SPC Mysteries

[Alistair Erie]

Isn't the warrior on Mt. Kutchi a human?

[Daisensei]

Did you know that there is a eastern egg hidden in the "Double trouble for Princess Vi" episode. Near at 240 second of the episode one could find only one frame, where is showed a hidden picture of a series female character. WARNING: this could be unsuitable for younger audience. Depending how the video file was encoded this picture could be missed, so it's better to watch the VHS or DVD.

[StevenM]

I request a hyperlink to this picture, preferably on a picture-hosting site with a large "POSSIBLY NOT SAFE FOR WORK" text.

[BurkeWorld]

Did you know that there is a eastern egg hidden in the "Double trouble for Princess Vi" episode. Near at 240 second of the episode one could find only one frame, where is showed a hidden picture of a series female character. WARNING: this could be unsuitable for younger audience. Depending how the video file was encoded this picture could be missed, so it's better to watch the VHS or DVD.

*Pulls out DVD collection* Bah, now you have me all curious...

EDIT: Nope, I see no sign of anything. I think this is an April Fools prank by our old friend here.

Burkey

[Daisensei]

Yes, you got it, Burkey.  It's not original, since I see the same thing about "The Lion King".

[BurkeWorld]

Yes, you got it, Burkey.  It's not original, since I see the same thing about "The Lion King".

Actually, if you do look, there are a few hidden things in The Lion King.

Disney is pretty perverted. More than you think.

Burkey

[Methid Man]

Lookie! I got a mystery of my own now! ^_^

Well actually, it's something someone posted in another forum. Before going into battle mode, why do the pizza cats travel down the chutes when the launching gun is at the very top of the emporium?

-- Sam the Methid Man

[cartoonking10749]

Well, when they have just converted to battle mode, they have been seen striding up a chute into three, large bullet capsules. That is only seen in a few episodes though.
And anyway, the gun cannon moves directly to the top of the parlour, also seen a few times. Hope that explains it.

[Blackcat]

They just forgot in the heat of the battle I suppose.

Burkey

Yep, just like they forgot their hover shoes when they ran from Lucille's rockets in Underground, Underwater, Undercooked

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The light is not powerful enough, is la indicator of the power level, like in my Gameboy advance. And about the “hover shoes "yeah is true, I still remember how bad bird forgot he could fly.

[Supersonic]

Yeah, the gun is down there until the whole gun (with the cats inside) raises to the roof.

[Sinder]

Here's a legit "secret character" mystery for you. I believe that this was discussed at length on another forum, but as far as I know, the issue was never resolved.

Take a close look at the KNT intro. About ten seconds in, watch for a close-up shot of Yattarou that pans back to reveal a group picture of several main characters. Standing directly in front of Sukashii is a small child wearing what looks like a replica of Yattarou's helmet.

Who is that? 

Next is not so much a mystery as a simple question. In one episode, Guido dupes Polly into believing that Bad Bird and Speedy are brothers. Polly makes the awed comment that "they look alike" before Guido reveals his ruse, causing Polly to clobber him. Then Polly says something that is rendered partially unintelligible by background noise in the same scene... something like "You're gonna rot for a hundred years, Guido!"

Does anyone know what Polly's actual line is here?

[cartoonking10749]

I'm sure she said "You gonna love washing dishes for a hundred years, Guido!"
I've picked the dishes part up when I heard it.
A normal punishment at restaurants (other than cleaning the toilets like poor Speedy) is washing dishes.
Lucky for Guido, that was all forgotten throughout the rest of the episode. Although, he probably had a bath after his "^Stale Kitty Litter" attack.

Which brings my question up. As we all know, SPC was meant to be comedic & silly, so that kitty litter attack would've been funny, but what was the attack Sukashii (Guido as well) used. By that I mean, in the more down-to-earth KNT, how did he use the stinking attack, did he did what I think did?

 "I kept it inside for so long."

[Violet]

Here's a legit "secret character" mystery for you. I believe that this was discussed at length on another forum, but as far as I know, the issue was never resolved.

Take a close look at the KNT intro. About ten seconds in, watch for a close-up shot of Yattarou that pans back to reveal a group picture of several main characters. Standing directly in front of Sukashii is a small child wearing what looks like a replica of Yattarou's helmet.

Who is that? 

I've been told this is a representation of one of KNT's creators, drawn as an animalroid.  I'm guessing it is Hamada Yoshimi (who made the early manga) or Tenko (who designed the characters the way they appear in the anime).

[felineki]

Forgive me for bringing up an older part of this topic, but in regards to Speedy's jetpack, I believe Polly might have one as well. She has a similar structure on the back of her armor, although hers is triangular rather than round (I guess it's good fashion for Pizza Cats' jetpacks to match their visors?). It even appears to have two nozzles on the underside, just like Speedy's. I can't recall whether Guido has anything similar, because he usually has the umbrella sheath on his back.

I had also been wondering about the discrepancy between the the production drawings and shows' versions of the cats' "naked" bodies, I'm glad someone else noticed this. If you look closely at Speedy's foot during the "suiting up" sequence, you can see that it is paw-like with three toes, just like the production drawings. Yet at one point in-show, we see them with human-like feet with four toes.

I have a theory that I think might explain the discrepancy, though. Since Animaloids are cybernetic/mechanical/robotic/whatever adjective you wish to use, I think it might be possible that they actually have swappable body parts. In many cases, their clothing looks mechancial, often as if it's something intergrated into their overall structure, rather than something that's simply worn. And in fact, just last night, I was watching the KNT version of the Double Date episode, and heard something that I think might support this. When Yattarou and Omitsu are in the store looking at clothes, the narrator pops in with the usual "Setsumei shiyou!" ("Allow me to explain!") He then proceeds to say something involving "Animaloid", "mecha", and "attachment" (yeah, that's all I could make out. Me no good at Japanese ).

So I guess what I'm trying to say is that instead of wondering "Which shoes should I wear today?", Animaloids might wonder "Which feet should I wear today?"

[KageReneko]

I think Guido also has one but is the smallest and holds the compartment of his umbrella; the Guido¿s pack also is triangle-shaped I guess...

[Takila]

The jetpacks were also used in episode 15: The Case of the Bogus Billionaire, storing the ... um... "eyes of the legendary catbird" (aka The Pizza Eye) .

Either way, does anyone know the relationship between the symbols on the pizza cat's armour?

Polly has a triangle on her helmet, and a circle at her waist.  Speedy has that same circle on his forehead, and a triangle on his breastplate, and Guido has a gem shape on his helmet, and a larger triangle on his chest.


Anyone know anything?

[felineki]

I took a screenshot that gives a pretty good view of Guido's "jetpack".

Just like the other two cats, its shape matches the shape of the lens on his visor. Interestingly, there's no apparent trace of thruster nozzles like on Speedy's or Polly's.

As for those shapes... I'm not sure what they represent other than the 3 main cats themselves (Circle = Speedy, Triangle = Polly, Diamond = Guido). Not only do the shapes show up on each cat's visor and backpack, they also adorn each cat's respective oven chute. The circle on Polly's waist and the triangles on Speedy's and Guido's chests are just coincidence, I think.

[Threaux]

The shapes represent the cats as identification devices but I doubt they have any real hidden meanings or symbolism, although we can always come up with theorys and explanations they are speculations and assumtions at best.  The animators probably put them there as nothing more than stylistic add-ons to the mecha-themed armor.  The colors of the armor on the other hand do represent the personality and gender roles of the cats.
or white = leader/ focus/ purity/ concept of 1
or pink = female / lively / short tempered
or blue = cool / collected/ smooth

[KageReneko]

Here was a good theory about that...

http://www.edoropolis.org/forums/index.php?topic=819.0

[felineki]

I recently came across a very nice image of the scene in the KNT intro that features the unknown character discussed a few posts above, thought I'd share it so you can get a better look if you're interested.