History Literature / Momotaro

* Part 1 of the 2023 ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' DLC is called "The Teal Mask". It takes place in the land of Kitakami, home of the new Pokémon that are based on the characters of story trope. Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezandipiti are respectively based on the dog, monkey and pheasant who help Momotaro in his quest to slay Oni, who is represented by Ogerpon. In actuality, this is likely based on [[spoiler:an interpretation of the story where Momotaro isn't a hero but a conqueror plundering wealth from innocents, since ''the trio'' are the evil ones and not Ogerpon.]] Part 2, "The Indigo Disk", introduces the actual Momotaro equivalent in the peach Pokémon Pecharunt, [[spoiler:who was the one who corrupted the three in the first place]].

* ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' produced an episode with the titular character taking the ro8le of Momotaro.

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* The heroes of ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' where the rangers are based on the characters of Momotaro. Additionally; the red hero is literally called "Don Momotaro" and is literally born from a peach.

* The 2023 ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' DLC is called "The Teal Mask". It takes place in the land of Kitakami, home of the new Pokemon that are based on the characters of story trope. Okidogi, Munkidori and Fezandipiti are respectively based on the dog, monkey and pheasant who help Momotaro in his quest to slay Oni, who is represented by Ogerpon. In actuality, this is likely based on [[spoiler:an interpretation of the story where Momotaro isn't a hero but a conqueror plundering wealth from innocents, since ''the trio'' are the evil ones and not Ogerpon.]]

* ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' produced an episode with the titular character taking the role of Momotaro.

* The 2023 ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' DLC is called "The Teal Mask". It takes place in the land of Kitakami, home of the new Pokemon that are based on the characters of story trope. Okidogi, Munkidori and Fezandipiti are based on the dog, monkey and pheasant who help Momotaro in his quest to slay Oni, who is represented by Ogerpon. In actuality, this is likely based on [[spoiler:an interpretation of the story where Momotaro isn't a hero but a conqueror plundering wealth from innocents, since ''the trio'' are the evil ones and not Ogerpon.]]

* The 2023 ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' DLC is called "The Teal Mask". It takes place in the land of Kitakami, home of the new Pokemon that are based on the characters of story trope. Okidogi, Munkidori and Fezandipiti are based on the dog, monkey and pheasant who help Momotaro in his quest to slay Oni, who is represented by Ogerpon.

* The 2023 ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' DLC is called "The Teal Mask". It takes place in the land of Kitakami, home of the new Pokemon that are based on the characters of story trope. Okidogi, Munkidori and Fezandipity are based on the dog, monkey and pheasant who help Momotaro in his quest to slay Oni, who is represented by Ogrepon.

* The 2023 ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' DLC is called "The Teal Mask". It takes place in the land of Kitakami, home of the new Pokemon that are based on the characters of story trope.

* In ''VideoGame/{{ONI: Road to be the Mightiest Oni}}'' has Momotaro be the antagonist. In the manga prequel, Momotaro is shown to be a foreigner who was shipwrecked and was adopted by a native old couple but was alienated due to his appearance, strength, constitution and skill in swordsmanship.
* An upcoming First part of the ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' DLC is called "The Teal Mask". It takes place in the Land of Kitakami, home of the New Pokemon that are based on the characters of story trope.

* ''LightNovel/MomoKyunSword''

* An upcoming First part DLC of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' is called "The Teal Mask". It takes place in the Land of Kitakami, home of the New Pokemon that are based on the characters of story trope.

* The red hero of ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' is literally named Don Momotaro. His civilian identity, Taro Momoi, is one added letter from Momotaro when read in Japanese order (Momo''i'' Tarou).

* The red hero of ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' is literally named Don Momotaro. His civilian identity, Taro Momoi, is one added letter from Momotaro when read in Japanese order.

* ''ComicBook/MarvelFairyTales'': ''Momotaro'' was one of several tales adapted for the series, with [[ComicBook/MarvelComicsCyclops Scott Summers]] as the titular character.

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* The ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' OVA, "Anime/WhatAmIForMomotaro" have Doraemon, Nobita and their friends deciding to travel to the past after finding proof that Momotaro allegedly exists.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** The Admirals are all given codenames that reference characters from the story, [=AoKiji=] (blue pheasant), [=KiZaru=] (yellow monkey), [=AkaInu=] (red dog), and more recently [=FujiTora=] (Wisteria Tiger) and [=RyokuGyu=] (Green Bull).
** The Wano also has several references to Momotarou. Kaidou resides on the island Onigashima which is obviously modeled after its namesake and he and his crew took control of Wano via force, representing the oni. The little girl O-Tama is able to make animal creatures into her allies with her kibi-dangos she can produce with her body. Momonosuke, the son of the deceased daimyou Kozuki Oden, also has a big role to play, notably as the lord of the Nine Red Scabbards who oppose Kaidou and Orochi. Another key player who is directly aiming for Kaidou's head is the main protagonist, Luffy, who adopts the undercover moniker ''Luffytarou''. Representing the three animals we have ''Monkey'' D. Luffy, Marco the Phoenix and [[spoiler:Yamato, who can turn into a mythical wolf]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbo6XbwcdoU This]] animated version.
* There's ''Anime/MomotarosSeaEagles'' and its sequel ''Anime/MomotarosDivineSeaWarriors''. They are UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era propaganda films aimed towards children. They depict Momotaro leading an army of [[KillerRabbit adorable cartoon animals with modern weapons]] to kill a bunch of [[SpaceJews Caucasian-looking demons]]. Here, Onigashima acts as a stand-in for Pearl Harbor in the first movie, and a mix of Singapore and the Philippines in the second. Both are famous examples of early Japanese animation.
* In ''Manga/SakigakeOtokojuku'', the main character is named Momotaro. Since the manga tends to [[TestosteronePoisoning poke fun at WWII-style Japanese nationalism]], this might be a reference to ''Sea Eagles'' and ''Divine Sea Warriors''.
* In ''Anime/YuYuHakusho'', one villain is named Kuromomotaro, or "Black Momotaro" and is part of a team made up of evil versions of classic Japanese fairy tale characters. The kibi-dango are turned into magic spheres that give Kuromomotaro different animal-themed armors based on Momotaro's three animal companions.

* ''Manga/HozukisCoolheadedness'', the first episode started off with Momotaro causing trouble for the oni in hell. He appears after that as a regularly recurring character, [[spoiler: having found a new job caring for the peach trees of immortality.]]

* In the final arc of ''Anime/RollingGirls'' one of the characters is a GenderFlip of Momotaro named Momo. Although her animal companions are different, [[spoiler: and the demon is actually [[LukeIAmYourFather her biological mother]] performing a ZeroApprovalGambit.]]
* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'' references the story when the cast are submitting ideas their scripts for the school play. [[LovableSexManiac Shiho's]] submission is "Momobutttaro", a modified version of this fairy tale. We only get to see tiny snippets, but ClassRepresentative Aizawa (whom Shiho wanted to play the lead role) claims that it's straight-up pornographic, and Shiho is "convinced" to abandon it with the threat that she'll have to star in it alongside LovableSexManiac Shimada, who she's desperately been trying to avoid.
* Volume 4 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has a FracturedFairyTale version. It was also adapted as a chapter of the ''Official Doujin'', which ended with Momotaro and the Oni falling in love (since they were cast as Shirogane and Kaguya respectively). %%Invoked
* Not an adaptation, but it's referenced in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', where Ranma asks his equally BookDumb father what he knows about [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]]. His father's response: ''He was born from a peach''. The English translation [[CulturalTranslation adapts]] this as [[Franchise/{{Superman}} he's from the planet Krypton]].
* Three of the guards in ''Manga/{{Nanbaka}}'' are themed after a dog (Kenshirou), a pheasant (Kiji) and a monkey (Samon) respectively.
* The first two episodes of ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger'' involve the heroes restoring the world of this story, which was corrupted into a SciFi epic.
* In ''Manga/DrStone'', Senku is amazed to discover that the stone-age villagers who were born after the mysterious petrification of Earth in 2017[[note]]2019 in the anime[[/note]] know the legend of Momotaro. He's even more stunned that their version of the story casts Momotaro as a musclebound [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] lookalike with a bear, gorilla, lion, and crocodile as companions. [[spoiler:Later on we find out that this version was written by Senku's father Byakuya shortly after the petrification.]]
* One chapter of ''Manga/GakuenBabysitters'' has the babysitting club putting on a version of Momotaro in order to perform for the babies' parents, specifically Kirin's mother, as she's ''also'' busy with the drama club and their own play.
* This is the inspiration for ''Webcomic/PeachBoyRiverside'', and straight up referenced by the narrator when Sally, with the Peach eye ability, kills an oni.
* ''Manga/KotaroLivesAlone'': In episode 5, Kotaro learns the woman who runs the local supermarket is pregnant, but doesn't understand the concept since he thought babies were born from peaches, like in the story of Momotaro.
* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' has the characters put on a play based on this, but it's a FracturedFairytale that's mostly about the old couple's divorce and legal battle over the miraculous peach. [[AdaptedOut Momotaro doesn't appear]], the animals are trained by the old man to attack his ex-wife, and the "island of demons" is just a metaphor for the darkness of the human heart.
* In ''Anime/MyNeighborTheYamadas,'' a fantasy sequence near the beginning includes oldest son Noboru being born from a peach. (His younger sister is depicted [[Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter coming from a bamboo stalk]].)
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* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': In one issue, Usagi befriended a group of orphans and told them the story of Momotaro, casting himself in the lead role.
* ''ComicBook/XMen Fairy Tales'' recast Cyclops as Momotaro, with Professor Xavier and other members of the original line-up in supporting roles.
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* ''LightNovel/MomoKyunSword'', a GenderFlip light novel and its anime adaptation about a warrior maiden with enormous...''peaches''.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Several English translations exist in books of Japanese "fairy tales" published around the late 19th and early 20th century.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Momotaros from ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', naturally, is based off the tale, and his cars on the Den-Liner feature weapons based off of the three animals. The ''Imagin Anime'' shorts also have an episode where all the Imagin try to reenact the story, with... [[HilarityEnsues less-than-optimal results.]]
* ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'', episode 36 has the Boukengers meet a modern day incarnation of the character named Taro. He too is born from a giant peach Satoru and Eiji find in a river, grows into a 10-year-old within a day, and eventually helps the Boukengers retrieve a precious named the Kanabō from the Questers (whom he initially mistakes for Oni)
* ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' is a {{Sentai}} based off characters from the ''Momotaro'' folklore.
* ''Series/UltramanLeo'' has an episode titled "Japan Masterpiece Folklore Series - Mighty! Momotaro!" which is pretty much a WholePlotReference to the Momotaro myth, with a bullied child becoming Momotaro, being accompanied by a band of animal sidekicks (consisting of a dog, monkey and chicken - they probably couldn't get a pheasant like in the myth) and the MonsterOfTheWeek being an {{Oni}} named Oni-on.
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* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}} 2: SOS! Otogi no Kuni'', based on the manga of the same name, in which Doraemon and friends get to enter the world of fairytales. Nobita's level notably had him becoming Momotaro and launching projectiles from a peach-shaped vessel, and later battling a powerful Oni as the level's boss.

* One stage in ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan 2'' features [[OldSuperhero an elderly Momotaro]] being forced out of retirement to defeat some rogue ''oni''. He ends up convincing them to make an honest living by opening an amusement park on Onigashima.
* ''VideoGame/ZombiePanicInWonderland'' features Momotaro as a main player in defeating the zombies. The Onis also show up to give the peach boy trouble.

* The Trainer [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman Dressphere]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' seems to be based on the legend, since the heroes' partner animals are a dog (for Yuna), monkey (Rikku) and pheasant (Paine).
* "Onigishima" is a special event in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' where the cast fight Oni on the island. Given the nature of the series, the cast are very aware that it's derivative of the original story. The characters play the part of Momotarou and his companions. Momotarou is played by the protagonist, the monkey is played by [[BadassBiker Sakata Kintoki]], the pheasant is played by [[{{Ninja}} Fuuma Kotarou]], and the dog is played by [[UndyingLoyalty Ushiwakamaru]] who has to compete for it with [[LoveInterest Mash]], [[AsianFoxSpirit Tamamo-no-Mae]], [[{{Yandere}} Kiyohime]] and even ''[[AnimalCompanion Fou]]''. The oni boss is played by [[spoiler:Ushi Gozen]].
* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' features Momonyan, a cat version of the hero debuting in ''Yo-kai Watch Blasters''. Along with his retainers Puppynyan, Chimpanyan, and Pheasenyan. He first shows up in a subversion of the story told by Yo-kai movie director Directator where the Oni (Gargaros) wins in the end. Then a sequel where Momonyan fights off Kintaronyan (based off the hero Kintaro) and Odysseynyan (based off the hero Urashima Taro) before defeating the Oni as revenge.
* ''VideoGame/ChampionIslandGames'': Momotaro and his animal friends play alongside Lucky the cat in the rugby game against some Oni, and finding Momotaro to lead his team is one of the sidequests.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* The ''VisualNovel/DancingBladeKatteNiMomotenshi'' series is an adaptation of Momotaro's tale, with the main heroine, Momohime, being a GenderFlip version of Momotaro, whose TrademarkFavoriteFood is kibi-dango, and who got an OrphansPlotTrinket's CoolSword; also, Momohime's main companions are a man with a PoweredArmor (Sarukichi, as the monkey), and two female {{Youkai}} with magic powers (Oinu, as the dog; and Kijime, as the pheasant).
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' told the story of Momotaro to a baby he was protecting.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy'' used the tale of Momotaro to help Pig and his brothers to cooperate.
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!!Tropes associated with Momotaro

* "Onigishima" is a special event in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' where the cast fight Oni on the island. Given the nature of the series, the cast are very aware that it's derivative of the original story. The characters play the part of Momotarou and his companions. Momotarou is played by the protagonist, the monkey is played by [[BadassBiker Sakata Kintoki]], the pheasant is played by [[{{Ninja}} Fuuma Kotarou]], and the dog is played by [[UndyingLoyalty Ushiwakamaru]] who has to compete for it with [[LoveInterest Mash]], [[{{Kitsune}} Tamamo-no-Mae]], [[{{Yandere}} Kiyohime]] and even ''[[AnimalCompanion Fou]]''. The oni boss is played by [[spoiler:Ushi Gozen]].

* The ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' OVA, "What Am I for Momotaro?" have Doraemon, Nobita and their friends deciding to travel to the past after finding proof that Momotaro allegedly exists.