| Min the Mapmaker | |
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| Name: | Min |
| Residence: | Yangtze River |
| Occupation(s): | Mapmaker |
| Gender: | Female |
| Color: | Reddish brown |
| Eye color: | Black |
| Species: | Red Panda |
| Siblings: | Xiaoxiao |
| Friends: | Professor Inkling |
| Nationality: | Chinese |
| First episode appearance: | The Chinese Giant Salamander |
| Final episode appearance: | The Mysterious Webs |
| Character played by: | Chipo Chung |
Min is a red panda who lives in China beside the Yangtze River. She is a mapmaker, and draws new places on her maps. She is an old friend of Professor Inkling. She made her debut in "The Chinese Giant Salamander”, a special in Season 5.
She also appears in Above and Beyond as a recurring Octo-Agent.
A quote describing her from the official Octonauts accounts: A red panda and a skilled mapmaker.
Physical Appearance[]
Min wears a Chinese-inspired blue sleeveless tank top with yellow trim, and with little strings tying the front. She also wear gray shorts and brown shoes. In her hair is a headband with a pink flower that looks like a cherry blossom. She also has a bag like Shellington. Her fur is orange and red with white ears and brown lines on her tail. She has white markings on her face. She also has eyelashes, which is rarely seen in characters in the show.
Episode Appearances[]
- The Chinese Giant Salamander (Debut)
- Above and Beyond: The Skeleton Coast Adventure (minor)
- Above and Beyond: The Caterpillar Caravan
- Above and Beyond: The Bamboo Rescue
- Above and Beyond: The Octonauts and the Rainforest Rescue
- Above and Beyond: The Snag Hotel
- Above and Beyond: The Atmospheric River
- Above and Beyond: The Iguazu Falls
- Above and Beyond: The Gobi Desert
- Above and Beyond: The Great Pacific Clean-Up
- Above and Beyond: The Mysterious Webs
Creature Friends[]
- Chinese Giant Salamander
- Guillermo the Caterpillar/Butterfly
- Giant Pandas
- Choti the Black Giant Squirrel
- Tokay Gecko
- Mr. and Mrs. Hornbill
- Atif the Sun Bear
- Junior the Baby Harpy Eagle and his Parents
- Paolo the Hoatzin
- Adriana the Anteater
- Bip and Zip the Dragonflies
Trivia[]
- It is revealed in Season 5 that she met Inkling when he got stuck clinging to bamboo after a storm and saved him by carrying him down.
- She is also the first character from Asia, and the first character friend to discover in Asia.
- Like real-life red pandas, Min is extremely flexible and talented when it comes to climbing trees and jumping through bamboo. She can even jump high and flip while climbing rocky cliffs.
- Min is usually seen with her mapmaking stuff including her paper and painting brush.
- As of now, Min is the only character with eyelashes.
- Min is also the only character to appear in a Creature Report sequence besides the main crew in an exclusive animation.
- Min appears to have undergone a design change between her older 2D artwork and finalized appearance in the show. Her previous design lacks her eyelashes and flower accessory, and her color palette is much more red with less light orange tones. Her arms and legs are also drastically darker in comparison to her 3D model, and along with that, she is not wearing shoes.
- Furthermore, there have been images showcasing a toy of her made with her original design on the packaging, implying that marketing for Season 5 before its delay had existed.
- Curiously, she seems to be making her debut in the franchise outside of China airings in Above & Beyond Season 1 first, instead of Season 5. This may spawn an inconsistency in how the Octonauts meet her in the continuity, as her original debut was in the Yangtze River special.
- Just like the Vegimals with their fish biscuits and Paani with his "Paani Patties", Min also has her own snack called "Bamboo Biscuits" which she uses in The Bamboo Rescue and The Caterpillar Caravan.
- She claims she's encountered pandas before, but never when they compete for food or territory. 
- It is revealed in the Octonauts and the Rainforest Rescue that Min and Inkling may have some feelings for each other based on what she calls him.
- In Season 5, it was revealed that she can write maps very very fast.
- She is revealed to have a little sister in Journey to China.
Relationships[]
Gallery[]
If you want to see more pictures of Min, see Min the Mapmaker/gallery.
Quotes[]
- "Perfect timing, Captain!"
- ”And I'm Min! I'm an Octo-Agent. I make maps!"
- "Yes. A map shows you how to get from one place to another! And look! I have a map that shows a way to get from this bamboo forest to a new bamboo forest!"
- "Captain. I have some bamboo biscuits in my bag."
- "How about some bamboo biscuits?"
- ”Oh, Inky”
- "What was that?"
