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'''Princess Robot Bubblegum''' (プリンセス ロボット バブルガム) is | '''Princess Robot Bubblegum''' (プリンセス ロボット バブルガム) is a fictional anime series featured in the [[Grand Theft Auto IV era]]. [[File:Future_Tokyo.jpg|thumb|Futuristic Tokyo, the setting of PRB]] | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
Princess Robot Bubblegum generally parodies the [[wp:Shōjo_manga|shōjo]] subset of anime, typically targeted towards young girls; it incongruously mixes this with tropes of violent [[wp:Shōnen_manga|shōnen]] programs (which are targeted toward teenage boys), science fiction and pornographic anime. It thus contains many anime tropes and stereotypes, including its setting (a futuristic Tokyo); its heroine (a scantily clad, busty leading female with big eyes and pink hair); a perverted old man acting as mentor, ninjas, 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. | |||
In GTA IV, PRB is only mentioned in a radio advertisement, however in [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], the program itself appears on [[TV Shows in GTA IV|television]]. Within the game universe, it courts controversy, with a [[Weazel News]] report in GTA IV reporting on a protest by Asian Americans against the airing of the anime. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, PRB appears on [[CNT]] as part of a range of additional television content added in the expansion.[[File:PRB.jpg|thumb|Princess Robot Bubblegum]] | |||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
* '''Princess Robot Bubblegum''': The eponymous lead | * '''Princess Robot Bubblegum''': The eponymous lead character. She fights the forces of evil with a power suit which shoots missiles from its chest. | ||
* '''Lowly Master''': PRB's sensei. He trains PRB after | * '''Lowly Master''': PRB's sensei. He trains PRB after her ninja parents leave her on his doorstep. He tells her that she must train in skimpy clothing for merchandising purposes. | ||
[[File:Lowly_Master.jpg|thumb|Lowly Master]] | [[File:Lowly_Master.jpg|thumb|Lowly Master]] | ||
* ''' | * '''Saké''': PRB's floating animal sidekick. He is seen in the trailer drinking a malt beverage, then promptly vomiting. His name refers the Japanese alcoholic beverage [[wp:sake|of the same name]]. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* | * The title character's voice in GTA IV's PRB commercial is a mock-Asian caricature; in The Ballad of Gay Tony, she has the American accent more typical of dubbed characters. | ||
* The end of Lowly Master's cane is shaped like a penis. | |||
* Lowly Master's | |||
==External link== | ==External link== | ||