Norby - Recurring Characters

Recurring Characters

• Jefferson "Jeff" Wells: Norby's "owner" and partner. Jeff is in the Space Academy and purchases Norby in order to teach Jeff Martian Swahili.

• Farley Gordon "Fargo" Wells: a secret agent for Admiral Boris Yobo of Space Command. Handsome, musical, and egotistical, he is married to Albany Jones.

• Admiral Boris Yobo: Jeff's commanding officer and Fargo's boss, Yobo has a big appetite for adventure and a larger one for food. Because of Norby, Yobo becomes a quasi-liaison to whatever world Norby takes him and Yobo's hyperspace ship, the Hopeful.

• Albany Jones: A police officer and daughter of the Mayor of Manhattan. She fought Ing with the help of other police officers in the first novel and eventually marries Fargo.

• Zargl: A dragon from Jamya, Zargl is the great-niece of the Grand Dragon.

• Mentor First: An ancient Jamyn robot with three eyes and four arms, Mentor First constructed Norby as a way to contact his creators, the Others, for supplies. Mentor First went insane for a long time, but eventually was healed thanks to Norby and Jeff.

• Rembrandt: A four armed, three eyed Other, Rembrandt studies the art of cultures with his computer Y.I.B., which stands for Your Immense Brain. Jeff calls him Rembrandt, after the artist, as his real name is unpronounceable to humans.

• Rinda: Crown Princess of Izz and her robot. Rinda stole Izz's first hyperspace ship and took it to a planet where she was fed to a tree but later restored to her human self. She has a crush on Jeff.

• Pera: A robot similar to Norby, Pera was initially created by the Others to monitor the formation of the planet Melodia. Norby rescued her from the planet and gave her to Rinda as a companion. When she was kidnapped by Threezey/Ing, she opened an inter-dimensional portal allowing the Master Cult to take over the universe.

• The Grand Dragon: The ruler of Jamya, the Grand Dragon is regal and loves nothing more to be praised.

• Lizzie: A floating, talking, and thinking taxicab who takes Norby and friends around Manhattan. Her circuits were adjusted by McGillicuddy, so she shares some origins with Norby.

• Oola: Fargo's all-purpose pet. She is green and normally looks like a cat but has limited shape-shifting and telepathic abilities. Her species was bio-engineered by Mentor First.

• Ing/Threezey: The first villain of the series, Ing tries to take control of the Solar System. After Norby stops his initial attempt, he later resurfaces in another evil plot as Threezey the Clown. He ends up as Court Jester on the planet Izz.