Yin Yang Yo! Inspired Dog Names

Lina is, without question, the most prominent dog in Yin Yang Yo! First appearing in the show as a seemingly unrequited love interest for Yang, Lina evolved throughout the series and gained a more prominent role in the later seasons. But we're getting a little a head of ourselves in that regard; before we talk about the sizable role Lina played near the end of the show, we should first talk about her humble beginnings. Lina was first introduced as being Yin's best friend who worked on a farm that her father owned. From the get go, she was shown to have a wry personality and something of a short fuse to boot.

Lina's appearances were fairly sparse early on in the series, as she really was only around for the sole purpose of causing Yang to make a fool of himself in vain efforts to impress her and win her over. Lina's characterization was fairly light in the first season of the show, and she'd only ever appear for short periods of time, much like Yin's own admirer Coop. However, as the series went on and started to build up towards bigger, more complex story arcs, Lina's presence in the show increased drastically.

Lina went from being a bit character who's presence really just amounted to her being the setup for jokes made at Yang's expense, to becoming a full fledged member of the Yin Yang Yo! team in due time; during a particular episode of the show, Lina revealed that she also liked Yang and had been trying to clue him in ever since her initial appearance on the show. After linking up together, Lina and Yang discovered that they both shared many common interests and personality traits; just like Yang, Lina also enjoyed whacking gophers in her spare time and she possessed an equally fearless and unflinching demeanor whenever a fight broke out.

Her extreme similarities with Yang caused Lina to be more sensitive to Mighty Style of Woo Foo mastery and with help form Master Yo, Lina became a fierce Woo Foo warrior in her own right. in fact, Lina was such a dangerous combatant that she became the second in command of the Woo Foo Army that Yin and Yang started near the end of the series. Lina became very proficient with the Paws of Power Woo Foo ability and she was also very adept with a bamboo sword. Indeed, the end of the series, Lina had changed from a tertiary love interest into a fearsome warrior; now that's what we call character development