Truck-kun: Difference between revisions

So, you've created a new world for your hero to be [[Trapped in Another World|trapped]] or [[Reincarnation Fantasy|reincarnated in]]. You've spent ages developing your [[RPG Mechanics Verse]], fleshed out the characters, created the [[Big Bad]] [[Demon Lord]]. You have a world ready for your character to get transported to! The only question now to ask yourself is, ''how on Earth do you get your character there?''

Why, with '''Truck-kun''', of course! YouDay wouldby thinkday, thatnight Japanby night, Truck-kun works restlessly to connect heroes with the fantasy world they rightfully belong to. All it takes is a quick, single hit, and allour hero will magically be reincarnated instantly! Sure, there are other ways to get to this world, but Truck-kun is the countriesmost ofreliable and proven. Car-chan? Nah. That's so 1891. All the world''cool'' heroes these days are getting transported by trucks (Truck-kun looks a lot scarier)! You think that every country will start passing stricter driving regulations with the amount of teenagers getting hit by trucks each day, but that would mean lessfewer heroes are getting transported! Think of all the different worlds that will be lost without a hero!

A closely related trope to [[Look Both Ways]], this occurs when a character is hit by a truck and is reincarnated, transported to another world, or the events leading to theeither or twoboth options start with a truck. It can get a bit confusing, but there are two vital distinguishing features between the two tropes:

# Merely getting hit with a truck (and dying) does not count for Truck-kun; the truck must lead to someone gettinga [[IsekaiReincarnation Fantasy]]ed.

# The character, after getting hit, ''must'' remain in the story. In [[Look Both Ways]], getting hit by a truck means you are [[Killed Off for Real]], but getting hit by Truck-kun means you are getting [[Reincarnation Fantasy|another chance at life]].

Watch a compilation of Truck-kun [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IvzZMSaIc here]. See all of truck-kun's anime roles [https://www.anime-planet.com/characters/truck-kun here]. Also see Truck-kun's criminal record, in both [https://www.anime-planet.com/users/RoyalOss/lists/manga-characters-killed-by-truckkun-83506 manga] and [https://www.anime-planet.com/users/RoyalOss/lists/anime-characters-killed-by-truckkun-83507 anime]. This is a common trope in Japanese media. If you have time, feel free to watch the first episode of the shows listed to determine which are examples of Truck-kun and which ones are not (these lists contain people getting hit by trucks, but true examples of Truck-kun also requires the person being hit to be reincarnated).

Truck-kun's presence is not limited to just [[All The Tropes]]. Also see Truck-kun's article on [[w:Truck-kun|Wikipedia]] and [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/truck-kun knowyourmeme.com]. Keep in mind that, in other places on the internet, Truck-kun hits ''everyone'', not just heroes about to be reincarnated. <ref>We have to add the requirement that Truck-kun ''must'' reincarnate (or at least dimensionally displace) someone, otherwise this trope will be the same as [[Look Both Ways]].</ref>. This is already starting to become a [[Discredited Trope]]. You'll have an easier time finding parodies and discussions of Truck-kun than actual examples of Truck-kun.

{{noreallife|We do not know if Truck-kun can reincarnatecause peoplea [[Reincarnation Fantasy]] in realReal lifeLife, and honestly, we don't want to find out.}}

* [[Parodied]] in ''[[KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!]]'', where Kazuma ''thought'' he died because of truck-kun. In reality, it's "tractor-kun", not "truck-kun", and his cause of death was not getting ran over, but rather ''shock'' from the ''thought'' of getting run over.

* In the ''[[Ni no Kuni (anime)|anime adaptation]]'' of the ''[[Ni no Kuni]]'' games, Truck-kun is so powerful they don't even need to ''hit'' the main characters for a transport! Instead, Truck-kun transports people by simply being in their vicinity. Yuu and Haru, while carrying an injured Kotona, jump to the side to dodge Truck-kun, a bus joins Truck-kun's efforts in transporting our heroes, and voila! A bright flash of light suddenly moves the two characters to the world of the games! Kotona suddenly disappears, while the two male leads remark that their clothes have changed and they aren't in the same world any more. A [[Leitmotif]] from ''[[Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch]]'' plays in the background, signallingsignaling that Truck-kun has done a very good job. {{spoiler|If you watch further, you'll know that there are many ways for the heroes to travel between worlds. As long as it puts them in danger, it gets the job done. It doesn't just have to be a truck; a car crashing into a river also works}}.

* In ''[[A Reincarnated Witch Spells Doom]]'' (''Tensei Majo wa Horobi wo Tsugeru''), the eighteen year old shut-in Sena Shirai was hit by a truck on one of the rare occasions she stepped outside, and reincarnated into another world as a baby who can use exactly two spells: "explode" and "destroy". This, as you might imagine, does not make her a very popular person in town, and her magic is not the most useful. Therefore, she's back as her old self in the new world (for the first chapter): a shut-in who rarely goes outside.