Characters
- Julie Woo
- A Chinese-American girl of Hong Kong origin from San Francisco, California. She is very sensitive and caring of her personal possessions and she sometimes tries a little too hard. She is puppeteered and voiced by Alice Dinnean-Vernon.
- Kiki Flores
- A Mexican American girl from San Antonio, Texas. She is very outgoing and has a temper. She once pretended to be a homeless alien after being teased about her "accent" . She also is a great chili cook and has a Spanish-speaking cousin who helped everyone to learn about acceptance. She is puppeteered and voiced by Carmen Osbahr.
- Ben Olafson
- A boy of German and Norwegian descent from a farm near Renner, South Dakota. He is good at difficult puzzles and is a talented dancer. He is puppeteered and voiced by Jim Martin.
- Leon MacNeal
- An African American boy from New York City. He wears dreadlocks and gets jealous easily and sometimes does not think before he acts. Leon is a fan of hip-hop music (as in Gotta Dance) and loves basketball. He is puppetered and voiced by Noel MacNeal.
- Skye Nakaiye
- An Apache boy from an Indian reservation in Arizona who always wears a bandana, a raincoat, and a feather necklace. He's very curious and always sticks to his values and his culture. He is puppeteered by and voiced by Peter Linz.
- Jody Silver
- A Lithuanian-Jewish girl from Cincinnati, Ohio. She does not like to be called names and is very gullible but is very enthusiastic. She is puppeteered and voiced by both Alison Mork and Stephanie D'Abruzzo.
- Sizzle and Nuzzle
- The anthropomorphic pet dog and cat at the Puzzle Place. They are seen mostly in the basement, talking to each other and act as animals around the Puzzle Place kids. They are usually involved in a subplot. They're puppeteered and voiced by Alice Dinnean-Vernon and Peter Linz.
- The Piece Police
- Multicolored inhabitants of the Puzzle Place. The Piece Police don't speak, communicating amongst themselves using grumbling noises, although they understand the English language. It has been hinted in some episodes that they all know what both Sizzle and Nuzzle are saying.
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