Tak and the Power of Juju (TV series)

Characters

Main

• Tak – Tak has the ability to summon a magic power, which the Jujus bestowed upon him to serve as a link between his and their realms. Tak tends to be the smarter of the group, but has his mishaps when it comes to practicing his Juju power. Whenever Lok gets himself into trouble Tak is the first one on the scene to save him. He is Jibolba's 14-year-old nephew and apprentice. He lives with Jibolba. Little is known about Tak's parents except that his mother was the Aurora Juju and his father was a Pupununu. He was originally voiced by Jason Marsden.
• Jeera – She is Tak's fun loving best friend and the same age as him. She is a tomboy and will often punch Tak as a sign of endearment or annoyance. It is heavily implied that she has romantic feelings for Tak. Jeera is the younger of the Chief's two daughters; her older sister Zaria is next in line for the throne and never lets Jeera forget it. So far, the only game she appears in is Tak & The Guardians of Gross.
• Banutu Jibolba – Tak's uncle, guardian and mentor is the shaman of the Pupununu tribe. He is 177 years old. He was originally voiced by John Kassir.
• The Chief – He is the leader of the Pupununu and father of Jeera and Zaria. A bumbling but ultimately harmless figurehead, he constantly gets furious at Tak due to his mistakes in the use of his Juju power yet often asks Tak to use his powers to help the village. He is mainly cheerful, and kind of a scatterbrain. He loves his tribe and is morbidly obese. His real name is not mentioned.
• Lok – The resident warrior of the village, Lok is more talk than action and, in fact, his cowardice usually gets the better of him. He'd rather make up a story to save face than do the actual dangerous deed. He often refers to himself in third person.
• Keeko – Keeko is a careless, daydreaming, laid-back orphan. Keeko is best friends with Tak and Jeera. He has no parents and lives in a cave. His only memories of his parents is the song he whistles. He creates different inventions in the series and some of them rarely work.
• Linda The Sheep – A talking, bright sheep who walks on two legs, and at several times on all of four, who is a very loyal and close friend of Tak to whom her heart is open to, as well as soft spot for. She is often ridiculed by her family for standing on two legs, instead of on all fours, but is not ridiculed by Tak. She has great interest in dancing.
• Zaria – Jeera's 18-year-old sister. She is the next one to inherit the throne and never let Jeera forget it. She is a preppy, girly, spoiled, bossy fashionista and has the largest feet in the village. She constantly brags that she is the most beautiful in all the tribe, but Jeera and Tak think she's all that of herself and just plain mean. Psychic Juju revealed that she will not be the future chief. Zaria is based on Paris Hilton.
• Slog – A heavy-set woman who is incredibly strong. She has a "man-lady" voice. She has a big crush on Lok.
• Blod and Bleeta Oongatchaka – The children of the tribe's wealthiest family, the Oongachakas. Blod and Bleeta are known to assist Tak and Jeera in their adventures. Blod is a hot-headed oddball and likes to brag about his wealth and has taken a romantic liking to Zaria, but she hates him. Bleeta is quite the opposite, always optimistic and curious about the world outside of her lifestyle and is Jeera's female best friend. They are commonly in the form of blue sheep, as seen in one episode.
• Chaka and Oonga Oongachaka – They are the parents of Blod and Bleeta and friends of the Chief.
• Navis – Jeera's pet Gratch. She obtains it in "The Littlest Gratch" and can be seen again in "Girls Only", "Mofather", "Double Tak", "Break This" and "Testing Jibolba".
• The Pupununu Tribe – Mindless follower of Chief and Lok who play a similar role to Shy Guys and Waddle Dees in the show.

  Jujus

• Aurora Juju – She is Tak's mother and she created the crystal that powers Tak's staff. She was Darkness Juju's fiance but left him and married a man from the Pupununu tribe. Not much is to be known of her, though it revealed in "Destiny Schmestiny" that she might still be alive and in hiding as Darkness Juju revealed that she had 'returned' to him thought it proven not to be her. She appears to be some sort of bug Juju.
• Belly Juju – A hungry Juju whose stomach has taken over for his mouth. The stomach controls the body because the head has no brain.
• Big Boss Juju – A fiery rock monster who is the mightiest Juju in the Juju Realm. It is so powerful, even other Jujus fear him. A long-forgotten Juju tradition has the Pupununu Chief fighting the Big Boss Juju as a way of evading world annihilation. It will target whoever is wearing the crown during the fight.
• Bug Juju – A small Juju that resembles a beetle. He has command over insects and loves to write autobiographical musicals.
• Bulldrafish – A monster that has three heads, a dragon-like body, and a fish tail. It is the pet of Judge Juju and serves as one of her enforcers of the law. It is also referred to in the credits as the Drykopf.
• Caged Juju – A cranky, horned Juju that lives in a cage and would dearly love to eat Tak. Or anyone else, for that matter.
• Darkness Juju – A Juju that looks a bit like an obese version of the Devil, who sought the power of the crystal that came into Tak's possession. He was Aurora Juju's fiance until she ran off with a man from the Pupununu tribe and had Tak.
• Dinky Juju – A short-tempered Juju with powerful magic. Unlike the game, he is restored with a deep voice. He is an adult, but many confuse him for a baby because of his small size.
• Devour Brothers – They star in the episode "Sans Sheriff". They're causing trouble in the Juju Realm. They are the brothers of Caged Juju.
• Feet Juju – A pair of large, blue feet that likes to dance. They seem to be recolored versions of the Giant Misunderstanding Juju.
• Gremlin Juju – There is an assortment of these short anglerfish-faced creatures. Some of them serve as the law enforcement of the Jujus.
• Guess Who Juju – An imaginary Juju that is really Tak just wearing the most clever of disguises.
• Head Juju – A green floating head with arms that has a southern accent. He lives in the Realm of Scrolls and is the coach of the professional Gratchball team in the Juju realm.
• Judge Juju – A corn Juju dressed as a judge. Despite sounding like a man, Judge Juju is actually a woman.
• Killjoy Juju – A one-eyed Juju known for stopping parties. She is the wife of Party Juju. She often mistakes Tak for a girl.
• Love Juju – A short, floating, mermaid Juju that wears an inner tube and wields a snorkel as if it was her wand. The Pupununu always throw a festival in her honor. She one time left a hole in the Chief's stomach when she ended up displeased in one of the past festivals.
• Mayhem Juju – A cute but mischievous little creature that Tak and Jeera take home as a pet in the episode "New Pet". It has three musical horns on its head that sound off when it summons a magical power. Mayhem Juju also has the power to disappear and reappear at any time.
• Party Juju – Also known as Dead Juju, Party Juju is a skeleton Juju who is known to start parties and even enjoys parties. Only the powers of his wife, Killjoy Juju can undo the effects of his powers.
• Phobia Juju – A floating brain Juju that helps the Pupununu tribe every year to overcome their fears. He appears in the episode "Shrink A Dink".
• Psychic Juju – Also known as Mind-Reader Juju, Psychic Juju is a large-headed genie-like Juju with psychic powers and precognition abilities. He always demands "Silence" when he doesn't want to be interrupted when he is giving his latest precognition. He claims to know everything, and "even if I don't know the answer, how would you know?"
• Pugnacious Juju – A three-armed retired boxer Juju. He tried to helped Chief into training him to fight the Big Boss Juju.
• Really, Really, Revolting Juju – A gross-looking Juju. She is the sister of Repugnant Juju and Repulsive Juju.
• Repugnant Juju – A gross-looking Juju. She is the sister of Repulsive Juju and Really, Really Revolting Juju.
• Repulsive Juju – A gross-looking Juju. He is the younger brother of Repugnant Juju and Really, Really, Revolting Juju. Like his siblings he resembles an obese dinosaur covered with holes that blow disgusting gasses. He also has a large head and large eyestalks. He seems to be the friendliest JuJu and is the most common Juju to appear. He and Tak are friends. He later evolves and becomes grosser, fatter, and very blob-like.
• Roadkill Juju – A short peg-legged Juju that loves being run over by J-Runners.
• Spider Juju – A spider Juju with a Parisian accent whose diet seems to consist mainly of human beings. On one occasion, Tak summoned him to get rid of Zaria when she was in charge during the Chief's vacation.
• Two-Headed Juju - A conjoined twin Juju.
• Vendor Juju – An orange octopus/jar-like Juju that can sell anything from within its body. He is where Tak and Jeera got the Motiki from.

  Episodes

Home media

KCA preview

Differences from the games

• Jason Marsden, who voiced Tak in the video game, did not reprise his role, and has been replaced by Hal Sparks.
• Lloyd Sherr voices Jibolba, who was previously voiced by John Kassir in the video game.
• Patrick Warburton is the only cast member from the games to reprise his role of Lok from the video game.
• In the series, Tak has brown hair with a middle parting, similar to his appearance in Tak 2, while in the original game his hair is black and in a bowl cut.
• Preview commercials on Nickelodeon clearly display the name of Tak's tribe. For the series, it is written "Pupununu". In the series of video games, it was "Pupanunu".
• In the television series, Dead Juju is instead called Party Juju with Rob Paulsen reprising the role. Also, Mind-Reader Juju is called Psychic Juju here with S. Scott Bullock voicing him instead of Rob Paulsen.
• Tlaloc, the antagonist in the video games, is named Traloc in the show. Jeff Bennett voices him in the series instead of Rob Paulsen.
• The only Jujus and characters from the original games that never appeared were the Two-Headed Juju, Moon Juju, Fauna and Flora, and Tlaloc's minions Pins and Needles.
• The canonicity of the game series and television series with respect to one another is ambiguous.

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