Yumyulack Opposites is one of three tritagonists (alongside Jesse and The Pupa) as well as the overarching antagonist of The Wall serial arc of Solar Opposites. He is the replicant of Korvo.
Background[]
Yumyulack is an alien called a Shlorpian who originates from a planet called Shlorp. However, ever since an asteroid destroyed his home planet, he, alongside three other aliens - Terry, Korvo, and Jesse - have to scatter to a new planet. They wind up picking Earth in hopes where they could settle, and make a decent living. They are, for the most part, not well-adjusted to Earth's customs. Yumyulack and his family try to overcome the challenge of being immigrants to a relatively unknown planet. Because of their inexperience, the Shlorpian family gets themselves in wacky hi-jinx.
Appearance[]
As a Shlorpian, he has light-blue skin, with bluish-gray speckles on his forehead. Yumyulack is usually seen wearing a grayish-tan vest with white shoulder pads and a long-sleeved shirt that comes down to his elbows. He wears a utility belt with multiple pockets and a silvery belt buckle. As revealed in The Lavatic Reactor, he has a small, single strand of hair atop of his head, which he views as his definition and greatly fears of losing it.
In season four, Yumyulack and the rest of the Opposites get human forms. As a human, Yumyulack has short, curly dark tan hair and fair skin.
In season five, episode 11, Yumyulack’s Giant Head, his secret clone living in Ireland, adopted a stereotypical appearance of an Irish man, wearing a sweater, cap, and orange beard. This clone also went by “McYumyulack.”, In the season five finale, Yumulack is revealed to be the nutrient replicant
Personality[]
Yumyulack is very cunning, crabby, and sly and likes pulling pranks. He claims that one of the reasons he's perceptive is because he's a scientist and loves doing "sci-fi shit".
Yumyulack claims that he used to be a bounty hunter back on planet Shlorp, which could explain why he can make quick work out of the bar full of Neo-Nazis and know how to use advanced tech like shrinking rays.
Yumyulack has a knack for outer-limits pranks and torturing people. He hijacks his school's Mac computers to program his artificial intelligence into them as an elaborate joke, puts people in pods, shrinks his classmate to pour Diet Coke in her exposed brain, and lobotomizes her, all because she teased both him and Jesse. He also harbors people whom he shrank using a shrink ray and stores them in a place called The Wall. He claims to be doing these pranks to "study the human condition". After Korvo and Terry advise him not to torture his classmates, he complies, but still tests on and experiments with adults. Yumyulack says he does this because they "love it" although that much is debatable, as they are constantly seen in pain and looking for methods to escape.
He tends to be generally annoyed with his replicant sister Jesse. Unlike Jesse, he has little to no restraint in hurting humans, as he finds great pleasure in torturing those who wronged him or simply get at his nerves. Jesse is opposed to this, as she wants to try to understand and fit into human culture. Despite their differences regarding Earth and humanity, deep down he secretly cares for her.
History[]
In the season five episode Yumyulack’s Giant Head, Yumyulack finds out the truth about his role in the team which ends up being the nutrient replicant, the replicant killed monthly and cloned and fed to the Pupa. When he is told, he freaks out and runs away. This seems to be the case for all bounty hunter Shlorpians, as the video Korvo shows him had another replicant dressed in the same attire as Yumyulack.
Yumyulack, along with the rest of his family/team have died a few times. Due to Yumyulack’s true role, he has been unknowingly killed presumably many more times than the others. Thanks to the discovery of chalupas having the same nutritional value as that of a nutrient replicant, his sacrifice is no longer needed.
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Relationships[]
Korvo[]
Yumyulack is the genetic replicant of Korvo, so they share similar traits in appearance and personality. Yumyulack and Korvo generally have a good relationship. He describes Korvo to be "mean, but being mean is tight" implying that he has respect for Korvo. In “The Birth-A-Day Present”, Yumyulack turns Terry and Jesse into hats after they keep his Birth-A-Day a secret, with Yumyulack stating that he’s going to use the powers he obtains after opening his present to “get rid of everyone, starting with you two!”. However, he refrains from turning Korvo into a hat or killing him despite Korvo also being involved in keeping the secret. Yumyulack has called Korvo papa, but the latter believed it was a trick to distract him.
Terry[]
Yumyulack’s relationship with Terry is not expanded upon, but it can be assumed they have a mutual respect or at least tolerance for each other, living under the same roof and being in an escape team together.
Jesse[]
Although he is usually at odds with his fellow replicant and "sibling" in regards to their views on humanity, deep down he cares for her.
His defensive nature towards Jesse is shown in "The Unstable Grey Hole", where Jesse discovers that Yumyulack is torturing too many innocent people. In turn, Jesse tries to expose Yumyulack to the good side of humanity by convincing them to like Yumyulack. Yumyulack doesn't budge, and decides to show Jesse that humanity has a bad side as well by leading her to a bar of Neo-Nazis. Shortly after, they get ambushed by the Neo-Nazis, causing Yumyulack's automated suit to activate into defense mode. Yumyulack starts committing bloodshed against the Neo Nazis in order to protect him and Jesse. Although he claims that he wasn't in control of the suit, he still takes them out with lethal force and winds up saving her life, in which she thanks him for. They both realize that humanity is not as black and white as they thought - and that there are both good and bad sides to it.
His strongest instance of insecurity and his desire to be liked by Jesse is shown in "Retrace-Your-Step-Alizer". This episode shows he has no regards for Jesse's privacy, even when Aisha tries to discourage him, commenting "That's why it's going to be awesome" before he overrides the privacy protocol in the Pretend-o-Deck with the password "Panera Bread with 3's for the E's". He is offended and disgusted when he discovers that Jesse has an alternate nicer version of himself called "Funyulack" in the Pretend-o-Deck who likes to play dress-up and knows how to braid and bake bread. Funyulack reveals that Jesse thinks "[Yumyulack] [is] a dick" and brings up recordings of Jesse's previous statements as evidence, revealing that Yumyulack once tried to trade her to a witch for a PS4 and that he makes fun of the way she walks and breathes. He spends the rest of his episode rehabilitating his impulse to be mean to Jesse with Funyulack. Yumyulack trying to better himself for Jesse shows that deep down, he cares.
Season four also revealed that Yumyulack is “younger” than Jesse. The two grew together.
Death and Resurrection[]
In "The Solar Opposites Almost Get An Xbox", Yumyulack accidentally (temporarily) killed Terry. A battle ensued between himself, Jesse , and Korvo. Yumyulack was killed when Orgo, an ogre clone of Korvo, stomped on him, breaking his back. He was, however, resurrected at the end of the episode, first as a tree, then as his full form.
Yumyulack has been secretly killed multiple times throughout the mission as nutrition for the pupa, but thanks to the discovery of chalupas having the same nutritional value to that of replicant meat, he no longer needs to be sacrificed.
Trivia[]
- He mentions in Season 2 that The Wall's denizens "had a war" implying that he has some idea of what is going on in there.
- It was never explicitly revealed which alien Yumyulack was a replicant of until A Sinister Halloween Scary Opposites Solar Special, where he claims he is a replicant of Korvo. This was later shown to be true in a flashback of when he and Jesse were planted/replicated.
- Yumyulack is the only Shlorpion in his family who has not yet had his Birth-a-Day.
- Yumyulack secretly has a foot fetish. This is a reference to his idol, Dan Snyder. It's also implied that he has a burping fetish, but this is unconfirmed.
- In episode 4 of season 2, he drinks Black Juice.
- He has a love for Sigourney Weaver. He has a poster of her in his locker and has met her.
- Yumyulack (along with Terry, Jesse, and Korvo's) last name is Solar. This is stated by Terry in The Rays That Turn People Into Various Things. This was most likely given to them by Terry himself.
- He lives in Geenadavisville.