Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart

Premise

Characters

Main characters

• Mao Mao, a righteous yet uptight cat who gets stuck in Pure Heart Valley, where he spends time helping the citizens while also finding a way to fix the Ruby Pure Heart, which he inadvertently broke in the first place.
• *Colleen Clinkenbeard voices a young Mao Mao.
• Badgerclops, a sassy cyborg badger with a robotic arm and an eyepatch, and Mao Mao's co-hero and partner.
• Adorabat, a cute, blue, five-year-old bat with a yellow heart symbol and peg leg in place of her right leg.

Villains

Sky Pirates

• Orangusnake, an orangutan-snake hybrid pirate captain who wants to steal the Ruby Pure Heart to take over the world. He is actually a criminal duo named Coby and Tanner, who after a fateful encounter with Mao Mao and Bao Bao, decided to combine themselves to become the greatest villain in the world.
• Boss Hosstrich, a cybernetic ostrich pirate with a southern accent and attire. He can shoot eggs from a cannon on his chest and is quite a gentleman.
• Ramaraffe, a female cybernetic giraffe pirate with the ability to stretch her neck.
• Ratarang, a small rat pirate that can turn into a boomerang.
• Steel Wing, a wyvern with literal metal wings. Fell off the ship due to his wings being too heavy for flight.
• Beef Master, a large water buffalo with a necklace made of bones. Fell off the ship.
• Thunder Fist, a gorilla that can produce electricity from his hands. Fell off the ship.

Thicket Thieves

• Tiny Toad, the leader who is a cyborg frog with a monocle and a heavy English accent.
• Bullmozer, a mole with cybernetic arms and glasses.
• Ratracer, a female rat with a wheel instead of legs.

Others

• Rufus, a sly and cunning fox who swindles the Sweetypies of Pure Heart Valley.
• Reggie, a raccoon and Rufus' sidekick.

Supporting characters

Pure Heart Valley Residents

• King Snugglemagne the 25th, the foppish lion king of Pure Heart Valley.
• Scoops, a small donkey that runs the news in Pure Heart Valley.
• Camille, a chameleon and royal magic-user in Pure Heart Valley.
• Honey, a flying squirrel and Camille's silent apprentice.
• Chef Rhett, the royal chef of Pure Heart Valley.
• Pinky, a small pink rhinoceros who is considered disturbing by the residents of Pure Heart Valley.
• Ketchup, a pink, fluffy gopher with strange interests.
• Kevin, a small blue porcupine with no fingers. He is afraid of everything.
• Chubbum, a very friendly frog. His father sounds exactly like Mao Mao.
• Lucky, a green hamster with glasses.
• Gary, a crocodile who works as a cameraman.
• Cluckins, a chicken. Despite his appearance, he is 30 years old.
• Slim Pigguns, a yellow pig who works as a Pizza delivery man. He drives a monster truck.
• Chester Nutz, a tall brown porcupine. He is Kevin's older brother.
• Mail Mole, a mole who is eager to get the job done.
• Ol' Blue, a blue dog who is a citizen of Pure Heart Valley. He is also a therapist and not easily impressed.
• Marion, a horse in Pure Heart Valley who is always working out.
• Benny, a yellow dog who is a citizen of Pure Heart Valley and Penny's husband.
• Penny, a pink dog who is a citizen of Pure Heart Valley and Benny's wife.
• Farmer Bun, a pink rabbit with a big orange hat in Pure Heart Valley. He works at a farm.
• Muffins, a mouse in Pure Heart Valley who bakes muffins.
• Clark Lockjaw, a tiny blue seal who is a news reporter in Pure Heart Valley.
• Silly Billy, a violet elephant who is a news anchor in Pure Heart Valley.
• Teacher, the teacher at Adorabat's school in Pure Heart Valley.

Mao Mao's family

• Shin Mao, Mao Mao's father, has a strained relationship with him. He gifted Mao Mao his golden sword while giving his sisters more impressive weapons. It is revealed that he is small like Mao Mao and ultimately learns to be more appreciative of his son.
• Brunhilde Mao, a large knight with a golden spear that can pierce anything.
• Amala, a ninja with a golden scarf that grants the wearer supersonic flight.
• Minori, a monk with a golden hat that can store infinite items.
• A martial artist with golden bangles that grant impenetrable defense.
• A sorcerer with golden eye contact that offers incredible sight.
• Mao Mao's mother, who once informed her son that his father was visiting.
• Uncle Jim Jim, Mao Mao's uncle, who despite being a spirit, is still technically alive and possibly a barbarian.
• Great-Great Paternal Grandfather Twig, Mao Mao's grandfather, who was a sumo warrior.
• Great-Great Aunt Blackbeard, Mao Mao's aunt, who was a pirate warrior.
• Aunt Gloria, Mao Mao's aunt and a secondary character who appears in "Lonely Kid".

Others

• Bao Bao, Mao Mao's original partner, a common dog with a sword that does amazing tricks. Mao Mao is apparently unaware of the fact that he is capable of free thinking, as he "betrayed" and left him. Mao Mao eventually accepts that he has a mind of his own.
• Bobo Chan, a young female monster that Badgerclops adopts after seeing her hatch from an egg. She quickly grows to full size after Badgerclops had to leave her in the wild, and later on comes to the rescue when the Sky Pirates threaten to murder the heroes by tossing them off a cliff.
• Tanya Keys, a female tanuki and former lover of Mao Mao's, who makes a living as a bounty hunter. She can transform herself and leafs into people and objects.
• Meditatin' Melvin, a meditating monkey who achieved the ability to astral project simply to get out of going to the dentist.
• Eugene, Adorabat's father who had a strained relationship with his daughter ever since his wife was murdered by a cave dragon before the events of the series.
• Sonara, Adorabat's deceased mother. A cave dragon from Pure Heart Valley attacked and killed her before the events of the series.

Production

Development

Music

Animation

Broadcast

Streaming

Reception

Critical reception

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