History Characters / KuboAndTheTwoStrings

* PeekABangs: Covering up his missing eye.

* PluckyComicRelief: Due to his quirky and eccentric personality, like a mix of Pixar's [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Dory]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Mater]], plus the fact that [[TheStraightMan irritates Monkey]], he provides the funniest scenes in this quite tragic and dark story.

* ReincarnationIdentifyingTrait: The scar on the right side of her face, the fact that she and Sariatu have the same voice, and how much she cares for Kubo.
* SamusIsAGirl: Kubo always called his charm Mr. Monkey. But when the charm comes to life, it reveals that it's actually a Miss. [[spoiler:This is because Kubo's mother has moved what's left of her soul inside of it.]]

* InexplicablyTailless: She's a monkey, but lacks a tail[[note]]Real Japanese macaques have short, stubby tails[[/note]].

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* {{Gashadokuro}}: That's what it is.

* GuardianEntity: To the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Sword]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Unbreakable]].

* ExtraEyes: Has hundreds of them.
* GuardianEntity: To the [[ArmorOfInvincibility Breastplate]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Impenetrable]].

* LampreyMouth: The monster has a ''huge'' one.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Sports hundreds of teeth.

* HumbleHero: Relatively so. Aside from his mother's mental illness, Kubo was pretty content with his peaceful life before his adventure began. In fact, not once has Kubo ever belly-ached about how adverse it was growing up poor.

* SlasherSmile: Their masks have a [[PerpetualSmiler perpetual smile]] that gives shivers and [[UncannyValley an unpleasant presence]]. Also, they are quite good at slashing with blades.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RooneyMara (English), Rina Kawaei (Japanese - Cinematic dub), Sayaka Ohara (Japanese - In-flight dub)

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* NoSell: When Kubo holds the Sword Unbreakable out, the Moon King [[spoiler:walks right into without being cut or slowed down, pushing back the sword ''and Kubo's entire body''. It takes Kubo's shamisen to bring him down.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Loses his memories after [[spoiler:being defeated by Kubo. The townspeople convince him he's a good person.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: He was a member of Hanzo's Beetle Clan that the Moon King turned into a beetle man. [[spoiler: Specifically, he's Hanzo himself.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: A variation. [[spoiler:Washi demonstrates the spell that they performed on the real Hanzo by forcibly unfolding and refolding him into a beetle. Unlike the real Hanzo though, this proves fatal.]]

* NiceHat: Both Sisters wear classic witch hats.

* {{Gashadokuro}}: That's what it is...

* RapunzelHair: Her hair reaches past her waist.

* ObfuscatingDisability: When he first meets Kubo in his dreams, Raiden allows the boy to think he's but a simple blind man who happens to have [[BlindSeer clear wisdom]]. The second time they meet face-to-face, Kubo throws a rock at him. Normally, a blind man wouldn't see the toss. But the Moon King is no ordinary blind man and catches it, before he reveals his lack thereof blindness with an ominous "''I see''..."

* TopHeavyGuy: For being such a giant insect man with a thorax as wide as a barn, Beetle's legs are long and relatively thin. Travis Knight even commented that Beetle's build is that of "a body builder who spends a lot of time at the gym working out on the bench-press, but not doing a whole lot for his quads."

* ChildrenRaiseYou: Because of his mother's brain damage, it fell to Kubo to take care of her, even having to feed her.

* EvilCripple: His blindness symbolizes his LackOfEmpathy, which he wishes to bestow upon Kubo by taking both of his eyes. [[spoiler:His HeelFaceTurn was partially based on gaining use of Kubo's stolen eye to finally see others as people.]] It does ''[[HandicappedBadass not]]'', however, affect his actual ability to fight in the slightest.

* KarmicTransformation: He wanted to [[spoiler:turn his grandson from a one-eyed mortal to a blind immortal.]] Instead, the exact opposite happened to him.

* PrecisionFStrike: While trying to [[spoiler:convince Kubo to give up and join him, he calls mortality hell.]]

* ColdHam: Just listen to him speak to Kubo once the act begins slipping/is dropped.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: [[TruthInTelevision Beetles can hold their breath for extremely long periods of time.]]

* MeaningfulName: In Japanese, "kubo" can be written with the kanji "凹", which refers to a dent, hollow, or a similar kind of space that should be full, but is lacking. The fact that Kubo is missing both his eye and his father are central to his character.

* BowAndSwordInAccord: According to his wife, he was a master swordsman ''and'' archer.