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Pretty dress! |
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—Ching |
Ching (칭, Ching) is one of the main characters and is the tritagonist in the Pucca universe. She is Pucca's best friend, the daughter of Chang, the owner of the Turtle Training Hall, and she trains under her father with Garu, Abyo and Ssoso. Ching practices Jian Swordsmanship.
Biography[]
Ching is in love with Abyo, who usually doesn't reciprocate; he's usually too infatuated with showing off his martial arts prowess or flirting with other girls to notice her, much to Ching's frustration. In Hottest Fighter Abyo, Abyo saved Ching from a trio of villains. Ching was quickly entranced by Abyo's skill and he became Ching's love interest. As she puts it, everyone in town knows that she is Abyo's girlfriend, except for him. She wishes to marry him someday.
Ching has a pet chicken named Won, who is usually seen sitting on her head. The eggs that Won lays have magical properties, which is shown in A Force of Won. In Cuckoo Love, Won falls in love with a cuckoo bird and briefly leaves Ching. Won’s absence is shown to have a notable weakening effect on Ching, which can only be cured by Won’s return.
In the episode A Better Boyfriend, Ching gets Muji to pretend to kidnap her so that Abyo can save her. This attempt to gain Abyo's attention failed, however, because Abyo believed that they were acting out a scene. However, almost immediately after, Muji kidnaps her for real. Abyo still believed they were acting until Pucca, who understood the zombie-written ransom note, took him with her to save Ching. After accidentally putting himself in danger, however, Ching ends up saving him. Abyo acknowledged her actions and called her “cooler than other girls”, much to Ching’s delight.
In the episode The Usual Ching, Ching becomes evil when affected by Doga's evil sock. She began doing bad things and blaming the actions on Pucca.
In the episode A Force of Won, she doesn't realize that Tobe constantly went after Won. So sometimes she may not worry about her surroundings. Just like at the beginning of the episode, she and Pucca walked right over Tobe and didn't seem to notice or didn't care about it.
Appearance[]
Ching has hime bangs and braids. She has a red flower on the side of her head and wears a purple kimono. She also has heart-shaped red lipstick and has red swirls on her cheeks.
Character variations[]
- Evil Ching: Ching possessed by Doga's sock. In this variation, Ching's flower dies and she removes Won from her head. Her appearance gradually becomes messier, complete with messed up hair and running mascara.
- Dutch Ching: Ching wears an apron and purple skirt, Dutch cap, and wooden clogs.
- Western Ching: A Native American version of Ching. She has a eagle instead of a chicken on her head and also wears a feather headband in place of her flower. Seen in the episode Rootin’ Tootin’ Ninjas.
- Rocker Ching: Her outfit when she, Pucca and Abyo form a band in the episode And the Band Played Rong. She has purple hair (with yellow hairpins and pink decorative hair-ties), a pink flower, and a matching yellow-pink striped dress and boots. Won has a pink afro. She plays the drums.
- Lazlo-Fangirl Ching: Ching can be seen with other fangirls of Lazlo Gotzlotovich in the episode Prince Not So Charming, all wearing a T-shirt. Lazlo's face is in the center of the T-shirt surrounded by purple stars.
- Noodle Box Ching: Her costume that she wore in the episode Dance, Pucca, Dance.
- Swimsuit Ching: A purple swimsuit that she wears at the beach, or when she and Pucca are swimming.
- 1950s Ching/Cheerleading Uniform: Her 1950s outfit consists of a white shirt with purple cardigan, black and white polka dot skirt, white tights and black shoes. As for her cheerleading outfit, it's a typical pink cheerleading costume with pink pom poms.
- Bunny Ching: Along with Won, Ching was turned into a bunny by Santa’s magic wand in the episode Abra-Ca-Pucca.
- Ninja Ching: She used the costume to make Mio think Garu was in danger.
- Mermaid Ching: In Pucca's Fishy Tale, Ching has a purple scaly tail and purple shells.
- Fancy Dress Ching: During Pucca's dream in Dream On, Ching wears a purple poofy dress with ribbons and a lilac flower.
- Geisha Ching: When Pucca and her friends go to Japan during Tokyo a Go-Go through a sushi conveyor belt, she and Pucca go to buy and wear Kimonos, wearing it for the rest of the episode. Her kimono, flower and bag is pink with her flower being singular rather than in threes like Pucca's. She also has the traditional hairstyle and makeup.
- Super Sooga Ranger Yellow: In the episode Sooga Super Squad, it appears that Ching has a superhero mask, a yellow cape, a yellow belt with a flower, and a special glass dome to protect her pet chicken.
- Dragon Girl Ching: Ching wears the Dragon Girls uniform (with a few badges) in the episode Enter the Dragon Girls.
Relationships[]
Abyo[]
Ching has a crush on Abyo and refers to him as her boyfriend and will do anything to win his heart.
Pucca[]
She is best friends with Pucca. Pucca is usually with her. They spend a lot of time with each other and Ching is always a very supportive friend.
Chang[]
Chang is Ching's father who is also her master at the dojo where he teaches her, Garu, Abyo, and Ssoso. He cares for her deeply.
Won[]
Won is Ching's pet that always sits on her head and acts as both her friend, guard and life support. If Won isn't on her head, she gets sick though sometimes she can act perfectly without her.
Garu[]
Garu is a good friend to Ching, but Ching also supports Pucca to pursue her crush towards him, much to his frustration. Despite that though, she and him are very good friends throughout the series and there is never a negative interaction between the two of them, and both of them occasionally help each other.
Ring Ring[]
She tries to be polite but, Ring Ring being always rude and stuck on herself, she doesn't care. In the episode Evil Love, Ring Ring are shown to dine at the same table. She dislikes her overall since she always has it out for her best friend Pucca.
Tobe[]
She will use her sword skills to fight with her friends to defeat Tobe. So, ultimately they are enemies in some form.
Abilities[]
Ching is a sword fighting ninja and she uses her swords for good to normally save her friends and her chicken Won, like in the episodes A Force of Won and Fab Abyo. She also helps other citizens with her sword abilities.
Trivia[]
- Ching was introduced in May 2003.[1][2]
- Ching was created in 2001.[3]
- Without Won, she feels sick. Her father tried many other bird substitutes, but neither made her recover.
- In The Usual Ching when under the control of Doga's sock, she became evil and shooed Won away. She comes back when Ching becomes herself again.
- She claims she is the girlfriend of Abyo, but he doesn't know.
- She likes flowers.
- In Rootin' Tootin' Ninjas when she saw her Western self with an eagle on her head, she questions it, despite that she has a chicken on her head.
- In Pucca: Love Recipe, her health with Won is the same but when she's given an eagle from Pucca, her energy and eyes change.
- She can be distracted when seeing pretty things, like a cake or a dress.
- In Pucca: Love Recipe, Ching knows how to make some make-up from scratch with what seems to be made with flowers.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20031219085223fw_/http://puccaclub.com/board/news/board.cgi?board=news&order=number&command=read&page=&number=245&index=41
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070918235647/http://www.vooz.co.kr:80/2007_vooz/en/html/news_read.html?searchkey=&searchvalue=&page=1&board_seq=85&mode=read
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20011207023617/http://images.tripod.lycos.co.kr/wizard_images/grp7/cha21/right_img1.gif