Yoop Yooply, or just Yoop, is a green alien who appears in i-Ready Reading and Math lessons alongside Plory from level AA to Level C (Emerging K- grade 3). He only appears in phonics lessons in Level C (grade 3). Yoop is also a Buddy.
Appearance[]
Yoop's body is green. He has only two fingers and has one thin, floating eyebrow with an antenna. He also has orange eyelids under his one eye, and has orange freckles at the side of his cheeks. These orange spots are his ears. He has one tooth inside his mouth, however, Yoop's teeth seem to change from time to time. Sometimes, he is seen having a full set of teeth. On other occasions, Yoop is seen having teeth similar to Plory's teeth. Yoop is 3’6”, making him less than half of Plory’s height.
Personality and Relationships[]
Personality[]
Yoop is a curious alien who is often times silly, humorous, and clumsy. Yoop made a mess because of his clumsiness and hid it from Plory by flicking a switch. Confused at first, Plory thought he cleaned up, so she was happy. He is a disorganized and loves making jokes. Yoop sometimes does not listen, so Plory has to correct him at times. Yoop usually tells the truth, but he also lies. On one hand, Yoop broke a multicolored vase, but Plory softened up when Yoop was honest, which shows that Plory values honesty. On the other hand, he almost fed Plory his so-called "mint gum," when it was actually fire.
Plory finds Yoop a little annoying at times. Yoop is explorative, but Plory likes to be careful. For example, Major Peril, who is Plory and Yoop’s boss, once sent a machine to help them add and subtract multi-digit numbers. Plory said Yoop could try breaking a hundred into ten tens. Misinterpreting Plory's command, he tried to literally break the hundred with a hammer so the goo would splash. Another time, Yoop wanted to experiment with test tubes. He used Plory as a test subject, transforming her into different things or changing her appearance.
Relationships[]
- Yoop's relationship with Plory: Plory is Yoop’s friend. He is curious and silly, and his curiosity allows him to think smarter than Plory at times. Yoop can be funny sometimes, having a better sense of humor than Plory. Even though they are best friends, they disagree on many things. For example, Plory and Yoop once had a debate about whether pie or cupcake was better. Yoop sometimes uses Plory as an answer to his problems and questions. He tends to forget things sometimes, or he misunderstands.
- Yoop's relationship with Snargg: He also likes doing strange things. Yoop looks at Snargg to be hilarious due to his absurd behavior. When Snargg wanted to lick the goo from the place value machines, Yoop also joined him, leaving Plory disgusted.
- Yoop's relationship with the Goopers: Yoop invented the Goopers. He also laughed evilly when Plory asked Yoop, "What are these tiny flying creatures?" Overall, Yoop likes the Goopers.
Inventions[]
Yoop, along with Plory, has created several neat inventions together. Their first invention is called the "Eggatron.” This machine is used to make Plory and Yoop's breakfast. This machine works by placing an adult hen in the control column of the Eggatron. When this hen lays eggs, the eggs are then dispensed with the albumen and yolk of the egg, making raw breakfast for Plory and Yoop. The second invention is called the "Group-O-Matic.” This machine is used to speed up the counting progress. This machine works by inserting a Gooper, or alternatively a ball, into a dispensing tube. If the sum is less or exactly 10, the Goopers go in the left column. If the goopers have a sum of more than 10, both columns are used. The third invention is called the "Gold-A-Tron 4000.” This machine is pretty self-explanatory. It takes any object and when you zap it with the machine, it turns into gold. Plory and Yoop have also made a second version of this machine but this time, instead of turning an object into gold, it turns it into pizza! They have dubbed this invention the "Pizza-A-Tron 4000." The next invention is called the “Cookie-Tron.” The left button is used to insert cookies in a tray, and the orange button is used to take away cookies from it. Plory and Yoop’s sixth invention is called the “X-Ray-A-Tron.” This machine is used to view what goes in Plory, Yoop, or Snargg’s brains. One time, Plory and Yoop used the invention to check Snargg’s stomach. This makes it their 6th and final invention. (The pictures of these inventions are included in the gallery below.)
Trivia[]
- Yoop’s ears are the orange spots on his face.
- Yoop has an uncle named Zoop. According to Plory, he lives in another galaxy because she mentioned something about “out-of-galaxy calls.”
- Yoop wears socks to keep his antenna warm.
- Yoop can turn into a cuber.
- Yoop once accidentally called Plory “Wormy.”
- Yoop can play electric guitar in the Rock 'n Roll costume very well.
- If you download a Microsoft Edge HTML of the Buddies page, then it shows this usually unseen description: "Yoop, a green alien with just one eye!”
- Yoop once invited alligators into the space Lab.
- He appears in over 600 i-Ready lessons (about 750 if you include Spanish ones).
- Yoop also once landed the space lab at the edge of a cliff.
- Yoop tried to give Plory fire gum, but Plory did not trust him and asked him to chew the gum, and Yoop ended up setting himself on fire.
- Yoop once ordered five million ice cream bars.
- Yoop once wore double glasses, which makes him see double things. He even got confused and asked which Plory said something because he was seeing two Plories, not one.
- A walrus once got stuck in Plory and Yoop’s bathtub.
- Yoop once had a nightmare, and Plory wanted Yoop to stop his cupcake nightmares. If Yoop didn’t want nightmares, according to Plory, he would need to stop eating cupcakes before bed, gave Yoop QT Bean, Major Peril’s stuffed bear, and turned on a night light. Yoop thought the light was too bright and said he wouldn’t have nightmares if he couldn’t sleep.
- Yoop can access the secret playhouse with the opening of a floor.
- Shown in the secret playhouse, Yoop has a collection of balls with words inside.
- Also in the playhouse, two talking parrots are shown. The parrots are owned by Plory and Yoop.
- Yoop is voiced by Nolan Splavec
- Yoop once made Plory turn green.
- Yoop likes to play music.
- Yoop was introduced on December 7, 2015, along with Plory.
- Yoop once brought a crow into the space lab, the crow’s name was Edbird and made Plory disappear.
- Yoop once made Plory tiny.
- Yoop has climbed a mountain before.
- As previously stated, Yoop and Plory have made several inventions together.
- Yoop’s catchphrase in Close Reading lessons is “Zoom!”
- Plory and Yoop have a very large bookshelf to store all their books.
- Yoop only has two fingers.
- Yoop’s name is spelled “Yup” in Spanish lessons.
- One of Yoop and Plory’s sayings is called “Scoring Round.” This occurs in the quiz parts of some i-Ready reading and math lessons from Levels AA-B (grades K-2).
- In some higher-level lessons, a man who sounds a lot like Yoop narrates the lesson, mostly in levels C-E for Math lessons, but he has a lower voice.
- Yoop's voice is slightly higher in reading lessons (except for grade 3 phonics).
- Plory and Yoop have made number cards.
- Yoop once started a repair service. Plory was not happy because Yoop purposefully broke the bathtub.
- He was born on Mars.
- Yoop once transformed Plory into a shark.
- Plory and Yoop have been to the Bake Stars Café.
- Yoop last appears in the lesson “Reading Multisyllabic Words That Divide Between a Vowel and a Consonant.”
- Yoop’s last line in “Reading Multisyllabic Words That Divide Between a Vowel and a Consonant” is “There is a ______ museum in Idaho.”
- Yoop once made a giraffe shelter.
- In a Level B lesson titled "Use Hundreds, Tens, and Ones", Yoop's last name is revealed to be Yooply.
- Yoop is extremely talented. He can speak 17 languages, juggle, jump from a very high diving board, lift a cruise ship, and lift a giant whale with Plory and Snargg on a woolly mammoth with one hand with ease!
- Yoop is the only i-Ready character with a last name.
- His age has not been confirmed, but he is younger than Plory.
- Yoop once struggled to carry a bowling ball, yet he could carry a cruise ship,
- Yoop can naturally fly.
- There are also different variants of Yoop’s name. They are Yoop Yooptozzi, Yoop Yoopmour, and Cup-A-Yoop, as shown in "Use Hundreds, Tens, and Ones (Level B)."
- Yoop could host a show as shown in the same lesson, as at the end of the lesson he says, "Well, that's all the time we have today. I'm your host, Yoop Yooply", and credits for the show start showing, showing all the variants of Yoop's name.
- Yoop can extend his height by stretching his body, as shown in one math lesson.
Quotes[]
- "Yoop Yoop!"
- “Good going!"
- "Cubetastic!"
- “No way! The dark is afraid of me.”
- ”Wowee! After all that learning, you must be full of sounds!”
- ”Are you ready for a new challenge?’”
- “Read this informational text.”
- "Choose the correct word to complete the sentence."
- ”Yoop!”
- "Do you like puzzles, Plory?"
- "Let's hope Agent X doesn't mind one either. A tough word puzzle is coming up."
- "Woohoo!"
- ”I’m going to go fly with the bats!”
- "Awesome!"
- ”Yowza!”
- ”Tap it.”
- "Zowie!"
- “Way to Yoop!”
- ”Use what you learned to read each word carefully.”
- ”Yoops! We’re all tied up!”
- ”I meant to order 5 million ice cream bars.”
- “Double Wow!"
- "Zowie! Looks like Snargg got left behind. We've got to help him, Plory."
- "Go, Snargg! Build those bridges."
- "Help Snargg make sentences. Move the wheel up or down to find the part to build each word."
- "Out of this world!"
- “Congratulations, Plory! We are now experts on this topic.”
- "This is awesome!”
- "Yes!"
- ”You only get one chance to answer each question.”
- ”Hold that thought, Plory. It’s time for a scoring round!”
- “Beantastic!”
- “Wow!”
- “Let's read!”
- “Amazing work!”
- “High two!”
- “Check out my moves, Plory!”
- "Hey Plory! We want Snargg to speak, right? So let's feed him some words."
- "Yeah! We know Snargg will eat anything. Let's go!"
- "Zoom!"
- "Yoops."