Mojo Jojo
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| The Powerpuff Girls/Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z character | |
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| "I am bad. I am evil. I am "MOJO JOJO" - Mojo ("Los Dos Mojos") | |
| Mojo Jojo | |
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| Nickname: | George |
| Alias: | Jojo |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | About 20 years old |
| Eye Color: | pink/yellow |
| First appearance: | "Monkey See, Doggy Do" |
| Last appearance: | "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!" |
| Episode count: | Some |
| Voice Portrayal: | Roger L. Jackson
MOJO JOJO is known as the first worst villians in the top ten worst villians |
| Family Members: | Professor Utonium (creator/adopter) The Rowdyruff Boys (Brick, Boomer, Butch) (sons) |
| Creator: | Professor Utonium |
Mojo Jojo (voiced by Roger L. Jackson) is a fictional character, a Supervillain in the Cartoon Network animated series The Powerpuff Girls and its anime spin-off, Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z. He is a notorious genius chimpanzee mad scientist, whose main goal is to destroy the Powerpuff Girls, crush Townsville (or, in Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z, Tokyo City), and conquer the world, in that order. In order to do this, he spends much of his time plotting and inventing new weapons technology. This normally comes in the shape of giant robots or large energy weapons. He is the archenemy of the girls and the creator of the Rowdyruff Boys. Somehow, he has high-vocabulary use and long-lasting sentences.
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[edit] In The Powerpuff Girls
Mojo is closely associated with the Powerpuff Girls, being their half brother and having the same creator. After Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles were created, the Professor lost all interest and/or attention of Mojo's existence and completely forgot about him. Forced to fend out on his own alone with new found intelligence, he donned a tattered overcoat with a partially shredded scarf and a paper bag to cover his brain and setting his home up in an alley. Spending time on the street by himself with no one to care about him almost immediately turned him cold and emotionless providing a motive as to why he would care to destroy Townsville and conquer the world. He doesn't always do this or makes plans related to this as in one episode he fell asleep while doing nothing but reading a newspaper (but was still beaten up due to circumstances beyond his control) and numerous occasions has shown him actually purchasing groceries rather then steal them, it is also shown that nobody seems alarmed that Mojo Jojo is walking among them and buying food which hints this is a regular occurence.
He is both responsible for the accident that resulted in the girls' creation as well as his own, as well as the Professor's desire to create the perfect little girl. He is frequently referred to as a monkey, by himself and others, even though he is actually a chimpanzee, one of the great apes. Mojo is disliked by other monkeys and apes, who think he gives them a bad name. Mojo Jojo has been featured five times in the closing "So once again, the day is saved" sequence (including the episodes Telephonies and "Get Back Mojo"), making him the second largest day-saver in the series after the girls. In "Child Fearing", Mojo is shown to be a great (and rather artistic) Japanese chef. Another of Mojo's hobbies is building ships in bottles and other scale models, such as the model of Townsville he constructed in "What's the Big Idea?" to plan his crimes. He is also known for his unique mode of speech. He has pink eyes, green skin and black fur and wears white gloves and boots, long blue tunic, and long cape (purple). He also wears a white belt with a purple triangle at the buckle and a large white helmet with purple pinstripes and spots of the same color at its rim. His exposure to Chemical X led to his brain growing to a ludicrous size, outgrowing his skull and necessitating the helmet to cover it.
He had saved the Earth before once, where a giant alien overlord force had came to destroy the entire planet and forced the
human race to surrender their pride, but Mojo became so stressed he had defeated the evil alien overlord force with his new
karate-chopping skills and finally slammed him with a really-really thick bread loaf, saving the Earth. Townsville, including
the Powerpuff Girls had praised him, but he yelled out he was EVIL! He tried to remind them he is a villain, but replaced the
Powerpuff Girls in the heart-shaped animating ending, where he negotiates to the Narrator.
[edit] Origin
As seen in The Powerpuff Girls Movie and the episode "Mr. Jojo's Rising", Mojo was originally Jojo, the Professor's lab assistant who always broke everything he touched and was the one who caused Powerpuff's and his own creation by pushing the Professor towards chemical X which also affected him.
Later, in the episode "Get Back Jojo", Jojo tried to prevent the creation of the Powerpuff Girls by going back in time and destroying Professor Utonium as a child (unaware that he himself would cease to exist.) Not only did the Powerpuff Girls foil this plot, but the incident inspired the Professor to take up science in the first place, making Mojo Jojo doubly responsible for the creation of his archrivals.
[edit] Voice
Mojo speaks English somewhat quickly, with a low, deep, sinister voice and a [bad] Japanese accent. Instead of using simple one word answers, Mojo Jojo always gives reason and explanations in his sentences. He has a habit of repeating phrases over and over, in the style of dubbed Japanese movies and anime series. Mojo seems to either be unaware of this habit (as stated in "Los Dos Mojos") or to think it the proper way to speak English (as stated in "Mo' Linguish".) In the episode "Los Dos Mojos", Bubbles was hit on the head with an I-beam and thought that she was Mojo, and thus spoke redundantly just as Mojo does. However, Mojo accused her of repeating phrases nonsensically (ironically repeating himself in the process: "I do not talk like that! The way I communicate is much different! I do not reiterate, repeat, reinstate the same thing over and over again. I am clear, concise, to the point..."). The Powerpuff Girls Movie revealed Mojo had gained his repetitive speech when he tried to regain control of his monkey army, each wishing to become ruler of the world.
A considered influence may also be found from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which contains following speech:
- "And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once at the number three, being the third number be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
Compared to a speech by Mojo Jojo from "Los Dos Mojos":
- "That's all just well enough because in reality there is only room enough in this world for one Mojo Jojo. One shall be the number of Mojo Jojos in the world, and the number of Mojo Jojos in the world shall be one. Two Mojo Jojos is too many and three is right out. So the only Mojo Jojo there is room for in the world shall be me, and being the only Mojo Jojo in the world, I will rule the world in which there is only one Mojo Jojo."
His Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends counterpart is Bloo beacuse their both selfish and arrogant, but Bloo is more benevolent than Mojo.
[edit] Appearances in other media
- Mojo had a Cameo appearance in the pilot movie of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: "House of Bloo's", which Wilt said he was an unimaginative friend (copied from TV).
- Mojo also appeared in one of TNT's "What is Drama?" segments.
- Mojo appears on the back cover of the band Gorillaz' B-Sides album "G-Sides". He is on the shirt of band member 2D.
- The 2000 CD The Powerpuff Girls: Heroes and Villains, released by Rhino Records, features a cut called "Go Monkey Go" by Devo. The corresponding music video was occasionally shown on Cartoon Network.
[edit] Influences on design
- Mojo was reputedly inspired by Dr. Gori, the villain of the Japanese superhero show Spectreman.
- Mojo's hat resembles the head of the Japanese superhero "The Kagestar".
- Mojo's clothing also bears some resemblance to that of Piccolo's from Dragonball Z.
[edit] Things he hates
- The Powerpuff Girls
- The Professor
- Rabbits
- Yip Yip Martians from Sesame Street
- Roadrunners
- Hyde monsters
- The letters E, K, and R
[edit] In Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z
Mojo Jojo also appears in the anime version of the show, where he is simply called "Mojo". Ignoring the origins in the English version, he was not a lab assistant in the anime, and as such had nothing to do with the creation of the Powerpuff Girls. Instead he was an ordinary zoo monkey who was made fun of by people and decided to seek revenge on humanity after the light from Chemical Z made him intelligent. He is physically more powerful than the original version of the character, able to fly and lay a dozen punches at one time. However, he clearly acts more thoughtless and childish than the original Mojo does. This version of Mojo frequently displays an immature attitude and makes the most childish flaws throughout his plans. While the original Mojo was portrayed as one of the most competent and genuinely threatening villains in the series, the anime version is more of a rather inept comic relief and is seen by the Powerpuff Girls as more of an annoying nuisance than a dangerous enemy. The anime Mojo also does not repeat himself redundantly as the original Mojo does, instead ending most sentences with saying his name. He is also the same size as the original Mojo, but tends to wear a mechanized walking suit to make himself taller and more human in proportion to his giant head. The walking suit is never fully revealed in the show, but a sketch from the pre-production phase shows what it may look like.
[edit] Origin
Mojo was first a regular monkey at the Tokyo Zoo before his transformation. A fruit store owner would always visit Mojo and tease the monkey by offering him various fruits and then eating it himself. This infuriated the monkey, and shortly after that the black light struck Mojo and immediately gave him intelligence and strength. Mojo then wanted to ensnare every human in a zoo, so the animals could tease the humans.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Mojo's skills and superpowers include
- Advanced engineering and mechanics skills (just like the American version of Mojo)
- Superstrength (although he is still incredibly weak compared to the Powerpuff Girls)
- Flight
- Superior intellect
- Temporarily given the Powerpuff Girl's powers, as well as a Super Brain Blast (one episode only)
[edit] Trivia
- His Aaahh!!! Real Monsters counterpart is Simon the monster hunter because they're known to kill.
[edit] References
| Episodes and VHS/DVD Releases - The Powerpuff Girls Movie - Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z | |||
| Characters: The Powerpuff Girls (Blossom - Bubbles - Buttercup) - Professor Utonium - Mayor - Ms. Bellum - Ms. Keane Mojo Jojo - Fuzzy Lumpkins - HIM - Princess Morbucks - The Rowdyruff Boys (Brick - Boomer - Butch) - The Amoeba Boys - Sedusa - Gangreen Gang - Femme Fatale - Minor characters | |||
| Video Games: Fifth Generation Games: Chemical X-Traction (PS, N64) - Bad Mojo Jojo (GBC) - Paint the Townsville Green (GBC) - Battle HIM (GBC) Sixth Generation Games: Relish Rampage (PS2, GCN) - Mojo Jojo-A-Go-Go (GBA) - HIM and Seek (GBA) Seventh Generation Games: Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (DS) PC Games: Mojo Jojo Clone Zone - Princess Snorebucks - Mojo Jojo's Pet Project | |||
| Misc. Superpowers - Townsville | |||
| Creator: Craig McCracken | |||
| Studio: Warner Bros | |||
