|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| {{Kaiju Infobox
| | #REDIRECT [[Kappa#Konami_Wai_Wai_World]] |
| |type1 =Nuclear
| |
| |type2 =Bone
| |
| |header ={{Game}} {{Yokaip}}
| |
| |image =Dish Gappa.png
| |
| |caption =Dish-Throwing Gappa in Konami Wai Wai World
| |
| |name =Dish-Throwing Gappa
| |
| |species =[[Kappa]]
| |
| |enemies =Konami Man, Konami Lady,<br>Simon Belmont III, Getsu Fuma,<br>Michael Walsh, Moai Alexandria,<br>[[King Kong]]
| |
| |firstappearance =''[[Konami Wai Wai World]]''
| |
| }}
| |
| '''Dish-Throwing Gappa''' {{Nihongo|皿投げガッパ|Sara Nage Gappa}} is a [[kappa]] {{yokai}} created by Konami that first appeared in the [[1988]] [[:Category:Video Games|video game]], ''[[Konami Wai Wai World]]''.
| |
| {{TOC}}
| |
| ==Name==
| |
| Dish-Throwing Gappa's Japanese name ''Sara Nage Gappa'' {{Nihongo|皿投げガッパ}} is composed of the Japanese words for dish, ''sara'' {{Nihongo|皿}}, and throwing or to throw, ''nage'' {{Nihongo|投げ}}, as well as ''Gappa'' {{Nihongo|ガッパ}}, which is most likely a reference to the popular Japanese folklore creature [[Kappa]] {{Nihongo|河童 or カッパ}}. The Gappa part of its name may also be a reference to the [[1967]] [[Nikkatsu Corporation|Nikkatsu]] [[kaiju]], [[Gappa]], although this is unlikely.
| |
| ==Design==
| |
| Dish-Throwing Gappa greatly resembles a Kappa, with green skin, a beige beak-like mouth, and a beige shell on its back with a stubby tail.
| |
| ==History==
| |
| ===''[[Konami Wai Wai World]]''===
| |
| Dish-Throwing Gappa appears as one of 5 naturally-occurring enemies in ''Konami Wai Wai World'''s second stage "Edo Stage", along side [[Prairie Bonze]], [[Ghost (Konami Wai Wai World)|Ghost]], [[Tengu]], and [[Traveling Glass]].
| |
| ==Abilities==
| |
| *As its name suggests, the Dish-Throwing Gappa can create and throw dishes.
| |
| ==Video Games==
| |
| *''[[Konami Wai Wai World]]''
| |
| {{Monsters}}
| |
| {{Era|VG|KAI}}
| |
| [[Category:Game Characters]]
| |
| [[Category:Monsters]]
| |
| [[Category:Yokai]]
| |
| [[Category:King Kong]]
| |
