All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku: Difference between revisions

Combine a state-of-the-art combat android with the brain of a stray cat, wrap it all in the appearance of an enthusiastic teenage girl, and what do you get? Nuku-Nuku, aka Atsuko Natsume, "daughter" of engineer/roboticist/high school teacher Kyousuke Natsume and "sister" of ten-year-old Ryuunosuke Natsume. Busty, bouncy and absolutely innocent in the way a kitten is, Nuku-Nuku is also a powerful combat cyborg who is fiercely protective of her family and friends. Since her "father" is the estranged husband of the CEO of Mishima Heavy Industries, Japan's number one military contractor, and she herself is a stolen prototype he created, that means she sees a lot of action. From a pair of trigger-happy goonettes to a psychotic android that wants to steal her body to the task of trying to reunite Kyousuke and his wife so her little brother is happy, Nuku-Nuku approaches every challenge with a smile, a laugh, and a grip that can bend steel I-beams.

 

 

* ''All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku'' / ''Bannou Bunka Nekomusume (All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl)'' - Two three-episode OVA series based on the original manga. The entry most find to be the best, and the only one non-fans have likely heard of. Follows the basic premise as outlined above.

* ''All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV'' / ''Bannou Bunka Nekomusume'' - A fourteen-episode TV series which features a [[Lighter and Softer]] tone, focusing more on slapstick comedy than action. ''TV'' famously changed the character dynamic, focusing less on the Natsume family and more on Nuku Nuku's misadventures as she attempts to adjust to the life of a high school girl while battling [[Monster of the Week|regular robot attacks]] instigated by [[Big Bad|Hell Mishima]], a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who takes over Akiko (downgraded to [[Punch Clock Villain]])'s position as the major antagonist.

 

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* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: '''"MOTHER'S LOVE MISSILE!"''' '''"NUKU-NUKU PUNCH!"''' '''"NUKU-NUKU KICK!"'''

* [[Robot Girl|Cyborg]] [[Catgirl]]: Each version of her is a cyborg. In the OVA and fourteen ep TV series, she has a cat's brain. In ''Dash'', it's implied she, as well as {{spoiler|her sister Rei Rei}}, each have a cat's brain and its entire ''nervous system''....

* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Nuku-Nuku in each and every version. The original also has fellow [[Robot Girl]] Eimi Yoshikawa. In Dash, Nuku Nuku goes from cute to outright boob-loaded, in addition to the change in hair and eye color.

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Nuku-Nuku

'''Nuku Nuku''': No, I'm Natsume Nuku-Nuku! The fruit of Papa-san and Ryuunosuke's love! }}

* [[Dumb Muscle]]: [[Dumb Is Good|Nuku-Nuku]] and Eimi again.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: The last episode of the original OVA series has Nuku-Nuku ''and'' Eimi ''and'' Akiko's [[Office Lady]] warriors all team up to go into space and destroy the rogue satellite that will kill Akiko at midnight. The final episode of ''TV'' sees Kyuusaku and Hell Mishima team up to prevent a giant cat-shaped planet from [[Colony Drop|crashing into the Earth]].

* [[Gainaxing]]: ''Especially'' in ''Dash''.

* [[Hot Mom]]: Akiko.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: It would appear that Mishima Industries produces nothing but these.

* [[It Only Works Once]]

* [[Megaton Punch]]

* [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours]]

* [[No Waterproofing in The Future]]: Subverted - Nuku-Nuku can handle water just fine, but she can't swim because her robot body is too heavy to float and she sinks in any large body of water. She is eventually [[Mecha Expansion Pack|upgraded]] to get around this.

** Surprisingly one of the tropes played straight in ''TV''. The very first [[Monster of the Week]] is a [[Humongous Mecha]] washing machine whose waterproofing failed and caused it to go on a rampage after it shorted out.

* [[The Ojou]]: Akiko in all incarnations except ''TV''. Said series instead gives this role to [[Rich Bitch]] Chieko.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Akiko is downgraded to one of these in ''TV'', as she is seen to still be [[Happily Married]] to Kyusaku and acting as a doting mother to Ryuunosuke when off the clock. When on the clock, she becomes "Bloody Akiko", completely devoted to fulfilling whatever inane plot her boss has in store that week.

** Arisa and Kyouko are this in every incarnation.

* [[Rule of Cool]]

* [[Rule of Funny]]

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Arisa and Kyouko.

* [[The Sweat Drop]]: Used in all series, but called attention to [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the TV series when Nuku-Nuku asks Kyusaku why she can do this, but is unable to sweat in the "normal" way.

{{quote| "'''[[Calling Your Attacks|LAND ROVER ATTAAAAAAACK!]]'''"}}

* [[Cross Counter]]: What eventually ends Nuku-Nuku and Eimi's brawl during episode 4... Until they get right back up and start going at it again.

* [[Demon Head]]: Akiko and Kyusaku pull a minor variant on this while discussing potential ways to get Akiko out of a major fix in the final episode.

* [[Exact Time to Failure]]: See [[Enemy Mine]].

 

== Tropes associated with '''Nuku-Nuku TV''': ==

* [[Alertness Blink]]

* [[Artificial Riverbank]]: Kyousuke goes to one to angst in episode 4, only to be subjected to several of Ryuunosuke's classmates practicing their karaoke.

* [[Justice Will Prevail]]: Kyuusaku.

* [[Living Prop]]: Miyuki Miyuzawa, who mostly just stands around reading books and not saying or doing much of anything {{spoiler|until the second [[Musical Episode]], where she's revealed to have been the one playing the main character in the film being made by everyone.}}

* [[Mars Needs Women]]: Spoofed. An alien mouse-woman comes down to Earth to profess her love for Yamagata-sensei. She eventually ditches him when she (eventually) realizes that he doesn't have a tail.

* [[Monster of the Week]]: At least for the first half.

* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Miyuki's.

* [[Occult Detective]]: Rie Shibata is an amateur version. Her [[Boss Subtitles|character subtitle]] is "Occult Maniac".

* [[Psychic Powers]]: The Speedy Girls display some form of telekinesis.

* [[Running Gag]]: Pretty much 50% of what happens in [[Once an Episode|any given episode]].

** Rintarou says something cool and aloof; with or without a "Hmph".

** Futaba goes into full-on [[Class Representative]] mode, insisting that everybody follow her orders and panic in an organized manner.

** Ryuunosuke refers to his father as "Mr. Kyusaku" and is corrected.

** Yamagata-sensei is [[Amusing Injuries|hilariously injured]] by something, followed by [[Phrase Catcher|any given person who saw what happened]] commenting that "Yamagata-sensei has been in another unfortunate accident".

{{quote| '''[[Actor Allusion|"CHANGE GETA ROBO! SWITCH ON!"]]'''}}

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: "Combat Arisa".

* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Hidariko and Migiko. Their names literally mean "Left Girl" and "Right Girl". The valentine's day episode gives us a second set (who also look like the first, but without moles) named Ueko ("Above Girl") and Shitako ("Below Girl").

* [[Troubled but Cute]]: Spoofed with Rintarou Shimazaki, whose [[Boss Subtitles|Character Subtitle]] is "Nihilistic Pretty Boy". He's almost never taken seriously.

* [[Date Crepe]]: In episode 3.

* [[Melodrama]]: Heaps of it.

 

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