Samurai Pizza Cats/Characters

The Character sheet for Samurai Pizza Cats.

Pizza Cats (Himitsu Ninja Tai Nyanki)

Speedy Cerviche (Yattarou, Nyanki #1)

Voice Actors: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese), Rick Jones (English)

• Calling Your Attacks: Particularly in the Japanese version:
  • "Hissatu! NEKO ME SLASH!!"
• Catch Phrase / Verbal Tic — "Teyandee!" in the Japanese version.
• Finishing Move: The Cat's Eye Slash, a Sword Beam unleashed from both of Speedy's blades. If this DOESN'T finish off the Monster of the Week in one hit, that's your first clue that things are about to get bad.
• The Hero
  • Idiot Hero
• Heroes Prefer Swords
• Heroic Sacrifice: Pilots the Supreme Catatonic/Nyangoking against a plummeting doomsday comet in the Grand Finale, getting caught in the explosion when his final Cat's Eye Slash blows up the comet. Or so everyone thinks until he and Bad Bird come zooming back to Earth in a rather DynamicEntry explosive form of teleportation.)
• The Kirk
• Once an Episode — Almost every episode had him using his Ginzu Sword to blow up the bad guy's giant robot. There were a few exceptions, especially toward the end. Then again, it is in his contract!
• Slap Slap Kiss: With Polly/Pururun
• Shout-Out: Speedy (US version) has been known to quote Clint Eastwood every now and then.
• Spell My Name with an "S": "Cerviche" is the official spelling, but fans have been known to use "Service", or less frequently, "Cervichi".
• Sword Beam: His "Cat's Eye Slash".
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Speedy is afraid of earthquakes in the episode "Quake, Rattle, and Roll".

Guido Anchovy (Sukashii, Nyanki #2)

Voice Actors: Jurota Kosugi (Japanese), Terrence Scammell (English)

• Accent Adaptation: Sukashii did not have the equivalent of a Southern accent in Kyatto Ninden Teyandee.
• The Charmer: He's often seen laying smooth talk on Lucille/Omitsu...
  • Handsome Lech: ...Along with any other pretty lady that catches his eye. Fans have called him "The Kitty Casanova" for a good reason.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: In "No Talent Guido," all of the Pizza Cats (and Lucille) get music careers...except for him. It actually leads to a moment of Achilles in His Tent before Guido pulls off a Big Damn Heroes moment against the Monster of the Week.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He has moments of needling Speedy, but at the end of the day, he'll always try to help people.
• The Lancer
• Parasol of Doom: The Samurai Sunspot Umbrella, ladies and gents. It includes a sword concealed in the umbrella's grip, can be spun to produce a hypnotic light show, or launch rings that can tie up the bad guys. And Guido can launch it up into the air and ride it as the opener for his Finishing Move.
• The Smart Guy
• The Spock

Polly Esther (Pururun, Nyanki #3)

Voice Actors: Ai Orikasa (Japanese), Sonja Ball (English)

• Badass Adorable: She is a cute kitty who will scratch you.
• The Big Girl
• Bowdlerise: In the "Saban Powerhouse" comics, her skirt was replaced with pants.
• Fur Bikini: In "No Talent Guido".
• Hey, It's That Voice!: Pururun is voiced by Ai Orikasa (Ryoko).
• Idol Singer: Is one half of the Pointless Sisters (Mipple).
• The McCoy
• Panty Shot: The uniform she wears at Pizza Cat, most usually seen during the team's Transformation Sequence.
• The Power of Love: Often mentioned. Her weapons also follow a heart motif.
• Redheaded Hero
• Ridiculously Cute Critter
• Slap Slap Kiss: With Speedy/Yattaro.
• Sparkling Stream of Tears: In the episode "The Great Comet Caper: Part 2", after Speedy takes off in the Supreme Catatonic to destroy the comet by himself.
• Spell My Name with an "S": "Esther" is the official spelling, but "Ester" is seen written on merchandise and Closed Captioning.
• Tsundere: Towards Speedy/Yattaro. She often pummels him for being an idiot, slacking off at work, or pushing one of her Berserk Buttons. However, whenever he's really feeling down, she tries to cheer him up, and if it looks like he's at death's door, she's the one who's most visibly worried about him. It all comes to a head during "The Big Comet Caper", when upon Speedy's return, she embraces him in tearful relief.

Francine (Otama)

Voice Actors: Satomi Koorogi (Japanese), Pauline Little (English)

• The Cutie
• Greed
• Mission Control
• Money Fetish
• Rhymes on a Dime
• Ridiculously Cute Critter
• Tsundere

Rescue Team (Otasuke Ninja)

General Catton (Rikkinoshin)

Voice Actors: Kiyoyuki Yanada (Japanese), Michael Rudder (English)

• Awesome Backpack
• Mighty Glacier
• Playing with Fire
• Shout-Out: To General Patton
• Standardized Leader

Bat Cat (Mietoru)

Voice Actors: Tsutomu Kashiwakura (Japanese), Richard Dumont (English)

• Added Alliterative Appeal
• Ambiguously Gay: In the Japanese version, Mietoru's branch is regularly frequented by Okama (Drag Queens).
• Awesome Backpack
• Danger Deadpan
• Improbable Piloting Skills
• Shout-Out: To Batman

Meowzma O' Tool (Gotton)

Voice Actors: Wataru Takagi (Japanese), Mark Hellman (English)

• Chainsaw Good
• Dual-Wielding
• Happily Married
• This Is a Drill

Spritz T. Cat (Nekkii)

Voice Actors: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Arthur Holden (English)

• Awesome Backpack
• Cats Hate Water: Greatly subverted.
• Making a Splash
• Shout-Out: To Fritz the Cat
• Super Not-Drowning Skills

New York Pizza Cats (Himitsu Ninja Tai Yankee)

Sundance Kid (Michael)

Voice Actors: Ryo Horikawa (Japanese), Pier Paquette (English)

• The Gunslinger: Sundance's primary weapons are a pair of revolvers.
• Named After Somebody Famous: Michael Jackson

Dee Dee (Madonna)

Voice Actors: Hiromi Tsuru (Japanese), Jane Woods (English)

• Ms. Fanservice: In costume? Most assuredly yes.
• Named After Somebody Famous: Madonna
• The Vamp: Complete with a dominatrix getup (mask and high heels), a whip, and Noblewoman's Laugh.
• Whip It Good: The aforementioned whip.

Cosmo (Prince)

Voice Actors: Shou Hayami (Japanese), Michael Rudder (English)

• The Charmer: His first act upon showing up was to woo Polly for a little bit.
• Named After Somebody Famous: Prince
• Royal Rapier: His Weapon of Choice.

Villains

Seymour "Big" Cheese (Kitsunezuka Ko'on-no-Kami)

Voice Actors: Ikuya Sawaki (Japanese), Dean Hagopian (English)

• Big Bad
• Camp Gay: His dub voice is an obvious Paul Lynde impersonation.
• Catch Phrase: In the Japanese version, whenever he loses, he would yell "KUYASHII!!" ("This is humiliating!!") before he explodes.
• Colony Drop: In the final story arc, he threatens to drop a nearby comet towards Earth unless he is made Emperor of Little Tokyo.
• Evil Chancellor
• He's A Fox In Japan: In SPC, he was changed into a rat.
• Hollywood Tone Deaf: In "No Talent Guido", when he, being a fan of easy listening music, sings so badly that it even drives Jerry, Bad Bird, and the other Ninja Crows crazy.
• Not So Harmless: "The Big Comet Caper." That is all.
• Once an Episode — Blows himself up nearly every episode.
• Sparkling Stream of Tears: After saying goodbye to Jerry in the episode "Quake, Rattle, and Roll".
• Villainous Breakdown: Every time he explodes would be a good example.
  • At the end of the series, having finally been caught embezzling Little Tokyo's treasury (and subsequently being fired as Prime Minister, as well as being threatened into banishment by Princess Vi), Big Cheese finally decides to go all-out and attempts a Colony Drop with a COMET.
• Villainous Crossdresser
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Big Cheese is afraid of earthquakes in the episode "Quake, Rattle, and Roll".

Jerry Atric (Karasu Genrasai)

Voice Actors: Naoki Tatsuta (Japanese), Mark Camacho (English)

• Funny Foreigner: Jerry is the only character who speaks with a Japanese accent in the English dub.
• Heterosexual Life Partners: With the Big Cheese. Though with some of their antics, you have to wonder...
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: Is much smarter than his boss, which granted isn't saying much.
• I Owe You My Life: Why would an ancient ninja master lend the support of his clan to a Laughably Evil dolt like the Big Cheese? Because when he'd fallen deathly ill, a kiss from the Big Cheese cured him. Of course, he didn't exactly enjoy it...
• Not So Above It All: Despite being the Only Sane Man he sometimes engages in the Big Cheese's Camp Gay shenanigans. On another occasion, he got so exasperated at his boss' lunacy and arrogance that HE did the exploding instead!
• Only Sane Man: Compared to his boss and the antics of his Ninja Crows, he often comes off as this.
• Punny Name: Based on "geriatric."
• The Starscream: On occasion. Usually Played for Laughs.

Bad Bird (Karamaru)

Voice Actors: Koichi Yamadera (Japanese), Michael O'Reilly (English)

• The Dragon
• Eleventh-Hour Superpower: In his final battle with Speedy, Bad Bird claims to have gained Speedy's Ginzu magic, and proves it by unleashing an energy shockwave that sends Yattaro reeling backward.
  • The American version of the show offers some Foreshadowing in the form of "Bad Bird Uncaged," when Bad Bird uses the Armor of Worc to absorb Speedy's Cat's Eye Slash and turns the power back against Speedy in the form of a raging firebird-shaped blast.
• Fate Worse Than Death: Being married to Princess Vi, which he even lampshaded that quote.
• Heel Face Turn: In "The Great Comet Caper: Part 2"
• I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine — His Japanese actor voiced Ryoga in Ranma 1/2. Speedy's actor voiced Ranma.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Official Couple: Bad Bird and his childhood friend, Carla (Okara).
• Pet the Dog
• The Rival: To Speedy.
• Super Mode: His Armor of Worc in the two-part episode, "Bad Bird Uncaged", complete with a flute that transforms into a bazooka or a machine gun (the latter which is only seen in the Japanese version).

The Rude Noise (Yami no Yon Nin Shu/Four Fighters of the Dark)

A Quirky Miniboss Squad of ninja crows with custom-designed armor, sometimes employed by the Big Cheese to fight the Pizza Cats. One of their recurring themes is to use combination techniques to provide an uphill battle for the team.

Bad Max (Crow Magnon) (Zankaa)

Voice Actors: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese), Arthur Grosser (English)

• Early-Bird Cameo: A prototype version of Bad Max appears in the Japanese opening.
• Eyepatch of Power: A glass lens mounted in his helmet that looks rather like a scouter.
• An Axe to Grind: Favors a pair of tomahawks.

Cannonball Battery (Bonkaa)

Voice Actors: Kozo Shioya (Japanese), Richard Dumont (English)

• The Big Guy
• Evil Counterpart: To General Catton/Rikkinoshin
• Meaningful Name: You think?
• More Dakka: Has a back-mounted cannon and a pair of shoulder-mounted triple-barrel blasters. Clearly, he feels There Is No Kill Like Overkill.

Mojo Rojo (Rekkaa)

Voice Actors: Hiroyuki Shibamoto (Japanese, 1st), Kenyuu Horiuchi (Japanese, 2nd), Gary Jewell (English)

• BFS: His sword is a nodachi that rivals bad Bird/Karamaru's!
• Meaningful Name: "Rojo" means "red" in Spanish.

Ronnie Geissmuller (Wokkaa)

Voice Actors: Masami Kikuchi (Japanese), Michael Rudder (English)

• Evil Counterpart: To Spritz T. Cat/Nekkii

Other Major Characters

Lucille (Omitsu, "Omi-chan/Mi-chan")

Voice Actors: Yuko Mizutani (Japanese), Susan Glover (English)

• Beware the Nice Ones
• The Chick
• Expy: She bears a resemblance to, as well as being named after, Omitsu from the Ganbare Goemon video games.
• Fur Bikini: In "No Talent Guido.
• Hey, It's That Voice!: Omitsu is voiced by Yuko Mizutani (Mihoshi).
• I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine (see Hey, It's That Voice! for Lucille and Polly)
• Idol Singer: Is one half of the Pointless Sisters (Mipple).
• The Ingenue
• Macross Missile Massacre: Bad Bird referred to her at one point as "the babe with the nuclear hairdo". In the Japanese version, Karamaru [Bad Bird's name in Japan] calls her "Missile Girl".
  • Hyperspace Arsenal: In the Japanese version of "The Great Comet Caper: Part 2", Omitsu, very excited to see Yattarou alive, launches a giant nuke from her head that destroys Edoropolis. That part was cut from the US version.
• Third Person Person: In the Japanese version, Omitsu sometimes refers to herself in the third person.

Princess Violet ("Princess Vi") (Tokugawa Usako, "Usa Hime")

Voice Actors: Maria Kawamura (Japanese), Liz MacRae (English)

• Adult Child
• Catch Phrase — "Take him to Prisoner Island!" ("SHIMANAGASHI NI SEEEEEEI!!" in the Japanese original)
• Everything's Better with Princesses (Well, sort of)
• The Man Behind the Man: She's the real power in Little Tokyo, what with her father being nuts.
• Missing Mom: Empress Frieda (Usa no Tsubone), who finally appears in one episode.
• Royal Brat
• Smitten Teenage Girl: She has a HUGE crush on Bad Bird, sometimes on Speedy and an occasional guest character, too.
• Tsundere
• Well, Excuse Me, Princess!

Emperor Fred (Shogun Tokugawa Iei-Iei)

Voice Actors: Kenyuu Horiuchi (Japanese), Mark Hellman (English)

• Catch Phrase: "Fuh-RED!"
• The Ditz
• Royally Screwed-Up: Although to be fair you have to have screws to be screwed up in the first place.

"Big" Al Dente (Inuyama Wanko-no Kami)

Voice Actors: Shioya Kouzou (Japanese), A.J. Henderson (English)

• The Commissioner Gordon
• Knight in Shining Armor

Guru Lou (Nekomata Reikainosuke, "Daisensei")

Voice Actors: (Japanese), Walter Massey (English)

• Dirty Old Man: In the Japanese version, where he tends to be grabby towards Pururun. His lecherous traits were reduced in SPC.