Omi (Xiaolin Showdown)

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Omi


Omi, Xiaolin Dragon of Water
Publisher Kids' WB
First appearance "The Journey of a Thousand Miles"
Created by Christy Hui
Characteristics
Affiliations The Xiaolin Warriors, "The Heylin Side"
Abilities Control over water, Carries the Orb of Tornami wherever he goes, and is a master of martial arts

Omi, voiced by Tara Strong,[1] is a fictional character from the animated television series Xiaolin Showdown.

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[edit] Character synopsis

An orphan trained as a monk since birth, Omi is the Xiaolin Dragon of Water. He is short and usually appears wearing his Xiaolin robe. He is terrified of squirrels because in episode 12 he made a squirrel really mad.[2] Omi is bald and has nine dots on his forehead that are likely to be literal parallels to incense burn marks that Buddhist monks receive to distinguish themselves amongst other monks. They tend to glow before Omi uses his special attacks or when he senses danger approaching. Only the most powerful characters have the dots, however, of all the characters with dots, Omi has the most (nine). Master Monk Guan, for instance, has six. Grand Master Dashi hints that Omi will one day become a Grand Master Xiaolin Dragon. When Dashi creates a new puzzle box for Omi to use against Wuya, Omi is amazed by Dashi's power. Dashi says "Omi you can do a lot of things when you're a Grand Master Xiaolin Dragon, you'll see someday", giving Omi a wink.[3] He is the smallest of the four Dragons.

[edit] Personality

His element, water, reflects his nature; he can be calm like a pond or raging like a tsunami. He takes his work very seriously and is the only one that wears his Xiaolin robe at all times. A running gag is his tremendous fear of squirrels, which is seen (and often exploited by enemies) in a number of episodes such as "The Shard of Lightning", "Bird of Paradise" and "Dreamscape."[4][5][6] Omi is very friendly and trusting which can often get him in trouble, such as when he freed an imprisoned Chase Young.[7] He often mixes up common idioms or slang talk for light humor; for example, he says "talk to the fingers" instead of "talk to the hand" or "extremely icy" instead of "Very cool." or even "Piece of pie" instead of "Piece of cake". When corrected, Omi often replies with "that too!" or "that does not make sense."

Omi sees himself as the leader of the four Xiaolin Dragons, usually taking it hard on himself when he loses a Shen Gong Wu or a seemingly easy battle. Omi also has a strong sense of pride that borders on vanity; he believes he is the strongest monk of all and sees the others as worlds beneath his level of strength.[8] In the episode "Time after Time Part 2", Raimundo was finally chosen as the leader of the Xiaolin team. Although this was a great blow to Omi's ego, he smiled at Raimundo at the end of the episode.[9]

[edit] Character history

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Omi used to be the sole Xiaolin Dragon at the Temple until the arrival of three others Clay, Kimiko and Raimundo. Though he was quite excited at the prospect of having to teach them, he found they were there also to teach him in return.[10] He, in one episode, believes that females were inferior to males, and had read a book called "The Ancient Guide to Females" to complement this. His tune changed when he congratulated Kimiko for her focusing skills, finally seeing the strength and true beauty of women.[11]

He fought diligently with the other Xiaolin Dragons against Jack Spicer and the Heylin witch, Wuya. When Raimundo went to the Heylin side and helped Wuya take over the world, Omi went back in time using Jack Spicer's time machine to seek help from the only other person to have defeated Wuya, Grand Master Dashi.[3]

Unfortunately, despite getting a box to seal Wuya in, Omi was unable to get back as the time machine he went through was only one way. However, he managed to come up with a solution - freeze himself with the Orb of Tornami and wait until he was back in the present day, at which point he helped the other Xiaolin Dragons change Raimundo's heart and ways, upon which the witch was defeated.[12]

Despite Wuya's defeat, Omi and his friends would not escape fights with the Heylin side and eventually Omi is stalked by the Heylin Tai Chi Master, Chase Young. He is taught a few new moves and constantly tested by the Chase Young, unconsciously prodded towards the Heylin side by the evil Heylin villain.[13][14]

Through a fabricated prophecy, Chase Young makes Omi use the Ying Yo-Yo, but since he did not know the effects of the Shen Gong Wu, he became a Heylin monk.[15] Then, Raimundo, Kimiko, and Clay decided it was their turn to save Omi by going into the Ying-Yang World to retrieve his chi; they did that by combining both the Ying and Yang Yo-Yo, and almost to the point Omi was going to destroy all of them with his awesome Heylin powers, his chi was returned to where it belongs. Still, Omi had no option but to stay at Chase's side due to his word as monk.[16] His friends in a game of Xiaolin Soccer then saved him.[17] When Omi and his fellow monks were told to go on their choice of quest, the outcome of which would finally determine who would be Team Leader, Omi decided to travel back in time and stop Hannibal Roy Bean from turning Chase Young evil. He froze himself with the Orb of Tornami and traveled to the future, where he hoped he could find Old Omi and recover the Sands of Time. However, he failed to grasp the fact that he would not be there to grow old, and so while he slept, Jack Spicer took advantage of his absence and became ruler of the world, imprisoning the other monks and his evil competitors. However, with the help of the older Kimiko, Raimundo and Clay, Omi was able to steal the Sands and continue his quest, but not before witnessing the deaths of his friends.[18]

Upon arriving in the distant past, Omi was able to witness Wuya's imprisonment, and was able to succeed in stopping Chase's betrayal (by swapping Hannibal's Lao-Mang-Long Soup with Pea Soup). Unfortunately, he realized his objective had not gone completely according to plan when he returned to a very unexpected present... his changing time had led Hannibal to convert Master Monk Guan after his failure with Chase, who was far more powerful, kicking the monks out of the temple and imprisoning Master Fung in the Ying-Yang World. Omi refused to give in, and with the help from his demoralized friends and a good Chase Young, he attacked the temple, stopped himself from traveling to the future and set things right.[9]

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Omi as the Xiaolin Dragon of Water

His signature Shen Gong Wu is the Orb of Tornami, which he usually has with him. With it, he can either use a water, ice, or steam attack. His most powerful elemental attack is Tsunami Strike or Tornado Strike as it was changed to.[19] He can turn his water attack into an ice attack using Tornado Strike.[20] When he is later promoted to a Wudai Warrior along with the other Xiaolin Warriors, his Wudai attack is Wudai Neptune — Water, and uses the Shimo Staff, a small ice rod that can change into ice weapons, such as a bo staff, spear, axe, etc.[21] His elemental Shen Gong Wu is the Kaijin Charm.[22] He is always honest and true to his word, yet he learned how to lie and cheat in the episode "The Apprentice".[23]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Xiaolin Showdown Cast and Details. TV Guide. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
  2. ^ "Mala Mala Jong". Dan Riba (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2004-05-08.
  3. ^ a b "Days Past". Matt Danner (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2004-09-11.
  4. ^ "The Shard of Lightning". Mike Milo (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2004-09-25.
  5. ^ "Bird of Paradise". Jeff Allen (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2005-09-24.
  6. ^ "Dreamscape". Matt Danner (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2004-11-27.
  7. ^ "The New Order". Mike Milo (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2005-05-07.
  8. ^ "The Emperor Scorpion Strikes Back". Matt Danner (director) Stephen Sandoval (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2005-02-19.
  9. ^ a b "Time After Time (Part 2)". Stephen Sandoval (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2006-05-06.
  10. ^ "The Journey of a Thousand Miles". Steven Lyons (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2003-11-15.
  11. ^ "Tangled Web". Steven Lyons (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2003-11-01.
  12. ^ "Citadel of Doom". Jeff Allen (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2004-09-18.
  13. ^ "The Evil Within". Mike Milo (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2005-02-05.
  14. ^ "Something Jermaine". Jeff Allen (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2005-05-14.
  15. ^ "Judging Omi". Stephen Sandoval (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2005-05-21.
  16. ^ "Saving Omi". Jeff Allen (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2005-05-21.
  17. ^ "Finding Omi". Stephen Sandoval (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2005-09-17.
  18. ^ "Time After Time (Part 1)". Mike Milo (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2006-05-06.
  19. ^ "Like a Rock!". Steven Lyons (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2003-11-08.
  20. ^ "The Deep Freeze". Matt Danner (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2005-02-12.
  21. ^ "Treasure of the Blind Swordsman". Stephen Sandoval (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2005-11-05.
  22. ^ "Wu Got the Power". Jeff Allen (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2006-02-18.
  23. ^ "The Apprentice". Stephen Sandoval (director). Xiaolin Showdown. Kids WB. 2005-05-07.

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