Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2019–20

The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced during the forty-fifth season of SNL, which began on September 28, 2019.

Chen Biao

Chen Biao (Bowen Yang) is a Chinese diplomat who guests on Weekend Update to discuss various topics of Chinese/American relations with Michael Che. He has different titles such as "Chinese Trade Representative" or "Chinese Health Minister" depending on the topic. For a Chinese official he's surprisingly casual, flamboyant, and well versed in American culture.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
45	October 5, 2019	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Biao discusses the US-China Trade War. He loves the attention it brings him as China's "trade daddy."
45	December 14, 2019	Scarlett Johansson	Biao discusses the US-China Trade Deal and the end of the trade war. He doesn't need that "drama" in his life.
45	February 1, 2020	J.J. Watt	Biao discusses the Coronavirus after the WHO declared it a global emergency.
46	October 3, 2020	Chris Rock	Biao discusses a potential American ban of TikTok.
47	January 22, 2022	Will Forte	Biao discusses the upcoming Beijing 2022 Olympics.

SoulCycle Instructors

Various SoulCycle instructors are excessively high-energy and give unhinged monologues during classes.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
45	October 12, 2019	David Harbour	Colorful prospectives (Harbour, Bowen Yang, Heidi Gardner, Kate McKinnon) overshare as they audition to become SoulCycle instructors.
45	April 25, 2020	Saturday Night Live at Home (no host)

Competing Sisters

In classic 1950s black and white movies, two sisters try to kill each other in competition for a potential husband but both lose out to a more attractive third option.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
45	December 7, 2019	Jennifer Lopez	"What Do You Figure Is Goin' On In That House?" The Corporal (Beck Bennett) is coming for a visit to pick a wife.
45	February 29, 2020	John Mulaney	"Say, Those Two Don't Seem To Like Each Other" The Admiral (Bennett) is coming to pick a wife. He's much more interested in their "twink" sailor brother (Mulaney.)

Baby Yoda

Kyle Mooney impersonates Baby Yoda, though an adult version who speaks and is very aware of his success.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
45	December 14, 2019	Scarlett Johansson	Baby Yoda stops by Weekend Update to talk about his newfound fame.
46	October 31, 2020	John Mulaney	Baby Yoda stops by Weekend Update to discuss the return of The Mandalorian.
46	January 30, 2021	John Krasinski	TV show characters (including Mooney as Baby Yoda) perform renditions of their show's opening credits songs.
46	May 8, 2021	Elon Musk	Baby Yoda stops by Weekend Update to discuss Star Wars Day celebrations.
47	November 20, 2021	Simu Liu	Baby Yoda stops by Weekend Update to discuss his Thanksgiving plans and dating life.
47	May 14, 2022	Selena Gomez	Baby Yoda stops by Weekend Update to discuss his spiritual awakening.

Sleepover Incident

An embarrassing disaster occurs at a girls' sleepover and Megan (Kate McKinnon) is obviously responsible but denies it. The house is eventually destroyed in a cascading series of problems caused by Megan's attempts to cover up the incident.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
45	January 25, 2020	Adam Driver	Driver is hosting a sleepover and asks which girl destroyed the upstairs toilet.
46	December 5, 2020	Jason Bateman	Bateman asks which girl left a big menstrual period stain on the couch.

Uncle Meme

A man (John Mulaney) confronts his nephew about creating insulting viral Impact font memes with his image.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
45	February 29, 2020	John Mulaney	While celebrating his daughter being accepted to school, the uncle confronts his nephew about turning him into memes.
46	October 31, 2020	John Mulaney	The uncle confronts his nephew about once again turning him into memes this time at work, as he's an intern at the uncle's company.

MasterClass Quarantine Edition

Chloe Fineman (primarily) does impressions of celebrities offering MasterClass courses from their homes.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
45	April 11, 2020	Tom Hanks	MasterClass advertises lessons about fashion from Timothée Chalamet, TikTok tutorials from JoJo Siwa and Carole Baskin teaching bike riding.
45	May 9, 2020	Kristen Wiig	MasterClass advertises lessons about journaling from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, suits from John Mulaney (Melissa Villaseñor) and Britney Spears teaching something.

References

Preceded by Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2018–19

Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches (listed chronologically)

Succeeded by Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2020–21