* Kikuchiyo's behavior is a frequent source of comedy.
** His extensive and lame attempts to prove his family background includes samurai. As in the original, the name he picked out came from a ''thirteen year old girl''.
** His "Kick you in the gears" threat.
** The comic contrast of a giant metal samurai playing with small human children as if he were a child himself.
*** After they find out he's a farmer's son, Okara wants him to be her sidekick, but Komachi insists that he's ''her'' sidekick.
* While escaping, Heihachi catches Kirara and Komachi as they jump. He also does the same to Kikuchiyo, which gets him crushed.
* Heihachi, Gorobei and Rikichi crossdressing.
** And Rikichi's 'rice rap.'