Wander Over Yonder

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• Wander is optimistic, goodhearted, outgoing, energetic, and occasionally annoying to the more levelheaded people around him. He aspires to explore different worlds and help people have fun and live free, in opposition to the evil reign of Lord Hater and his army of Watchdogs. Given his positive attitude and beliefs, Wander is often oblivious and inattentive to danger and will throw himself into dangerous situations without thinking things through properly. Wander is a short, furry, orange-skinned alien from a indeterminate species called Star Nomad. He is usually seen with a big floppy green hat with a black band above the brim and a yellow star on the band. The inside of his hat, which acts as storage, is a portal to some form of "Hammerspace". Wander describes his hat as "magic", and it appears to have some level of sentience, in that provides him with whatever he needs at almost any given moment. In "The Greater Hater", it is implied that Wander is not his real name, and the episode "The Good Bad Guy" infers that he used to be called Tumbleweed in another galaxy. In "The Waste of Time", this was proven correct, as we see a flashback of Wander being called Tumbleweed when interacting with resident villain Major Threat. It is later revealed in the same episode that he took the name Wander after being called a "wandering weirdo" by Sylvia.
• Sylvia is Wander's steed and best friend, who explores and travels the universe with him. She acts as Wander's protector and is always there to help him when he inevitably puts himself in dangerous circumstances. She enjoys fighting, and though her rough nature can cause her to come off as ill-tempered, quarrelsome, inconsiderate, and reckless at times, she also has a softer side. Sylvia is a Zbornak, a race of horse/dinosaur-like aliens and has blue skin, a long tail with pink hair, stubby arms, and big expressive eyes. In "The Waste of Time", we find out that she used to be a bounty hunter who tried turning Wander in for money, but he eventually wore her down and she dropped her criminal ways in favor of traveling around the galaxy with her new friend instead. Her family consists of her mother Dorothy, her three brothers Bill, Gil, and Phil, and her grandmother. Her father, which implications say is deceased, also appeared in a photograph.
• Lord Hater is a skeleton with electrical powers clad in a red-and-black hooded robe. Lord Hater is the ruler of the Hater Empire and Wander's self-proclaimed nemesis. He is a power-hungry, evil, and cruel dictator and conqueror, while at the same time being a childish, petty, temperamental, and emotionally unstable egotist. He often does things based on emotion, which leads him to do irrational things without thinking through what he's doing. He hates being told what to do by those he declares lower than himself, including his own second-in-command Commander Peepers. What he desires most is absolute rule of the entire universe under his fist and no one to stand in his way or disrespect him. However, he displays a pathological hatred towards Wander due to his superfluous optimism, his obliviousness to Lord Hater's evil, and his infuriating ability to foil every scheme of Lord Hater's without even trying. He refers to himself as the Duke of Destruction, the Monarch of Mayhem, and the Greatest in the Galaxy.
• Commander Peepers is a Watchdog and Lord Hater's right-hand. He is far more intelligent, focused, and disciplined than Lord Hater, though he has a tendency to underestimate Wander's capacity to foil their schemes. He acts as Lord Hater's strategist, usually making all of their plans and leading the Watchdogs into battle. He tends to get frustrated when his ideas get halted or ruined by Lord Hater, who often drops everything to get what he wants. Despite this, he still cares deeply for Lord Hater and often acts as a confidant to him. Initially, he saw Wander and Sylvia as a threat to their evil empire, but he soon dropped that mindset in order to focus on conquering planets and taking over the galaxy again.
• * The Watchdogs are small eyeball-headed aliens that serve as Lord Hater's minions and the bulk of his army. They are loyal to their master, but are frequently distracted by Wander's interference, particularly as their "enemy" treats them better than their ruler. Many episodes of the show focus on the Watchdogs, showing that they are all unique individuals. Westley , who left the Hater Empire to travel the galaxy after being inspired by Wander and Sylvia. Andy runs a web series for the Watchdogs, in which he interviews them and allows them to discuss their lives on Lord Hater's Skullship.

  Recurring

• Captain Tim is an Arachnomorph, a vicious and destructive spider-like alien that was found by Wander and Sylvia in a derelict ship, and then gave to Lord Hater as a pet. He was named by Wander after the tag of the derelict ship's captain who Tim devoured, which Wander finds when the creature regurgitates it in his presence.
• Emperor Awesome is a flamboyant shark-headed alien and one of Lord Hater's greatest rivals in universal conquest. He considers Sylvia attractive. In "The Party Animal", it is revealed that Emperor Awesome can destroy planets through excessive partying. In "The Rival", he attempts to get Lord Dominator to date him by offering a super secret weapon, only to anger her once she realizes it is a hoax. In "My Fair Hatey", he is shown imprisoned alongside most of Lord Dominator's other rival villains, and even after being rescued, is left anxiety-riddled at the very mention of Lord Dominator's name.
• * The Fist Fighters are the fist-headed minions of Emperor Awesome.
• Lord Dominator is a green-skinned female alien and Lord Hater's arch-rival as the "Greatest in the Galaxy" in the second season, who wears an armor with lava and later ice-based abilities. Though Lord Hater develops a crush on her when he learns she's a woman, Lord Dominator does not return his feelings, and she defeats and imprisons nearly all of her villain competitors on her ship as she begins her plan to destroy the galaxy. In the series finale, Lord Dominator attempts to destroy the last planet left in the galaxy, and is defeated once and for all when Lord Hater destroys her ship, causing her robot army to deactivate and her powers to disappear. After being saved by Wander's bubble and rejecting his offer of friendship, Lord Dominator storms off still bubbled, vowing to get revenge.
• * The Dominator-Bots are Lord Dominator's magma-based, orb-shaped robots that serve as her foot soldiers. There are three types of Dominator-Bots: The first type is a class of smaller bots, generally seen patrolling Lord Dominator's ship. The second type is similar, but is much larger and more powerful. Finally, there are bots used for reconnaissance; in "The Bot", we see that these bots scan planets to find Volcanium X that Lord Dominator can use to power her ship. This type of bot is shown to be capable of independent thought, as one of the bots befriends Wander.

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