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Randall Cunningham, also known as Randy and The Ninja, is the titular main protagonist of the Randy Cunningham:The 9th Grade Ninja series.
Randy is the current Norrisville Ninja. Armed with his magical ninja suit, Randy will take on monsters and madmen as he attempts to keep that creepy Sorcerer in his hole.
In the AWA fics, Randy is a student at the AWA Academy and is part of Class 9.
In the XP4 fics, Randy debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries.
Background[]
Randy is a young man from Norrisville, a town has been protected by a ninja for 800 years, but what the citizens of Norrisville do not know is that a new ninja is selected every four years. Randy, a ninth grade teenager, is the next ninja. Randy has been protecting Norrisville from the evil plans of the Sorcerer, his ally Hannibal McFist, and Hannibal's assistant Willem Viceroy.
XP4 Fanfics[]
For some unknown reasons, a tragedy struck in Norrisville before Randy arrived in Neo-City. The tragedy is yet to be revealed.
Appearance[]
Randy is very trimly built, in contrast to his best friend Howard. Randy is also somewhat taller. He has naturally Tyrian purple hair and sapphire blue eyes. Comparing his shirtless physique as shown first in "Got Stank" and later in "Ninja Camp," he seems to have gained some muscle, probably because of his ninja duties.
Randy is always (except as the Ninja) seen wearing a red McTop with a white stipe that angles up to form the same "Greek key" symbol which is found on the cover of the NinjaNomicon and the Ninja Suit. He also has a grey McHoodie that has wavy sleeves and pockets. He wears black McSkinnies that fit very well with the rest of his outfit. He is seen wearing purple zip-up McKicks.
In winter he also wears a dark teal, fur-lined hooded jacket, though in "Debbie Meddle" he was imprudent enough to wear a black jacket with red piping and a red scarf, with the Ninja mask worn on his head like a stocking cap.
In his Ninja Form, he wears a typical ninja attire with red scarf and sash.
Personality[]
Randy is an average high school kid who tries to fit in with the popular crowd and be cool. There are many times where he engages in dubious acts that could possibly get him into a lot of trouble, like crashing Bash's party ("House of 1,000 Boogers"), spitting into a volcano ("Monster Dump"), and using the Ninja powers to fix a science project ("Dawn of the Driscoll"). Often he forgets that his actions have consequences which can result in major problems for himself and the people around him. As time goes on, though, he realizes when the situation is his fault, and takes responsibility to fix it as much as possible.
He is apparently not very smart, as seen in especially science class, or he could just be lazy. Despite his ignorance, he is quick-witted in ninja situations, creating techniques, and normal life situations.
He can be inconsiderate, impatient, and a bit bossy in his attitude with the NinjaNomicon, but is a loyal friend and has the heart of a hero, the perfect ideals of a Ninja. He also keeps his promises, for example, when Howard asked him to promise to stay in the locker for ten seconds after Howard leaves and he did even though Howard farted and closed the locker door on him. Howard can be troublesome and rude, but fortunately Randy is usually forgiving toward Howard's actions. He can treat Howard unfairly or neglectfully at times, as when he said Howard didn't have any understanding of having a duty, but he does his best to make it up, and works hard at balancing their friendship and his vocation as the Ninja.
When Randy gained the mask and became the Ninja, he thought the position would be all butt-kicking and hitting, but discovers it is very hard fighting against robots and monsters, and soon gets used to it. He becomes quite serious at his profession, which strains and sometimes nearly breaks his friendship with Howard. Ever since becoming the Ninja, he grows more mature bit by bit in each episode as a result of the lessons he learns and understands from the Nomicon.
XP4 Fanfics[]
Randy is a member of the Heroes Coalitions and is the part of the Bullet Kingdom(formerly known as New Age Avengers) as it's second-in-command. He also attends Vanguard Academy as a student.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries[]
In Chapter 6, Randy, alongside Danny Fenton, Jake Long and Rex Salazar, are new to the Training Camp with Anna Maymorie showing them around. They then came across Regan Bladeworks and introduced themselves before moving on with the tour.
In Chapter 8, Randy is amongs the student who ran in fright, breakdancing a little while at it, when Lazaris Gemstone made her presence inside the Vanguard Academy.
In Chapter 12, Randy, alongside Rex Salazar, Nicco Bondarev and Tucker Noble, is seen running across the Training Camp while pulling a tire with a rope wrapped around their waists.
In Chapter 17, Randy, alongside Danny Fenton and Jake Long, are seen at the training area when Yoshika Miyafuji arrives and introduced Marcus "The Kane" McGee, Eddy Skipper McGee, Eddward Marion "Double D, Edd" Smith, Edwin Horace "Ed" Williams and Rolf Yrmi to them, and quickly became good friends with the new recruits.
In Chapter 19, Randy, alongside the others, are joined by the new recruits Eddy Skipper McGee, Marcus "The Kane" McGee, Eddward Marion "Double D, Edd" Smith, Edwin Horace "Ed" Williams and Rolf Yrmi in the day's training. During the training session with the Heavy, Randy witnessed Double D accidentally tossing a heavy disk backwards and hitting Eddy on the head, knocking his friend out silly. Later, during a training session with the Scout, Randy successfully done a zipline routine. Later that night and after a whole day of training, Randy took part of the little get-together at the training facility's cafeteria.
In Chapter 21, Randy is present during Marcus "The Kane" McGee and Darren Cross' par at the training area in the Training Camp.
In Chapter 22, Randy, alongside Jake Long, Eddward Marion "Double D, Edd" Vincent, Tatsumi and Mine, are seen at the courtyard of the Training Camp when Esdeath appears before them. Randy, along with Jake and Edd, hid behind a tree when Esdeath and Mine had an argument.
In Chapter 31, Randy is present inside the auditorium of the Training Camp where he is announced to be a member of the New Age Avengers.
In Chapter 40, Randy, alongside Danny Fenton, Jake Long and Rex Salazar, are mentioned to have gone exploring an abandoned asylum by Duncan Nelson.
In Chapter 41, Randy, alongside Edwin Horace "Ed" Williams, met up with Cecil Sandalwood, Eddy Skipper McGee, Flash Sentry and Trixie Lulamoon in the cafeteria of the Training Camp.
In Chapter 44, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, welcomes Duncan Nelson and Taro Yamada for becoming an official member of the team. They also learned from Mario Martinez about the departure of Eddward Marion "Double D, Edd" Smith from the team alongside the reveal of an upcoming new member.
In Chapter 46, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, are mentioned as a whole throughout the last part of the narrative.
In Chapter 47, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, are mentioned as a whole during a conversation by Andres "Singko" Alvarez, Daisuke Niwa, Ikkaku Madarame and Yugi Mutou.
In Chapter 50, Randy is seen hanging around in the training area of the Training Camp when he witnessed Raya Amanda and Sylvia van Hossen challenging Eddy Skipper McGee and Marcus "The Kane" McGee for another game of H.A.V.O.C. Marathon which the boys accepted.
In Chapter 52, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, are mentioned as a whole group in a conversation of Geraldo Axel, Needles Kane and Vaas Montenegro, and later with Ms. Fortune.
In Chapter 63, Randy took part in pranking Hector Vanguard Jr. for a whole day inside the Vanguard Academy.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Mission Chronicles[]
In Chapter 5, Randy, alongside everyone, arrives in the training area of the Training Camp in Neo-City only to find it empty when The Spy arrives and told them that there are no training for the day and advised them to take a time off. Later that day, the gang had a good time around Neo-City before hanging out at the park when they noticed the sky darkening.
In Chapter 6, Randy, alongside everyone, are still in the middle of their relaxation when the Emotionless attacked Neo-City forcing them to sprung into action and were later aided by the Training Camp's coaches and trainers.
In Chapter 7, Randy took part of fighting the Emotionless at Neo-City and later witnessed the arrival of an Emotionless-Dragon. He, alongside his fellow trainees, decided to take on the Emotionless-Dragon with Marcus "The Kane" McGee destroying it, much to their awe. He is later present at the park, taking a breather after a day of fighting, when Major Richard Stronghold arrives and complimented their heroic contributions.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Strike Witches[]
In Chapter 7, Randy, alongside the remaining members of the New Age Avengers, made their presence in a town somewhere nearby the main base operation of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing where they helped taking out the Emotionless.
In Chapter 8, Randy, alongside everyone, witnessed the arrival of the Emotionless-Neuroi and after recovering from the shock, he, alongside the remaining members of the New Age Avengers, decided to stay behind in town to fight.
In Chapter 9, Randy, alongside everyone, witnessed Malvin Rasputin rejecting Eddy Skipper McGee with the latter falling into the water upon running off. He is present when Eddward "Double D, Edd" Marion Smith, Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke, Mio Sakamoto and Perrine H. Clostermann made their presence and announced the successful alliance between the Heroes Coalitions & the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, and later witnessed Marcus "The Kane" McGee saving Eddy from drowning.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Infinite Stratos[]
In Chapter 1, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers and Ichika Orimura, are seen inside a briefing room somewhere in the Training Camp where they had a discussion about their latest mission. Later, everyone arrives in Ichika's world when they noticed the trouble going on in the IS Academy and they immediately springs into action.
In Chapter 2, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, arrives in the arena grounds of the IS Academy to aid Cecilia Alcott, Houki Shinonono, Laura Bodewing and Lingyin Huang in fighting the IS Golems.
In Chapter 3, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers and the IS Students, are still fighting the IS Golems in the arena grounds of the IS Academy when the White Marauder(Ichika Orimura) made his presence to aid them, and after defeating their foes, everyone are seen gathered at one section when Chifuyu Orimura and Maya Yamada made their presence. Later, he is present in the communications room where everyone are having a discussion about the current situation. Later that night, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers and Ichika, are seen inside a room somewhere in the dorms.
In Chapter 4, Randy is present in the cafeteria of the IS Academy where the members of the New Age Avengers and the IS Students are getting along well. Later, alongside everyone, Randy arrives in the communications area and came across Chifuyu Orimura, Maya Yamada, Major Richard Stronghold and Tabane Shinonono having a conversation, and later realized that Tabane left and took Edwin Ed" Horace Williams with her.
In Chapter 5, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers and the IS Students, are seen in the cargo bay of the IS Academy and took part in a group photo by Kaoruko Mayuzumi, and later witnessed the arrivals of Dr. Michael Pating and Ichigo Kurosaki.
In Chapter 6, Randy is seen inside the kendo training area in the IS Academy where Houki Shinonono channels her frustrations on him upon learning the news that she is not part of Ichika Orimura's team while Duncan Nelson and Ichigo Kurosaki watches Houki in disapproval.
In Chapter 7, Randy, alongside Duncan Nelson, are seen walking in the hallways somewhere in the IS Academy and they were being followed by a strange woman.
In Chapter 8, Randy, alongside Duncan Nelson, are seen walking in the hallways somewhere in the IS Academy when they confronted the strange woman following whom responded by charging at them.
In Chapter 9, Randy, alongside Duncan Nelson, confronted Autumn in the hallways somewhere in the IS Academy and alteration led them to the arena where they joined the rest in fighting the IS Golems and Emotionless.
In Chapter 10, Randy took part in defeating Autumn, the Emotionless and the IS Droids in the arena of the IS Academy, and later witnessed Autumn disappearing into a portal, much to their shock and confusion.
In Chapter 11, Randy took part in a party somewhere in the IS Academy where it was announced that the Heroes Coalitions & the IS Academy had form an alliance, much to everyone's joy and delight.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Haunting Grounds[]
In Chapter 1, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, are seen inside the briefing room of the Training Camp where Dr. Caesar Apoy, Dr. Michael Pating, Louie Lovenhope and Major Richard Stronghold informed them of their latest mission of rescuing Gingka Hagane in the Junkyard Planet alongside being introduced to Xyrielle "XY Girl" Yona as the newest member of their team. Later, upon arriving in the Junkyard Planet, everyone realized that they're stranded, so they proceed to search for shelter.
In Chapter 2, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, are seen searching for a shelter in the Junkyard Planet when they came across a starship and dubbed it the 'Central Command'. Afterwards, everyone decided to mess around when they came across Tsunayoshi Sawada getting chased by an army of robots and decided to help him, and after disposing of their enemies, everyone introduced themselves to each other before heading back to the Central Command.
In Chapter 3, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers and Tsunayoshi Sawada, made their presence before Ben Tennyson, Blonko Rook, Indigo Zap, Juniper Lee and Little Joey somewhere in the Junkyard Planet and started tossing trash at them but after clearing some misunderstanding, everyone are gathered inside the Central Command and after Ben fixed the starship, they made their leave and began to travel through the air.
In Chapter 4, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, Ben Tennyson, Blonko Rook, Indigo Zap, Juniper Lee, Little Joey and Tsunayoshi Sawada, are traversing the skies of the Junkyard Planet while inside the Central Command. Everyone then drops down to the ground and fought an army of robots, and after defeating their enemies, they finally found Gingka Hagane, Jimmy Neutron and SpongeBob SquarePants. Afterwards, everyone got back inside the Central Command and continued their journey.
In Chapter 5, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, Ben Tennyson, Blonko Rook, Gingka Hagane, Indigo Zap, Jimmy Neutron, Juniper Lee, Little Joey, SpongeBob SquarePants and Tsunayoshi Sawada, are traversing the skies of the Junkyard Planet while inside the Central Command and arrives at the Cardboard Tower. With the exception of Jimmy, everyone got down from the starship and fought an army of robots while Marcus "The Kane" McGee made his way inside the tower.
In the Epilogue, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, Ben Tennyson, Blonko Rook, Gingka Hagane, Indigo Zap, Jimmy Neutron, Juniper Lee, Little Joey, SpongeBob SquarePants and Tsunayoshi Sawada, are victorious against the Summoner, Lucas Lee and the army of robots. Afterwards, everyone are seen waiting for assistance to arrive in the Junkyard Planet.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Vividred Operation[]
In Chapter 1, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers and Gingka Hagane, are seen in the beach somewhere in the Izu Ooshima Island where Akane Isshiki, Aoi Futaba, Himawari Shinomiya, Kenjirou Isshiki, Mizuha Amagi, Rei Kuroki and Wakaba Saegusa met up with them.
In Chapter 2, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, Akane Isshiki, Aoi Futaba, Gingka Hagane, Himawari Shinomiya, Kenjirou Isshiki, Mizuha Amagi, Rei Kuroki and Wakaba Saegusa, are seen gathered inside the NDF Headquarters where they had a conversation with Yuuri Shijou about the current situation and later witnessed Mizuha rejecting Eddy Skipper McGee. Later that night in the Isshiki residence, everyone are joined by Mashiro Isshiki and Momo Isshiki for dinner and had a rather wacky conversation.
In Chapter 3, Randy, alongside everyone, are present in another beach while getting ready for their battle against the Alones and the Emotionless.
In Chapter 4, Randy, alongside Duncan Nelson, Edwin "Ed" Horace Williams, Gingka Hagane, Rei Kuroki, Rolf Yrmi and Taro Yamada, arrives around the Manifestation Engine somewhere in the Izu Ooshima Island where the others fought a number of Emotionless while he takes on Howard Weinerman. After defeating Howard whom then fled, Randy regrouped with the others.
In Chapter 5, Randy took part in a celebration party that night in the Isshiki Residence of the Izu Ooshima Island for their victory over Karasu and other stuffs.
In the Epilogue, Randy, alongside the rest of the New Age Avengers, Akane Isshiki, Aoi Futaba, Gingka Hagane, Himawari Shinomiya, Rei Kuroki and Wakaba Saegusa, arrives in the Training Camp in Neo-City. Randy is seen at the rooftop of the facility where Jacques Paulsen met up with him and they had a conversation, he then received some encouraging words from Jacques.
Abilities[]
Not much about Randy's fighting style is known, but there are clues hinting that he might be a free style fighter, using almost everything around for his own advantage in battle, like using a shovel to hit the robot and using the force of a new robot to counter the killer potatoes in "Attack of the Killer Potatoes". He also use bells to fight Bucky Hensletter in "Got Stank". He heated a Robo-Ape using a convenient microwave option for Robo-Apes in "Gossip Boy".
Randy also has many Ninja weapons in his arsenal, including the Ninja Sword, smoke-bombs, chain sickles, and many others. His scarf has proven to be a helpful object as well, good for grabbing objects. Although ninjas are known to use stealth for their advantage, Randy doesn't seem to use this skill much, but has proven to be able to do it. The Nomicon holds a section of "Forbidden Knowledge of the Shadow Warrior", which holds the ability of the art of healing, which Randy learned in "Dawn of the Driscoll", and possible future skills like the art of flying, the art of telepathy, and the art of invisibility. After Randy threw the Ninja Mask in a fire to save Howard from the Tengu, he gained Ninja Rage, which he can now use fire-based powers like the Tengu Fireball. The online game Punchocalypse also has a Cold Ninja Rage, so it can be assumed that Randy might earn this skill eventually.
While not book smart, Randy is quick-witted and intelligent, and can come up with a plan by just looking at things or people. Hence, why he was elected as second in command in the team. It is later revealed that he had capabilities to use kii energy.
And as of recently, he has began to show high resiliency and durability during battles.
Elemental Powers:
- Blow You Away: The Air Fist.
- Playing with Fire: Ninja Rage lets him launch fireballs. As well as those Ninja Hot Balls.
- Shock and Awe: Electroballs
- Kill It with Ice: Ninja Cold Balls, and in one of the games he has a Ninja Cold Rage.
- Dishing Out Dirt: The Earth Attack. Which doubles as a Mook Maker.
- Making a Splash: The Hydro Hand which lets him materialize water out of his hands.
Trivia[]
- Randy is one of those characters who thinks he's cool and tries to act cool, but is actually an enormous dork.
- Without the suit, he's still willing to do things like dive off the side of a dam and tackle a panther to try and save a friend.
- "What the juice?!" He also has a number of Catch Phrases in the form of odd euphemisms and lingo, such as "that's the cheese" (that's the best), "so honkin' bruce" (that's freaking awesome), "shnasty" (extremely gross), and "so wonk" (so lame), many of which are Share Phrases.
- He slightly resembles a young Stanley Ipkiss.
- His math skills were mentioned on his essay in Last Stall on the Left and then shown in Escape from Detention Island while proving Howard's innocence to Principal Slimovitz.
- He has a tendency to consciously twist whatever lesson the Nomicon is trying to teach him into support for what he wants to instead of what he needs to do. Partially justified as Nomi!Randy all but implies that he was formerly a self-centered slacker on Howard's level before becoming the Ninja.
- His phobia as revealed in McFear Factor are chickens and a rooster.
- Randy has a band called 30 Seconds to Math alongside Howard Weinerman.
- In the XP4 fics, Randy revealed that he has three years left to carry the mantle as the Ninja.
- In the XP4 fics, Randy shares a room with Jake Long and Danny Fenton. After the renovation, Rex Salazar was added as their roommate.
- In the XP4 fics, it is possible that everyone from Norrisville High is aware that Randy is the Ninja.
Gallery[]
Notable Quotes[]
- (to Howard Weinermann) "Give up? You still talk nonsense even to this day Howard... Give up? I don't even know the meaning of the word, heck, there's no switch inside my body that says 'give up' ! Even if I lose an arm or two, even if my skins peels off, even if my bones are all broken, I will never stop! And let me tell you one thing Howard, something that you will never understand... my desire to protect others... HASN'T CHANGE AT ALL!!!"