Jupiter is a male anthropomorphic gas giant from Hopscotch Songs’ The Planets of Our Solar System Song. He is a large, light-orange planet with lighter-orange stripes across his body and a prominent Great Red Spot. He has a simple cartoon face with expressive eyes and eyebrows, along with arms but no visible legs. He often stands with his arms crossed, giving him a confident and somewhat smug appearance. Jupiter has a playful, confident, and slightly boastful personality. He’s proud of being the largest planet and loves talking about his many moons. He can be loud and dramatic at times, but he’s generally friendly and enjoys showing off his knowledge. He has a goofy sense of humor and isn't afraid to make jokes about himself or the other planets. He is the fifth planet from the Sun and a gas giant. In the original song, he talks about his large group of moons, including Io, and proudly points out his enormous size and Great Red Spot. He tends to act like the confident big guy of the planetary group. Basically: big orange dude + crossed arms + hugeego + moon dad energy

Mercuryis a male anthropomorphic small terrestrial planet from Hopscotch Songs’ *The Planets of Our Solar System Song*. He is the first planet from the Sun and thesmallest planet in the Solar System. **Appearance:** Mercury has a light-gray body with a light-orange and light-green gradient. He also has small light-green, gray, and orange spots and freckles across his surface. He has a simple cartoon face with expressive eyes and arms, giving him a cute, friendly appearance. **Personality:** Mercury comes across as calm, straightforward, and informative. In his part of the song, he introduces himself as the smallest planet and explains why humans couldn't live on him. He isn't really boastful or dramatic; he's more focused on stating facts about himself. **Role in the song:** Mercury is the very first planet introduced. He explains that his atmosphere is too thin for humans to live on him, that he orbits the Sun quickly, and that his days are very long. The song's Star character then comments on the length of a Mercury day. **Overall vibe:** Small, cute, calm, and extremely factual. He's basically the little guy who walks in and immediately starts explaining Mercury facts.

Uranusis a male anthropomorphic ice giant from Hopscotch Songs’ *The Planets of Our Solar System Song*. He is the seventh planet from the Sun. **Appearance:** Uranus is a baby-blue planet with a small, thin ring around him. He wears distinctive **round-edged square glasses** that cover his eyes, and he also has braces. He is the only planet in the group specifically noted for wearing glasses. **Personality:** Uranus comes across as intelligent, nerdy, and somewhat matter-of-fact. He enjoys talking about interesting facts about himself, especially his unusual rotation and his discovery. He also has a goofy side, considering he casually drops the fact that he smells like rotten eggs. **Role in the song:** Uranus introduces himself as an ice giant and explains that he was the first planet discovered using a telescope. He points out that he rotates backward and on his side, then mentions that his atmosphere contains hydrogen sulfide, which gives his clouds a rotten-egg smell. **Overall vibe:** Nerdy glasses-wearing planet who KNOWS he's weird and is completely willing to tell everyone about it.

Mars is a female anthropomorphic terrestrial planet from Hopscotch Songs’ *The Planets of Our Solar System Song*. She is the fourth planet from the Sun. **Appearance:** Mars is depicted as a small reddish-orange planet with a simple cartoon face and arms. Her appearance reflects the real planet's rusty red color. **Personality:** Mars comes across as friendly, confident, and welcoming. She's especially excited about humans potentially visiting her. **Role in the song:** Mars introduces herself after Earth. She explains that because Mars has only about a third of Earth's gravity, humans could jump much higher there. She then excitedly says that she knows humans are planning to visit her and jokes that she'll be their first destination after the Moon. **Overall vibe:** Friendly, adventurous, and excited to meet humans. She's basically the planet going,

**Neptune** is a female anthropomorphic ice giant from Hopscotch Songs’ *The Planets of Our Solar System Song*. She is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun. **Appearance:** Neptune is depicted as a dark-blue planet with a few darker stripes near the top and bottom of her body. She has a lighter-blue stripe across her surface containing a dark vortex. She has a simple cartoon face with **three eyelashes on each eye**, giving her a distinctly feminine appearance. **Personality:** Neptune comes across as confident, energetic, and a little daring. She seems proud of her extremely powerful winds and enjoys pointing out unusual facts about herself. In *The Sun Song*, she has a somewhat competitive and daring expression. **Role in the song:** Neptune appears after Uranus and introduces herself as the windiest planet. She explains that she has supersonic winds that are faster than sound, that she is an ice giant with more than 13 moons, and that she has a dark vortex that may eventually disappear. Overall vibe:Confident, adventurous, slightly competitive, and VERY proud of being ridiculously windy.