Yo-Yo's Roomies

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Yo-Yo's Roomies are minor fictional characters in Joseph Heller's classic 1961 novel Catch-22.

After Orr seems to die when his plane goes down and Yossarian is left in their large tent alone, the air force decides to put new personnel in with him. Yossarian kicks out his four new roomies, when they were still halfway unpacked. Although Sergeant Towser said that Yossarian could move in with Nately, he refuses to abandon Orr's tent and stays. The roomies call Yossarian "Yo-Yo" and were afraid of him. Because of this, they go out of their way to help him, geer him, and destroy much of what Orr built. They are rambunctious because of their young age and lack of military experience. They tend to like those who Yossarian hates and fears and does not mind the idea of the increasing missions. They do what Yossarian and the airforce were unable to do, get rid of Lt. Mudd, simply by throwing all his stuff into the woods.