Laio!

***Laio!*** is a American animated series created by Mala Miles. It aired from 2001 to 2006. It was produced by Bear Bones Productions and Film Roman.

## Characters

### Main

* **Laio** - a main character. He is a skinny 16-year-old teenage male boy with his optimistic, clever, calm and good-natured personality. Within the context of the strip and the larger series that grew out of it, Laio is a typical teenage boy, attending high school, participating in sports, and dating. He is extremely clumsy and accident-prone and many of his actions, however well-intentioned, inadvertently harm the people he tries to help, especially Mr. Brown.
* **Soaper** - A red shapeshifiting/choice-enabling drone who is Laio' partner.
* **Anesia** - A 16 years old who is one of Laio' best friend, she accompains Laio and Soaper in their adventures. The kind-hearted, caring, talented, and intelligent girl next door. She is romantically obsessed with Archie, but previously used to always end up playing second fiddle to Sarah. Recently, Laio has shown to prefer Anesia over Sarah. She has a passion for writing and is a good student, athlete, cook, and auto mechanic. She cares deeply for the well-being of others and is always ready to help people with their problems.
* **Sarai** - A 17 years old who is one of Laio' best friend, A very rich girl, the daughter of the super wealthy multi-billionaire and business tycoon and industrialist Haim. She is known to be the richest girl in Atlantic as well as the most beautiful and popular. She is characterized as being a Queen Bee and has even been given the title of "Queen of Atlantic".
* **Damilias** - Laio' best friend since childhood. Damilias, is obsessed with food. He constantly asks his friends (especially Archie) for money to buy food. Sarcastic, snarky and lazy, Damilias is seemingly uninterested in girls, especially Big Ethel, who has a huge crush on him. He likes Anesia, but their relationship is strictly platonic. Damilias often bails Laio out of trouble when he acts impulsively and rashly. He almost always wears his trademark whoopee cap.
* **Big Eric** - Eric Eilson is a muscular, star athlete but is a poor student. He often says "duh" at the beginning of sentences, and is possessive about his girlfriend Midge. He also is known to be dyslexic. He is dimwitted and can be easily manipulated by others, particularly Reggie. He will beat up anyone (particularly Reggie) who upsets him or even talks to Midge, the latter being a point of friction between the couple. At the same time, he is also kind, sensitive and helpful toward his closest friends.
* **Corey** - Laio' best friend is an aspiring journalist, with many hobbies including collecting comics and competitive eating.
* **Khloe** - Laio' love interest buxom redhead often catching the eyes of the Atlantic boys, most well known for being the love interest for Laio. Reoccurring character, before beginning her own title series and Khloe is known for being the biggest sex symbol in the gang.

### Recurring

* **Mr. Brown** - a men teacher
* **Mr. Uno** - a men who is the principal of the Atlantic High School. He is revealed to be unbalanced and sometimes stupid.
* **Sonny** *-* a clumsy boy
* **Ivatt** - a Laio's friend one
* **Axel** - a Laio's friend one
* **Kingston** - a annoying boy
* **Marcus** - a Laio's friend one
* **Layla** - a Laio's friend one

### Families

* Laio’s family
	+ Laio's Mom and Dad - TBA
	+ Sugara - Laio’s older sister. Debuted in 1952.
	+ Laio's Grandpa
	+ Laio's Uncle and Aunt
	+ Laio’s cousin

### Villains

* **Briggs** - A man who is the former father of Laio and the main antagonist of the shorts.
* **Zeke** - Laio’s main rival, particularly for Veronica's affections. Though they are ultimately good friends, he often taunts Archie and does not understand why girls prefer to date him. He is highly vain and conceited, thinks he can date anyone he wants, and expects everyone to think the world of him. He likes playing practical jokes on others, especially Archie and Moose.[1] Sometimes when Veronica dumps him he dates Betty, and is always trying to get a date with Midge without Moose knowing.
* **The Dark Ghost** - A dark figure who appears in the American mythology.
* **Case** - A British boy who hates American people (mainly Laio and his friends) and a British counterpart of Laio.

## Voice cast

* Billy West as Laio / The Dark Ghost
* Charlie Adler as Soaper
* Mona Marshall as Anesia / Layla
* Tara Strong as Sarai
* Scott Menville as Damilias
* Maurice LaMarche as Big Eric / Mr. Brown
* Jim Cummings as Briggs / Mr. Uno
* Rob Paulsen as Sonny
* Jess Harnell as Corey
* Charlie Schlatter as Case
* Jeff Bennett as Zeke
* Carolyn Lawrence as Khloe

## Trivia

* The *Laio!* are inspired by *The New Archies*.