Line #26 UsefulNotes/IshikawaGoemon


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Ishikawa Goemon stealing.]]
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4	''"What a great view!"''
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6	Ishikawa Goemon is a HistoricalDomainCharacter from UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, specifically the UsefulNotes/SengokuJidai. This {{outlaw}} character is considered the Japanese equivalent of Myth/RobinHood, and his story is still featured in KabukiTheatre.
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8	This legendary rogue is ShroudedInMyth and has become a Japanese FolkHero. He is often given exaggerated {{ninja}} skills. His attempt to assassinate UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi has given rise to speculation for his reason (some say Hideyoshi [[ItsPersonal had his wife killed]], others that he wanted [[JusticeWillPrevail to stop a tyrant]]), but was caught when he accidentally knocked off a bell. Ishikawa was [[CookedToDeath boiled alive in a iron kettle]] along with his son. With the last of his strength, [[PapaWolf Ishikawa]] held his child out of [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Excecution_of_Goemon_Ishikawa.jpg/220px-Excecution_of_Goemon_Ishikawa.jpg the kettle]] ([[ShootTheDog and afterward plunged him into it to kill him quickly]]). This story has given rise to the nickname of "Goemon bath" (goemonburo) for the large iron kettle-shaped bathtubs common in Japan, as mentioned in DrumBathing.
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10	Traditionally, Goemon tends to be portrayed as a GentlemanThief and a LargeHam, sometimes as a BigFun-character type, often with KabukiSounds, mannerism and [[AnimeHair huge, afro-like hair]]. Also uses fireworks a lot.
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13	!!Works that feature Goemon:
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17	[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]
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19	* ''Characters/LupinIII'' has [[MasterSwordsman Goemon Ishikawa XIII]], descendant of the real deal, though in counterpoint to his more outlandish ancestor he tends to remain TheComicallySerious.
20	** One episode of [[Anime/LupinIIIPartII the Red Jacket series]] has the ghost of the original Goemon called forward to possess his descendant during a scheme; the ghost maintains his more traditional Large Ham nature and appearance.
21	** In ''Anime/LupinIIIDragonOfDoom'', Goemon is introduced watching the 400th anniversary of the Kabuki play about his ancestor. [[ManlyTears He cries.]]
22	* ''Literature/TheAmbitionOfOdaNobuna'' has Hachisuka Goemon, who is a CompositeCharacter of several people, including Ishikawa.
23	* ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'' features Goemon in all his characteristics: Ninja-like outfit, Kabuki face paint, huge hair, oversized Kiseru and at least one cover reference his "bath". This one, however, can use FuumaShuriken and can turn [[OneWingedAngel in a Bear man.]]
24	* Episode 73 of ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' features Goemon Ishikawa as a gonkish person who's actually a NiceGuy (he immediately helps the protagonists, whom he just met, when he notices that one of them is suffering from food poisoning) and is beloved by the peasants. Of course, the Doronbo Gang helps the bad guy capturing him for the boiling bath execution so that they can get their hands on the Dokuro Stone. Fortunately, the story has an happy ending and Goemon is pardonned by the Daimyo if he promises to stop stealing.
25	* ''Manga/Brave10'' introduces a seemingly [[GenderFlip gender-flipped version]] of Goemon Ishikawa working for the Date clan (implied out of gratitude and love for Katakura Kojuuro) with a team of assassins. It is later revealed that, in fact, is the ''son'' of the original Goemon, who adopted a feminine disguise to evade persecutions (as the Shogunate was looking for Goemon's ''sons''). He's killed in combat against Saizo.
26	* The ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' spinoff ''Manga/GreatTransporterRyuji'' has a girl named Mimon Ishikawa, who claims to be Goemon's descendant, and is a professional thief like him.
27	* The main character of ''Manga/ReincarnationNoKaben'', Touya Senji, is the reincarnation of Goemon. Touya has acquired supernatural abilities based on his past incarnation's talent in thievery.
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32	* In ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'', Goemon is one of the [[MacGuffin 15 Heroic Eyecons]]. The eponymous Rider first used the Goemon Eyecon's ninja (and kabuki) skills to defeat the revived Katana Ganma[[note]]who based on UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro; the original Katana Ganma was the one who killed Takeru, the eponymous Kamen Rider Ghost, and was sub-sequentially destroyed in the first episode[[/note]] who had now ''Tsubame Gaeshi''[[note]]instead of just a high-speed sword slash attack, it also allowed the Katana Ganma to fly[[/note]].
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36	[[folder: Film - Live Action ]]
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38	* The assassination attempt on Film/JamesBond in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' was attributed to Goemon himself (note: said method, involving a rope and a bottle of poison, is shown in ''Yaiba'' too, seen above).
39	* A live action film simply titled ''Goemon'' stars a lanky and physics-defying version, with LovableRogue traits.
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43	[[folder: Video Games ]]
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45	* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' features Goemon as a playable character, armed with a [[CarryABigStick club]] and a [[{{BFG}} ''cannon'']] strapped to the back. Unlike his historical counterpart, he survives the boiling. He also has a relationship with [[BrainlessBeauty Okuni]] the [[FridgeBrilliance foundress of Kabuki]]. Portrayed by Creator/HisaoEgawa, who also voices Shimazu Yoshihiro and [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Cao]] [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Ren]].
46	* ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon'' features a [[ImprobableWeaponUser kiseru-wielding Goemon]] as the main character.
47	* ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Yusuke's Persona is named Goemon and shares his likeness.
48	* ''VideoGame/PuzzleAndDragons'' has Goemon as a Descended dungeon boss, where his first move can possibly kill you in one hit. One of the later BossRush dungeons has his Ultimate form, ''where he does this before you can even attack''.
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51	!!Works that {{reference\|dBy}} Goemon:
52	* ''Manga/ItazuraNaKiss'' has a "Goemon bath" in Volume 7.
53	* Jiraiya in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has a technique named "Senpo: Goemon" which involves blowing a stream of boiling-hot oil, a reference to the original's means of death.

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