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== Description == | == Description == | ||
As a modern anime show, Princess Robot Bubblegum contains several anime stereotypes, such as a futuristic setting in Japan (specifically, Tokyo), a scantily clad, possibly ditzy, leading female with big breasts, big eyes, and pink hair, a perverted old wiseman, a cute monster sidekick, [[wp:mecha|mecha robots]], [[wp:tentacle erotica|tentacle erotica]], bad translations and dubbing, and a convoluted narrative. | As a modern anime show, Princess Robot Bubblegum contains several anime stereotypes, such as a futuristic setting in Japan (specifically, Tokyo), a scantily clad, and possibly ditzy, leading female with big breasts, big eyes, and pink hair, a perverted old wiseman, a cute monster sidekick, [[wp:mecha|mecha robots]], [[wp:tentacle erotica|tentacle erotica]], elaborate transformation sequences, [[wp:Engrish|bad translations and dubbing]], and a convoluted narrative. | ||
The show has been advertised on the radio in GTA IV, where some of its aforementioned traits have been promoted, and has even courted controversy in-game when one [[Weazel News]] report in GTA IV highlights a protest by Asians against the airing of the anime. The series is due to appear in The Ballad of Gay Tony as an actual television program in [[CNT]], one of several additional contents added for the television feature.[[File:PRB.jpg|thumb|Princess Robot Bubblegum]] | The show has been advertised on the radio in GTA IV, where some of its aforementioned traits have been promoted, and has even courted controversy in-game when one [[Weazel News]] report in GTA IV highlights a protest by Asians against the airing of the anime. The series is due to appear in The Ballad of Gay Tony as an actual television program in [[CNT]], one of several additional contents added for the television feature.[[File:PRB.jpg|thumb|Princess Robot Bubblegum]] | ||
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* '''Princess Robot Bubblegum''': The eponymous lead role of the show. She fights the forces of evil with a power suit which shoots missiles from her chest. | * '''Princess Robot Bubblegum''': The eponymous lead role of the show. She fights the forces of evil with a power suit which shoots missiles from her chest. | ||
* ''' | * '''Lowly Master''': PRB's sensei. He trains PRB after finding her on his doorstep. He claims that she has to train in skimpy clothing for merchandising purposes. | ||
[[File:Lowly_Master.jpg|thumb|Lowly Master]] | [[File:Lowly_Master.jpg|thumb|Lowly Master]] | ||
* '''Sake''': PRB's floating animal sidekick. He is seen in the trailer drinking a malt beverage and promptly vomiting afterwards. His name refers the Japanese alcoholic beverage [[wp:sake|of the same name]]. | * '''Sake''': PRB's floating animal sidekick. He is seen in the trailer drinking a malt beverage and promptly vomiting afterwards. His name refers the Japanese alcoholic beverage [[wp:sake|of the same name]]. | ||
== Trivia == | |||
* Princess Robot Bubblegum seems to be a general parody of the [[wp:Shōjo_manga|shōjo]] subset of anime, which is typically targeted towards young girls. | |||
* Lowly Master's staff/cane tip is jokingly in the shape of a penis tip. | |||
* Lowly Master's staff/cane tip is | |||
==External link== | ==External link== | ||