restaurant. She also delivers noodles from the restaurant on her scooter. Pucca is known all over Sooga Island as the "Kung Fu Chaser", and although she isn't a ninja, Pucca 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, Pucca can also transform into a Sailor Scout, a Little Mermaid, and a Power Ranger, Pucca also has her immense strength. And even though she is typically sweet-natured and cheerful lady, 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 her uncle and 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
Garu is a dedicated ninja in training. As revealed in "Romancing the clone", he took a vow of silence, which is the reason why he never talks. 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 ninja, 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" Tobe insulted Pucca and Garu became infuriated and attacked him. Pucca and Garu's relationship is more exclusively shown in the original flash series, where they are more officially displayed as a couple. Garu is best friends with both Abyo and Ssoso. Garu has 2 rivals in the series, such as Tobe almost in every ep and Mooji in some eps. Garu loves animals like his cat Miyo the black cat on Garu's hat.
The Gohrong Restaurant Chefs
Dumpling, Ho, and Linguini are three brothers and Pucca's uncles as well as her guardians. They are also the owners of The Gohrong Restaurant, where Linguine makes noodles, Dumpling cuts them and the other ingredients, and Hoe fries it all. They all are named after some food - Dumpling after the Dumpling, Ho after the Hoe, and Linguini after the Linguine. Their spectacular dish is the jajangmyeon noodles. They hold their noodles in very high regard, and possess a culinary honor system. In "Chef Slump," it is revealed they are adapt into athletics and martial arts. They also, once had a common love interest in Kua, an adventurer, though she ended up leaving them for Master Soo. But in "Hot and Bothered", Hoe finally got a girlfriend, a fire goddess named Hottie.
Abyo
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. 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 after Bruce Lee.
Ching
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. 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 is Pucca's enemy and rival. 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. 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 Yuni. 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. Ring Ring is very obsessed with Garu. Most of the time she's trying to best Pucca, so that Garu will love her, which most of the time utterly fails.
Tobe
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
A trio of crooks mostly performing petty crimes. They are Binggure, Jumong, and Jing-Jing/Chief. Jing-Jing is in love with Tobe, and marries him in the episode "Evil Love" because of Cupid's mis-shot arrow.
Muji
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.
Dong King
He first appeared in Season 3. He is Ring Ring's Father, the boss of Fyah, the CEO of Dong King Restaurant and bitter rival of the Goh Rong chefs. He serves as the ultimate villain of Season 3.
Fyah
He first appeared as a villain on Season 3. He is the minion of Dong King, and is often forced to carry out schemes for Ring Ring. He has a rather simple-minded nephew named Ayo.
Minor villains
Cat Clan
They are rivals to Mio and are all in love with Yani. Although its never mentioned in the show, their names are, according to the Jetix website are: Brutus, Socrates, and Napoleon.
Doga
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.
Supporting characters
Santa Claus
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
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. 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. 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 had to get it back. Destiny ended up eating Garu, Abyo, and Dada until Pucca beat him. Destiny can fly, and breathe fire, but in addition, he can make himself grow larger by roaring or singing.
Master Soo
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
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. 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.
Yuni
Ring-Ring's pet shih tzu. She is considered to be Yani's rival. Yuni 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. Yuni was scolded by Ring-Ring in "Little Miss Sooga" for getting the silkworms and making Pucca's dress look better than hers.
Minor characters
Policeman Bruce
Abyo's father, he usually chases after Abyo when he is being 'antisocial'. 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.
