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* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:Colonel Noodle in ''[=PaRappa=] 2''. After failing to turn all the burgers into noodles in Stage 1, he moves away during the news report in the intro to Stage 2, and now switches to dark costume in the intro to Stages 4 and 7. During the rap battle with Parappa, while they are still convincing each other about which food is better, Noodle suddenly raps that noodles "taste better than water" before water pours down at Noodle on cue, washing his plate off of him along with his glasses and his noodle afro hat; and he is now fully convinced that other foods taste better, resulting in a GoodCostumeSwitch back to normal in Stage 8.]]
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[=PaRappa=] has appeared in other media as well. There was also an AnimeOfTheGame, but it [[TooGoodToLast only lasted two seasons]]. Before the anime debuted, [[RodneyGreenblat the game's illustrator]] has created a series of comic books that are decidedly more true to the game than the anime. The anime can be viewed on Website/YouTube. You can view the comics [[http://www.fujitv.co.jp/takeshi/comic/comic_bn.html?17rodney/rodney30 here]], or you can be purchase a [[FutureSlang meatspace]] copy [[http://www.whimsyload.com/cgi-bin/shop/shopdetail.cgi?id=BK-RFCC1&keyword=booksale&category= here]] or [[http://shop.rodneyfun.com/shopdetail/002014000001/brandname/ here.]]
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[=PaRappa=] has appeared in other media as well. There was also an AnimeOfTheGame, but it [[TooGoodToLast only lasted two seasons]].seasons. Before the anime debuted, [[RodneyGreenblat the game's illustrator]] has created a series of comic books that are decidedly more true to the game than the anime. The anime can be viewed on Website/YouTube. You can view the comics [[http://www.fujitv.co.jp/takeshi/comic/comic_bn.html?17rodney/rodney30 here]], or you can be purchase a [[FutureSlang meatspace]] copy [[http://www.whimsyload.com/cgi-bin/shop/shopdetail.cgi?id=BK-RFCC1&keyword=booksale&category= here]] or [[http://shop.rodneyfun.com/shopdetail/002014000001/brandname/ here.]]
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-->''Noodle:'' Chinese, Italian, Thai or Jamaican...\\
''Parappa:'' Mexican, Egyptian, English, Korean...\\
''Noodle:'' Anything goes, even Hawaiian.\\
''Parappa:'' Anything goes, even Alaskan.
''Parappa:'' Mexican, Egyptian, English, Korean...\\
''Noodle:'' Anything goes, even Hawaiian.\\
''Parappa:'' Anything goes, even Alaskan.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In [=PaRappa=] 2's rap song "Noodles Can't Be Beat", when Parappa and Colonel Noodle rap about how foods can be in worldly cuisines (while going through quick costume changes to represent each culture of cuisine):
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''Parappa:'' Mexican, Egyptian, English, Korean...\\
''Noodle:'' Anything goes, even Hawaiian.\\
''Parappa:'' Anything goes, even Alaskan.
-->''Noodle:'' Chinese, Italian, Thai or Jamaican...\\
''Parappa:'' Mexican, Egyptian, English, Korean...\\
''Noodle:'' Anything goes, even Hawaiian.\\
''Parappa:'' Anything goes, even Alaskan.
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* PlayingTheHeartStrings: [[spoiler:Both played straight briefly and parodied in the original version of Stage 6: first, when Lammy is killed in a BananaPeel accident and her black-and-white soul [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascends to a Higher Plane of Existence]]... sort of; and then, when Lammy laments her own death in hell, "Parappa's End Roll in G Minor" plays briefly [[FissionMailed during the fake end credits]]... right before Jack Smash appears and stops the credits before taking her away to Teriyaki Yoko. (The full version of the sad-string song can be heard in the original soundtrack, though.)]]
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* SplitScreen: Happens in ''[=UmJammer=] Lammy'', when Lammy tries hard to fly a plane with Captain Fussenpepper in Stage 4; and in ''[=PaRappa=] 2'', when both Parappa and Guru Ant are [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever grown big]] for the final time, while you can see Ma-san getting bored (which doubles as a FunnyBackgroundEvent), as long as you don't mess up.
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* FalseTeethTomfoolery: In the intro to Stage 5 ("You Said Anything, Didn't Ya?"), Captain Fussenpepper takes out his false teeth, called the "Wah-Wah" Effecter, and tells Lammy to put it to use on her next journey; and at once she obliges.
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But, the rap twist was that during gameplay, Parappa could deviate heavily from the "teacher", creating his own twisted yet awesome string of button mashes and random sentences, and <i>still score points</i>. In fact, by creating original lines that were synchronized with the rhythm and beat of the teacher's lines, the player could access freestyle-mode, which allowed the player to go AxCrazy on the controller, make Parappa look like a superhero doped on crack, and get better endings.
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BUT, the rap twist was that during gameplay, Parappa could deviate heavily from the "teacher", creating his own twisted yet awesome string of button mashes and random sentences, and STILL SCORE POINTS. In fact, by creating original lines that were synchronized with the rhythm and beat of the teacher's lines, the player could access freestyle-mode, which allowed the player to go AxCrazy on the controller, make Parappa look like a superhero doped on crack, and get better endings.
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* StopHelpingMe: Boxy Boy's tutorials in ''[=PaRappa 2=]'', which interrupt cutscenes and can't even be turned off for the experienced players.
** [[spoiler: That is, unless you press the start button.]]
** [[spoiler: That is, unless you press the start button.]]
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On April 26, 2012, Parappa was announced as a playable inclusion in VideoGame/{{PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale}}.
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On April 26, 2012, Parappa was announced as a playable inclusion in VideoGame/{{PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale}}.
''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale''.
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* NostalgiaLevel: Of sorts. Stage 5 of [=PaRappa=] 2 prominently features Milk Can of ''Um Jammer Lammy'', who play the background music.
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* WordOfGay: Rodney Greenblat confirmed this for Hairdresser Octopus.
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** [[spoiler: That is, unless you press the start button.]]
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** Subverted if you're doing awesomely, which is in the 32 or 64-bit style.
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* IconicOutfit[=/=]NiceHat: [=PaRappa's=] beanie hat, which he never takes off. What [=PaRappa=] looks like underneath his hat is such a such a [[MemeticMutation popular topic,]] that an [[WMG/PaRappaTheRapper entire WMG has been dedicated to the question.]]
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* MemeticOutfit[=/=]NiceHat: [=PaRappa's=] beanie hat, which he never takes off. What [=PaRappa=] looks like underneath his hat is such a such a [[MemeticMutation popular topic,]] that an [[WMG/PaRappaTheRapper entire WMG has been dedicated to the question.]]
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* AnimateInanimateObject: Only in [=PaRappa=] Town can a onion teach you kung-fu.
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* InformedSpecies: The title title character is not readily identifiable as a dog.
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* InformedSpecies: The title title character is not readily identifiable as a dog.dog.
** Lammy doesn't even resemble a lamb. Name ''one'' person who knew she was a lamb/sheep without being told.
** Lammy doesn't even resemble a lamb. Name ''one'' person who knew she was a lamb/sheep without being told.
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* MemeticOutfit / NiceHat: [=PaRappa's=] beanie hat, which he never takes off. What [=PaRappa=] looks like underneath his hat is such a such a [[MemeticMutation popular topic,]] that an [[WMG/PaRappaTheRapper entire WMG has been dedicated to the question.]]
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* MemeticOutfit / NiceHat: MemeticOutfit[=/=]NiceHat: [=PaRappa's=] beanie hat, which he never takes off. What [=PaRappa=] looks like underneath his hat is such a such a [[MemeticMutation popular topic,]] that an [[WMG/PaRappaTheRapper entire WMG has been dedicated to the question.]]
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** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d at the beginning of Um Jammer Lammy; Lammy was late for her concert because the people wanted to rap for the bathroom, and she only plays guitar.
* SimonSaysMiniGame: The entire game can be described as a rythmic version of Simon.
* SimonSaysMiniGame: The entire game can be described as a rythmic version of Simon.
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** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d at the beginning of Um Jammer Lammy; Lammy was Lammy's excuse for being late for to her concert because was that the people wanted to rap for the bathroom, and she only plays guitar.
* SimonSaysMiniGame: The entire game can be described as arythmic rhythmic version of Simon.
* SimonSaysMiniGame: The entire game can be described as a
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* ActorAllusion: At the start of Vs Mode matches, Boxy Boy will quote Hairdresser Octopus for no real reason. Both characters are voiced by Freedom Bremner.
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* ActorAllusion: At the start of Vs Vs. Mode matches, matches in the second game, Boxy Boy will quote Hairdresser Octopus for no real reason. Both characters are voiced by Freedom Bremner.
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: In the PSP release, PJ Berri and Katy Kat's order of "a chocolate frosty" at the burger restaurant becomes "a chocolate ...", possibly because of trademark issues with the Wendy's Frosty.
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* FrothyMugsOfWater: Only in the U.S. version of ''[=PaRappa=] 2'', Stage 1, even though Beard Burger Master's voice says, "You better get in line!" while his lips say, "Taste better than wine!", which was in the Japanese and European versions.
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* FrothyMugsOfWater: Only in the U.S. version of ''[=PaRappa=] 2'', Stage 1, even though Beard Burger Master's voice says, "You better get in line!" while his lips say, "Taste better than wine!", which was in the Japanese and European versions.
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* GRatedSex: There was an entire level in the sequel where [=PaRappa=] practices "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Romantic Karate]]".
* IncredibleShrinkingMan / AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Parappa and Guru Ant alternate between growing and shrinking in the second game's third level.
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* GRatedSex: There was an entire level in the sequel where [=PaRappa=] practices "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Romantic Karate]]".
Karate]]". [[HoYay On his friend P.J. Berri]].
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* PottyEmergency: First game, level 5 "Full Tank". A ThatOneBoss moment, though technically it's four. Turns into (implied) PottyFailure if you fail the level. Albeit... [[UnusualEuphemism strangely]].
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* PottyEmergency: First game, level 5 "Full Tank". A ThatOneBoss moment, though technically it's four. Turns into (implied) PottyFailure if you fail the level. Albeit... [[UnusualEuphemism strangely]].strangely]] (and humorously too).
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: A poop example in Stage 5 of the first game. If you fail the song, it shows a live-action clip of a rocket blasting off, as a clever and humorous visual representation of [=PaRappa=] crapping his pants.
* AllThereInTheManual: In the JPN/EUR version, when the [[spoiler:(fake) credits roll when Lammy ends up in Hell]], it lists the names of each instructor. Due to the cutscene being re-animated for the American version, there is no way to know most of the instructors' names unless you read the manual.
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* BananaPeel: [[spoiler: Lammy dies and gets sent to Hell this way in European/Japaneese versions. She gets out though.]]
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: ''Um Jammer Lammy'' famously had an entire level's setting changed for the US release. Originally, her sixth stage takes place in [[spoiler:Hell, after she dies from slipping on a banana dropped by P.J. Berri, and Teriyaki Yoko promises to restore her to life if she performs her concert.]] Instead, Sony had her [[spoiler:be launched seemingly back in time through her previous encounters after her clothes snag on a doorknob, landing on a tropical island where Yoko is worshiped as an idol.]] This also affected a song lyric for Chop Chop Master Onion in the first stage.
** Also, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=825MGPcQRGM the original version of Paul Chuck's stage]] had him singing/[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGqeedq6xM0 rapping]] about "chopping down trees just for fun." However, the lyrics were toned down in both [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPXxWyG4lI8 Lammy's]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeT3glMBi1E Parappa's]] versions of the song in the U.S. release. Maybe these people didn't want kids to mess with Mother Nature.
** Also, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=825MGPcQRGM the original version of Paul Chuck's stage]] had him singing/[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGqeedq6xM0 rapping]] about "chopping down trees just for fun." However, the lyrics were toned down in both [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPXxWyG4lI8 Lammy's]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeT3glMBi1E Parappa's]] versions of the song in the U.S. release. Maybe these people didn't want kids to mess with Mother Nature.
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* ChainsawGood: In the fith stage has Lammy and Paul Chuck carving a guitar with a chainsaw to Rock-A-Billy.
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* ChainsawGood: In the fith The fifth stage has Lammy and Paul Chuck carving a guitar with a chainsaw to Rock-A-Billy.
* CranialEruption: Fussenpepper gets one every time he is hit on the head with the loose circuit board in the Stage 4 cutscene. It doesn't happen during gameplay however.
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* EvilTwin / EvilCounterpart / EvilKnockoff: Rammy-Call her what you want, but she'll always be an evil Lammy.
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* EvilTwin / EvilCounterpart / EvilKnockoff: Rammy-Call Rammy--Call her what you want, but she'll always be an evil Lammy.
* LipLock: The part where [[spoiler:Yoko points Lammy's guitar at her and threatens to kill her with it]] was dubbed over in the American version, and it's painfully obvious.
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* XRaySparks: These show up when you do poorly on Teriyaki Yoko's stage and get electrified. Even the little frog face on Parappa's hat seems to be affected.
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** In one of the flashbacks in the Stage 7 cutscene, Lammy got this when plugging in electrical equipment and being electrocuted by it.
** In one of the flashbacks in the Stage 7 cutscene, Lammy got this when plugging in electrical equipment and being electrocuted by it.
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* AnimalsLackAttributes: Despite being animals, only Katy has a tail showing.
** People on DeviantArt (especially ThomasFaySyndicate) have a knack for giving Parappa a tail.
** People on DeviantArt (especially ThomasFaySyndicate) have a knack for giving Parappa a tail.
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** People on DeviantArt (especially ThomasFaySyndicate) have a knack for giving Parappa a tail.
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* {{ILLKILLYOU}}: Parodied in the Japan/Europe version of Stage 6, [[spoiler:when Teriyaki Yoko picks up Lammy's new guitar and threatens to kill her, believing her to be Rammy (see InstrumentOfMurder)]]:
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* Precision F-Strike: Barely subverted. If you fail level 3 as Lammy (or in one of the team modes), she will say "Fudge!"
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Lammy is voiced by [[SaraRamirez Dr. Callie Torres]]
* HornyDevils: According to this [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-3566-um-jammer-lammy/ Cracked Article]], The original version of Taste of Teriyaki was supposed to be about this
* HornyDevils: According to this [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-3566-um-jammer-lammy/ Cracked Article]], The original version of Taste of Teriyaki was supposed to be about this
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->''"I gotta believe!"''
-->-- Parappa's motto
->''"Leave it to Lammy!"''
-->-- Lammy's motto
Released at Halloween of 1997 in the US, ''Parappa the Rapper'' was a PlayStation rhythm game. The main point of the game was to follow the adventures of a rapping puppy named Parappa who attempted to improve himself in order to impress the girl he had a crush on. How did he do this? By rapping his way to glory, of course!
The game worked like this: Every stage would have one character who would rap a song and ask you to perform certain tasks, like kicking, punching, turning, signaling, flowing, selling, etc. in time with the music. You would hit a button at the right moment as indicated on a bar at the top of the screen. Effectively, it was a video game version of Simon. Do well and you could make it through the song; do too badly and you would have to try again.
BUT, the rap twist was that during gameplay, Parappa could deviate heavily from the "teacher", creating his own twisted yet awesome string of button mashes and random sentences, and STILL SCORE POINTS. In fact, by creating original lines that were synchronized with the rhythm and beat of the teacher's lines, the player could access freestyle-mode, which allowed the player to go AxCrazy on the controller, make Parappa look like a superhero doped on crack, and get better endings.
It was a very short and simple game, but the unique premise and the unbelievably catchy songs made it an instant cult classic. The game is still highly regarded today, with a 88% on [[http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/198264.asp Gamerankings]].
''Parappa'' produced a spinoff in 1999 called ''Um Jammer Lammy'', which was essentially the same thing, but with more songs and a girl in a garage rock band called [=MilkCan=]. A sequel was released on the [=PlayStation=] 2 which once more focused on Parappa (but with cameos from the [=MilkCan=] members), but was widely considered to be [[{{Sequelitis}} inferior]].
[=PaRappa=] has appeared in other media as well. There was also an AnimeOfTheGame, but it [[TooGoodToLast only lasted two seasons]]. Before the anime debuted, [[RodneyGreenblat the game's illustrator]] has created a series of comic books that are decidedly more true to the game than the anime. The anime can be viewed on Website/YouTube. You can view the comics [[http://www.fujitv.co.jp/takeshi/comic/comic_bn.html?17rodney/rodney30 here]], or you can be purchase a [[FutureSlang meatspace]] copy [[http://www.whimsyload.com/cgi-bin/shop/shopdetail.cgi?id=BK-RFCC1&keyword=booksale&category= here]] or [[http://shop.rodneyfun.com/shopdetail/002014000001/brandname/ here.]]
On April 26, 2012, Parappa was announced as a playable inclusion in VideoGame/{{PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale}}.
Pretty much every RhythmGame created, from ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' to ''GuitarHero'' to ''{{Beatmania}}'', owes at least a little to Parappa, if only for [[GatewaySeries starting things off]].
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* AerithAndBob: Characters with some rather out-there names (such as [=PaRappa=], Ma-San, and Chop Chop) exist alongside more reasonably-named people (such as Katy, Sunny, and Joe).
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife
* AmbiguousGender: It is unknown who Jet Baby's gender is. In ''[=PaRappa=] 1'', "The Jet Baby Theme Song" refers to the song's title character as a "she", but when Parappa and his friends walk out of the movie theater, they refer to said character as a "he".
* ArcWords: "Dojo, casino, it's all in the mind."
** '''"I GOTTA BELIEVE!"'''
* AnimalGenderBender: The first Parappa game featured a female moose with antlers, as well as the sequel.
** It's even weirder in ''Um Jammer Lammy'', which not only featured a female lamb with horns, but also a female ram. You'll see the what's weird about it if you Google "Ram".
* AnimalsLackAttributes: Despite being animals, only Katy has a tail showing.
** People on DeviantArt (especially ThomasFaySyndicate) have a knack for giving Parappa a tail.
* AnimateInanimateObject: Only in [=PaRappa=] Town can a onion teach you kung-fu.
* BareYourMidriff: Katy Kat's [[LimitedWardrobe usual outfit]] features this.
* BigEater: PJ Berri.
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Too give you a good idea of how interesting [=PaRappa=] Town's architecture is, the game's illustrator is an [[http://rodneyfun.com/gallery.html abstract artist]].
* CallBack: Each of the games starts with the characters watching a movie (usually involving "[[ShowWithinAShow Jet Baby]]") with the same weird monster. Then, before the first level starts, they go to "Chunky Burger." In UJL, they even take the exact same dialogue for the bully characters who come in as when they did in the first game.
* CreatorCameo: Rodney Greenblat, the character designer of the series, has off-and-on cameo appearances throughout the games, most noticeably as a television reporter in ''[=PaRappa=] 2'', but also as the basis for the name of "Rodney State" where the characters live, and the singer of the "Jet Baby" song at the beginning of [=PaRappa=] 1. Also, in a bonus scene from Um Jammer Lammy, Ma-San is typing a letter to "Mr. Matsuura" (Masaya Matsuura is one of the game's creators).
* DownloadableContent: The PSP rerelease of ''Parappa'' has downloadable alternate versions of the original 5 songs, while ''Um Jammer Lammy'' was released for download on the PlayStation Store.
* {{Egopolis}}: Parappa Town is inexplicably named after... take a guess.
** In what can be considered an inversion of OneSteveLimit, WordOfGod states that the city is named after '''another''' [=PaRappa=]. It's actually a pretty popular name in the [[TheVerse PaRappa Universe]].
** In a CreatorCameo version, Parappa Town is in "Rodney State," after Rodney Greenblat.
* FeatherFingers: Mostly averted. Nearly all [=PaRappa=] characters have humanlike hands regardless of species, including frogs, octopi, and even plants. Interestingly, Cheap Cheap Chicken is one of the few characters, if not the only character, with appendages appropriate for her species, but she seems to be able to manipulate objects just as easily as any human-handed FunnyAnimal.
* FourLeggedInsect: {{Averted|Trope}}. All the insect characters [[MultiArmedAndDangerous have two sets of arms.]]
* FurryFandom: Being set in a world populated by {{Funny Animal}}s, this was inevitable.
** It became even more inevitable with the arrival of Lammy.
* HeroicChin: [[TheAce Joe]] [[MeaningfulName Chin]] has this.
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Every time you fail a level.
* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: Actually, it was more like, "Lions and Tigers and Humans and [[EverythingTalks Inanimate Objects]]... Oh, My!"
* MemeticOutfit / NiceHat: [=PaRappa's=] beanie hat, which he never takes off. What [=PaRappa=] looks like underneath his hat is such a such a [[MemeticMutation popular topic,]] that an [[WMG/PaRappaTheRapper entire WMG has been dedicated to the question.]]
* NoFairCheating: Pausing a level would make it much easier to time your button presses; the games close this loophole by forcing a level restart if you try it.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [=PaRappa=] and his friends have child-like appearances, but WordOfGod says that they're around twenty.
* PaperPeople
* RuleThirtyFour: [=PaRappa=] and Sunny's sex life seems to be a pretty popular topic...
* SeriousBusiness: The inhabitants of [=PaRappa=] Town sure do seem to be into rapping.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d at the beginning of Um Jammer Lammy; Lammy was late for her concert because the people wanted to rap for the bathroom, and she only plays guitar.
* SimonSaysMiniGame: The entire game can be described as a rythmic version of Simon.
* SpritePolygonMix: Used for stylistic purposes. See PaperPeople.
* VagueAge: The main cast tends to look and act somewhat childlike, yet Parappa is apparently old enough to drive.
* VariableMix: When you start screwing up, so does the music.
* WidgetSeries: ''Parappa'' may be a little nuts, even by Japanese standards, but ''Um Jammer Lammy'' dives nose-first into full-blown widget territory.
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[[folder: ''Parappa''- only examples]]
* ActorAllusion: At the start of Vs Mode matches, Boxy Boy will quote Hairdresser Octopus for no real reason. Both characters are voiced by Freedom Bremner.
* AscendedExtra: General Potter only had non-speaking role as Sunny's father in the first game. But in the sequel, he plays a key role in the story.
* AwardBaitSong: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhEYLjH7a00 Come A Long Way]]" from the second game might count.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Prince Fleaswallow, which is only made clear if you actually listen to his lyrics. He seems to [[AGodAmI have a god complex]], [[JustGotOutOfJail be on the run from the police]], [[MoneyDearBoy only cares about money]], and is implied to also be a thief.
* BossRush: The first game's fifth involves engaging the four mentors from the other songs in a rap battle in order to get to the toilet. The sixth level in ''Parappa 2'' had a similar premise, with you facing off with the five mentors in a 16-bit video game.
* CarryingACake: Poor, poor Parappa. Though it's probably just as well--Sunny might have found the design [[FridgeLogic a]] [[FurryConfusion little]] [[CarnivoreConfusion offensive]].
* ConfusingMultipleNegatives: "I ain't got no time for nobody."
* DontTryThisAtHome: In the 5th stage of the second game, this text is shown in brackets at the beginning section of the level.
* DownloadableContent: The PSP rerelease has downloadable alternate versions of the original 5 songs.
* DummiedOut: In the PSP release, PJ Berri and Katy Kat's order of "a chocolate frosty" at the burger restaurant becomes "a chocolate ...", possibly because of trademark issues with the Wendy's Frosty.
* EarsAsHair: Rare plant variation. Apparently, Sunny Funny's petals are her "hair". They can even be [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dont_you_mean_petalstyle_877.gif styled into an afro]] somehow.
* {{Expy}}: Instructor Moosesha in ''Parappa 2'' is an Expy of her sister, Inspector Mooselini, from the first game, who is neither mentioned by name nor shown.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In ''Parappa 2'', if Parappa messes up a segment, Beard Burger Master's son is seen laughing from a corner with a strange machine. [[spoiler:The machine is the Noodlizer, and it's revealed later that [=BBM=]'s son is Colonel Noodle.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Discussed by Rodney Greenblat in his "The Jet Baby Theme Song": "When Jet Baby loves, / [[AmbiguousGender She]] loves all of the children."
* FrothyMugsOfWater: Only in the U.S. version of ''[=PaRappa=] 2'', Stage 1, even though Beard Burger Master's voice says, "You better get in line!" while his lips say, "Taste better than wine!", which was in the Japanese and European versions.
** Justified in Stage 7, in any version of ''[=PaRappa=] 2'', when [[spoiler:Colonel Noodle]] raps, "Noodles are the best, no doubt, can't deny, taste better than water, but don't ask me why," in a nod to [[spoiler:his father]]'s "Taste better than wine" lyric (Japan/Europe version only), [[spoiler:before water pours down at Noodle on cue]].
* GRatedSex: There was an entire level in the sequel where [=PaRappa=] practices "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Romantic Karate]]".
* IncredibleShrinkingMan / AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Parappa and Guru Ant alternate between growing and shrinking in the second game's third level.
* InsectGenderBender: Guru Ant is almost definitely male, based on his Barry White-esque voice.
* InterspeciesRomance: Parappa's a dog who has a crush on a flower named Sunny. An animal is in love with a plant. According to WordOfGod, [=PaRappa=] could actually '''[[HotSkittyOnWailordAction have children]]''' with Sunny. God only knows [[MixAndMatchCritters what their kids would look like.]][[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Dogwood blossoms?]]
** WordOfGod also put it best:
-->"[[BellisariosMaxim Some questions are best left unanswered.]]"
-->--Rodney Alan Greenblat
** Interestingly, in one of the [=RodneyFun=] comics, Parappa mentions wanting to "have many babies" with Sunny.
* IWantToBeARealMan: After an incident in the sequel's prologue leads to Sunny calling [=PaRappa=] a baby, he spends the whole game trying to act mature. Sunny eventually tells him that he only needs to try his best.
* KirkSummation: The entire 7th level of [=PaRappa=] 2 was about Parappa trying to convince Colonel Noodle that there are many excellent foods in the world that would be lost if he turned everything into noodles.
* LimitedWardrobe: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d:
--> '''Hairdresser Octopus:''' "Hey, take that [[NiceHat stupid hat]] off. What does it look like in there?"
--> '''[=PaRappa=]:''' "Aaa, I'm not sure myself."
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: WordOfGod states that [=PaRappa=], a dog, and Sunny, a flower, are [[ArtisticLicenseBiology sexually compatible]], and [[MixAndMatchCritters could conceive a child]].
** There's at least one FanFiction where [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction they do]].
* OldMaster: Chop Chop Master Onion.
* OmnicidalManiac: To an extent in the sequel. Bad guy Colonel Noodle wanted to transform everything just to satisfy his [[MundaneMadeAwesome undying love for noodles]].
* PottyEmergency: First game, level 5 "Full Tank". A ThatOneBoss moment, though technically it's four. Turns into (implied) PottyFailure if you fail the level. Albeit... [[UnusualEuphemism strangely]].
* PursuingParentalPerils: [[spoiler:We learn in the intro to Stage 7 of ''[=PaRappa=] 2'' that Beard Burger Master became so obsessed with burgers and their research that he would compel his son Colonel Noodle to eat burgers daily along with everyone else, including Noodle's mother, who became so [[ObsessedWithFood obsessed with burgers]] that she turned into one. Even worse was that Noodle had become destined to [[FollowInMyFootsteps become a burger shop owner like his dad]] from the day he was born. We're assuming that Beard Burger Master died being obsessed with burger research, and after Noodle ate some pasta and noodles because he loved noodles more than burgers, he decided to start on noodle research and do to the citizens of Parappa Town what his burger-obsessed father did to him years ago: compel them to eat noodles daily until the day he would die, which is very dangerous indeed!]]
* RealSongThemeTune: In the intro to the fourth stage right after the "I gotta believe" part, when the announcer is announcing Cheap Cheap's cooking show, a snippet of "Tijuana Taxi" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (played in a slightly slower tempo) can be heard.
* {{Retraux}}: The sixth level in ''[=PaRappa=] 2'' is a 16 -bit video game game. Or if you're doing badly, 8-bit. Or if you're doing REALLY badly, a freaking [[OlderThanTheNES Atari 2600 on an]] ''[[OlderThanTheNES Oscillascope display]]''.
* RichBitch: Joe Chin.
* ShrinkRay: The unmodified de-noodlizer in ''[=PaRappa=] 2'' can shrink or enlarge characters (including Parappa) when a certain character presses the button on its remote control, even with help from the Guru Ant, of course.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Cheap Cheap has a stereotypical British voice, but is still a pretty dope rapper.
* SunnySunflowerDisposition: Sunny Funny. Bright and cheerful, and also wanting adoration.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: In ''[=PaRappa=] 1'', "Parappa's Live Rap With MC King Kong Mushi" sounds a little like the rap version of "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December,_1963_%28Oh,_What_a_Night%29 December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)]]" by Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons.
** The cinema before the fourth level includes a short ditty that sounds remarkably like the song "Tijuana Taxi".
** The driving lesson song is a pretty blatant ripoff of "Turtles Have Short Legs" by Can.
* StopHelpingMe: Boxy Boy's tutorials in ''[=PaRappa 2=]'', which interrupt cutscenes and can't even be turned off for the experienced players.
* TheTelevisionTalksBack: There was an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuNX9gib2M entire level]] in ''Parappa The Rapper'' like this.
* TokenHuman: The first game [[DummiedOut was originally]] going to feature one named Pony Pony.
* TransformationRay: The Noodlizer, a RayGun that can turn anything into noodles, including burgers, guitar strings, and even [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment noodles]].
* UpdatedRerelease: The first ''Parappa the Rapper'' game got a rerelease on the PSP.
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[[folder: ''Um Jammer Lammy''-only examples]]
* AllNaturalSnakeOil: In a non-greenwashing example, but the same principle, Joe Chin markets his laptop computer as being "Theft-proof". This is true, because ''it's the size of a whole room''!
* AnotherSideAnotherStory: Beating the main game lets you play remixed versions of the songs ''as Parappa!''
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: This is even lampshaded in the Stage 3 Intro's parade song "Treasure", whose full version can be heard [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksiml9wrHqs here]].
* BalloonBelly: This was actually a plot point in Um Jammer Lammy. After level 2, Lammy eats so much pizza she's MistakenForPregnant by a nurse caterpillar with a [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomiting problem]] who thinks Lammy is in labor. Lammy digests the pizza after being dragged into the maternity ward, so the nurse realizes that Lammy wasn't pregnant, but she insists that Lammy should rock the babies to sleep.
* BananaPeel: [[spoiler: Lammy dies and gets sent to Hell this way in European/Japaneese versions. She gets out though.]]
* BerserkButton: Annoy Ma-San too much and she'll mess you up.
* BonusFeatureFailure: For whatever reason, Ma-San's little personal movies after the credits, as well as those viewed through Parappa's storyline, have a seriously choppy framerate and subpar sound mixing, presumably to fit them on the disc without sacrificing the overall picture quality for all the FMVs. It's enough to make you think your disc is defective until you see that they're the same way in the [=PSN=] Store's downloadable version.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: ''Um Jammer Lammy'' famously had an entire level's setting changed for the US release. Originally, her sixth stage takes place in [[spoiler:Hell, after she dies from slipping on a banana dropped by P.J. Berri, and Teriyaki Yoko promises to restore her to life if she performs her concert.]] Instead, Sony had her [[spoiler:be launched seemingly back in time through her previous encounters after her clothes snag on a doorknob, landing on a tropical island where Yoko is worshiped as an idol.]] This also affected a song lyric for Chop Chop Master Onion in the first stage.
** Also, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=825MGPcQRGM the original version of Paul Chuck's stage]] had him singing/[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGqeedq6xM0 rapping]] about "chopping down trees just for fun." However, the lyrics were toned down in both [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPXxWyG4lI8 Lammy's]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeT3glMBi1E Parappa's]] versions of the song in the U.S. release. Maybe these people didn't want kids to mess with Mother Nature.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: If you fail Stage 6, Teriyaki Yoko will break out of the ground and order you to start over, saying Lammy should be banned from every game, to she will ask if she means the one she's already in as well.
** In addition, at the start of the original version, when she sees she has died and gone to Hell, Lammy will say that means the game is over, and comment on how stupid that is.
* CallASmeerpARabbit: WordOfGod says she's a lamb; she looks more like a goat or fawn.
** The original Lammy sketches looked a lot more lamb-like, [[ExecutiveMeddling but the game company wanted Lammy to look like a cool college girl]].
*** In this concept art for [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lammy_versions4_3805.jpg early Lammies,]] one of them looks like a jogger and several of them look a bit like poodles. Then they found the right one...almost.
* ChainsawGood: In the fith stage has Lammy and Paul Chuck carving a guitar with a chainsaw to Rock-A-Billy.
* ContinuityNod: In the first level, Lammy is late for her own concert and is desperately trying to think of a good excuse; specifically, having a PottyEmergency when everyone in line for the bathroom wants to out-rap her. Which she then immediately dismisses.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In the song of Stage 1's DreamSequence, "I Am a Master, and You", Chop Chop Master Onion raps about fire, a {{bab|iesMakeEverythingBetter}}y, a plane, the "necessary [wood-chopping] skills to build a guitar", and [[PlanetHeck hell]]/a tropical island, which is what Lammy will have to undergo in the following stages.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Everyting is a guitar to be precise. Lammy can use MindOverMatter on anything to use it as a guitar. Including fire hoses, babies, airplane controls, and {{chainsaw|Good}}s. Yes, [[ViolationOfCommonSense chainsaws]].
* EvilCounterpart: Rammy
* FakeBand: [=MilkCan=].
* FissionMailed: The intro to the [[spoiler:Hell]] stage (in the Japan and Europe versions): [[spoiler:"If... if I'm dead, then the game's over! [[WhoWritesThisCrap What a stupid game!!]]" Roll credits. Or... not.]]
* FreezeFrameBonus: In the Japan and Europe versions of Stage 6, right before Lammy slips on a BananaPeel, there's a close-up of the peel that, if you look REAL close and REAL fast, has a sticker label on it that says "[=NaNaOn-Sha=]", which is the name of Masaya Matsuura's game developer.
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: "Hiii. This is Lammy? I can't come to the phone right now, b-b-b-because the [=MilkCan=] l-l-live show is coming up real soon, and I'm not really ''ready'' for it, b-b-but Katy, Ma-san and I have spent our last time in the studio, and my solo's not really the way I ''want'' it to be, so I kept ''practicing'' and it turned out to be okay! Anyways, leave your name and a b-b-brief message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible, okay? Bye-bye!"
* FurryConfusion: Not seen in-game, but the credits song "Keep Your Head Up" has Katy sing about taking the dog for a walk at one point...
* HornyDevils: According to this [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-3566-um-jammer-lammy/ Cracked Article]], The original version of Taste of Teriyaki was supposed to be about this
* HypocriticalHumor: In one cinema before [=PaRappa=]'s Stage 4, an ad for Joe Chin's Foundation for Natural Preservation is shown. Immediately after this ad comes an ad for Joe Chin's Brand Chains, one of which, combined with a chainsaw, is able to chop down whole trees (even though Paul Chuck sings "NEVER USE JOE CHIN'S CHAINS FOR THEM" in both versions of "Power Off, Power On!").
* {{ILLKILLYOU}}: Parodied in the Japan/Europe version of Stage 6, [[spoiler:when Teriyaki Yoko picks up Lammy's new guitar and threatens to kill her, believing her to be Rammy (see InstrumentOfMurder)]]:
-->[[spoiler:'''Yoko:''' I'm gonna kill you!\\
'''Lammy:''' [[IneffectualDeathThreats Eh, I think I'm dead already.]]]]
* ImpactSilhouette: In the U.S. version of Stage 6 ("Vital Idol"), [[spoiler:Lammy gets catapulted from the guitar store and flown away until she lands in an island's jungle, leaving a Lammy-shaped hole in the ground]].
* InstrumentOfMurder: [[spoiler:Teriyaki Yoko attempts this in the Japan/Europe version of Stage 6 by picking up Lammy's guitar and threatening to kill her, believing her to be Rammy, before hearing that Lammy has ''already died'' and promising to bring her back on the condition that Lammy "play right". In the U.S. version, however, Yoko makes no death threat, though she does pick up the guitar and point it at Lammy for no reason while the latter explains how she ended up on this island.]]
* KillerRabbit: Ma-San.
* LookBothWays: [[spoiler:Narrowly averted in the Japan and Europe versions of Stage 6 when Lammy avoids getting hit by a car. She does, however, [[YouCantFightFate end up getting killed]] [[BananaPeel by other means, though]]...]]
* MediumAwareness: If you screw up on Teriyaki Yoko's level on ''Um Jammer Lammy'', she'll say "Start all over! You should be banned from every game," and Lammy will respond, "From ''every'' game?? Even this one?????" Same goes for Parappa's screw-up on said level, when Parappa responds, "But... but.... but.... ha......"
* NewGamePlus: Beating the game's seven levels unlocks the option to play with Parappa, either separately or co-op with Lammy.
* NonMammalMammaries: Cathy Piller. As if she wasn't freaky enough.
* PlanetHeck: The second-to-last level ([[{{Bowdlerise}} at least in the Japanese and European versions]]).
* RaymanianLimbs: The character [[NurseWithGoodIntentions Cathy Piller]] is shown to have raymanian ''segments'' when viewed form the side.
* RecurringRiff: "Parappa's End Roll in G Minor" is a bit of a Tear Jerker version of "Thank You for Everything", the ending song from ''[=PaRappa=] 1''. [[{{Bowdlerise}} Only in the Japan and Europe versions, though.]] (The full version can be heard in the original soundtrack for ''Um Jammer Lammy''.)
* [[RedHeadedHero Red-Headed Heroine]]: Lammy.
* ScareChord: Parappa's rendition of "Taste of Teriyaki" has several piano ones throughout.
* ShaveAndAHairCut: This starts forming when it's closer to the end of the Stage 1 song "I Am a Master, and You". And it occurs in the outro of Stage 1 too.
* SpeechImpediment: See the above example? Lammy ''really does'' stutter that much.
* SpinOff: ''Um Jammer Lammy'', where Parappa could be unlocked as a playable side character.
* SplitPersonality: Captain Fussenpepper flips between DrillSergeantNasty and a doddering old man whenever he gets hit on the head.
** Lammy herself is a borderline example. She's normally a neurotic mess, but she becomes much more confident and capable when she has her guitar (or if she can [[MindOverMatter imagine having it]]).
* StealthInsult: If you fail the last level, [[SpeciesSurname Katy Kat]] provides this little gem: [[spoiler:"o, oh, I didn't expect you to do '''''this''''' bad." Take note of the [[BoldInflation emphasis]] on the word "this".]]
* StylisticSelfParody: The paper-thin art style is parodied in ''[=UmJammer=] Lammy'', when Lammy gets ''faxed'' at one point.
** Which brings up some FridgeLogic. [[JustEatGilligan Couldn't Lammy have just faxed herself to the concert in the first place?]]
*** [[WordOfGod According to the game illustrator,]] she could, but the original stays home.
** It was spoofed again in a cutscene when Parappa asked Sunny if he could see how a dress looked from the side. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLWPHkmPoEI&feature=related]].
* TaremeEyes: A handful of [=UmJammer=] characters have eyes like this.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Rammy demands a guitar duel (2-player mode) because she doesn't get any calls on her beeper.
* UnknownRival: Rammy towards Lammy.
* VisualPun: In the 3rd level you are literally "Rocking" a baby to sleep.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Need to put out a burning building? Play the hose like a guitar! Need to put [[WaveOfBabies hundreds of babies]] to sleep? Play one of them like a guitar! Flying a plane? Play the steering wheel like a guitar! Cutting down a tree? Play the {{chainsaw|Good}} like a... take a guess!
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Cathy Piller is always puking weird pink vomit as she talks, [[CoveredInGunge much to]] [[NauseaFuel Lammy's dismay]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU5kBlENd_0 Check it out in all its chunky, oozing glory.]]
* XRaySparks: These show up when you do poorly on Teriyaki Yoko's stage and get electrified. Even the little frog face on Parappa's hat seems to be affected.
* YouCantFightFate[=/=]ProphecyTwist: In the original version of Stage 6 ("Vital Idol"), [[spoiler:Lammy avoids [[LookBothWays getting hit and run by an out-of-control car]] so as not to end up in hell. As she keeps running, she doesn't notice the BananaPeel that PJ Berri has left because she is in too much of a hurry, then slips on it, falls down, breaks her neck and dies, thus fulfilling Chop Chop Master Onion's [[DreamingOfThingsToCome dream prophecy]]]].
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[[folder: ''Anime''-only examples]]
* AnimatedAdaptation: Parappa The Rapper gained an anime series that lasted for 30 episodes in 2001. [[InNameOnly It has nothing to do with rapping, nor does it utilize the series' famous "paper-thin" appearance.]] [[PutOnABus Lammy and Ma-San are also absent.]]
** [[MemeticMutation It's quite popular on the internet, though]].
*** It's also ''[[WidgetSeries totally insane.]]''
* ChristmasEpisode: "A Heart Is the Pass!" Also counts as a ''[[IncrediblyLamePun Heart]]''warming Moment.
* FantasticVoyagePlot: In one episode ("Did You Say You Didn't Sleep?!"), Parappa's friend PJ gets infected by a virus, which causes him to grow into [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever a giant]] every time he eats. This causes Parappa and his friends to get absorbed into his body and get rid of the virus in order to turn him back to normal.
* MisterSeahorse: There was one episode where the characters {{mistaken|ForPregnant}}ly [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext believe]] that this happened to [=PaRappa=]. It's [[WidgetSeries that kind of show.]]
* PutOnABus: If [[ExecutiveMeddling they]] had decided to let [[SpinOff Lammy]], [[KillerRabbit Ma-San]], or at least [[RichBitch Joe Chin]] appear in the anime, it might have lived to see [[NoExportForYou America.]]
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[[folder: ''RodneyFun Comic Collection''-only examples]]
* AcidRefluxNightmare: Happens to PJ in the first book.
* LethalChef: Sunny Funny in second book, nearly literally around the end (keep reading). When Sunny forgets to buy the ingredients she needs, she decides to [[HilarityEnsues improvise]]. Needless to say, none of Sunny's guests would touch it. (Except for [[BigEater PJ]]) As for the dessert, well... [[IncendiaryExponent Flaming]] [[StuffBlowingUp Dynamite]] {{Strawberry|Shorthand}} [[AlienLunch Onion]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Cake]], anyone?
* NoSmoking: {{Averted|Trope}}. Both [=PaRappa's=] dad and Mr. Prince Fleaswallow are seen smoking on separate occasions.
* ThoseTwoGuys: The squirrel and the rabbit in the second book.
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-->-- Parappa's motto
->''"Leave it to Lammy!"''
-->-- Lammy's motto
Released at Halloween of 1997 in the US, ''Parappa the Rapper'' was a PlayStation rhythm game. The main point of the game was to follow the adventures of a rapping puppy named Parappa who attempted to improve himself in order to impress the girl he had a crush on. How did he do this? By rapping his way to glory, of course!
The game worked like this: Every stage would have one character who would rap a song and ask you to perform certain tasks, like kicking, punching, turning, signaling, flowing, selling, etc. in time with the music. You would hit a button at the right moment as indicated on a bar at the top of the screen. Effectively, it was a video game version of Simon. Do well and you could make it through the song; do too badly and you would have to try again.
BUT, the rap twist was that during gameplay, Parappa could deviate heavily from the "teacher", creating his own twisted yet awesome string of button mashes and random sentences, and STILL SCORE POINTS. In fact, by creating original lines that were synchronized with the rhythm and beat of the teacher's lines, the player could access freestyle-mode, which allowed the player to go AxCrazy on the controller, make Parappa look like a superhero doped on crack, and get better endings.
It was a very short and simple game, but the unique premise and the unbelievably catchy songs made it an instant cult classic. The game is still highly regarded today, with a 88% on [[http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/198264.asp Gamerankings]].
''Parappa'' produced a spinoff in 1999 called ''Um Jammer Lammy'', which was essentially the same thing, but with more songs and a girl in a garage rock band called [=MilkCan=]. A sequel was released on the [=PlayStation=] 2 which once more focused on Parappa (but with cameos from the [=MilkCan=] members), but was widely considered to be [[{{Sequelitis}} inferior]].
[=PaRappa=] has appeared in other media as well. There was also an AnimeOfTheGame, but it [[TooGoodToLast only lasted two seasons]]. Before the anime debuted, [[RodneyGreenblat the game's illustrator]] has created a series of comic books that are decidedly more true to the game than the anime. The anime can be viewed on Website/YouTube. You can view the comics [[http://www.fujitv.co.jp/takeshi/comic/comic_bn.html?17rodney/rodney30 here]], or you can be purchase a [[FutureSlang meatspace]] copy [[http://www.whimsyload.com/cgi-bin/shop/shopdetail.cgi?id=BK-RFCC1&keyword=booksale&category= here]] or [[http://shop.rodneyfun.com/shopdetail/002014000001/brandname/ here.]]
On April 26, 2012, Parappa was announced as a playable inclusion in VideoGame/{{PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale}}.
Pretty much every RhythmGame created, from ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' to ''GuitarHero'' to ''{{Beatmania}}'', owes at least a little to Parappa, if only for [[GatewaySeries starting things off]].
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[[folder: Both ''Parappa'' and ''Um Jammer Lammy'' examples]]
* AerithAndBob: Characters with some rather out-there names (such as [=PaRappa=], Ma-San, and Chop Chop) exist alongside more reasonably-named people (such as Katy, Sunny, and Joe).
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife
* AmbiguousGender: It is unknown who Jet Baby's gender is. In ''[=PaRappa=] 1'', "The Jet Baby Theme Song" refers to the song's title character as a "she", but when Parappa and his friends walk out of the movie theater, they refer to said character as a "he".
* ArcWords: "Dojo, casino, it's all in the mind."
** '''"I GOTTA BELIEVE!"'''
* AnimalGenderBender: The first Parappa game featured a female moose with antlers, as well as the sequel.
** It's even weirder in ''Um Jammer Lammy'', which not only featured a female lamb with horns, but also a female ram. You'll see the what's weird about it if you Google "Ram".
* AnimalsLackAttributes: Despite being animals, only Katy has a tail showing.
** People on DeviantArt (especially ThomasFaySyndicate) have a knack for giving Parappa a tail.
* AnimateInanimateObject: Only in [=PaRappa=] Town can a onion teach you kung-fu.
* BareYourMidriff: Katy Kat's [[LimitedWardrobe usual outfit]] features this.
* BigEater: PJ Berri.
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Too give you a good idea of how interesting [=PaRappa=] Town's architecture is, the game's illustrator is an [[http://rodneyfun.com/gallery.html abstract artist]].
* CallBack: Each of the games starts with the characters watching a movie (usually involving "[[ShowWithinAShow Jet Baby]]") with the same weird monster. Then, before the first level starts, they go to "Chunky Burger." In UJL, they even take the exact same dialogue for the bully characters who come in as when they did in the first game.
* CreatorCameo: Rodney Greenblat, the character designer of the series, has off-and-on cameo appearances throughout the games, most noticeably as a television reporter in ''[=PaRappa=] 2'', but also as the basis for the name of "Rodney State" where the characters live, and the singer of the "Jet Baby" song at the beginning of [=PaRappa=] 1. Also, in a bonus scene from Um Jammer Lammy, Ma-San is typing a letter to "Mr. Matsuura" (Masaya Matsuura is one of the game's creators).
* DownloadableContent: The PSP rerelease of ''Parappa'' has downloadable alternate versions of the original 5 songs, while ''Um Jammer Lammy'' was released for download on the PlayStation Store.
* {{Egopolis}}: Parappa Town is inexplicably named after... take a guess.
** In what can be considered an inversion of OneSteveLimit, WordOfGod states that the city is named after '''another''' [=PaRappa=]. It's actually a pretty popular name in the [[TheVerse PaRappa Universe]].
** In a CreatorCameo version, Parappa Town is in "Rodney State," after Rodney Greenblat.
* FeatherFingers: Mostly averted. Nearly all [=PaRappa=] characters have humanlike hands regardless of species, including frogs, octopi, and even plants. Interestingly, Cheap Cheap Chicken is one of the few characters, if not the only character, with appendages appropriate for her species, but she seems to be able to manipulate objects just as easily as any human-handed FunnyAnimal.
* FourLeggedInsect: {{Averted|Trope}}. All the insect characters [[MultiArmedAndDangerous have two sets of arms.]]
* FurryFandom: Being set in a world populated by {{Funny Animal}}s, this was inevitable.
** It became even more inevitable with the arrival of Lammy.
* HeroicChin: [[TheAce Joe]] [[MeaningfulName Chin]] has this.
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Every time you fail a level.
* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: Actually, it was more like, "Lions and Tigers and Humans and [[EverythingTalks Inanimate Objects]]... Oh, My!"
* MemeticOutfit / NiceHat: [=PaRappa's=] beanie hat, which he never takes off. What [=PaRappa=] looks like underneath his hat is such a such a [[MemeticMutation popular topic,]] that an [[WMG/PaRappaTheRapper entire WMG has been dedicated to the question.]]
* NoFairCheating: Pausing a level would make it much easier to time your button presses; the games close this loophole by forcing a level restart if you try it.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [=PaRappa=] and his friends have child-like appearances, but WordOfGod says that they're around twenty.
* PaperPeople
* RuleThirtyFour: [=PaRappa=] and Sunny's sex life seems to be a pretty popular topic...
* SeriousBusiness: The inhabitants of [=PaRappa=] Town sure do seem to be into rapping.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d at the beginning of Um Jammer Lammy; Lammy was late for her concert because the people wanted to rap for the bathroom, and she only plays guitar.
* SimonSaysMiniGame: The entire game can be described as a rythmic version of Simon.
* SpritePolygonMix: Used for stylistic purposes. See PaperPeople.
* VagueAge: The main cast tends to look and act somewhat childlike, yet Parappa is apparently old enough to drive.
* VariableMix: When you start screwing up, so does the music.
* WidgetSeries: ''Parappa'' may be a little nuts, even by Japanese standards, but ''Um Jammer Lammy'' dives nose-first into full-blown widget territory.
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[[folder: ''Parappa''- only examples]]
* ActorAllusion: At the start of Vs Mode matches, Boxy Boy will quote Hairdresser Octopus for no real reason. Both characters are voiced by Freedom Bremner.
* AscendedExtra: General Potter only had non-speaking role as Sunny's father in the first game. But in the sequel, he plays a key role in the story.
* AwardBaitSong: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhEYLjH7a00 Come A Long Way]]" from the second game might count.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Prince Fleaswallow, which is only made clear if you actually listen to his lyrics. He seems to [[AGodAmI have a god complex]], [[JustGotOutOfJail be on the run from the police]], [[MoneyDearBoy only cares about money]], and is implied to also be a thief.
* BossRush: The first game's fifth involves engaging the four mentors from the other songs in a rap battle in order to get to the toilet. The sixth level in ''Parappa 2'' had a similar premise, with you facing off with the five mentors in a 16-bit video game.
* CarryingACake: Poor, poor Parappa. Though it's probably just as well--Sunny might have found the design [[FridgeLogic a]] [[FurryConfusion little]] [[CarnivoreConfusion offensive]].
* ConfusingMultipleNegatives: "I ain't got no time for nobody."
* DontTryThisAtHome: In the 5th stage of the second game, this text is shown in brackets at the beginning section of the level.
* DownloadableContent: The PSP rerelease has downloadable alternate versions of the original 5 songs.
* DummiedOut: In the PSP release, PJ Berri and Katy Kat's order of "a chocolate frosty" at the burger restaurant becomes "a chocolate ...", possibly because of trademark issues with the Wendy's Frosty.
* EarsAsHair: Rare plant variation. Apparently, Sunny Funny's petals are her "hair". They can even be [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dont_you_mean_petalstyle_877.gif styled into an afro]] somehow.
* {{Expy}}: Instructor Moosesha in ''Parappa 2'' is an Expy of her sister, Inspector Mooselini, from the first game, who is neither mentioned by name nor shown.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In ''Parappa 2'', if Parappa messes up a segment, Beard Burger Master's son is seen laughing from a corner with a strange machine. [[spoiler:The machine is the Noodlizer, and it's revealed later that [=BBM=]'s son is Colonel Noodle.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Discussed by Rodney Greenblat in his "The Jet Baby Theme Song": "When Jet Baby loves, / [[AmbiguousGender She]] loves all of the children."
* FrothyMugsOfWater: Only in the U.S. version of ''[=PaRappa=] 2'', Stage 1, even though Beard Burger Master's voice says, "You better get in line!" while his lips say, "Taste better than wine!", which was in the Japanese and European versions.
** Justified in Stage 7, in any version of ''[=PaRappa=] 2'', when [[spoiler:Colonel Noodle]] raps, "Noodles are the best, no doubt, can't deny, taste better than water, but don't ask me why," in a nod to [[spoiler:his father]]'s "Taste better than wine" lyric (Japan/Europe version only), [[spoiler:before water pours down at Noodle on cue]].
* GRatedSex: There was an entire level in the sequel where [=PaRappa=] practices "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Romantic Karate]]".
* IncredibleShrinkingMan / AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Parappa and Guru Ant alternate between growing and shrinking in the second game's third level.
* InsectGenderBender: Guru Ant is almost definitely male, based on his Barry White-esque voice.
* InterspeciesRomance: Parappa's a dog who has a crush on a flower named Sunny. An animal is in love with a plant. According to WordOfGod, [=PaRappa=] could actually '''[[HotSkittyOnWailordAction have children]]''' with Sunny. God only knows [[MixAndMatchCritters what their kids would look like.]][[hottip:*:[[IncrediblyLamePun Dogwood blossoms?]]
** WordOfGod also put it best:
-->"[[BellisariosMaxim Some questions are best left unanswered.]]"
-->--Rodney Alan Greenblat
** Interestingly, in one of the [=RodneyFun=] comics, Parappa mentions wanting to "have many babies" with Sunny.
* IWantToBeARealMan: After an incident in the sequel's prologue leads to Sunny calling [=PaRappa=] a baby, he spends the whole game trying to act mature. Sunny eventually tells him that he only needs to try his best.
* KirkSummation: The entire 7th level of [=PaRappa=] 2 was about Parappa trying to convince Colonel Noodle that there are many excellent foods in the world that would be lost if he turned everything into noodles.
* LimitedWardrobe: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d:
--> '''Hairdresser Octopus:''' "Hey, take that [[NiceHat stupid hat]] off. What does it look like in there?"
--> '''[=PaRappa=]:''' "Aaa, I'm not sure myself."
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: WordOfGod states that [=PaRappa=], a dog, and Sunny, a flower, are [[ArtisticLicenseBiology sexually compatible]], and [[MixAndMatchCritters could conceive a child]].
** There's at least one FanFiction where [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction they do]].
* OldMaster: Chop Chop Master Onion.
* OmnicidalManiac: To an extent in the sequel. Bad guy Colonel Noodle wanted to transform everything just to satisfy his [[MundaneMadeAwesome undying love for noodles]].
* PottyEmergency: First game, level 5 "Full Tank". A ThatOneBoss moment, though technically it's four. Turns into (implied) PottyFailure if you fail the level. Albeit... [[UnusualEuphemism strangely]].
* PursuingParentalPerils: [[spoiler:We learn in the intro to Stage 7 of ''[=PaRappa=] 2'' that Beard Burger Master became so obsessed with burgers and their research that he would compel his son Colonel Noodle to eat burgers daily along with everyone else, including Noodle's mother, who became so [[ObsessedWithFood obsessed with burgers]] that she turned into one. Even worse was that Noodle had become destined to [[FollowInMyFootsteps become a burger shop owner like his dad]] from the day he was born. We're assuming that Beard Burger Master died being obsessed with burger research, and after Noodle ate some pasta and noodles because he loved noodles more than burgers, he decided to start on noodle research and do to the citizens of Parappa Town what his burger-obsessed father did to him years ago: compel them to eat noodles daily until the day he would die, which is very dangerous indeed!]]
* RealSongThemeTune: In the intro to the fourth stage right after the "I gotta believe" part, when the announcer is announcing Cheap Cheap's cooking show, a snippet of "Tijuana Taxi" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (played in a slightly slower tempo) can be heard.
* {{Retraux}}: The sixth level in ''[=PaRappa=] 2'' is a 16 -bit video game game. Or if you're doing badly, 8-bit. Or if you're doing REALLY badly, a freaking [[OlderThanTheNES Atari 2600 on an]] ''[[OlderThanTheNES Oscillascope display]]''.
* RichBitch: Joe Chin.
* ShrinkRay: The unmodified de-noodlizer in ''[=PaRappa=] 2'' can shrink or enlarge characters (including Parappa) when a certain character presses the button on its remote control, even with help from the Guru Ant, of course.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Cheap Cheap has a stereotypical British voice, but is still a pretty dope rapper.
* SunnySunflowerDisposition: Sunny Funny. Bright and cheerful, and also wanting adoration.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: In ''[=PaRappa=] 1'', "Parappa's Live Rap With MC King Kong Mushi" sounds a little like the rap version of "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December,_1963_%28Oh,_What_a_Night%29 December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)]]" by Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons.
** The cinema before the fourth level includes a short ditty that sounds remarkably like the song "Tijuana Taxi".
** The driving lesson song is a pretty blatant ripoff of "Turtles Have Short Legs" by Can.
* StopHelpingMe: Boxy Boy's tutorials in ''[=PaRappa 2=]'', which interrupt cutscenes and can't even be turned off for the experienced players.
* TheTelevisionTalksBack: There was an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuNX9gib2M entire level]] in ''Parappa The Rapper'' like this.
* TokenHuman: The first game [[DummiedOut was originally]] going to feature one named Pony Pony.
* TransformationRay: The Noodlizer, a RayGun that can turn anything into noodles, including burgers, guitar strings, and even [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment noodles]].
* UpdatedRerelease: The first ''Parappa the Rapper'' game got a rerelease on the PSP.
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[[folder: ''Um Jammer Lammy''-only examples]]
* AllNaturalSnakeOil: In a non-greenwashing example, but the same principle, Joe Chin markets his laptop computer as being "Theft-proof". This is true, because ''it's the size of a whole room''!
* AnotherSideAnotherStory: Beating the main game lets you play remixed versions of the songs ''as Parappa!''
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: This is even lampshaded in the Stage 3 Intro's parade song "Treasure", whose full version can be heard [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksiml9wrHqs here]].
* BalloonBelly: This was actually a plot point in Um Jammer Lammy. After level 2, Lammy eats so much pizza she's MistakenForPregnant by a nurse caterpillar with a [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomiting problem]] who thinks Lammy is in labor. Lammy digests the pizza after being dragged into the maternity ward, so the nurse realizes that Lammy wasn't pregnant, but she insists that Lammy should rock the babies to sleep.
* BananaPeel: [[spoiler: Lammy dies and gets sent to Hell this way in European/Japaneese versions. She gets out though.]]
* BerserkButton: Annoy Ma-San too much and she'll mess you up.
* BonusFeatureFailure: For whatever reason, Ma-San's little personal movies after the credits, as well as those viewed through Parappa's storyline, have a seriously choppy framerate and subpar sound mixing, presumably to fit them on the disc without sacrificing the overall picture quality for all the FMVs. It's enough to make you think your disc is defective until you see that they're the same way in the [=PSN=] Store's downloadable version.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: ''Um Jammer Lammy'' famously had an entire level's setting changed for the US release. Originally, her sixth stage takes place in [[spoiler:Hell, after she dies from slipping on a banana dropped by P.J. Berri, and Teriyaki Yoko promises to restore her to life if she performs her concert.]] Instead, Sony had her [[spoiler:be launched seemingly back in time through her previous encounters after her clothes snag on a doorknob, landing on a tropical island where Yoko is worshiped as an idol.]] This also affected a song lyric for Chop Chop Master Onion in the first stage.
** Also, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=825MGPcQRGM the original version of Paul Chuck's stage]] had him singing/[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGqeedq6xM0 rapping]] about "chopping down trees just for fun." However, the lyrics were toned down in both [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPXxWyG4lI8 Lammy's]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeT3glMBi1E Parappa's]] versions of the song in the U.S. release. Maybe these people didn't want kids to mess with Mother Nature.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: If you fail Stage 6, Teriyaki Yoko will break out of the ground and order you to start over, saying Lammy should be banned from every game, to she will ask if she means the one she's already in as well.
** In addition, at the start of the original version, when she sees she has died and gone to Hell, Lammy will say that means the game is over, and comment on how stupid that is.
* CallASmeerpARabbit: WordOfGod says she's a lamb; she looks more like a goat or fawn.
** The original Lammy sketches looked a lot more lamb-like, [[ExecutiveMeddling but the game company wanted Lammy to look like a cool college girl]].
*** In this concept art for [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lammy_versions4_3805.jpg early Lammies,]] one of them looks like a jogger and several of them look a bit like poodles. Then they found the right one...almost.
* ChainsawGood: In the fith stage has Lammy and Paul Chuck carving a guitar with a chainsaw to Rock-A-Billy.
* ContinuityNod: In the first level, Lammy is late for her own concert and is desperately trying to think of a good excuse; specifically, having a PottyEmergency when everyone in line for the bathroom wants to out-rap her. Which she then immediately dismisses.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In the song of Stage 1's DreamSequence, "I Am a Master, and You", Chop Chop Master Onion raps about fire, a {{bab|iesMakeEverythingBetter}}y, a plane, the "necessary [wood-chopping] skills to build a guitar", and [[PlanetHeck hell]]/a tropical island, which is what Lammy will have to undergo in the following stages.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Everyting is a guitar to be precise. Lammy can use MindOverMatter on anything to use it as a guitar. Including fire hoses, babies, airplane controls, and {{chainsaw|Good}}s. Yes, [[ViolationOfCommonSense chainsaws]].
* EvilCounterpart: Rammy
* FakeBand: [=MilkCan=].
* FissionMailed: The intro to the [[spoiler:Hell]] stage (in the Japan and Europe versions): [[spoiler:"If... if I'm dead, then the game's over! [[WhoWritesThisCrap What a stupid game!!]]" Roll credits. Or... not.]]
* FreezeFrameBonus: In the Japan and Europe versions of Stage 6, right before Lammy slips on a BananaPeel, there's a close-up of the peel that, if you look REAL close and REAL fast, has a sticker label on it that says "[=NaNaOn-Sha=]", which is the name of Masaya Matsuura's game developer.
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: "Hiii. This is Lammy? I can't come to the phone right now, b-b-b-because the [=MilkCan=] l-l-live show is coming up real soon, and I'm not really ''ready'' for it, b-b-but Katy, Ma-san and I have spent our last time in the studio, and my solo's not really the way I ''want'' it to be, so I kept ''practicing'' and it turned out to be okay! Anyways, leave your name and a b-b-brief message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible, okay? Bye-bye!"
* FurryConfusion: Not seen in-game, but the credits song "Keep Your Head Up" has Katy sing about taking the dog for a walk at one point...
* HornyDevils: According to this [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-3566-um-jammer-lammy/ Cracked Article]], The original version of Taste of Teriyaki was supposed to be about this
* HypocriticalHumor: In one cinema before [=PaRappa=]'s Stage 4, an ad for Joe Chin's Foundation for Natural Preservation is shown. Immediately after this ad comes an ad for Joe Chin's Brand Chains, one of which, combined with a chainsaw, is able to chop down whole trees (even though Paul Chuck sings "NEVER USE JOE CHIN'S CHAINS FOR THEM" in both versions of "Power Off, Power On!").
* {{ILLKILLYOU}}: Parodied in the Japan/Europe version of Stage 6, [[spoiler:when Teriyaki Yoko picks up Lammy's new guitar and threatens to kill her, believing her to be Rammy (see InstrumentOfMurder)]]:
-->[[spoiler:'''Yoko:''' I'm gonna kill you!\\
'''Lammy:''' [[IneffectualDeathThreats Eh, I think I'm dead already.]]]]
* ImpactSilhouette: In the U.S. version of Stage 6 ("Vital Idol"), [[spoiler:Lammy gets catapulted from the guitar store and flown away until she lands in an island's jungle, leaving a Lammy-shaped hole in the ground]].
* InstrumentOfMurder: [[spoiler:Teriyaki Yoko attempts this in the Japan/Europe version of Stage 6 by picking up Lammy's guitar and threatening to kill her, believing her to be Rammy, before hearing that Lammy has ''already died'' and promising to bring her back on the condition that Lammy "play right". In the U.S. version, however, Yoko makes no death threat, though she does pick up the guitar and point it at Lammy for no reason while the latter explains how she ended up on this island.]]
* KillerRabbit: Ma-San.
* LookBothWays: [[spoiler:Narrowly averted in the Japan and Europe versions of Stage 6 when Lammy avoids getting hit by a car. She does, however, [[YouCantFightFate end up getting killed]] [[BananaPeel by other means, though]]...]]
* MediumAwareness: If you screw up on Teriyaki Yoko's level on ''Um Jammer Lammy'', she'll say "Start all over! You should be banned from every game," and Lammy will respond, "From ''every'' game?? Even this one?????" Same goes for Parappa's screw-up on said level, when Parappa responds, "But... but.... but.... ha......"
* NewGamePlus: Beating the game's seven levels unlocks the option to play with Parappa, either separately or co-op with Lammy.
* NonMammalMammaries: Cathy Piller. As if she wasn't freaky enough.
* PlanetHeck: The second-to-last level ([[{{Bowdlerise}} at least in the Japanese and European versions]]).
* RaymanianLimbs: The character [[NurseWithGoodIntentions Cathy Piller]] is shown to have raymanian ''segments'' when viewed form the side.
* RecurringRiff: "Parappa's End Roll in G Minor" is a bit of a Tear Jerker version of "Thank You for Everything", the ending song from ''[=PaRappa=] 1''. [[{{Bowdlerise}} Only in the Japan and Europe versions, though.]] (The full version can be heard in the original soundtrack for ''Um Jammer Lammy''.)
* [[RedHeadedHero Red-Headed Heroine]]: Lammy.
* ScareChord: Parappa's rendition of "Taste of Teriyaki" has several piano ones throughout.
* ShaveAndAHairCut: This starts forming when it's closer to the end of the Stage 1 song "I Am a Master, and You". And it occurs in the outro of Stage 1 too.
* SpeechImpediment: See the above example? Lammy ''really does'' stutter that much.
* SpinOff: ''Um Jammer Lammy'', where Parappa could be unlocked as a playable side character.
* SplitPersonality: Captain Fussenpepper flips between DrillSergeantNasty and a doddering old man whenever he gets hit on the head.
** Lammy herself is a borderline example. She's normally a neurotic mess, but she becomes much more confident and capable when she has her guitar (or if she can [[MindOverMatter imagine having it]]).
* StealthInsult: If you fail the last level, [[SpeciesSurname Katy Kat]] provides this little gem: [[spoiler:"o, oh, I didn't expect you to do '''''this''''' bad." Take note of the [[BoldInflation emphasis]] on the word "this".]]
* StylisticSelfParody: The paper-thin art style is parodied in ''[=UmJammer=] Lammy'', when Lammy gets ''faxed'' at one point.
** Which brings up some FridgeLogic. [[JustEatGilligan Couldn't Lammy have just faxed herself to the concert in the first place?]]
*** [[WordOfGod According to the game illustrator,]] she could, but the original stays home.
** It was spoofed again in a cutscene when Parappa asked Sunny if he could see how a dress looked from the side. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLWPHkmPoEI&feature=related]].
* TaremeEyes: A handful of [=UmJammer=] characters have eyes like this.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Rammy demands a guitar duel (2-player mode) because she doesn't get any calls on her beeper.
* UnknownRival: Rammy towards Lammy.
* VisualPun: In the 3rd level you are literally "Rocking" a baby to sleep.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Need to put out a burning building? Play the hose like a guitar! Need to put [[WaveOfBabies hundreds of babies]] to sleep? Play one of them like a guitar! Flying a plane? Play the steering wheel like a guitar! Cutting down a tree? Play the {{chainsaw|Good}} like a... take a guess!
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Cathy Piller is always puking weird pink vomit as she talks, [[CoveredInGunge much to]] [[NauseaFuel Lammy's dismay]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU5kBlENd_0 Check it out in all its chunky, oozing glory.]]
* XRaySparks: These show up when you do poorly on Teriyaki Yoko's stage and get electrified. Even the little frog face on Parappa's hat seems to be affected.
* YouCantFightFate[=/=]ProphecyTwist: In the original version of Stage 6 ("Vital Idol"), [[spoiler:Lammy avoids [[LookBothWays getting hit and run by an out-of-control car]] so as not to end up in hell. As she keeps running, she doesn't notice the BananaPeel that PJ Berri has left because she is in too much of a hurry, then slips on it, falls down, breaks her neck and dies, thus fulfilling Chop Chop Master Onion's [[DreamingOfThingsToCome dream prophecy]]]].
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[[folder: ''Anime''-only examples]]
* AnimatedAdaptation: Parappa The Rapper gained an anime series that lasted for 30 episodes in 2001. [[InNameOnly It has nothing to do with rapping, nor does it utilize the series' famous "paper-thin" appearance.]] [[PutOnABus Lammy and Ma-San are also absent.]]
** [[MemeticMutation It's quite popular on the internet, though]].
*** It's also ''[[WidgetSeries totally insane.]]''
* ChristmasEpisode: "A Heart Is the Pass!" Also counts as a ''[[IncrediblyLamePun Heart]]''warming Moment.
* FantasticVoyagePlot: In one episode ("Did You Say You Didn't Sleep?!"), Parappa's friend PJ gets infected by a virus, which causes him to grow into [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever a giant]] every time he eats. This causes Parappa and his friends to get absorbed into his body and get rid of the virus in order to turn him back to normal.
* MisterSeahorse: There was one episode where the characters {{mistaken|ForPregnant}}ly [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext believe]] that this happened to [=PaRappa=]. It's [[WidgetSeries that kind of show.]]
* PutOnABus: If [[ExecutiveMeddling they]] had decided to let [[SpinOff Lammy]], [[KillerRabbit Ma-San]], or at least [[RichBitch Joe Chin]] appear in the anime, it might have lived to see [[NoExportForYou America.]]
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[[folder: ''RodneyFun Comic Collection''-only examples]]
* AcidRefluxNightmare: Happens to PJ in the first book.
* LethalChef: Sunny Funny in second book, nearly literally around the end (keep reading). When Sunny forgets to buy the ingredients she needs, she decides to [[HilarityEnsues improvise]]. Needless to say, none of Sunny's guests would touch it. (Except for [[BigEater PJ]]) As for the dessert, well... [[IncendiaryExponent Flaming]] [[StuffBlowingUp Dynamite]] {{Strawberry|Shorthand}} [[AlienLunch Onion]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Cake]], anyone?
* NoSmoking: {{Averted|Trope}}. Both [=PaRappa's=] dad and Mr. Prince Fleaswallow are seen smoking on separate occasions.
* ThoseTwoGuys: The squirrel and the rabbit in the second book.
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