Dojo Kanojo Cho is a fictional dragon from the animated television series, Xiaolin Showdown. He is voiced by Wayne Knight. In the video game, he is voiced by Paul Rugg.

Character synopsis

Dojo Kanojo Cho, of the northern Cho-Cho Clan, is a dragon and Guardian of the Ancient Scroll of the Shen Gong Wu. He is a wisecracking dragon of the Chinese variety, though he lacks legs (yet not arms) and crawls like a snake. Like traditional Chinese dragons, Dojo can change his size from normal (roughly equal to that of a gecko) to a much larger size on par with that of a train (mentioned to be 50 feet in the script for the first episode). Incidentally, he once transformed into a subway train. He can also change his shape into things, such as a Viking longship, or even Omi as in Enter the Dragon, but rarely does so. Dojo occasionally takes part in Showdowns as items or other things needed, such as the soccerball in Finding Omi and the Damsel in Distress in Time After Time (2). His shape-shifting does not seem to trigger a natural increase or discharge of potential to kinetic energy since he was unable to break free of Wuya's golem's chests when he changed size and again in Enter The Dragon when he was unable to escape the cage by simply growing. This might have been because Wuya had planned for this and had made an elastic cage.

Character personality

This particular dragon is a friendly, green, fun-loving friend. His comical personality and carefree attitude, along with his extremely weak fire breath. Also known for being lazy, gluttonous (some what like Clay), and a coward, usually when scared, he hides under Clay's hat. In "Night of the Sapphire Dragon" Dojo can't breathe fire, but in "Citadel of Doom" he breathes fire about 30 feet away. Dojo traditionally serves as the comic relief in the show, mostly with Shen Gong Wu related allergic reactions (occasionally violent sneezing, sometimes rashes, or other random effects) or humorously introducing new rules for the Showdowns (usually at the last possible moment, to the great annoyance of either the Xiaolin Dragons-In-Training, or whichever adversary they happen to be facing at the time). Dojo has a special soft spot for Omi, having known him since he was young. He also tends to hide behind or around Clay when trouble starts, and seems to have a particular liking to ducking under his cowboy hat. Dojo proved his bravery and loyalty once by defeating the Sapphire Dragon that had frozen Omi and the others into sapphire statues along with Master Fung and the other older monks by supplementing his own weak fire breathing abilities with incredible hot sauce obtained from Clay's secret stash. Afterwards, he was hoping to become a Chosen One, but the good elements were all taken. When he said he could become a dragon of fire, he turned brown. He jokingly referred to himself as the Dragon of Soot (Chinese symbol: smoke) for a few seconds. Then at the end said he could be the dragon of gas. "Eat a few beans and BOOM I'm in!" Dojo fears Wuya, although he has been known to sit alongside her whenever he is forced onto the sidelines, and also has a mortal fear of Chase Young due to the villain's penchant to drink soup with dragons in it. He tries to be brave and will do anything to protect the Shen Gong Wu, though he has some moments of cowardice and is not above running away screaming. He is fond of Master Fung and can often be found sitting on his shoulder. In one episode Dojo becomes upset when he is sent to Master Monk Guan's temple with the Xialin Dragons. He calls Master Fung several times on Kimiko's cellphone and is upset when he sees another dragon(female) with Master Fung. He does favors and shows love by doing foot baths, noggin kisses, toenail clippings and was jealous of Good Jack Spicer, who did more favors. Also Jack Spicer being good creeps him out. Adding that he has a mutual friendship with Master Fung, he has a folder full of "wise phrases," apparently taken from a desk calendar.
He has broken the fourth wall twice: once in "Night of the Sapphire Dragon" when he hid in the black part of the temporary wide screen format, the second time in Time After Time (1) when Omi says "Cooties all around!" then walks off screen, Dojo holds up a sign to the audience that says "Kudos".

Character history

Dojo is older than 15,000 years. In the past, Dojo served as a sidekick of sorts to Dashi, helping him to hide the Shen Gong Wu around the planet. From Dojo's retellings, it seems they had a mentor/apprentice relationship. Dojo was still learning the trade at the time Dashi was alive however, and often earned his contempt with his blatant and constant slipups.

Years later, Dojo works as an assistant to Master Fung at the Xiaolin temple. It is a likely guess that he has remained with the temple since its construction. He has gained much experience at this point and often serves as Fung's voice when the Chosen ones are on the road.

Every 1,500 years Dojo needs to be locked up for 24 hours to prevent himself turning into a two-headed giant monster that has an insatiable, irresistible craving for Shen Gong Wu, to the point that he will betray and/or destroy friends to get to them and swallow them. While in this state, he ate the Imo Gazer. The last time he got out, he was apparently responsible for the disappearance of Atlantis. If he does get out of control in this state, then there will be darkness upon the earth for 1000 years (962 years, actually, but Master Fung says 1,000 sounds much more impressive and ominous).

Dojo has the ability to shape-shift, which he has used to assist the young Dragons in training by assuming the form of transportation vehicles such as a boat or a subway train. While trying to escape the box he was locked in to keep him from consuming Shen Gong Wu, he assumed a variety of green forms including versions of Master Fung, a little girl, Omi's mother (which apparently Omi ignored since he was raised as an orphan), and even Omi himself. Chase Young was also going to turn him into a bowl of Lao-Mang-Lon Soup, which gives Chase immortality, but Master Monk Guan saved him from becoming Wednsday morning's breakfast.

He also holds a massive grudge against his former friend Chucky Choo, who he claimed to have stolen the Cho Cho clan's prized family yo-yo. When Chucky visited the monks while training with Master Monk Guan to avoid the potentially large number of villains he had sold fake Shen Gong Wu to, Dojo immediately became enraged and attacked him on sight. Later on, Chucky and Dojo made up their differences (but not before Chucky created a complicated ruse that made it look like he was betraying the Monks and Dojo), Chucky became Master Monk Guan's temple guardian, and Dojo was given the family yo-yo back. However, that yo-yo turned out to be fake.

Dojo has only competed in two showdowns, one where he was evil and battled Omi, and another when he dueled Wuya in a game of pinball.

Friends and family

Loch Ness Monster: Dojo's Cousin. Mentioned when Kimiko fished out the Tangle Web Comb from Loch Ness itself.

Chucky Choo: Dojo's old "friend". He was first mentioned in "Something Jermaine", but showed up in third season episode, in which Chucky was selling fake Shen Gong Wu to most of the villains.

Tiamat: His uncle. Only mentioned in Omi Town when he sent Dojo his skeleton. This may be a reference to the dragon (hence, a possible relative) from Dungeons & Dragons, who was in turn named after the Tiamat of Sumerian mythology

Quotes

"I hid them so good, I might not be able to find them. Wait. That came out wrong."

"What happened? I blinked and missed it."

"Then let’s stop gabbing and start grabbing! Shall we, thank you."

"Give me a sec’, it’s been 15 hundred years!"

"It’s definetly going to work, probably, um mabye, I mean if we get real lucky, not a snowballs chance!"

"Zip, nadda, bubkiss!"

"Stop! I can’t, do anyrthiong to stop you."

"My whole body is one big itch of anticipation!"

"You’ll never understand us artists. We need to suffer for our art."

"Aaah, snack. The most beautiful word in any language!"

"According to my tongue, that, by the way, has a coat hairier than a wooly mammoth…"

"Hey, there are three things I learn not to talk about. Religion, Politics, and Omi’s head."

"Getting awfully chummy with the bad guy, huh."

"This is it. Well, I did have a good 15 hundred years...I WANT TO LIVE!!!"

"Except for the parts where she slapped ya silly and got away, I think that went pretty well."

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References

Official Site for Xiaolin Showdown

Official Site for Xiaolin Showdown TCG (licensed by Wizards of the Coast)

Xiaolin Showdown at TV.com