Mao Mao

Mao Mao is the main protagonist of the Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart series.

A wanderer who becomes the sheriff of Pure Heart Valley. His goal is to become a legendary hero and earn his family's respect.

Appearance
Mao Mao is a bipedal feline with narrow green eyes and black fur, with two strands of hair sticking out from the side of his head. He wears a red cape along with a red sash on his waist, crimson gloves and leg protectors.

Personality
Mao Mao is very rambunctious and out-going when he has cause to be. He's always on the move and looking for adventure and people who need assistance. Despite acting very callous to strangers, and even his friends, he cares deeply for people and will rush to anyone's aid at the drop of a hat. He follows a very strong moral compass, and is willing to give up his own aspirations in order to do what is right.

He is very adverse to physical affection; only dishing it out himself on rare occasions, but seeming to begrudgingly accept it from others (Badgerclops, mainly).

Possible neglect/abuse from his older sisters has been hinted at, which may explain his incessant need to be a "legendary hero" like they are. He's constantly trying to find ways to rise to their ranks and gain their respect, and more especially that of their father. This latter hints that the problem is directly with his father, and that his sisters are only indirect causes. This is supported by the fact that Mao Mao try to not mention his father issues, contrary to mentioning his sisters much more frequently and without shame, and the events seen in "Not Impressed".

He tends to exaggerate and be dramatic when he talks or tells history from his adventures, or legendary related things. This can reach to the point some grade from being delusional to completely distorting the truth of what actually happened, mostly specifically if it something related to his feelings like in "Bao Bao's Revenge".

Skills

 * Swordsmanship: Mao Mao is a skillful swordsman who wields a katana as his main weapon.


 * Piloting: Mao Mao has demonstrated great control over his aero-cycle. He can whistle to make the bike come towards him.


 * Mold Casting: Mao Mao carries an emergency bag of plaster, with trowel included, and can make casts of whatever he sees fit (i.e King Snugglymagne's foot), and a full body cast of himself.


 * Disguising: Mao Mao has a wardrobe full of convincing disguises of various characters, which he uses masterfully for both tricking enemies and for personal gain.
 * Voice Acting: In addition to his talent in disguising, Mao Mao is an excellent voice impersonator. He first used this ability in "Not Impressed", while wearing a Sweetypie costume to impress a citizen. He used it again in "Outfoxed" when he was wearing an Adorabat costume to catch Rufus and Reggie in the act of their scams.

Equipment

 * Geraldine: Mao Mao's golden sword, which is his main weapon. He received it from his father when he was a child after he asked for a weapon, seeing his sisters receive theirs. Adorabat wanted to call the weapon Goldie Chops instead of Geraldine.

Team Moves
Mao Mao can use several special moves with the assistance of at least one of his companions.

With Badgerclops

 * Whiplash: Badgerclops grabs Mao Mao and extends his arm, allowing him to make a wide range slash attack.


 * Ice Slash: Badgerclops covers Mao Mao's sword with a freezing gas. The slash can freeze a wide perimeter.
 * Flying Squirrel: Badgerclops uses his air fan so Mao Mao can use his cape as a glider and reach high altitude.
 * Top Cat: Badgerclops makes Mao Mao spin like a top, allowing him to make a continuous circular cut.
 * Double Punch: The duo throws a synchronized punch.


 * In "Breakup", Mao Mao and Badgerclops used a plethora of combo attacks, some of them seemingly being gag attacks. (Cartwheel Attack, Rock A Bye Baby etc.)

With Badgerclops and Adorabat

 * Piggyback Blaster: Badgerclops deploys a triple cannon tower which requires each individual to fire.

With Bao Bao

 * Bone Catch: Mao Mao throws a bone, Bao Bao goes for it in a rush, hitting everything in his path.

Trivia

 * He is known to snore when he sleeps, and the sound of his snore is very similar to the pronunciation of his own name.
 * In "Ultraclops" he doesn't understand the expression "step on like a shoe", mostly because he and nearly all the other characters in the series don't wear shoes.
 * Mao also means cat (Māo) in Chinese.
 * In "Bao Bao's Revenge", it revealed he lost his tail because it got crushed by a boulder.
 * Mao sleeps on the bottom bunk of his bed after relinquishing his top bunk to Badgerclops in the episode "Ultraclops".
 * Mao Mao is left handed but trained ambidextrous, as seen in "Outfoxed" when he was explaining his succesful plan to Rufus, and as confirmed by creator Parker Simmons
 * Possibly due to the neglect his father gave him due to being preoccupied and focused on his sisters as revealed in "Not Impressed" and the fact that he forgot about Mao's real name during the ceremonial, calling him Moo Moo, Mao may have developed Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD), a disorder in which someone craves constant attention/praise.
 * Parker Simmons on Twitter confirmed that Mao Mao isn't wearing any pants.