Uranus (you-RAY-ness or YERR-in-ess) is a planet character who is one of the main protagonists in SolarBalls and the 7th planet from the Sun.
Personality
Uranus is usually chill and quiet, but is shown to be quite self-conscious, as he despised being made fun of by the other planets and gets annoyed easily whenever they tease him about his name (Uranus) or his odor. He also doesn't like being ignored (shown in "Why does Saturn have rings?" and "Venus wants a makeover!") and starting things from zero (shown in the sponsor section of Surviving Venus (Part 1)). Uranus also exhibits jealousy as his rings are often overshadowed by Saturn's. He often snaps when he feels wronged and can sometimes be quite insensitive to both his moons and to other planets such as when he joked about crushing his moons to enlarge his rings. However, he is a kindhearted planet whose insecurities can sometimes get the better of him. He seems to be lonely most of the time, but still greatly appreciates Neptune's company since Saturn rarely spent time with him.
Uranus struggles with his inferiority complex to the outer giants and the responsibility of being one of the biggest planets, especially as it pertains to his moons. This can trigger him to come off as awkward most of the time such as when he tried to apologize to his moons and got denied despite being earnest. In "What if the planets were ordered by SIZE? - Part 1", Uranus was happy to take Saturn's old spot, but acquiesced to get everyone's old orbits back upon being told by Earth that he needed his old orbit back and by Neptune that the new arrangement is unstable for the whole solar system, succumbing to peer pressure.
Uranus is also contemplative and creative, as shown by when he keeps a diary as a recurring theme in his appearances, and attempted to make a painting of the solar system in "Replacing the Sun for a BLACK HOLE!?". In addition, he likes to read and write more than watching videos, which was seen in the sponsor section of "Mission to Titan - Part 2".
Since he's very insecure, he fell prey to manipulation by Planet X. His insecurity and resentment would reach such a point that he eventually push away everyone around him (including his moons) and desert the Solar System to find Planet X, whom he dubs, the "one true friend" he had.
He didn't like his true name "Uranus", so he and X started referring to himself as "Caelus" (pronounced KAY-less), the Roman god of the sky. However, most characters still called him "Uranus", likely because the Sun is the only object to determine a planet's name, and Uranus is still recognized. Caelus was an unofficial name only used by himself and Planet X.
However, in the episode The Earth's Core - Part 3 after Neptune's wise and comforting speech, Uranus came to a realization and got tired of his name "Caelus", labeling it stupid and meaningless, and declared that his sole name was Uranus and now he didn't care if his name makes people laugh, joking about it himself.
History
Appearances
- Is the Universe a Simulation? (feat. @ChrisDaCow) (thumbnail only)
- The closest planet to every other planet is... (doesn't speak)
- Surviving Venus (Part 1) (sponsor section)
- Surviving Venus (Part 2) (sponsor section)
- Venus wants a makeover!
- Pluto is a Planet again...? (dream sequence/imaginary)
- The Quest for the Dwarf Planets (doesn't speak, background only)
- Uranus = Neptune?
- The Adventures of Uranus and Saturn
- Who's THAT planet!?
- Why is Neptune MISSING!?
- The Secret of Uranus
- Why does Saturn have rings?
- Mission to Titan - Part 2 (sponsor section)
- The Moons of Jupiter - Part 2 (sponsor section)
- Venus vs Mars
- The Moons of Uranus
- What if the planets were ordered by SIZE? - Part 1
- What if the planets were ordered by SIZE? - Part 2
- The Journey to Neptune
- The Moon Club - Part 3
- The Solar System Trials - Part 2
- The Solar System Trials - Part 3 (doesn't speak)
- The Big Bang - Part 2
- The Big Bang - Part 3
- The Battle of Planet X! - Part 1
- The Battle of Planet X! - Part 2
- The Battle of Planet X! - Part 3
- The Battle of Planet X! - Part 4
- Jupiter IS BACK! - Part 1
- Jupiter IS BACK! - Part 2
- Jupiter IS BACK! - Part 3
- The Earth is LEAVING? - Part 2
- Lost Earth - Part 3
- The First Planets - Part 1
- The First Planets - Part 2
- The First Planets - Part 3
- How Do Planets Develop Life? - Part 1
- How Do Planets Develop Life? - Part 2
- The Crash of Earth and Theia! - Part 1
- After The Crash - Part 1
- After The Crash - Part 2
- How the Earth and Moon Formed
- The Earth's Core - Part 1
- The Earth's Core - Part 2
- The Earth's Core - Part 3
- The Earth Awakens
Coverage
Uranus first appeared in "The closest planet to every other planet is...", briefly seen gathering with the other planets for the Sun competition. The same goes for his appearance in "The HEAVIEST planet is...!".
Uranus doesn't appear until his first speaking appearance in "Surviving Venus - Part 1"'s sponsor section, where he is told by the Narrator about the episode's sponsor, War Thunder. He lists his favorite things in games including not starting from zero, customization, good graphics, good sound design, and dynamism. After being told about a special offer, he agrees to start playing it.
Uranus reappears in the next episode, "Surviving Venus - Part 2," once again during the sponsor section. He is seen playing War Thunder before being approached by Saturn. As he begins to tell Saturn about the game, the Narrator interrupts and reluctantly agrees to let Uranus lead the sponsor segment, marking his first time narrating. Midway through, Uranus forgets some minor details the Narrator mentioned earlier, prompting the Narrator to take over. Uranus insists he was just about to say that, and Saturn supports him, allowing him to finish the sponsor. However, as Uranus is about to deliver the final line, "Now back to the video!", he's interrupted by the Narrator, who decides he can't say it.
Trivia
- He's the second planet to be consistently drawn with rings, after Saturn.
- He's one of the few characters who have had redesigns.
- He used his old design in the old SolarBalls channel banner. This has since been updated in the current banner.
- He's the first character outside of the Narrator to narrate a sponsor section.
- While he's normally drawn with one ring, in The Secret of Uranus thumbnail he has two.
- He often appears to be sideways or similarly so, likely as in real life Uranus is tilted 98°.
- In "What if the planets were ordered by SIZE? - Part 1" and its sequel however, he wasn't shown to be sideways and his rings were angled differently.
- In reality, all of Uranus's moons share the same axial tilt, but they are never depicted this way. Furthermore, Pluto and Charon have an even more extreme tilt of approximately 120°, but are depicted without it as well.
- In reality, Uranus' moons' inclinations with respect to the ecliptic are very close to Uranus' axial tilt, but they are never depicted this way.
- Uranus speaks with an Australian accent.
- Uranus has the least amount of screen time of all the planets.
- He is the 4th largest object in the Solar System in terms of radius (putting him between Saturn and Neptune), and the 5th largest in terms of mass, with him having a larger radius than Neptune but a smaller mass.
- He is the second least dense planet after Saturn with a density of 1.27 g/cm^3 (compared to Saturn's .69 g/cm^3, making Uranus about twice as dense as Saturn.
- This makes Uranus the least massive of the four giants in the Solar System.
- Uranus has the weakest surface gravity of the four giants, which is in fact even weaker than both Earth's and Venus' as well. This makes Uranus' surface gravity the sixth strongest of the planets, despite being the third largest in terms of size (however, Uranus' Hill sphere is still the second biggest of all the planets).
- Besides Earth and Planet X (due to him being only hypothetical), Uranus is the first planet named after a Greek deity rather than Roman one. This causes Uranus displeasure, as the name of the Roman equivalent of Uranus is "Caelus", which sounded better to him. Hence, Planet X proposed to him that he go by Caelus, and he has insisted that Caelus be his new name since the end of the Planet X arc, until The Earth's Core - Part 3.
- The second planet is Theia, whose name refers to the ancient Greek goddess of sight and the shining light.
- He has the coldest recorded temperature of any planet at a whopping -224° C. Despite this, his average temperature is -195° C, warmer than Neptune's average of -214° C.
- Because of this, many argue as to whether Neptune or Uranus is colder.
External Links
- Uranus on Wikipedia
