Originally posted by AORWellp, that's Rubik. Within the context of the show, Rubik is only brought to life when his rows of color are matched up, and the big gimmick was that very few people in the cartoon knew how to solve the puzzle. The friendly creature is either soft-spoken or retarded depending on your point of view, presenting his sentences at a rate of two words per hour. It'd be less grating if he didn't sound like he was talking to you from underwater, but I guess we were supposed to be impressed enough at a toy that can grow a head and arms. The speech capabilities were just a bonus.
what does he do?
Of course, giving Rubik sentience wouldn't provide enough action possibilities on its own, so the creature was also given magical powers. They seem to change from episode to episode rather conveniently, but the guy's basically a heroic genie lamp. Sadly, the show runs out of creativity here, filling the gaps with prototypical human characters who are either A) young and friendly, B) old and mean and dressed like pirates, or C) clueless parents who are only seen cooking dinner, eating dinner, or talking about when dinner is going to take place. Rubik didn't come to life in the most exciting setting, but at least he had a few pals...