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Domokun

Domo (どーもくん, Dōmo-kun^?) is the mascot of Japan's NHK television station, appearing in several 30 second stop-motion sketches shown as station identification during shows.

1 Background
2 Popularization on Fark
3 Appearances in other media
4 References
5 External links

Background

Domo, the main character, is described on the English-language official website as "a strange creature that hatched from an egg." ^[1] The name "Domo" was acquired during the second episode of his show in which a TV announcer said, "doumo, konnichiwa" (どうも、こんにちは, "doumo, konnichiwa"^?), which is a formal greeting meaning something along the lines of, "Well, hello there!", or "Hello, Domo!", and thus is a convenient dajare. The kun suffix on "Domo-kun" is a friendly title often used with young males. Domo-kun's favorite food is Japanese-style meat and potato stew, and he has a strong dislike for apples, due to an unexplained mystery in his DNA. Domo-kun is known to pass gas repeatedly when nervous or upset. ^[1] Domo lives in an underground cave with Mr. Usaji ^[2] ^[1], known in Japanese-language versions as Usajii (うさじい, Usajii^?), a portmanteau of the words usagi (ウサギ, usagi^?), (rabbit), and jii-chan (じいちゃん, jii-chan^?) (grandpa). Mr. Usaji is a wise old rabbit who loves to watch television and drink astringent green tea. Mr. Usaji is not into any "new" materials, and does not own a telephone. In terms of fashion, Mr. Usaji focuses on materials instead of shapes. Mr. Usaji's favorite food is carrots, and his least favorite food is "something that is meaningless." Also in the cave live two bats, a mother named Patience ^[2] (Shinobu (しのぶ, Shinobu^?) in the Japanese version) and her child Mario (Morio (もりお, Morio^?) in the Japanese version). Patience has a drinking problem ^[2]. The other main character in the shorts is a weasel girl named Tashanna ^[2] ^[1] (Tā-chan (たーちゃん, Tā-chan^?) in the Japanese version). Tashanna, 17 years old, is a weasel who aspires to be a fashion stylist or model in Tokyo and is always using technology (televisions, mobile phones, and cameras). In English Tashanna has a "weaselly accent" (いたちなまり, itachi namari^?) and ends her sentences with "y"s. In the Japanese version, she ends her sentences with "chi" (ち) ^[3]. Tashanna's favorite food is apricot and mint tarts, and her least favorite food is sea urchin. ^[1] The Japanese name originates from the word "multichannel" (多チャンネル, tachanneru^?) of digital broadcasting. "A Little Bear" (くまのこ, Kuma no ko^?, literally "A bear cub") is one of Domo's friends from the neighborhood. ^[2] Hee (Flower One (花一, Hanaichi^?)) and Haw (Flower Two (花二, Hanaji^?)) are pixie twins from a flower. Domo is the only individual who can see them. ^[2] Televisions play a major part in all of the shorts. Domokun hatched from an egg and is belived to be from space. Most people believe him to be a parallelogramatic monster...this isn't true.

Popularization on Fark

The popularization of Domo as an internet meme and cliché in the Western world is often attributed to a Fark thread from July 28th, 2001. ^[4]. The thread became popular on the then-young site, prompted in part by its serendipitous ID number of 31337. From there, Fark users began using the image and likeness of the character in various image contests and as additional, humorous banter in threads.

Appearances in other media

A joint game called "Domo-kun's Angry Smashfest" was made by I-Mockery and Newgrounds, in which The Powerpuff Girls, enemies from Golden Axe, and Sparkster make an appearance. The Powerpuffs are the villains of the game, while Sparkster, who is killed early in the game by the PPGs, is an ally, and Death Adder, the main antagonist of Golden Axe, is the final boss. Domo was also featured in several of I-Mockery's mini-mocks including Cooking with Popinski! as a taste-tester and Pillow & Sheet Fort Wars where he presided over the peace meeting in the game.
Domo appears as one of the monsters in Go, Go, Parody Rangers!, a parody of Power Rangers, which is featured on Newgrounds.
Nickelodeon is developing 26 2-minute shorts of Domo for broadcast in the United States ^[5].
In the Melvins album A Live History of Gluttony and Lust one of the pages of the booklet has Domo's face on it.
In the online forum Gaia Online a common emoticon used in forums is a Domo.
Domo appears in several satiric spoofs of the original "Every time you masturbate... God kills a kitten."
A running joke on Uncyclopedia concerns Domo-kun being used to represent a grue.
Domo appears as the Default skin for the Mattress prop in Garry's Mod Version 9. It could be Disabled by deactivating the plugin on the main menu.
Domo-kun is featured a zine by Crimethinc