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Kappa

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Kappa	comment	Kappa is a Greek letter, as well as a type of Indian tapioca dish. But this article isn't about those kinds of kappa. There are thousands of Youkai in Japanese mythology... but one of them is far more popular with the public than the others. The Kappanote meaning "river child(ren)" is a river-dwelling creature of Japanese folklore. It is often depicted in Anime and modern media as an anthropomorphic turtle with a domed head and a ring of spiky hairs sticking out from it. In Japanese myth, the kappa is a river-dwelling spirit who likes to eat human entrails and blood. It has a deep bowl-like depression in its head that is full of water, which is the source of its power. That bowl is surrounded by scraggly hair (transformed into the "spikes" of the modern incarnations by the Anime Hair phenomenon). Those confronted with imminent devouring by a Kappa are advised to take two courses of action: The first, and most preferable, is to give the kappa a cucumber, inscribed with one's name in some tellings. The cucumber is the Trademark Favorite Food of the kappa, and a kappa so bribed will spare the giver. It may even befriend the human for the tasty gift. The other action: Bow to the kappa. Kappa are extremely polite, and will always bow too. Bowing will cause the water to fall out of their bowl, weakening them and allowing you to escape. In any case, don't bother trying to fight them, as they love sumo wrestling. Kappa have undergone a bit of Disneyfication that bowdlerizes out their gruesome aggression and strict need for water in their bowl. It is a necessity of and to their immense popularity, courtesy of which they pop up in a lot of Japanese works for many different audiences. Even those works that aren't explicitly mythological like to throw in a kappa or two. While the kappa hasn't reached the same level of popularity elsewhere, Pop-Cultural Osmosis from anime means that Western works sometimes do feature one. There are many different regional names for the kappa, and appearance varies considerably between regions as well. Notable examples include the hyousube (bald, hairy, gibbon-like creatures which like eggplants), garappa (extremely tall and lanky kappas from Kyushu), suiko (or "river tiger"), kawa akago (red-skinned baby-like creatures), and kawatengu (literally "river tengu", with the ability to create fire). The mizuchi is depicted as a kappa in some regions, but in older sources appears as a shapeshifting river dragon. Creatures in other regions similar to kappa include the Chinese Shui Gui ("water monkeys"), as well as the Filipino Siyokoy (a monstrous type of goblin-like merfolk which is also said to kidnap and eat children that walk nearby the rivers it lives in). The third disciple of Tripitaka, Sha Gojyo, in Journey to the West is often represented as a kappa, though the actual tales depict him more as a river-dwelling oni (and in the original Chinese version, it was a river of sand). Not to be confused with a rather famous Twitch emoticon.note As of 2019, this "kappa" is very popular in German youth slang, meaning "idiot". Nor with the Web Comic Kappa, although it does feature anthropomorphic sea creatures, including the eponymous fish-boy. Sister trope of Our Goblins Are Different.
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Kappa / int_106cc8b1	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_106cc8b1	comment	Natsume's Book of Friends and its sequels - anytime Natsume is near a body of water he's likely to find a kappa who's lost the water from its bowl.
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Kappa / int_16580340	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_16580340	comment	Jewelpet: Magical Change: Episode 11 features a kappa that's as bowdlerised as it gets. She looks like a little human girl, with the turtle shell and dish on her head the only indicatives of her species, and all the harm they want to do to humans is surprise them.
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Kappa / int_1a4b3ea2	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_1a4b3ea2	comment	Digimon: Gawappamon and Shawujingmon from Digimon Data Squad, as well as Shawujingmon's Expy, Sagomon are based on Kappa with the last two based on the character from the Journey to the West, Sha Wujing.
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Kappa / int_1add3bae	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_1add3bae	comment	Yokai Hunter Shintaro, befitting a game where 70% of onscreen enemies are yokai, have kappas in the Ghost Ship level, pouncing out the waters to ambush you from below.
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Kappa / int_1b386512	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_1b386512	comment	In Ranma Â½, during the Konatsu arc, Ranma and co. join forces with Konatsu to take down his evil stepfamily. While fighting them, the stepfamily keeps dressing up to assume battle forms, with Koeda (one of the stepsisters) dressing up as a Kappa at one point.
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Kappa / int_1d43953c	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_1d43953c	comment	Usagi Yojimbo: An early issue features a story called simply "Kappa", which referenced most of the distinct aspects of the legend.
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Kappa / int_1e9828c4	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_1e9828c4	comment	Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: The Nura clan's Kappa displays the power to create links between water bodies transporting between lakes. The second arc introduces the youkai of Tohno which includes the swamp kappa Amezou and the village leader Aka-gappa (literally Red Kappa) who is of a third, unspecified type of Kappa.
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Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_1e9828c4
Kappa / int_2023dd23	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_2023dd23	comment	Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!: An alien character named Tell Kawai resembles a Kappa in both appearance and behavior, minus the Anal Probing for obvious reasons.
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Kappa / int_20eec977	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_20eec977	comment	Story of Seasons: Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town has a kappa who lives in the lake. If you throw in several Cucumbers, he'll give you an item that lets you work in the rain. In the girl version, you can marry him. He's given a more humanoid redesign in Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. A good number of Story of Season games have Kappas. They might be The Cameo, like the one in Harvest Moon: Animal Parade.
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Kappa / int_28c718dd	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_28c718dd	comment	Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times has one sidequest where you befriend a kappa. No bowing or cucumbers necessary — he wants to go on a tour of your school.
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Kappa / int_2a04866b	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_2a04866b	comment	Guild Wars: Kappas appear as enemy spell-casters in ''Guild Wars: Factions.
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Kappa / int_2a47847	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_2a47847	comment	In Residents Of Proserpina Park Alina and Drew encounter a kappa during one of their first trips to the park. The kappa is a bit snippy, but not overly aggressive.
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Kappa / int_2b36fc3e	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_2b36fc3e	comment	River Monsters presents the theory that the legend of the Kappa originated from the Japanese Giant Salamander, one of the largest amphibians in the world capable of easily growing to the size and weight of an average 12 year old boy. The animal has strong clenching jaws and a bite like a snapping turtle, with more than enough strength to grab a small child by the leg and drag them under — or, if the size difference is in the salamander's favor, just skip to its usual hunting tactic and inhale them whole note The latter is a rather profoundly unrealistic scenario, as even the biggest salamanders have a narrow throat that would be very hard to fit a human head or shoulders down, even if the victim was extremely small. Japanese parents had good reason to tell their kids not to go down to a river by themselves, sort of like how stories of Drop Bears may have been started to keep Australian children out from under eucalyptus or gum trees.
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Kappa / int_2b5f3698	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_2b5f3698	comment	Dai Sentai Goggle Five's Kappa Mozoo was one of the many Synthetic Beasts of the Dark Science Empire Deathdark, and the one of two that were based on a youkai (the other being a Tengu).
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Kappa / int_30e3cef7	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_30e3cef7	comment	Doodle Champion Island Games: the Kappa make up Team Green, one of the four teams the player can join. They mostly talk in PokÃ©mon Speak, but if the player joins team green, it's revealed they are also capable of normal speech.
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Kappa / int_33b454ae	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_33b454ae	comment	The third game introduces an "American" Kappa, a hip-hop artist in sunglasses and baggy jeans.
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Yo-kai Watch 3 (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_33b454ae
Kappa / int_34c7f3ba	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_34c7f3ba	comment	In Monkey, the river monster Sa GojÅ� was depicted with kappa-like traits (domed head, etc.).
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Kappa / int_39136df1	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_39136df1	comment	School Rumble: Karasuma once dressed up as a kappa. It's also a pun, since "kappa" is slang for "rain coat" (which is the exact function of said costume, complete with leaf-shaped umbrella). He even once lent said costume to Tenma once when she was stranded in a bus stop due to heavy rain. Tenma mistakes Harima for a kappa after he saved her cat from drowning.
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Kappa / int_3a9d9a5c	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_3a9d9a5c	comment	Tamagotchi: Kappatchi, a character exclusive to the licensed game 64 de Hakken! Tamagotchi Minna de Tamagotchi World, is a green-colored Tamagotchi with the round water bowl head characteristic of the species. You can obtain it by winning a game with Mametchi or Ginjrotchi.
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Kappa / int_3d33ebca	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_3d33ebca	comment	Yakuza Apocalypse: After Kamiura's death, a kappa shows up in the knitting class under the restaurant.
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Yakuza Apocalypse	hasFeature	Kappa / int_3d33ebca
Kappa / int_4166f2a0	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_4166f2a0	comment	The Forsaken Children has kappas as eastern water elementals. Other than that, they are identical to the original myth, including the obsession with human butts.
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Kappa / int_42ffb88e	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_42ffb88e	comment	SCP Foundation: SCP-2511 is a colony of kappas (they even use the same picture as this page!) that were spontaneously relocated to Mongolia because enough people trusted Prof. Snape's information and didn't read the correct information and Call-Back in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
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Kappa / int_4547a31f	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_4547a31f	comment	Diablo-lookalike Throne of Darkness features Kappa as enemies: "Lesser Kappa" are small, fast water monsters closer to the original depictions, while "true" Kappa appears as gigantic, roaring reptilian monsters with huge shells and snake-like heads with sharp fangs. They can easily tear through low-level characters.
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Kappa / int_45dac50d	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_45dac50d	comment	Spectrobes has a monster based on the kappa. It makes the spikes literal, not just an artistic represensation of hair.
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Spectrobes (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_45dac50d
Kappa / int_46a87096	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_46a87096	comment	Puni Puni☆Poemi has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance by a kappa as the thief of Poemi's scooter. He shows up a few minutes later sporting a banner that reads "Water Sprites Are #1!"
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Kappa / int_49a88442	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_49a88442	comment	They also make an appearance in Final Fantasy XIV in the fight against Ultros from the game above. Interestingly, the fight mechanics there provide a stronger reference to the myth, as transformed players have to gather water on their head from a certain attack to empower their attack and prevent the party from losing the fight.
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Final Fantasy XIV (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_49a88442
Kappa / int_4a957617	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_4a957617	comment	Kappa are prominently featured in Sarazanmai; the premise involves the three main characters being turned into kappa by a kappa-like creature named Keppi, who claims to be the ruler of the Kappa Kingdom.
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Kappa / int_4bb90246	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_4bb90246	comment	In Sengoku Rance, the Big Bad is a demonic fire kappa.
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SengokuRance	hasFeature	Kappa / int_4bb90246
Kappa / int_4c746380	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_4c746380	comment	Inuyasha: Like most other types of yÅ�kai, kappa turn up occasionally: Kagome's grandfather presents her with "the mummified hand of a kappa" as a birthday gift. Kagome, unimpressed, gives it to her cat before her grandfather can finish explaining the significance. When Kagome saves a boy from drowning early in the series, a villager impressed by her swimming skills takes it to mean she's a kappa. And an actual living kappa appears as a servant of Chokyukai the boar demon as part of a parody of the Journey to the West. The kappa looks roughly like a turtle that walks upright, and is introduced as Sa Gojyo, but has no lines and doesn't otherwise follow any of the traditional folklore associated with kappa. Inu Yasha once tried to get information from some kappa, but they turned out to be almost Too Dumb to Live.
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Inuyasha (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_4c746380
Kappa / int_4d862ebf	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_4d862ebf	comment	Kappa are among the residents of Yokai Town in Anno Dracula: One Thousand Monsters. Four in particular are mentioned as the bodyguards of their leader, wearing brightly-coloured bandanas and armed with ninja weaponry.
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Kappa / int_4ee63910	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_4ee63910	comment	In River King: Mystic Valley a kappa can help you reach a new fishing area if you give it a cucumber.
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River King (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_4ee63910
Kappa / int_503cf9e4	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_503cf9e4	comment	Rhythm Heaven: The final unlockable Rhythm Toy is a Kappa with a vinyl record on its head. A kappa also appears in one of Rhythm Heaven Fever's endless minigames, "Kung-Fu Ball."
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Kappa / int_503d5009	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_503d5009	comment	Ayakashi Triangle: One of the Recurring Extra ayakashi that Suzu knows is a kappa named Donpa, a child-sized humanoid with a beak, turtle shell, and grass skirt that ends his sentences with -ppa. Rather than a bowl, the top of his head is a hairless mound that secretes a liquid that can be turned into a Healing Potion, which Reo trades sake for. He can remove a human shirikodama to eat with his tongue, which is non-fatal but makes a person very foolish. This nearly happens to Reo twice; once when she offered it as a desperate apology, the other when Donpa was corrupted and tricked into eating a fake. Lu incorrectly thinks supernatural creatures are actually aliens. As an example, she claims kappa are actually The Greys, likely playing on both's reputation for Anal Probing.
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Kappa / int_5570a2f7	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_5570a2f7	comment	In Amagi Brilliant Park, it is revealed Sento Isuzu has kappa ancestry, which is why she bathes so long and often, to keep from drying out.
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Kappa / int_5bbcf726	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_5bbcf726	comment	Arakawa Under the Bridge: The Mayor is one — NO, FOR THE LAST TIME HE ISN'T JUST SOME MAN IN A ILL-FITTING RUBBER SUIT!
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Kappa / int_5c81b025	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_5c81b025	comment	Yo-kai Watch: One of the Mascot Mooks from the series is a Kappa called Nogappa in Japanese and Walkappa in English. He is a Surfer Dude who loves sushi & pizza and thinks Kappas liking cucumbers is stereotyping. He is known for being a bit of a spaced out Cloud Cuckoolander. A more traditional kappa character also exists. He's a Classic Yokai. The third game introduces an "American" Kappa, a hip-hop artist in sunglasses and baggy jeans.
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Kappa / int_605125d8	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_605125d8	comment	Erma: When Erma and her parents visit their Yōkai family in Japan, they meet Haru, a mild-mannered kappa who is a servant of Aunt Fumiko's (and also her lover). Like in Japanese folklore, he's very fond of cucumber, to the point that it's the primary ingredient in what he cooks. There are also lots of background kappa characters seen throughout the Yureimoto's home village.
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Kappa / int_62bf543	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_62bf543	comment	In Super Mario Bros. 3, the World 3 king is a kappa when transformed. Fitting, considering the world's theme.
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Super Mario Bros. 3 (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_62bf543
Kappa / int_67ce137f	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_67ce137f	comment	Rake Psyma Beast Gabara of Kyūkyū Sentai GoGoV uses a Kappa as his motif. Adapted as Aquafiend for Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue.
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Kappa / int_68237790	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_68237790	comment	Pathfinder: Kappas are introduced in the third Bestiary, characterized as Chaotic Neutral Monstrous Humanoids that love to play pranks on swimmers (although angry or depraved individuals may drown them instead). They retain their mythological love of cucumbers and their unfailing courteousness towards polite visitors, as well as their head-bowl weakness, which staggers and immobilizes them.
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Pathfinder (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_68237790
Kappa / int_68a8131b	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_68a8131b	comment	Pro Wrestling NOAH: Kappa Kazou, also known as Kappa Boy in IWA Japan. Foreign fans/opponents often mistake him for a man turtle.
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Pro Wrestling NOAH (Wrestling)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_68a8131b
Kappa / int_69484cdd	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_69484cdd	comment	Ushio and Tora features a Kappa who helps the hero a couple of times. Mostly humanoid, he's a timid creature who once pranked humans until he was caught and forced to promise he'll leave them alone. He owns an incredibly effective medicine he uses to save Ushio and later on, Asako's life.
Kappa / int_69484cdd	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_69484cdd	featureConfidence	1.0
Ushio and Tora (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_69484cdd
Kappa / int_6a42af90	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_6a42af90	comment	Shuriken Sentai Ninninger had a Kappa mixed with a fire extinguisher. Adapted as Slogre for Power Rangers Ninja Steel.
Kappa / int_6a42af90	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_6a42af90	featureConfidence	1.0
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger	hasFeature	Kappa / int_6a42af90
Kappa / int_6ac55ec7	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_6ac55ec7	comment	Dungeons & Dragons: Kappa appear as monsters in the supplement Oriental Adventures, and a number of adventures in the setting included them as opponents.
Kappa / int_6ac55ec7	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_6ac55ec7	featureConfidence	1.0
Dungeons & Dragons (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_6ac55ec7
Kappa / int_6ba9a84a	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_6ba9a84a	comment	Sakura Samurai, being set in a glorified feudal Japan, naturally features a couple kappa NPC's.
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Kappa / int_6ba9a84a	featureConfidence	1.0
SakuraSamurai	hasFeature	Kappa / int_6ba9a84a
Kappa / int_6dbbc8c6	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_6dbbc8c6	comment	In Hellboy: Sword of Storms Hellboy fights a Kappa that has been preying on a nearby village. A villager who had been bribing the kappa with cucumbers tells Hellboy to beat the Kappa by spilling its water. Before that, the villager also asks Hellboy's name so he can write it on a cucumber to save him.
Kappa / int_6dbbc8c6	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_6dbbc8c6	featureConfidence	1.0
Hellboy Animated	hasFeature	Kappa / int_6dbbc8c6
Kappa / int_740fab62	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_740fab62	comment	The Ganbare Goemon series used these as frequent enemies in Goemons Great Adventure, often they were the Goddamn Bats.
Kappa / int_740fab62	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_740fab62	featureConfidence	1.0
Ganbare Goemon (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_740fab62
Kappa / int_746814ae	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_746814ae	comment	Arthur: Kappa are mentioned in "What Scared Sue Ellen?" as one of the creatures Sue Ellen thinks might be living in the woods, and she has an Imagine Spot about she and her friends being confronted by one. Buster tricks it into bowing and spilling the water in its head by pretending to spot a five-dollar bill.
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Kappa / int_746814ae	featureConfidence	1.0
Arthur	hasFeature	Kappa / int_746814ae
Kappa / int_7529056	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_7529056	comment	In Super Mario World, the Yellow Switch Palace is located on a peak in Yoshi's island whose All There in the Manual name is Kappa Mountain. Going up to the palace involves wading through a round pool of water.
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Kappa / int_7529056	featureConfidence	1.0
Super Mario World (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_7529056
Kappa / int_756b0a76	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_756b0a76	comment	Tale of Yashima features several kappa as both characters and monsters.
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Kappa / int_756b0a76	featureConfidence	1.0
Tale of Yashima	hasFeature	Kappa / int_756b0a76
Kappa / int_76f74909	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_76f74909	comment	Harvey Beaks: Kappas appear as staff at a motel in a Season 2 episode.
Kappa / int_76f74909	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_76f74909	featureConfidence	1.0
Harvey Beaks	hasFeature	Kappa / int_76f74909
Kappa / int_7c38e4df	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_7c38e4df	comment	An actual kappa appeared in the Ultraman Cosmos episode "Kappa's Village" where one named Kawanoji is accidentally angered by the characters, so he turns himself gigantic to wreak havoc. He even sumo wrestles Cosmos!
Kappa / int_7c38e4df	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_7c38e4df	featureConfidence	1.0
Ultraman Cosmos	hasFeature	Kappa / int_7c38e4df
Kappa / int_7f39a041	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_7f39a041	comment	In Gintama, an Amanto lives in a lake which he refuses to leave until a promise to teach an ill girl to swim once she gets better is kept.
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Kappa / int_7f39a041	featureConfidence	1.0
Gintama (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_7f39a041
Kappa / int_8258e260	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_8258e260	comment	Super Mario Bros.: In Super Mario Bros. 3, the World 3 king is a kappa when transformed. Fitting, considering the world's theme. In Super Mario World, the Yellow Switch Palace is located on a peak in Yoshi's island whose All There in the Manual name is Kappa Mountain. Going up to the palace involves wading through a round pool of water.
Kappa / int_8258e260	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_8258e260	featureConfidence	1.0
Super Mario Bros. (Franchise)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_8258e260
Kappa / int_8343d183	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_8343d183	comment	Hell Teacher Nube: One of the first creatures encountered by Nube is a kappa. In the author's notes, he posits that the myth may have been inspired by Jesuit priests, who have a similar hairstyle and a penchant for "drowning" people via baptism.
Kappa / int_8343d183	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_8343d183	featureConfidence	1.0
Hell Teacher Nube (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_8343d183
Kappa / int_8886a671	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_8886a671	comment	Shadow Hearts: The first game has kappa as enemies. It notes their hunger for human flesh, a characteristic often absent from modern works.
Kappa / int_8886a671	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_8886a671	featureConfidence	1.0
Shadow Hearts 1 (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_8886a671
Kappa / int_8aa7c509	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_8aa7c509	comment	Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Ludo Avarius is based on a kappa, though it's not so obvious during the first season as his bowl is covered by his skull helmet. He and his family also share traits with birds, even being able to fly with their webbed "wing arms" (except Ludo because he's too short), muddying the connection more. The Magic Book of Spells specifically refers to his race as "kappa".
Kappa / int_8aa7c509	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_8aa7c509	featureConfidence	1.0
Star vs. the Forces of Evil	hasFeature	Kappa / int_8aa7c509
Kappa / int_8e595444	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_8e595444	comment	Pani Poni Dash!: In one episode, the classes went camping and discovered some kappa building a rocket.
Kappa / int_8e595444	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_8e595444	featureConfidence	1.0
Pani Poni Dash!	hasFeature	Kappa / int_8e595444
Kappa / int_8e6f9dca	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_8e6f9dca	comment	Dororon Enma-kun: A kappa called Kappaeru is one of Enma's sidekicks. The name "erogappa" indicates he's a bit of a lech.
Kappa / int_8e6f9dca	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_8e6f9dca	featureConfidence	1.0
Dororon Enma-kun (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_8e6f9dca
Kappa / int_920bdb7c	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_920bdb7c	comment	Kill Six Billion Demons features a kappa named Yash as a minor recurring character. Appearance-wise he's pretty close to the myths, aside from a more humanlike face than is typical.
Kappa / int_920bdb7c	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_920bdb7c	featureConfidence	1.0
Kill Six Billion Demons (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_920bdb7c
Kappa / int_9350279e	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_9350279e	comment	Crayon Shin-chan: One episode has Shin's friends arguing whether the kappa is real or not, while they're standing by a body of water. Boo ends up dressing up like a kappa at one point.
Kappa / int_9350279e	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_9350279e	featureConfidence	1.0
Crayon Shin-chan (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_9350279e
Kappa / int_999855bb	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_999855bb	comment	Heroes of Might and Magic: Kappas appear as a unit for the Sanctuary faction in Heroes of Might and Magic VI. They're surprisingly lethal compared to their usual portrayal in media, which is lampshaded slightly by the unit's description. They also seem to be based more on toads than turtles, able to make huge leaps across the battlefield.
Kappa / int_999855bb	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_999855bb	featureConfidence	1.0
Heroes of Might and Magic (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_999855bb
Kappa / int_99e14788	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_99e14788	comment	Tensou Sentai Goseiger: Giemurou of the Kappa, who combines his motif with a tick and The Host (2006). Adapted as Psychotick in Power Rangers Megaforce.
Kappa / int_99e14788	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_99e14788	featureConfidence	1.0
Tensou Sentai Goseiger	hasFeature	Kappa / int_99e14788
Kappa / int_9a67b688	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_9a67b688	comment	Case Closed: One of the mysteries featured a giant, murderous kappa It's just a guy whose hat, raincoat, and backpack made him look like one in the dark. He's not the killer.
Kappa / int_9a67b688	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_9a67b688	featureConfidence	1.0
Case Closed (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_9a67b688
Kappa / int_9f89a5f0	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_9f89a5f0	comment	PokÃ©mon has Golduck and the Ludicolo line, both of whch are based on kappas. The Ludicolo line even has an ability called Rain Dish which is a reference to the Kappa's ability to draw power from water pooled on its head. In some Dex entries it's stated that Golduck are often confused with a kappa, while Lombre love to scare people who stand too close to a water's edge.
Kappa / int_9f89a5f0	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_9f89a5f0	featureConfidence	1.0
PokÃ©mon (Franchise)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_9f89a5f0
Kappa / int_9fc7b88b	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_9fc7b88b	comment	Legend of the Three Caballeros: A kappa makes up one of the variety of yokai living in the underworld.
Kappa / int_9fc7b88b	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_9fc7b88b	featureConfidence	1.0
Legend of the Three Caballeros	hasFeature	Kappa / int_9fc7b88b
Kappa / int_a2294028	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_a2294028	comment	In the Ultraseven episode "Challenge from the Waters", kappas are actually amphibious aliens intent on conquering Earth with their vaguely kappa-like Kaiju Tepeto.
Kappa / int_a2294028	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_a2294028	featureConfidence	1.0
Ultraseven	hasFeature	Kappa / int_a2294028
Kappa / int_a27271f6	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_a27271f6	comment	Monster Prom: The Second Term DLC adds Leonard, a kappa character that nobody likes due to being an arrogant jerkass who spends most of his time deliberately misgendering Zoe. A lot of his interactions involve one or more of the other characters punishing him after he's pissed them off. Or calming Zoe down before she smites reality in response to his behavior.
Kappa / int_a27271f6	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_a27271f6	featureConfidence	1.0
Monster Prom (Visual Novel)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_a27271f6
Kappa / int_a2a94e82	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_a2a94e82	comment	Karas' first episode pits the titular protagonist against a gigantic cyborg kappa capable of summoning the spirits of its many victims to aid it in battle. And no, cucumber bribes are not a deterrent, as a gimmicky TV crew finds out the hard way.
Kappa / int_a2a94e82	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_a2a94e82	featureConfidence	1.0
Karas	hasFeature	Kappa / int_a2a94e82
Kappa / int_a34863aa	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_a34863aa	comment	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles tend to be confused with kappa whenever they visit Japan. The second animated series also featured turtle-like demons identified as kappa, despite the lack of water-filled depressions.
Kappa / int_a34863aa	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_a34863aa	featureConfidence	1.0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Franchise)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_a34863aa
Kappa / int_a54eef52	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_a54eef52	comment	Hetalia: Axis Powers: In one episode, a kappa appears to England and laments how so few people believe in him nowadays.
Kappa / int_a54eef52	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_a54eef52	featureConfidence	1.0
Hetalia: Axis Powers (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_a54eef52
Kappa / int_a6543322	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_a6543322	comment	Touhou Project kappa are a bit different, basically being an entire civilization of aquatic mad scientists. They do have the ability to control water, but generally aren't terribly adept at magic, and the only named kappa character is known more for her missiles and cloaking device. As per usual for the series, they're depicted as mostly human-looking girls with blue hair whose only kappa-like characteristics are overstuffed green backpacks evocative of shells and brimmed caps evocative of beaks and domed heads. How friendly they are to humans depends on which canon sources you focus on.
Kappa / int_a6543322	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_a6543322	featureConfidence	1.0
Touhou Project (Franchise)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_a6543322
Kappa / int_a81325d3	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_a81325d3	comment	Final Fantasy: Being transformed into one is a Status Effect in Final Fantasy VI. It got Americanized into "Imp". They also make an appearance in Final Fantasy XIV in the fight against Ultros from the game above. Interestingly, the fight mechanics there provide a stronger reference to the myth, as transformed players have to gather water on their head from a certain attack to empower their attack and prevent the party from losing the fight.
Kappa / int_a81325d3	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_a81325d3	featureConfidence	1.0
Final Fantasy (Franchise)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_a81325d3
Kappa / int_a825da3e	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_a825da3e	comment	Magic: The Gathering: In Kamigawa, kappas are long extinct — the Shell of the Last Kappa is still kept as a historical relic — but their smaller relatives, the turtle-shelled Akki goblins, still resemble them.
Kappa / int_a825da3e	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_a825da3e	featureConfidence	1.0
Magic: The Gathering (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_a825da3e
Kappa / int_a96a7ada	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_a96a7ada	comment	Yu-Gi-Oh! has Kappa monsters such as the Armored Kappa, the Psychic Kappa, and the Kappa Avenger.
Kappa / int_a96a7ada	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_a96a7ada	featureConfidence	1.0
Yu-Gi-Oh! (Franchise)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_a96a7ada
Kappa / int_ab15dc9	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_ab15dc9	comment	Pet Shop of Horrors: One episode revolves around D looking for kappas.
Kappa / int_ab15dc9	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_ab15dc9	featureConfidence	1.0
Pet Shop of Horrors (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_ab15dc9
Kappa / int_b1c0d2e1	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_b1c0d2e1	comment	The Great Yokai War: A kappa is one of the star characters. It's played for a lot of comic relief, and complains that ugly youkai deserve as much love as beautiful or cute ones.
Kappa / int_b1c0d2e1	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_b1c0d2e1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Great Yokai War	hasFeature	Kappa / int_b1c0d2e1
Kappa / int_b2b8158	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_b2b8158	comment	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable has a character whose stand, Red Hot Chili Pepper, is heavily based off a kappa visually. Unusually its powers are based on turning into electricity, making it more like a RaijÅ«.
Kappa / int_b2b8158	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_b2b8158	featureConfidence	1.0
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_b2b8158
Kappa / int_b2fba3e0	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_b2fba3e0	comment	Kappa-based monsters have also appeared in the Ultra Series as a Monster of the Week. In the Ultraseven episode "Challenge from the Waters", kappas are actually amphibious aliens intent on conquering Earth with their vaguely kappa-like Kaiju Tepeto. In the Ultraman Ace episode "Mystery of the Kappa's Residence", Yapool unleashes his newest monster to Earth — King Kappa, a giant monster that disguises itself as a swimming pool by leaving only its water-filled depression visible. An actual kappa appeared in the Ultraman Cosmos episode "Kappa's Village" where one named Kawanoji is accidentally angered by the characters, so he turns himself gigantic to wreak havoc. He even sumo wrestles Cosmos!
Kappa / int_b2fba3e0	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_b2fba3e0	featureConfidence	1.0
Ultra Series (Franchise)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_b2fba3e0
Kappa / int_b8e7bb8	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_b8e7bb8	comment	Super Sentai and Power Rangers: Kappas appear as a Monsters of the Week in a number of series. Dai Sentai Goggle Five's Kappa Mozoo was one of the many Synthetic Beasts of the Dark Science Empire Deathdark, and the one of two that were based on a youkai (the other being a Tengu). Ninja Sentai Kakuranger had a goofy but dangerous Kappa as the first foe of the Kakurangers, and the one who actually kickstarts the plot. Adapted as Parrot Top for Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. In another episode, two of the Kakurangers are affect by a curse that causes them to slowly turn into Kappas because Kappas are said to be the lowest form of Yokai. Rake Psyma Beast Gabara of Kyūkyū Sentai GoGoV uses a Kappa as his motif. Adapted as Aquafiend for Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. Namiayashi from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger is an interesting spin on this. His body is literally half-tiger, half-water, making him the basis for the Suiko ("river-tiger"), which depending on who you ask is either a synonym for Kappa or a related Youkai. Adapted as Doubletone in Power Rangers Samurai. Tensou Sentai Goseiger: Giemurou of the Kappa, who combines his motif with a tick and The Host (2006). Adapted as Psychotick in Power Rangers Megaforce. Shuriken Sentai Ninninger had a Kappa mixed with a fire extinguisher. Adapted as Slogre for Power Rangers Ninja Steel.
Kappa / int_b8e7bb8	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_b8e7bb8	featureConfidence	1.0
Super Sentai (Franchise)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_b8e7bb8
Kappa / int_b9d947a4	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_b9d947a4	comment	Kappa Mikey not only takes its name from the creature, but it's also a pun on kappamaki, a type of sushi. Kappa also appear in one episode of the show. They loved Kappa Mikey — they just didn't care for the man under the costume.
Kappa / int_b9d947a4	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_b9d947a4	featureConfidence	1.0
Kappa Mikey	hasFeature	Kappa / int_b9d947a4
Kappa / int_bb331a93	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_bb331a93	comment	Muromi-san's title character is friends with a very large, muscular kappa named Kawabata-san, and she spends an episode trying to coax him and Takurou into becoming friends; Takurou is terrified at first of having his butt ball removed.
Kappa / int_bb331a93	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_bb331a93	featureConfidence	1.0
Muromi-san (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_bb331a93
Kappa / int_bca72091	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_bca72091	comment	Animal Crossing: Kapp'n is a kappa. While Cultural Translation dubs him a turtle, his love of cucumbers makes it obvious what he's supposed to be. His name is also an obvious pun.
Kappa / int_bca72091	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_bca72091	featureConfidence	1.0
AnimalCrossing	hasFeature	Kappa / int_bca72091
Kappa / int_bfa8befa	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_bfa8befa	comment	Papyrus has a very strange variation, set in Ancient Egypt. The hero encounters aggressive desert-dwelling creatures with bowl shaped heads. When bowed to, they respond in kind, the liquid spills out, and they lose their aggressiveness (and intelligence and ability to speak). Turns out they were under a curse from Sobek, which is lifted from them in the end. Not once is their similarity to kappas explained or mentioned.note Although it does make a bit more sense of their inclusion when you remembered turtles were viewed in a pretty negative light by Ancient Egyptians, even beinng asscoated with Apep and banned turtle meat.
Kappa / int_bfa8befa	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_bfa8befa	featureConfidence	1.0
Papyrus (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_bfa8befa
Kappa / int_c06bce31	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_c06bce31	comment	Death Kappa: The title character begins the film as the friendly guardian of a village shrine, befriends a a girl who becomes a national singing star, runs afoul of Nazi super-science baddies and ends up as a Godzilla-sized rampaging monster who can only be tamed by the village girl singing his favorite tune.
Kappa / int_c06bce31	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_c06bce31	featureConfidence	1.0
Death Kappa	hasFeature	Kappa / int_c06bce31
Kappa / int_c326acd9	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_c326acd9	comment	Inazuma Eleven: Kamezaki Kappa and his brother are a pair of humanoid Kappas. Nobody believes kappas exist for real until they see them.
Kappa / int_c326acd9	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_c326acd9	featureConfidence	1.0
Inazuma Eleven (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_c326acd9
Kappa / int_c3b1fe07	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_c3b1fe07	comment	Lost Girl: One shows up as the problem fae of the episode.
Kappa / int_c3b1fe07	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_c3b1fe07	featureConfidence	1.0
Lost Girl	hasFeature	Kappa / int_c3b1fe07
Kappa / int_c4be079a	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_c4be079a	comment	Sword of the Samurai has a few kappa encountered as enemies on one route. They can be easily defeated by knocking them off balance, causing the water on their heads to fall out.
Kappa / int_c4be079a	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_c4be079a	featureConfidence	1.0
Sword of the Samurai	hasFeature	Kappa / int_c4be079a
Kappa / int_c73c331b	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_c73c331b	comment	Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts: "Deep" stars a Kappa that kills a chef sexually molesting his apprentices.
Kappa / int_c73c331b	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_c73c331b	featureConfidence	1.0
Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_c73c331b
Kappa / int_c87d50dc	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_c87d50dc	comment	Pet Society has a few Kappa-related items - a poster with small amount of info on Kappa, a Kappa plushie, and a Kappa mask.
Kappa / int_c87d50dc	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_c87d50dc	featureConfidence	1.0
Pet Society (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_c87d50dc
Kappa / int_c8b04312	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_c8b04312	comment	Star Gladiator: The first game has a secret fighter called Kappah Nosuke — and yes, he is exactly what his name suggests, except he's an alien, not a mythological creature.
Kappa / int_c8b04312	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_c8b04312	featureConfidence	1.0
Star Gladiator (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_c8b04312
Kappa / int_cb7b647e	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_cb7b647e	comment	Palladium Fantasy: Kappa are peculiar creatures resembling short, implike humanoids with turtles shells, webbed feet, and crablike faces and claws. They live in all major bodies of water in the world, both fresh and salt, and delight in playing cruel tricks on other creatures such as spoiling food, cutting anchor and fishing lines, tangling nets and sabotaging boat rudders.
Kappa / int_cb7b647e	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_cb7b647e	featureConfidence	1.0
Palladium Fantasy (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_cb7b647e
Kappa / int_cd5d04b6	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_cd5d04b6	comment	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The turtles are mistaken for these, where they are transported to feudal Japan by means of a magical scepter, as kappas generally resemble humanoid turtles.
Kappa / int_cd5d04b6	featureApplicability	1.0
Kappa / int_cd5d04b6	featureConfidence	1.0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III	hasFeature	Kappa / int_cd5d04b6
Kappa / int_cf203bee	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_cf203bee	comment	In the Ultraman Ace episode "Mystery of the Kappa's Residence", Yapool unleashes his newest monster to Earth — King Kappa, a giant monster that disguises itself as a swimming pool by leaving only its water-filled depression visible.
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Kappa / int_d2d62c81	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_d2d62c81	comment	In Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge, Chad Gardenier encounters a kappa shaman in a lake in Washington state. The kappa uses its powers to heal Chad of some very extensive old injuries; in gratitude, MHI takes the kappa and its tribe under their protection. Even in the world of MHI, not all monsters are evil.
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Kappa / int_d2dfd2f2	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_d2dfd2f2	comment	Journey to the West: The usual Japanese interpretation of the character of Sha Wujing (called Sa Gojyo in Japanese) is that he's a kappa, or at least something very similar to one, although he was an aquatic demon in the original Chinese version.
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Kappa / int_d47f498e	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_d47f498e	comment	La Tale: Kappa are an early enemy. Like nearly all the enemies in the game, they are almost unbearably cute.
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La Tale (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_d47f498e
Kappa / int_d54469f8	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_d54469f8	comment	Kirby: There's an enemy based on the Kappa, which throws its ring of spikes at you. He gives Kirby the Cutter ability when swallowed.
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Kappa / int_d56613e0	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_d56613e0	comment	Musya has a gigantic kappa boss in the waterfall stage. It's somehow red-skinned, for reasons unknown.
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Musya (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_d56613e0
Kappa / int_d5b6d7cd	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_d5b6d7cd	comment	Smite: The Kappa king Kuzenbo is one of the playable 'deities' there. He's not a God, but the game has included famous monsters from myth like Medusa, Fafnir or Bakasura, so Kuzenbo gets a pass to represent one of the most famous Youkai from the myth.
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Kappa / int_d8e24914	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_d8e24914	comment	In Yaiba the Orb of Darkness is inhabitated by two kappa. The first one, Kerokichi is a small, kind and nerdy Butt-Monkey who provides expositions and wants someone to play with. His brother Kerosuke is apparently the son of a kappa and Godzilla. Not only is he huge and breathes fire, but he's amazingly strong. Besides that his typical bald head is really hard.
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Kappa / int_dccfc4b8	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_dccfc4b8	comment	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Kappa are among the monsters introduced in Lupin's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and they're described as looking rather like scaly monkeys with webbed hands. Snape later tests them on this knowledge as a substitute and inaccurately states that they're native to Mongolia, but their entry in the spin-off book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them correctly identifies it as Japanese, followed by a sidenote from Harry remarking that Snape obviously never bothered to read the book.
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Kappa / int_dd6c417	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_dd6c417	comment	Namiayashi from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger is an interesting spin on this. His body is literally half-tiger, half-water, making him the basis for the Suiko ("river-tiger"), which depending on who you ask is either a synonym for Kappa or a related Youkai. Adapted as Doubletone in Power Rangers Samurai.
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Kappa / int_df238852	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_df238852	comment	Muramasa: The Demon Blade: Kappas appear in water-based environments. If the battle wears on too long, they will dry out and become inactive.
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Kappa / int_df43b46	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_df43b46	comment	Mega Man: The Wily Wars: The Robot Master Mega Water S resembles a humanoid kappa. His boss fight even has Mega Man half-submerged in water, while he stays on dry land.
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Kappa / int_e04a0f04	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_e04a0f04	comment	In Cloud Master, the Round 2 boss is a kappa that shoots lightning from a forked rod.
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Cloud Master (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_e04a0f04
Kappa / int_e28074cb	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_e28074cb	comment	Summer Days with Coo tells a story of a boy who befriends a kappa.
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Summer Days with Coo	hasFeature	Kappa / int_e28074cb
Kappa / int_e5da4767	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_e5da4767	comment	Nioh: Kappa make an appearance where they are special Youkai that drop very rare loot, but tends to run away when encountered, and if they ever sneak up on the player, they can execute a very painful Ass Shove.
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Nioh (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_e5da4767
Kappa / int_e6065630	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_e6065630	comment	Oriental Legend, a game duology based on Journey to the West, envisions Sha Wujing as a kappa in the 2008 version, which is odd considering he appears as a human in the original.
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Oriental Legend (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_e6065630
Kappa / int_e8d13e52	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_e8d13e52	comment	Urusei Yatsura: One episode of the anime has Ataru being taken down to a Ryugujo inhabited entirely by kappa.
Kappa / int_e8d13e52	featureApplicability	1.0
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Urusei Yatsura (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_e8d13e52
Kappa / int_ea11f9d8	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_ea11f9d8	comment	Ninja Sentai Kakuranger had a goofy but dangerous Kappa as the first foe of the Kakurangers, and the one who actually kickstarts the plot. Adapted as Parrot Top for Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. In another episode, two of the Kakurangers are affect by a curse that causes them to slowly turn into Kappas because Kappas are said to be the lowest form of Yokai.
Kappa / int_ea11f9d8	featureApplicability	1.0
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Ninja Sentai Kakuranger	hasFeature	Kappa / int_ea11f9d8
Kappa / int_ec19bd89	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_ec19bd89	comment	Saiyuki: Sha Gojyo is supposedly one — Goku has been known to shout "Erogappa!" ("pervy kappa") at him in arguments. This is probably just a nod to the character in the original Journey to the West which Saiyuki was based on, since Gojyo has nothing in common with kappas in terms of looks nor behavior. (Since it's canon that Gojyo's father was a youkai, it was long assumed that he must have specifically been a kappa and that explained the nicknames; but this has been disavowed by Word of God.)
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Saiyuki (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_ec19bd89
Kappa / int_ec28245c	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_ec28245c	comment	Dragon Ball Z: In the video game "Dragon Ball: Shenron no Nazo", Goku visits the Remote Land of Konpei, where he meets a local Kappa. The "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" theme song mentions a Kappa during the lyrics.
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Dragon Ball Z	hasFeature	Kappa / int_ec28245c
Kappa / int_f14e1069	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_f14e1069	comment	In AI: The Somnium Files, examining So Sejima's koi pond at one point has Date act like a dork and blurt out that he's just seen a kappa; his AI partner Aiba is unphased, saying So is so rich that him owning a kappa isn't unusual. If you examine the pond again, an unseen voice asks for some cucumbers.
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AI: The Somnium Files (Video Game)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_f14e1069
Kappa / int_f274e92e	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_f274e92e	comment	Nagasarete Airantou has Tohno. The cute, cartoonish variety. Her presence never fails to point out the gaps in the main character's Weirdness Censor.
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Nagasarete Airantou (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_f274e92e
Kappa / int_f6da9a18	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_f6da9a18	comment	Sgt. Frog: Two Keronians are mistaken for Kappa — Dororo, when he is found stuck in a boar-trap, and an early Keronian soldier, who befriended Omiyo the Ghost Girl nearly a hundred years ago.
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Sgt. Frog (Manga)	hasFeature	Kappa / int_f6da9a18
Kappa / int_fa85cc4f	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_fa85cc4f	comment	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes: Dendy is revealed to be a kappa in "No More Pow Cards". The plot of that episode is that kappa don't have Pow Cards of their own because they are considered monsters that could never do anything heroic, when in reality they were just dislocated by urbanization and the stories of them drowning people were just unfounded rumors. She and K.O. go to the Pow Card factory to make the master computer recognize kappas. Dendy is an interesting case in that, while her parents resemble traditional kappas, she herself looks pretty human, having a very pale green for her skin color, a subtle beak and webbed feet. However, it's revealed that the more prominent physical features associated with kappas grow and appear as juvenile kappas reach maturity. In the third season episode "You're a Good Friend, K.O.", she reveals that her bowl is growing in, which she had been hiding under a beret. In the series finale, "Thank You For Watching The Show", her head bowl has gotten bigger and her skin greener as a young woman in her 20s. Given her parents' ages, it's likely she will resemble a full kappa in her 30s or so.
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Kappa / int_ff3702d5	type	Kappa
Kappa / int_ff3702d5	comment	Spirit Hunters: In book 3 , Sura and Chiri run into a kappa with the foresight to tie a leather cap to the top of his head.
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Spirit Hunters	hasFeature	Kappa / int_ff3702d5

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Kappa	processingCategory2	Index of Fictional Creatures
Kappa	processingCategory2	Japanese Media Tropes
Kappa	processingCategory2	Trope Names from Other Languages
Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Ghastly Prince Enma: Burning Up / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Puni Puni☆Poemi / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
RobiHachi / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Sarazanmai / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Smile PreCure! / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts (Comic Book) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Beasts of Burden (Comic Book) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Papyrus (Comic Book) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Yakuza Apocalypse / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Animal Crossing (Franchise) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Kirby (Franchise) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Tamagotchi (Franchise) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Sword of the Samurai / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Tale of Yashima / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
The Krockman / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Inu Ã— Boku SS (Manga) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (Manga) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Muromi-san (Manga) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Shizuku-chan (Manga) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Urusei Yatsura (Manga) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Yaiba (Manga) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Jokakaka (Podcast) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Residents Of Proserpina Park (Podcast) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Choujin Bibyun / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Ultraseven / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Yu-Gi-Oh! (Tabletop Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Basketball Nightmare (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Cavern of Dreams (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Clicker Heroes (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Cloud Master (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Demon Turf (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Demon's World (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Final Fantasy VI (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Ghostwire: Tokyo (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Harvest Moon: Animal Parade (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Inazuma Eleven (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Little Alchemy 2 (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Monster Hunter: Rise (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
SakuraSamurai	seeAlso	Kappa
Sengoku (SNK) (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Story of Seasons (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Throne of Darkness (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Vantage Master (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Yakuza 4 (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Yo-kai Watch (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Yomawari: Lost in the Dark (Video Game) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
SengokuSNK	seeAlso	Kappa
Champions of Far'aus (Webcomic) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Eternals: The 500 Year War (Webcomic) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
SporeWiki Fantasy Universe (Website) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Hellboy Animated / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa
Pro Wrestling NOAH (Wrestling) / int_c34a3286	type	Kappa

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