Jingo

'Jingo Legends' concept art

**JinGo! Beyond**

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**Jingo** (full name **Jingo Maoxian**; pronounced "jin-go mow-xin"), is the protagonist of the webcomic JinGo! Beyond, and formerly the main protagonist of the Jingo series of Flash games on Sploder. One of the last Orosian humans in the world, and for a period of time the only human living in Orose, Jingo is a teenage boy who wields a magic staff that he found one day while exploring some ruins. He has since used this newfound weapon to battle the invading conqueror Pim and his "warrior army," along with other forces of evil.

## Personality

Jingo is a fifteen year old adventurer who will stop at nothing to protect his home country of Orose. Outgoing and having a strong sense of justice, though he can be a little cocky or even gullible at times. But he'll always do what he thinks is right. Because he is so strongly filled with a fiery passion for what he believes is just, this adventure loving teen is determined to overcome any obstacle that comes at him, not too unlike his nemesis, and will not stop fighting until Pim is permanently locked away and peace is restored. In this way, he could be described as "stubborn" or unyielding.

Although he despises Pim, Jingo will never give into that hate and take Pim's life, as he doesn't believe in killing when unnecessary. In fact, Icero's death currently haunts and pains the hero from time to time, and he still feels guilt despite knowing that taking the ice conqueror's life was his only viable option at the time. This is due to Jingo deep down viewing murder as immoral, and a waste of life, in nearly any scenario. Indeed, if he can, he will stop his allies from going what he views as "too far" and threatening the life of a villain. However, he is known to have killed at least one monster in his history, suggesting that he might not hold evil, lower level monsters in high regard; possibly due to them seemingly possessing a lower level sentience. It is also possible he did not know activating the cannon would result in the death of said monster. Overall though Jingo greatly values life, even the lives of those that are wicked, and believes anyone could change for the better.

Jingo loves to explore, naturally going on walks regularly (even before he had a weapon to defend against Pim's army of monsters), and is still discovering something new about Orose every day. In his free time he likes to explore, self reflect, and have fun with his friends. He's known to enjoy playing video games on the occasion, and in addition, he favors spicy food, according to his *JinGo! Beyond* profile card.

In the original Sploder games, Jingo is something of a silent protagonist, having very few instances of dialogue and may had even been canonically mute to some extent, implying a level of stoicism to his character (and in addition also serving as a means of allowing the player to project onto Jingo whichever traits they prefer). His personality and goals were for the most part hinted at only through his actions, alongside what was stated in the descriptions of the games and Help screens on levels. This differs from *JinGo! Beyond* and his various comic appearances, in which he speaks frequently (notably using plenty of irregular contractions-- a result of his upbringing by the Mofians-- and slang), making his character more clear and overall less open to interpretation.

## Appearance

Jingo is a young Orosian boy of slender build and average height, whose skin is light tan, and who has white hair that gradually turns black towards the back (occasionally his hair has been depicted as pure white, or white with gray spots, though these depictions are inaccurate to canon). Said hair is styled in a way that can best be compared to a paintbrush or toothpaste, which Jingo thinks looks cool. It is actually stylized after the head shape of the Mofians, a monster race of people that raised him, as a tribute of sorts. He has a red headband that, thanks to an enchantment, magically shapes his hair into that style when wearing it.

### Sploder games (2014 - 2020)

Originally a character from a series of Flash games on Sploder, Jingo's appearance and design had naturally developed and evolved overtime.

During The Adventures of Jingo and Jingo 2, Jingo wore a red sleeveless jacket with a blue shirt and pants, and a white cape that hung back and splits two-ways (though in the first two releases of *The Adventures of Jingo*, it did not split and is instead just a regular cape). It is this look that happened to carry over to some of his appearances in other games outside of the *Jingo* series at the time, especially the Sploder Brawlers games. In *The Adventures of Jingo* and the later releases of *Jingo 2*, he wore blue fingerless gloves. Though, in the original release of *Jingo 2*, and one of the alternate "skins" the player could choose for Jingo at the beginning of a level in *Jingo 2 Recoded,* he lacked gloves.

In the cancelled Jingo 3, Jingo would had retained the same general appearance he had in *Jingo 2*, however with some revisions; Jingo would have had sky-blue eyes, and a dark-gray (as opposed to blue) shirt and pants. Although *Jingo 3* was scrapped, this appearance did show up in *Jingo 2 Recoded* as one of the alternate "skins" the player could choose for Jingo at the beginning of a level.

Later, in Jingo Legends, Jingo mostly retained the same appearance that he had in the first two games. The difference however, is that he no longer wore the jacket in *Act 1* and *Act 2*, and he had brown eyes. He also gained a leather belt (a detail that would later be included in the re-releases of *Jingo 2*) with a gold buckle. Additionally, within *Demo 2* for *Jingo Legends Act 3*, he eventually regained the red sleeveless jacket, and gained a scarf, which hung behind him in a similar way the cape used to.

In Jingo 2.5: Master Quest, an interquel that chronologically took place in between *Jingo 2* and *Jingo Legends*, Jingo had the same appearance as he did in *Jingo 2 Recoded*.

### Comics and artworks

Outside of and after Sploder, Jingo's appearance has yet to change too drastically.

Within various concept artworks since 2017, Jingo generally appears with designs that look similar to how he eventually appeared in 2020's *Jingo Legends Act 3 Demo 2*,although with eyes that are colored black or dark gray rather than brown (in most cases; some concept arts specifically made for *Jingo Legends* do in fact feature the brown eyes). In 2019 a tuft of hair pointing upwards was added behind his ear, and in 2020 small bangs poking out from his headband were added.

In JinGo! Beyond, a webcomic which adapts the original Sploder games and continues their storyline, Jingo is depicted with different distinct designs based on the timeframe:

* First is the current youthful "Toon" design loosely based upon his sprites in *The Adventures of Jingo*, with a large round head, blank white eyes, short stature, and a belt with a gold buckle, along with the red sleeveless jacket, blue shirt and pants, and the white cape that hangs back and splits two-ways. This design is used in *Arc 1,* which is an adaptation of *The Adventures of Jingo*.

* Second are the designs as seen in the aforementioned concept artworks from 2017 and onwards, which will be used in *Arc 2*, and have already been used in The Room of Scrutiny, along with several crossovers between other webcomics and *JinGo! Beyond*.

In the Original Character Tournament hosted by ComicFury user Vivocateur, Jingo initially appears with the design that will be used in *Arc 2* of *JinGo! Beyond*. However, after losing his life during the first round of the tournament against Sir Power (from Zero Hour's *The Adventures of Sir Power* comic series), Jingo is revived, experimented on and corrupted by "Raavoy" (the villainous organization in charge of the tournament). This series of events results in a new design for Jingo, in which he sports a gray jacket with a green "Raavoy" emblem emblazoned on the back, and a green shirt underneath with a green pair of pants, and green fingerless gloves. The white cape that hung back and splits two-ways (as seen in *The Adventures of Jingo*, *Jingo 2*, and *Arc 1* of *JinGo! Beyond*) also sort of makes a return here, although it is different in how it wraps around his neck the same way the scarf did in *Demo 2* of *Jingo Legends Act 3* (and how the scarf will in *Arc 2* of *JinGo! Beyond*). Most strikingly of all, he has a green mind-control gem replacing his left eye, accompanied by a near constant smile on his face.

## Backstory

For reasons unknown, a human baby was brought to and abandoned in Mofa Village. Here, the child was discovered by a monster race of people, the Mofians, who decidedly raised the child with love and care, and educated him the best they can. Although they knew the boy's first name through means unknown, they did not know his surname or if he even had one. Thus, the Mofians chose a surname for the baby themselves: Maoxian, meaning "adventure" or "to take risks," in their old language.

Under the nurturing of the Mofians, Jingo grew up to be a boy with a kind heart, who was fond of Orose and its monstrous denizens. At some point he met a fellow human for the first time: Naomi, a rollerblading ninja girl, who was "visiting" Orose at the time. According to Jingo, Naomi was "kinda hard to get to open up to" him, though overtime they eventually became friends. Through conversation with Naomi, Jingo learned more about the rest of the world outside of Orose.

## History (Sploder games)

### ***The Adventures of Jingo***

Jingo is introduced in the *The Adventures of Jingo* Sploder game at 12 years of age. He hates The Evil Warrior King (Pim) and his minions for ruining his home country. Although with almost no clue on how to properly wield his weapon, Jingo goes off to the Sky Ruins anyways to go defeat some Bo-Bos.

After clearing the Sky Ruins, Jingo encounters an elderly man, who self-proclaims himself to be a master at wielding staffs. This mysterious "Old Staff Guru" begins to mentor Jingo (in the game, he teaches Jingo, and by extension the player, to aim the staff with the mouse through a tutorial sequence).

After this brief lesson, the guru says that Jingo must clear all three of Pim's dungeons, so Jingo runs off to do just that. First he heads to the Drago Castle with the intention of defeating the dragos and their king (whom work for Pim). He works his way through Drago Castle, battling Dragos along the way, until he stumbles upon the boss room. Though a difficult task, Jingo managed to defeat King Drago, clearing the Drago Castle.

Now there was only one thing left to do: Defeat Pim himself. Jingo marches onward to Pim's main headquarters, Pim Castle. After a fierce battle, Jingo is victorious. With his entire army defeated, and his body in a damaged state, Pim is forced to retreat from his own castle and recuperate-- but not before he vows to have his revenge on Jingo...

### ***Jingo Versus Icero***

It has been a couple weeks since Pim was defeated and had disappeared. Jingo heard of Pim's twin brother and wielder of ice magic who lives in the snowy mountains, who has built up his own smaller army of Orose's monsters and is planning a conquest of his own. The young adventurer decides to take matters into his own hands.

Jingo enters the Ice Palace and, after beating up the monsters, finally encounters Icero in his ice arena. Icero tells him that he cannot believe his brother could lose to some random kid like Jingo. Icero then proceeds to punch Jingo's magic staff out of his hands, sending the weapon into the surrounding spike pit, before beginning to use his magic to create a snowstorm with the intent on freezing Jingo to death. Jingo, now without a weapon, is left with no choice but to rely on his own strength and push Icero into the spike pit, in an effort to save his own life.

Icero is pushed into the spike pit and impaled, killing him. Jingo manages to retrieve his staff and leave, but not without feeling remorse for going against his own code and taking another's life...

### ***Jingo 2***

An unspecified amount of time later, Pim has recovered, and returns with three new dungeons each more treacherous than the last. Jingo goes off to clear these dungeons and to save Orose from Pim once more, starting off by clearing the Red Velvet Castle. Along the way, he meets Tigzon at the Aqua Blue Sanctuary, who is in search of his friend's pet Puffie (a rabbit-like creature), which is later revealed to have been stolen by the king of the Hoplins and servant of Pim: Lop Lop, who wants to recruit the Puffie in his "rabbit division" of Pim's army. Jingo defeats Lop Lop and returns the Puffie to Tigzon, who thanks him.

Jingo eventually makes it to Pim's new headquarters: the Ivory Castle. There, a battle between Jingo and Pim persists, with Jingo winning once again. After this, Jingo locks Pim (along with Lop Lop) up in a magic-proof cage developed by the Mofians in the nearby Mofa Village. The cage neutralizes Pim's abilities, making it seemingly impossible for him to escape, and this is where the warrior king would remain for the next three years.

### ***Zeon series***

400 years later in a possible future, Jingo is likely long-dead, however his tyrannical and unimaginably powerful descendant, Dane, lives on, implying that Jingo bore a child at some point. During this era, Jingo's descendant is the ultimate villain who rules the universe with an iron fist, while Pim's descendant, Zeon, is the well-intentioned hero who wounds up managing to liberate the entire universe from Jingo's descendent, in an ironic twist of fate.

## History in other media

### The SploderianRich Show

Jingo has made numerous appearances across SploderianRich (Rich3001k)'s *The SploderianRich Show*, on YouTube. A comedy based web-series, *TSRS* focuses on the life of Rich3001k's self-insert character, Rich, and his wacky friends and foes in Splosion City. Like the *Sploder Brawlers* games, the show contains the unlicensed use of famous video game and other fictional characters.

Jingo first appears in season 3, in the special*Splode Time Continuum*. In this episode, Jingo decides to leave his own Sploder game and visit Splosion City. While in Splosion City, Jingo-- along with other Sploder Series protagonists who've left their games on Sploder.com too-- goes to surprise visit Rich at his house. Upon seeing them, however, Rich goes into a panic, and quickly informs them of their unfortunate predicament: Due to a glitch in the space-time continuum, Sploder characters can't leave their games without disappearing from them altogether-- even though other video game characters (like Link from The Legend of Zelda) can leave and still be present in their own games. In order to fix this glitch, the group heads through a portal into the Space Time Continuum, where they encounter the master of space time: Hoopa from Pokémon. At first, Hoopa denies their request, but after a quick battle, Hoopa grows annoyed and grants the group their wish. With the glitch fixed, Jingo and the others celebrate their victory back at Rich's house. From this point on, Jingo continues to hang around Splosion City.

Jingo appears on a poster in Season 4's *Episode 32: Splosion Film Festival*.

In *Harvet Moon*, a corrupt version of American celebrity Steve Harvey (named Steve Harvet) has commandeered Splosion City and locked away many of its denizens, including Jingo. Fortunately, everyone eventually escapes.

Jingo made a cameo appearance in *Episode 37: Lay It On Me*, where he is viewing an art gallery alongside other Sploder Series protagonists. This sets up a gag where, upon Jerry Revolutionary driving past them, they all turn into existing characters they are inspired by, with Jingo turning into Goku from Dragon Ball Z.

Jingo appears in the ending poster of the sidestory *Ray and Harvy*. The poster was drawn by fellow Sploder member Stephy.

He later played a bigger role in *Operation Harvet Storm Part 2: Harvest Destiny*, where he informs Rich on Chronic's planned takeover. This part of the special was cut for some time, before being restored.

Jingo later made a cameo appearance in Season 5's *Episode 42 Part 2: Stephy Finale*, appearing in the final sunset scene amongst the crowd.

Jingo made another major appearance in *Episode 47: Operation Harvo Storm*, where he helps Rich take down Harvo and his minions.

Jingo appears in *Episode 48: Crimsonal Mines*, accepting the Best Picture Award for JinGone Home, directed by Michael Lays. This is despite his dislike for the film, which led to a lawsuit in which he lost.

### The Room of Scrutiny

Jingo has made numerous appearances across this illustrated OC Question Thread on the ComicFury forums.

### ComicFury Crossover Exchange

Jingo alongside Naomi appear in the ComicFury Crossover Exchange, particularly the short story The Mansion of S(ock Puppets), which is a crossover between *JinGo! Beyond* and Geoduck's *The Mansion of E*. Additionally, Jingo appeared in the Summer 2020 Exchange in an artwork featuring characters from Jeremy7's *Pine Hill Creature Feature*.

## Notable quotes

Curiously, Jingo had never spoken in the original series of Sploder games, with the sole exception of in *Jingo Versus Icero* (However, he did have lines of dialogue in Sploder games outside of the *Jingo* series, such as in *Skyward Heroes* and *Sploder Brawlers Melee*).
In the webcomic series *JinGo! Beyond*, Jingo speaks frequently.

## Trivia

* At one point during conceptualization, Jingo was to wield a sword rather than his now signature staff.
* The character of Jingo was initially inspired by both Son Goku and Sun Wukong of *Dragon Ball* and *Journey to the West*, respectively. His design took inspiration from Gingka Hagane of *Beyblade: Metal Fusion*, similarly to Rich3001k's Petit. His role as an adventuring hero and the last human of Orose were inspired by Finn Mertens from *Adventure Time*. Jingo's socks and grin were also influenced by Sonic the Hedgehog. However, he has since strayed from these influences, in favor of mannerisms from *Lupin the Third*.
* Jingo was born on July 19th, 3014. This is in reference to how The Adventures of Jingo (Jingo's debut game) first released on July 19th, 2014.
	+ In addition to this, Jingo shares his birthday with Pim (July 19th, 3005), who had likewise debuted in The Adventures of Jingo.

* Jingo is blood type O, according to his Character Profile in JinGo! Beyond.
* Jingo is ambidextrous; he is proficient with both his left hand and right hand.
* Jingo favors spicy food.
* In the Sploder game *The Adventures of Jingo*, a scrapped concept would have had Jingo traverse Orose Field on a motorcycle in an overhead gameplay style. This idea was not used, though Jingo would eventually end up riding a magic flying motorcycle in "The Mansion of S(ock Puppets)" as a reference to this.
* Jingo was originally said to be fourteen in the first game. However, Jingo's age was later changed to twelve years old, because series creator Supersonic72 felt the original age would make the character "too old" when the series would later skip forward in time.
* The out-of-universe reason for the changes in appearance during *Jingo Legends* is that, rather than being designed by series creator Supersonic72, Jingo's design in *Jingo Legends* was instead created by Sploder user Dealwithitdewott, who randomly created the sprite one day using an RPGMaker template, and then gave to Supersonic72 for use.
	+ The in-universe reason for the change in design is that Jingo simply wanted to try out a new style.
* The only game in the original *Jingo* series on Sploder in which Jingo is not present was *Jingo Legends: Stephenio Side Story*. Interestingly enough, he is not mentioned in the game's storyline, either.

## Gallery

### Concept art

(2014) Concept art for The Adventures of Jingo (presumably the original illustration of Jingo)(2017) Concept art for Jingo Legends Act 3(2018) Concept art for JinGo! Beyond(2020) Concept art for Jingo Legends Act 3
### Series artwork

(2019) Profile artwork for JinGo! Beyond(2020) Artwork of Jingo in JinGo! Beyond Arc 2(2022) Profile artwork for JinGo! Beyond (redraw)
### Miscellaneous artwork

(2021) Reference sheet for Jingo in the Original Character Tournament Round 2