A Note from Eric Cartman
Princess Kenny (プリンセス♥ケニー) is a 2013 Japanese anime series by Studio SPARK. The series follows the adventures of the titular Magical Girl as she helps the Sony Corporation win the Console Wars and fights for her acceptance as the land's beloved princess. Encountering wizards, elves, tentacle monsters, Nazis, zombies and Nazi zombies, Kenny must use her powers of true love to help out her friends on her quest and fight the evil Wizard King. And sell more PlayStation 4 units.
Full episodes can be watched online for free here, and reviews can be found here.
This show provides examples of:
- A-Cup Angst: A running gag with Princess Kenny; we don't know why her boobs are so tiny either. One Filler episode focused entirely on Kenny wanting larger breasts, which resulted in her blowing herself up with a bicycle pump, fighting a Tyrannosaurus rex, destroying shipments of Chinpokomon XX and Chinpokomon XY, manipulating the Wizard King into mowing the lawnnote , and shopping at 7-Eleven.
- Ymmmfmmmm mmmm fmmkmmmmmmfmmmm. Mmmmmmmfmmmmsfmmmm Dmmbmm-D's mmmfmmmrsfmmmmm. Mmmmfsfmmmmfmmmm Tm-Rfmmm.Translation
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- Adaptational Villainy: In the tie-in videogame, Princess Kenny is the final boss, and turns herself into a Nazi Zombie. Japanese fans were so outraged when this was revealed on the internet by players in other countries, that the game was never released in Japan. Princess Kenny's villainous turn was even nominated for "Anime Disgrace of the Year" by Okama Weekly magazine, but lost to the inexplicably female and heroic version of Friegue the Clone Overlord from that year's Chinpokomon movie.
- Adipose Rex: The Wizard King is really quite chubby. He's also a king who happens to be a wizard (not an actual king of wizards), specifically the King of Kupa Keep.
- What?! I'm not fat! Uh, I mean... Look carefully at the Wizard King's character design. He's clearly wearing a big, bulky robe and is actually really skinny underneath.
- All Anime Is Naughty Tentacles:
- Duh. This is an anime that repeatedly abuses and murders a 10-year-old girl in outlandishly Squicky ways, so it would be a surprise if this trope didn't show up every few episodes (usually as Kenny's cause of death).
- Perhaps most notable during Kenny's epic battle with Microsoft Sam in Episode 22, where Sam kills Kenny by impaling her with one of his tentacles in the least subtle way possible.
- Naturally, the "Princess Kenny Super Articulation High-Quality Kawaii Real Action Figure Doll" comes with tentacle accessories that can be used to this effect.
- Anti-Villain: Sir Kyle is conflicted about the war, and seriously contemplates joining the PlayStation 4 side.
- Bad Future: The episode where Kenny turns evil and becomes Nazi Zombie Princess Kenny, which effectively forces the Wizard King and his Heroic Mime sidekick to take over the hero role.
- Banned in Canada: The Royal Canadian Ministry of Censorship has banned Princess Kenny in their country for encouraging pedophilia, for the delirious effect that Princess Kenny's excessive cuteness has on viewers, and because Scott the Dick personally hates the show (he's a dick).
- Despite this, Canadian comedy duo Terrance and Phillip watched the show when traveling to Japan. The two found it unintentionally hilarious even though it's the opposite of typical Canadian fart-based humor, and parodied it in their TV special "Terrance and Phillip in: Japanopedophiles!". Phillip also noted that the Princess reminded them of one of their American fans.
- Bash Brothers: In the Professor Chaos episode, Princess Kenny does this with the ninja Bulrog who is actually the Wizard King in disguise to defeat Professor Chaos.
- She didn't need to though, because Bulrog is sweet and kewl. He could use his kick ass sai to beat Professor Chaos easily.
- Big Bad: The Wizard King tries to be this, when the true threat is Bill Gates.
- Big Bad Wannabe: The Wizard King in the first season; he's working for Microsoft, but clearly wants to be the one in charge. After his Heel–Face Turn, it turns out that Bill Gates is a bigger threat, especially after the Wizard King realizes that supporting Microsoft isn't worth all the evil he's been doing. Which means he's a good character with lots of development, right?
- Big Good: Kazuo Hirai, CEO of Sony. Unfortunately he gets brutally murdered by Bill Gates.
- Cerebus Syndrome: Just like Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the show uses its cute girl protagonist to lull viewers into a false sense of security, making them think they've stumbled across a quirky (albeit bizarrely sexual and comically violent) Magical Girl series. Then Bill Gates has Steve Ballmer murdered...
- Cross-Dressing Voices: All female characters in the show (including Kenny herself) are voiced by male seiyuu.
- Crossover: One episode features Professor Chaos as a villain. Princess Kenny makes short work of him at the end of the episode.
- But I don't want to be part of a scary pervy anime for scary perverts who like collecting creepy sex toys...
- Shut up Butters. You suck.
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- Cuteness Proximity: Anyone close enough to Kenny immediately falls in love with her cuteness. Except for the Wizard King because he knows better than to want to go fuck a tranny.
- Distracted by the Sexy: Princess Kenny uses this to gain the upper hand in battle via Show Some Leg.
- Ear Worm: The theme song. It is the most kawaii thing you will ever see.
- Eldritch Abomination: Microsoft Sam, the interdimensional cyborg tentacle monster summoned by the Wizard King to destroy Sony forever.
- Enemy Mine: In the tie-in videogame, Princess Kenny and the Wizard King work together to battle a new foe; however, the same game infamously turns Kenny into a villain. They also did this in the Professor Chaos episode, although the Wizard King was disguised as the ninja Bulrog.
- Energy Weapon: In the form of rainbows.
- Ensemble Dark Horse: The Wizard King is the best and most popular character in the show. Don't you deny it unless you want me - errr, him - to tear you a new one.
- Evil Is Kewl: The Wizard King is so undeniably kewl. Goes without saying.
- Faux Affably Evil: Bill Gates is quite polite and mild-mannered, which is a facade for his completely evil, backstabbing, treacherous ways.
- Friend to All Living Things: Princess Kenny can command rats and unicorns to attack her foes. Sometimes she isn't careful enough, and the animals kill her too. Then, of course, she just gets up and shouts "Princessu Kenny daijobu dayo!" with her trademark V-Sign.
- Gender-Blender Name: Hey, "Kenny" is a boy's name, right? That must be a sign of... how quirky this series really is.
- Gratuitous English: Aside from the English-speaking Wizard King, this trope is very common in this series; for example, the title itself is "Princess Kenny" rather than "Kenny-hime", and characters often pepper their speech with English expressions such as "neck-and-neck" and "wedding invitation". We have no idea why.
- Groin Attack: George R.R. Martin is castrated by an impatient Black Friday shopper.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: The titular princess; she has long, gorgeous blonde hair and easily the cutest, kindest and most-exploited character in the show. Since she appears to have a parka hood underneath, fans don't know whether her hair is supposed to be a wig or if it's just part of her strange character design.
- Mfmmmfmffph mfphmmrm mfmmmm fmfrmmmmmff. Fphmmmphmmm ffffmffff...Translation
- Here's your crappy wig. Have fun.
- MMMFFFFF!Translation (puts on wig and admires himself in hand mirror, playing with the hair)
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- Kaiju: A recurring theme for the Monster of the Week. The most infamous is Microsoft Sam, but there are also others:
- Elmo, the 50-foot-tall furry red monster (with an appropriately large wiener) who breathes fire and enjoys collecting little girls to touch. You can guess what happens when he meets Kenny.
- The Big Fat Witch, she's the biggest witch (with a capital B) in the whole wide world and the Wizard King's Arch-Enemy. She also tried restraining the Wizard King's ability to curse, but it just ended up giving him sweet lightning powers.
- Barbra Streisand, the famous big-nosed evil robotic dinosaur from old Japanese monster movies, appeared (nameless) as the villain of one episode.
- Kamehame Hadoken: Princess Kenny can shoot rainbows out of her hands in this way.
- Knight of Cerebus:
- Satya Nadella, the currently teased Big Bad for Season 2. The creators have stated that Princess Kenny will take a much darker and tragic turn when he shows up, and things aren't looking good with the leaked footage of him killing the Bard in cold blood. And unlike our lovable heroine, the Bard's unlikely to ever come back...
- Even in the first season, Bill Gates became this early on when he murdered Steve Ballmer.
- Lovable Sex Maniac: Kenny is one of the Les Yay variety; apart from Captain Falcon, she shows little interest in the men who fall in love with her.
- Bmmmf mmmfphmmmm tmmmfmmmm mmmfmmm, mmmmmf?Translation
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- Lucky Charms Title: The Japanese title has a heart symbol in it.
- Magical Girl: Princess Kenny is one.
- No he isn't! He is a goddamn ten year old boy in drag! He's more like a Magical Tranny!
- Eric sweetie, you've been on that TV Tropes website for hours now. Don't you want to go play outside?
- But maaaaaaam! I need everyone to know how kewl the Wizard King is and how Kyyyinny is stupid because he wants to be a chick!
- All right, then. I made you some cookies.
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- Mmmfmmm Kmmmmfmmmmf MfmmmmmmfTrope Translation : Prmmmfmmmm Kfffmmmmm mfmmf fmm fmm fmmfmmfmm fmmmtttfmmmmm mfmmfffrfmmm. Ffmmmmfmmm mfmmmfmtttfmmmmm mmmfmmfffbrfmmmmmmmmrmfmmmmmmm. Dmmd, mmfmmfmmm tfmmmmmm rfmmmmmmnfmmmmm.Translation
- Have fun. Go squeeze your own fucking nipples.
- Mmmkmmm.Translation (Kenny does exactly that)
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- Moe: While moe is a signature aspect of Princess Kenny, Kenny herself is the only character who actually qualifies. Much of the show revolves around how she uses this trait of hers to accomplish her goals and make friends.
- Moral Event Horizon: Bill Gates ordering the death of Only Sane Man Steve Ballmer just to become Emperor of Microsoft, and he gets much worse from there.
- Ms. Fanservice: Even though she's a prepubescent girl, Kenny was designed to be this. Consequently, she's topped most "sexiest female character" polls run by Japanese anime magazines since 2014.
- Dmmd, mmh kmmmf tfmfmph fmmk hmrrm mmmndmmm. Mmmfmmm fmmm mmmmfphm.Translation
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- No Export for You: Every single Princess Kenny video game ever has only been released in Japan for the Play Station Vita. There are no plans to sell any of them outside of Japan, ever. Except for one.
- Nonstandard Character Design: Oddly enough, Kenny herself. Unlike the other characters, who have pretty standard anime designs, Kenny is short and stubby, has no visible nose or mouth, and appears to be wearing some orange parka-like garment under her dress.
- Mm nmm nmmt fmmkmmng tmmkmmg phmmprkfmmmmmfff wmmmfpmmm Fmmdmffmmm mmmf Fphmmfmmmf. Smmfmmm mmmmsfmmmfmmm wmmmfmfmmmtmmm.Translation
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- Our Dragons Are Different: Kenny is actually the proud "mother" of three dragons. The largest and fiercest dragon, "Differently Colored Lizardon", is an obvious parody of the Chinpokomon Draspergon.Completely False Explanation
- Pokémon Speak:
- Kenny's Furry Friends. "Rat, rat ratratrat rat rat, ratrat!" Naturally, they occasionally finish foes (and Kenny) off with electric attacks.
- Another Shout-Out to Chinpokomon with the simple-minded battle monster Hodor, who can only say his name.Completely False Explanation
- Timmeh timmeh timmeh!? Timmeh timmeh timmeh timmeh, timmeh timmeh timmeh livin' a lie timmeh timmeh timmeh timmeh!
- Product Placement: The entire show has been accused at times of being a 22-minute Sony commercial meant to expand their market to Lolicons. The Captain Falcon episode suggests otherwise.
- Put on a Bus: Sir Butters and Scott Malkinson are sent to figure out strategies with George R.R. Martin (and putting up with his antics), and spend most of the series out of the action, only to return in the first season finale.
- Seinen: Despite the main character's cutesy design, the show's demographic is specifically 40-year-old men who like little anime girls. Taken even further with the extremely popular Princess Kenny blow-up dolls that are sold in Japan, which tend to explode after one use and then re-appear perfectly intact the next day.
- Thmm hmm Prfmfmmm Mkfmmmmm bmmmpfdrfmm?Translation WOO-HOO!
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- Super Cute Superpowers: Kenny is made of this trope, from her Cuteness Proximity ability to her tendency to attack with rainbows and unicorns.
- Super Mode:
- The Wizard King can become the Raccoon Wizard when he eats a Super Leaf.
- Princess Kenny can become Dark Evil Shadow Princess Mysterion after dying too many times.
- Surprisingly Good Foreign Language: The show has only been released in Japanese, but the Wizard King speaks entirely in perfect English. Oddly, his English is better than the Japanese spoken by most of the characters. Which must mean he's smarter.
- Suspiciously Similar Song: "Kawaii Purinsesu Kenni-chan Korosu"Translation , the opening theme by J-pop superstar Ami Kosaka, sounds an awful lot like "Dilemma" by Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland.
- ♫ Mmff mmffph kmmmph mmm fmmm, Prmmmfmmmm Kfffmmmmm kmmmrphmmmmm...♫ Translation
- Shut up. You've already put me through enough shitty girly cutesy anime pervy bullshit.
- Mmmph, mmmf ffmfff ffmmmmkmgmph kmfffff!Translation
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- Take That!: The series is quite towards vitriolic towards Chinpokomon, largely due to its Merchandise-Driven nature and subliminal messaging, though some references to the franchise approach Affectionate Parody at times.
- They Killed Kenny Again: Subverted Once per Episode. Kenny dies in some brutal manner, only to come back to life while giving a V-Sign and shouting her Catchphrase, "Purincessu Kenni daijobu dayo!" ("Princess Kenny is fine!")
- Transformation Trinket: Kenny's Sony Princess Box.
- Wham Episode: The final episode, where Captain Falcon appears, falls in love with Kenny, and impresses her by destroying the Sony and Microsoft headquarters with a Falcon Punch. She agrees to defect to the side of Nintendo and help sell the Wii U together with her new true love.
- WHOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAA!!! Captain Falcone is a righteous heroman of justice, which means I don't go after the little boys, even if they are dressed as one of the favorite sexy ladies of me! Instead, I go give him the FALCONE... PAWNCH!!!!!, which kills him like all the many other times he dies! YESZ!
- Captain Falcon, thank you for your extremely valuable contribution to this trope page. Your presence on this wiki is much appreciated. Thanks for troping!
- Prmmmfmmmm Kfffmmmmm fmmmf Smmmfmmm 4!Translation
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- Coincidentally, Nintendo would acknowledge the crossover by giving Zelda a palette swap◊ in the fourth Super Smash Bros. game inspired by Princess Kenny.
- Mmmfmmm sfphmmmmnmmm Smmmfmmm?Translation WOO-HOO!
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Administrator: MumblingPerv, you have broken wiki rules too many times on this one page. As punishment, you will be fed to a tank of hungry sharks. Thanks for troping!
Kenny: MMMMPHMMMMM! FMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! (gets eaten by sharks)
Kyle: Anata ga deki sokonai!