Upin & Ipin is a Malaysian animated television series created by Burhanuddin Md Radzi and his wife, Ainon Ariff and is produced by Les' Copaque Production, based in Shah Alam, Selangor. The series follows Upin and Ipin, [1] [2] a five-year-old twin brothers who is characterised by their abundance of energy, imagination and curiosity about the world. Both twins, who lost their parents while they are still a baby, lived with their older sister, Ros and grandmother, whom they called Opah at the fictional Kampung Durian Runtuh. The titular characters are voiced by Nur Fatihah Diaz for the first three seasons, [3] and from season 4 onwards, both twins are voiced by Asyiela Putri, [4] [5] while supporting and additional characters are voiced by the series' production staffs and are referred by their first names. This is a list of characters that is first appeared in Upin & Ipin. Characters that was first appeared in Geng: The Adventure Begins , but did not appeared in Upin & Ipin, are not listed.
Upin and Ipin is a five-year-old twin brothers who lived in a house in Kampung Durian Runtuh with their older sister, Kak Ros, and grandmother, Opah. They had become orphans, as their parents died during their infancy. Upin was born 5 minutes earlier than Ipin, and therefore, he takes his role as Ipin's older brother seriously. Upin is smarter in computers and is a little scientist at home. Ipin is cuter and funnier than Upin and likes to eat fried chicken. Ipin also tends to often repeat one word three times in one sentence, especially "Betul, betul, betul!". The twin brothers always act spoiled towards Opah, and like to tease their sister. Upin and Ipin went to school at Tadika Mesra. [6] Upin and Ipin is depicted as a baby in "Mimpi Terindah" [7] and as an adult in "Upin & Ipin Dah Besar?". [8] In the latter and "Tumbuh Rambut", both of the twins seems to have their hair grown up. [8] [9] The twin brothers also imagined themselves as a clock in "Aku Sebuah Jam" [10] and as a car in "Aku Sebuah Kereta". [11] They are voiced by Nur Fathiah Diaz from seasons 1 to 3 [3] and Asyiela Putri from season 4 onwards. [4]
Kak Ros or simply Ros is an older sister of Upin and Ipin. Although she looks fierce, Kak Ros is a loving older sister, and always plays with or teases her younger brothers. In addition, Kak Ros always teaches Upin and Ipin to be good, noble and thrifty. She was very angry when Upin and Ipin with their friends, Ehsan, Fizi, Mail and Jarjit, played on the riverbank in an episode entitled "Kembara Kecil-Kecilan". [12] Kak Ros once gave a gift of a book entitled Cara Menjadi Adik Yang Baik (How to be a good younger sibling) to Upin and Ipin. [6] Ros is depicted as a young girl in "Mimpi Terindah". [7] She is voiced by Siti Khairunnisa Mohd Ruduan since season 8. [13]
Opah is a grandmother of Ros, Upin and Ipin. She is a kind-hearted to the residents who lived in Kampung Durian Runtuh, and has a wise nature regarding worldly and religious matters. In some episodes, Opah has a talkative nature and sometimes she also has an excessive attitude towards her grandchildren, especially Upin and Ipin. [6] She is voiced by Ainon Ariff since season 1. [14]
Ehsan is one of Upin and Ipin's close friends and classmates in Tadika Mesra. He is known for his stout body shape unlike his friends who are slender-slim sheer and wearing a thick black-rimmed glasses. As a class monitor at Tadika Mesra, he wears a red bow tie with his uniform.
Fizi is one of Upin and Ipin's friends, and is also close to Ehsan. Fizi always teases Ehsan as "Intan Payung", and also likes to tease her friends as "spoiled children". Fizi is actually a kind child, especially to her friends, but sometimes she likes to tease or talk carelessly to her friends even though it is unintentional. Fizi has an ambition to become a garbage cleaner.
Mail is one of Upin's and Ipin's friends and classmates in Tadika Mesra. He is known for selling items or foods such as fried chicken and he's also known for his tagline, "Dua seringgit".
Xiao Mei Mei or simply Mei Mei is of Malaysian Chinese descent, and is a Confucian. Mei Mei is the smartest kid in class. She has a face that wears big glasses, as she has a vision problem (cross-eyed) caused by reading books too close until late at night. Mei Mei has a cute face and used to have center-parted bangs like Mail, but over time her bangs changed to side-parted. She sits on the same bench as Mail. Mei Mei was born in May and dreams of becoming a teacher. Mei Mei also tends to repeat two words twice in one sentence, especially "Saya Suka, Saya Suka".
Jarjit is one of is one of Upin and Ipin's friends and classmates at Tadika Mesra. He is from Punjabi descent. Although he is the same age as his other classmates, his voice is deep as if he is an adult. In addition, Jarjit is known for his cleverness in humor and his hobby of making rhymes. Jarjit also tends to often repeat one word twice in one sentence, especially the English sentence "Marvelous! Marvelous!". Jarjit's ambition is to become a journalist.
Susanti is one of Upin and Ipin's friends. She is a girl who comes from a family from Jakarta, Indonesia. Previously, Susanti lived in Malaysia and was not used to the chatter of other children in Malaysia. Susanti loves playing badminton and is a big fan of legendary Indonesian badminton player, Susi Susanti. In addition, she is also friends with Mei Mei and Devi.
Few celebrity guests made a special/cameo appearances in each Upin & Ipin episodes and portrayed as themselves.