Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)

Yang Xiao Long is one of the main protagonists of the RWBY franchise. She is one of the main protagonists of the American animated webseries RWBY, its Japanese manga prequel/adaptation, comic book series by DC Comics, and video game spinoffs RWBY: Grimm Eclipse and RWBY: Arrowfell.
She is a Huntress and member of Team RWBY, and the older half-sister of Ruby Rose.
She is voiced by Barbara Dunkelman.
==Appearance==
Yang is a tall girl with fair skin and lilac eyes. She has extremely long blonde hair, and stands slightly under six feet tall. She is muscular, and is noted to have an ample bosom. When she is angry, her eyes change to a deep red, and her hair gains a fiery glow. Her outfits consist of yellows, browns, oranges, tans, blacks, and golds, and almost always include an orange scarf around her neck and purple fabric tied around her leg. She possesses a mechanical right arm from her elbow down, which she painted yellow and black.
==Other Appearances==
===RWBY Chibi===
*See Yang Xiao Long (RWBY Chibi)
===RWBY: Ice Queendom===
*See Yang Xiao Long (RWBY: Ice Queendom)
===RWBY: Amity Arena===
Yang appeared as a character in the defunct mobile video game RWBY: Amity Arena.
In the game's primary multiplayer mode, Yang appeared as several units. The Biker Yang unit was a ground-based melee unit that pushed enemy units back with each hit. The Rocket Yang unit was a ranged unit that shot at enemies, and as a special ability could fire a massive volley of shots that dealt extreme damage and pushed enemies back. The Freezerburn unit teamed Weiss with Yang, creating a massive cloud of mist that hindered enemy units' vision. The Bumblebee unit teamed Blake with Yang, which used Yang as a primary ground melee unit, but as a special ability had Blake propel Yang to a location with widespread area damage.
===DC Crossovers===
====RWBY/Justice League====
Yang appears as one of the main protagonists of the DC Comics crossover with the Justice League. While on break from Beacon, Ruby and Yang travel home and meet Clark Kent, a boy hired by their father to help tend to the farm. While there, they are suddenly attacked by multi-colored Grimm that are able to hypnotize Clark by looking into his eyes. Ruby and Yang free him and fight off the Grimm, but return to Beacon with Clark to report the encounter to Professor Ozpin. There, they learn that thier teammates have also made disturing discoveries and made new allies: Weiss and her friend Bruce Wayne have discovered that an Atlas elite named Mr. Lloyd has been stockpiling Dust and ammunition, and Blake and her friend Diana Prince have found that animals are being mind controlled as well. They determine that people are going missing from around water, including Team JNPR. Yang travels with Blake and Clark to investigate the waters, coming across Arthur Curry, who attacks them believing they are responsible for his people's disappearances. They are attacked by mind-controlled fish, and determine that they are facing a common enemy. They are rejoined by their allies, now including Barry Allen and Victor Stone. Suddenly, they are attacked by a horde of hypnotized people, animals, and Grimm, including JNPR. They are saved by Jessica Cruz, who explains that she is from a different universe and has tracked an alien conqueror called Starro to Remnant. However, in the journey, time and space were distorted and Starro arrived sixteen years before she did, spreading his influence and taking over the minds of the people, animals, and Grimm of Remnant. After regrouping at Arthur's underwater kingdom, the group comes up with a plan to defeat Starro. Diana lures it out as Yang helps to take down Starro's slaves. Starro takes control of Jessica, and has her use her powers to show everyone their worst fears and memories; in Yang's case, her mother Raven Branwen. Clark, with Bruce's help, manages to carry an entire warehouse of Dust to Starro, throwing it at him and creating an explosion that severely weakens the alien. Weiss, Victor, and Jessica defeat Starro and seal him away in a prison in space. Yang celebrates with her team and newfound friends.
===DC/RWBY===
*See Yang Xiao Long (DC/RWBY)
==Personality==
Yang is hotheaded and energetic, and is a thrill-seeker above all else. She gains great satisfaction from triumph and combat, and is most often confident and adventurous. She is also among the most lighthearted and fun-loving of her group, actively seeking out fun and jokes and participating in games, activities, exercises, and discussions. She has an affinity for bad puns. Despite this, she is also nurturing and protective, and knows when to be serious and help others out. She is also crafty, finding ways to outsmart others and place herself in favorable situations.
However, Yang possesses a temper, and when she is enraged, her hotheadedness and brashness can lead her to fits of rage and fury, as well as make her more single-minded in eliminating the object of her anger. She is especially touchy about her appearance, as rude comments about her proportions or any damage to her hair will lead to extreme rage.
Following her trauma at the Battle of Beacon, Yang was temporarily reserved and emotionless, as well as prone to panic attacks, nightmares, and overwhelming dread. Despite this, she was able to work with her allies to adjust and heal, eventually gaining back her confidence.
==Powers and Abilities==
Yang, having trained most of her life, is an expert combatant, primarily in hand-to-hand. She mainly attacks with acrobatics and punches, preferring a brute-like boxing style. Her weapon, Ember Celica, is a pair of golden bracelets that extend into shotgun-like ranged weapons, allowing Yang to fire blasts of Fire Dust ammunition with each punch. With this, she can create powerful short-range and melee attacks or fire at longer distances.
Yang is extremely strong, able to lift massive items and withstand extreme damage. She uses this with her Semblance, Burn, which allows her to absorb energy from her opponents' attacks and add it to her own strength and striking power as long as her Aura remains intact and she remains conscious. When using her Semblance, her eyes turn red and her hair glows. She originally relied too much on her Semblance, as it had little restrictions, but learned to use it more sparingly after her fight with Adam Taurus.
Like all creatures with a soul, Yang also has possesses an Aura, a physical defense generated by her soul. This durable field is invisible except when it is overtaxed, where it flashes yellow. Her Aura defends her from attack and can even heal minor wounds, but if it takes too much damage it will become depleted and require time to return. A fatal flaw when using her Aura is that it causes Yang to constantly activate said aura if her temper flares at a dangerous level. 
Yang also possesses a prosthetic mechanical right arm after losing hers to Adam Taurus. She uses this prosthetic with the same proficiency as her organic one, but with her weapon built-in. She also uses the durable metal for protection, blocking blades and blows, and even bites from Grimm. Additionally, she can force the prosthetic to detatch whenever she needs it to, such as when it is stuck or incapacitated. Yang's voice actress, Barbara Dunkelman, has additionally confirmed that the arm comes with a "vibrate feature".
Yang is also talented at motorcycling, and used her personal motorcycle, Bumblebee, to great effect driving herself and others around before crashing it into Adam to save Blake. She later showed just as much proficiency with Pietro Polendina's custom-made motorbikes.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Yang alludes to Goldilocks from the fairy tale of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears":
**She has long, golden hair
**She is commonly seen fighting the bear-themed Ursai Grimm, as well as the Xiong Crime Family that allude to the Three Bears.
**She is described by Shay D. Mann as "not too bulky, not too lean, but just right".
**She is often nicknamed Goldilocks
*Yang (阳) is the Chinese character for sun and/or light, Xiao (小) is the character for small, and Long (龙) is the character for dragon. Therefore, her name roughly translates into "Little Light Dragon" and/or "Small Dragon of the Sun".
**In Eastern culture, names are written with the last name coming before the individual's name, as in "Last name First name"; however, although Yang has a Chinese name, it seems she is referred to as Yang as opposed to Xiao Long, which is the Western style of name sequence. Therefore, although her name is Chinese, it is not written in the traditional Oriental style.
*She made her first appearance on June 1 at A-Kon in Dallas, in the "Yellow" Trailer.
*Among the four protagonists, Yang is the only person to fight humans in her debut trailer.
*Yang uses the "Dempsey Roll" when fighting Junior.
*She has her own official Twitter account at RT_YangXiaoLong, like Ruby and Weiss.
*In several panels at conventions, the RWBY cast and crew have made jokes (most of them inappropriate) about the functions of Yang's robotic arm.
*Yang fought Tifa Lockhart in an episode of DEATH BATTLE and won. In the "Deadpool vs. The Mask" episode, Deadpool tries to use the Continuity Gem to make it so Tifa won by decapitating Yang.
**Yang fought Katsuki Bakugo in an episode of DBX and lost.
*In the Japanese dub, she is voiced by Ami Koshimizu.
*She won on the official WarnerMedia's March Madness Bracket Challenge on their Twitter and Instagram, beating Bugs Bunny in the final round.
*Yang's birthday is confirmed to be on July 28, thus making Yang a Leo. 
*Yang is the only member of Team RWBY to have a physical disability (one of her arms being replaced by a prosthetic mechanical arm); however, this only happens after the events of Volume 3.
==External Links==
*
==Navigation==
Category:Female
Category:Honorable
Category:Cartoon Heroes
Category:Misguided
Category:Internet Heroes
Category:Fighters
Category:Teenagers
Category:Neutral Good
Category:Symbolic
Category:Siblings
Category:Monster Slayers
Category:Brutes
Category:Dreaded
Category:Determinators
Category:Jerks
Category:Martial Artists
Category:Tragic
Category:Elementals
Category:Mechanically Modified
Category:Paranoid
Category:RWBY Heroes
Category:Selfless
Category:Thrill-Seekers
Category:Falsely Accused
Category:Wrathful
Category:Control Freaks
Category:Role Models
Category:Amazons
Category:Berserkers
Category:Nurturers
Category:Arrogant
Category:Unwanted
Category:Archenemy
Category:Titular
Category:Crossover Heroes
Category:Chopsocky Heroes
Category:Lethal
Category:Magic
Category:In Love
Category:Science Fantasy Heroes
Category:Comic Book Heroes
Category:Manga Heroes
Category:Good Vs. Good
Category:Traitor
Category:Criminals
Category:One-Man Army
Category:Superheroes
Category:Chaotic Good
Category:Damsels
Category:Counterparts
Category:Victims
Category:Protectors
Category:Counter-Terrorists
Category:Parody/Homage
Category:Tricksters
Category:Voice of Reason
Category:Disciplinarians
Category:Scapegoat
Category:Mentally Ill
Category:Strong-Willed
Category:Insecure
Category:Honest
Category:Dimension Travelers
Category:Bond Protectors
Category:Nemesis
Category:Movie Heroes
Category:Failure-Intolerant
Category:Inconclusive