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Cousin "roles"; What are the cousins portraying?
Topic Started: Oct 1 2005, 09:06 PM (403 Views)
Universal Damashii
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In this thread, we'll post what's definitively the "meaning" of all of the prince's cousins.

I'll start out with Kuro, he's black, in fact, his name means black in japanese (I think).
His mask is a "robot-like" mask that mimics his color scheme. His antenna is a V-Shaped couple of antennas and his vehicle is a color-coordinated futuristic motorcycle, his guitar is color-coordinated, too.
It's enough to claim without a doubt that kuro is representative of a "badass sempai superhero" Sempai superheroes (that's the word, right?) are those martial artist superheroes that come in packs, each in a different color with a mask, the most well known ones in NA are the power rangers.

Then, there's Miso. At first, you'd think Miso is simply a guy with a bowl of soup but if you think about him, you quickly understand that he;s a "parody" of a Kappa. You know that green guy? Yeah? well kappas are said to have a "bowl" of water on their heads and they are very polite so if you do a low bow, they'll do one as low as you and will spill the contents of their heads, thusly killing them. miso's the same with soup instead of water. Also, if you put his mask on and add the little buddy hat, it looks as if Miso is controled by a miniature self inside his brain and I find that amusing.

Another one is Lucha, who's mask is a protective helmet because he's well... a wrestler, Lucha means wrestling in spanish. What's surprising is that his mask ISN'T a mexican wrestling mask, but, eh, whatever works...
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You can actually roll up a Kappa... I think he might be in the save the pandas area. Hehe, fun. I never really thought of that, although with the little animation with Miso, there's a bit of soup spilling out and stuff, so you might have a point. Then again, if you go on a mission and lose with Miso, wouldn't he (Miso's a he, right?) spill all the soup from getting down on hands and knees? That would be sad.

Kuro kinda reminds me of Gundams, with the little yellow split antenna.

You could be on the right track, it's possible that they had these things in mind when making the game, or they could just be completely random. Who knows?
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Miso's a she. :miso
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Universal Damashii
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Kinoko's a mushroom, in fact, that's all he is, a mushroom.
Mushrooms are omnipresent in the game, we even see the King searched for mushrooms with his girlfriend back when they were dating because Mushrooms can maybe give him the ability to "fly".
Yes, the King is a heavy drug user, but at least he doesn't snort Coke (the bubbles would hurt his nose) or do heroines (he's to big to get in Samus anyway) so he simply does like Mario and get high off mushrooms (No need to eat 'em either, a simple touch is enough).

And there's Johnson. Johnson's a pretty perverted character, he's male and his face protudes. Some men call their penis a "Johnson" so it doesn't take Sigmund Freud to notice how he looks like a penis. His Mask is makes him look like a crocodile. Why a crocodile? Because the penis wants to eat cats (pussycats to be exact),

Actually, johnson is probably coupled with Shy. Why Shy? Shy's the exact opposite of Johnson, she hides herself, her face is seen through a hole and she's female, an accurate metaphor for the vagina, doubly so with the mask on, a cork which acts like a Tampon would, stopping the blood from flowing.

And to add to that, if Johnson and Shy were to kiss, it would accurately simulate intercourse!

Finally, there's Odeon, a poor chap who most definitively portrays the effects of radiation: turning into a freak. Seriously, look at him, he's like a mentally retarded version of the Prince! His head is at the antenna's place and his arms are at each end of his head, that's freaky!
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The Prince's Bride
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*gives Universal Damashii a cookie* Keep it up! Wow, you have obviously given this a lot of thought, it's very interesting. I never noticed the sexual intercourse analogy between Johnson/Shy, but it makes so much sense! So, is Odeko a penis cousin as well or not?
I never knew that mushrooms could make someone high. I guess that explains the prevalence of mushrooms in Katamari and Mario. So the King's a druggie, and a hopeless drunkard to top it off LMAO.
Ah, the wonders of hidden symbolism! And thus, my pure thoughts about Katamari Damacy are devirginized (don't worry, it's not a bad thing) :lol .
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Universal Damashii
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Dude, if you never heard of Hallucinogenic mushrooms, you really need to get out more.
And the King's not a "druggy", I guess it's biologically not a drug for Cosmo royalty, just something to help them power up (or so I think).

Odeko isn't a "penis" cousin, he's a parody of the Irkan Race. You know, the Green aliens in Invader Zim?

Now, on to Peso, the typical Mayan cousin.
Why? Because Mayans come from Space Aliens in shiny silver suits with red patterns, a lot like PESO, don't you think? And Peso is the mexican Currency!

Opeo's the typical "mental fuck-up" relative, he always thinks he's sick, that's a mental illness, if I'm not mistaken.

Bleh, I'm not as good, I'll post back when I get better ideas.
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The Prince's Bride
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Sorry, my parents have me kinda sheltered LOL (bah, they even sent me to private schools all my life). And about Odeko, I didn't think he was a 'penis' cousin either, but I heard other people on this message board that labeled him as such. So ya...please don't be angry with me. :)
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