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The Twenty Worst Sanrio Characters
A comprehensive look at twenty things worse than a bowtie collecting penguin.
written by B and Emily - february 3 - 2004

"Sanrio" is the company from Japan who makes Hello Kitty merchandise and just about any other cute thing you see in Claire's boutique. I love them, and judging by their penchant towards making rainbow-colored hats, they love me too. For those of you not familiar with the company, here is an explanation from the Sanrio website:

"Everybody wants to spend their days being happy.
It is a common wish of just about anyone on the face of the Earth.
But just what is happiness?
As the old saying goes, "No man is an island." Humans need each other.
We help each other to survive, to live a meaningful life.
We trust and depend on our companions .
We strive to get along with one another.
Perhaps that is what happiness is...
And who are our "companions"? For a start, there are those closest to home: Mother, father, children, brother, sister, lover...
Then, there are our schoolmates, our work mates... If one looks broadly enough, our circle of companions encompasses all of humankind.
In order to get along with one another, we need to respect and to love.
And the expression of respect and love is the basis of Sanrio's "Social Communication" business.
Ever since Sanrio's establishment in 1960, this philosophy has been the core of our business, which ranges from the design and sale of social communications gifts and greeting cards, to publishing, production and distribution of the Strawberry Newspaper, to the planning and operation of theme parks.
The common thread running through all our various business is the idea of giving "from the heart" and "of the heart."
Whether one is sad, down, happy or whatever... We want to help people share these important feelings with one another.
This is the reason for our business. And it is a business of which we are very proud."


All of the characters are from the heart, but like any true artists, Sanrio runs out of ideas sometimes and throws out some pretty BUSH LEAGUE stuff. I suggested that they get new chairs in the Sanrio office, but the Bravo assault team rushed by with machine guns, so who the hell knows what is going on in Japan. I hear they eat dogs! I hope you enjoy this list because we at P-Boi love and embrace Sanrio with our hearts, and wish they'd just stop making so many fucking "Gentleman Dog and Stylish Rabbit" toys and get with the Keroppi hats.

On with the list!

 




20 - Landry the Laundry Raccoon



Sanrio Bio:

Real Name: Landry
Birthday: December 8
Hobby: listening to music (He loves Mozart!)
Good at: washtub acrobatics
Friends: a rubber ducky named Pea, who squeaks whenever his beak is squeezed
Claim to fame: a 30-centimeter tail, with three stripes at the tip. It's as soft as a mink's!
Quirky habit: washes everything he touches...

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: I'm not sure I understand the concept of a raccoon who cleans everything he comes into contact with. Sanrio has a tendency to award awkward professions and points of interest to their animals. I'd love to work on the Sanrio creative team.

GARY. Well, guys, I'd just like to congratulate you all on a job well done with Badtz-Maru. This pissed off penguin is going to take the plastic pencil case world by storm. I can feel it.

RICK B. I still think Mad McPenguin would've been a better name.

RICK D.
Shut up.

GARY. Yeah, shut up Rick. To alleviate possible confusion in normal or special editions of this post, both of you. Now, uh...we need to follow this up with something big. Badtz-Maru waffle irons are already selling through the roof, but we'll need a real winner to ensure our place as the elite presence in breakfast completion. So let's get talking, people. Ideas.

RICK D. Well, I propose an aardvark.

RICK B. And he should be a dentist! OOH, a dentist going through a child custody suit!

RICK D. No you asshole, he should be a curling enthusiast! Because he's oddly English!

GARY. Sorry Rick D., Hello Kitty's boyfriend "Dear Daniel" is already a curling enthusiast. And the aardvark, with megapowerful spoon-shaped claws, would be total ass at curling. What if we make him a raccoon instead?

RICK D. But it's a well known fact that raccoons hate organized sports. What if we had him be obsessive compulsive about cleaning?

GARY. Great idea!

RICK B. Can we call him Coon O'Cleany?

Extended thoughts by Emily: I saw "The Great Outdoors," Raccoons don't clean things, they're creatures of destruction. And a washing machine raccoon is way less cool than a dry cleaning gopher.

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: "Full House" father Danny Tanner


19 - Spunky Burro



Sanrio Bio: Spunky is a kind and energetic little burro. A regular Mister Popularity of the woods, he is blessed with many friends. His insatiable curiosity regularly sends him on adventures through the forest with his favorite sidekick, Speedy the mouse. Spunky loves honey.

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: Despite his awesome porno name, Spunky Burro ranks as one of the twenty worst Sanrio characters because he is essentially a composite of other, more well-known animated icons. For example, Speedy the Mouse is an obvious play on Looney Tune "Speedy Gonzalez," a mouse of la raza who makes other track team cartoon mice look like Regular Gonzalez. Spunky loves honey, a trait made famous by philosopher and fellow awesome porn name having bear "Winnie the Pooh." He has adventures through the forest like DAVID THE GNOME, which is TOTALLY GAY because DAVID THE GNOME FUCKING OWNS THE FOREST AND ALL ADVENTURES WITHIN. TOM BOSLEY SHOULD DRAW SPUNKY BURRO ON A SHEET OF NOTEBOOK PAPER AND THEN USE ORIGAMI TO CRAFT A PAPER ASS ONTO THE PAPER AND THEN KICK IT. And being a donkey is a total ripoff of Three Caballeros segment "The Flying Gauchito," the cartoon that invented donkeys in the first place. Extra points will be awarded if Sanrio reads this and renames Spunky Burro "The Cumming Mule."

Extended thoughts by Emily:
You know what Spunky Burro reminds me of? My mom has this sweatshirt that she bought at a Mexican restaurant, and it's got this picture of a little Mexican dude dragging his donkey across the desert or something by a rope, and then the tagline is "Drag Your Ass to Rosalindas." That's the end of my story.

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: John Holmes? He was spunky, right?


18 - Puka-Puka Paradise



Sanrio Bio: A mischievous little miss jellyfish, Puka-puka loves to show off her round, twinkling eyes and her lock of curly hair. She enjoys life at her own pace--very slow--but even then she sometimes manages to run into one of her electrified cousins, with shocking results, to say the least...

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: When I was little we went on vacation and there were tons of jellyfish on the beach, so I took a big shovel and scooped them all up and put them in one big pile so people wouldn't get stung. It occurred to me later that I made no attempt to draw attention to the big pile of jellyfish so I may have really killed somebody.

Extended thoughts by Emily: Can you kill somebody with a big pile of jellyfish? Maybe if you shot them at somebody out of a cannon. Or you could befriend Ellen Degeneres and challenge her to a race through them. But either way the victim is assured two tickets to Puka-Puka Paradise. And look out for a sexy time whenever you manage to run into one of your electrifying cousins!

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: Hardcore Holly. Because of his electrifying cousin. And one who was so electric that he died. From drugs. Electric drugs.
 


17- Hooty Hoots



Sanrio Bio: Sleeping all night, hooting all day...certainly unlike most owls. And precocious to boot!

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: The only thing Hooty Hoots has to do is stay owl and die. Somehow he manages to botch one of his two ordained objectives in life. He hoots in the daytime and sleeps at night. He's like a gymnast who trains and trains for like ten years to do two cartwheels and a backflip PERFECTLY, and then every time she's forced to do it in front of anybody does two cartwheels and a headplant right over onto her ass. Or the pairs figure skater guy who can't keep that open-palmed grip on his Bulgarian girlfriend's crotch long enough to finish the routine without skull fracture. If you asked Hooty Hoots to die he'd bleach his hair.

Extended thoughts by Emily: Personally my anthropomorphic owl of choice is the one who dressed up like Robin Hood and was all into recycling or some shit.

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: Master P and the No Limit Soldiers
 


16 - Puwawa



Sanrio Bio: Puwawa was born in the deep blue depths of the ocean, on the night of a full moon, the southern skies streaked with falling stars... A most gregarious baby sea goblin, Puwawa can make friends with almost anything that moves. His closest pal, Powawa, is a thunderhead cloud! Puwawa loves to collect seashells.

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: The problem with Puwawa is misdirection of art. If he can make friends with anyone, why is he crying? Is he opposed to litter? If his best friend is a thunder cloud why is there a susuwatari coming out of his ass?

Extended thoughts by Emily: Because he is a sea goblin we can assume that he is responsible for Sadako killing all those people via video tape in "Ringu." And in the American version he's responsible for that big cardboard stand-up of "Le Divorce" in my movie theater making me want to kill everybody for seven days.

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: Iron Eyes Cody
 


15 - Gatorgags



Sanrio Bio: This naughty alligator loves to pull funny faces, and think up hilarious gags. On the flip side, he tends to be a little too hasty, and can come across rather scatter-brained at times...But if you're looking for good summer fun, he's the perfect chum!

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: I think the only reason I put him on the list is because he reminds me of the stupid shit we have nailed on the wall at Outback. We have a statue of an alligator in a safari outfit and sunglasses carrying a tray with a Wallaby Darn on it. And we also have a wooden alligator we stick crayons in that you can give children two seconds before their parent asks if they can have the six person booth instead of the four person booth they were shown to, and five seconds before they ask for a sling to put the baby carseat in, thereby negating the need for the six person booth. OUTBACK IS BONZER.

Extended thoughts by Emily: What happens when people from the University of Florida play pranks on each other? GATORGAGS. What happens when Steve Irwin is feeding the crocs with his newborn son and forgetfully picks out his kahki wedgie? GATORGAGS. What happens when a cheerleader is fellating a sports drink and the jock gives her a donkey punch? GATORGAGS.

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: Steve Spurrier. Sanrio should change "Gatorgags" to "FootballTeamChokes."


14 - Strawberry King



Sanrio Bio: The Strawberry King rules over a beautiful, peaceful land. He spends much of his time thinking about how to nurture friendship and peace, and is often found giving advice to others in such matters. Assisting the ruby red ruler with his daily roster are seven very unique angel assistants.

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: He spends much of his time thinking about how to nurture friendship and peace, and is often found giving advice to others in such matters. AND PONTIFICATING ON THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE. I don't abide by anything with a giant strawberry head unless it's hocking underwear. But it's pretty sexy when chicks seductively eat his head.

Extended thoughts by Emily: "Assisting the ruby red ruler with his daily roster" seems like a thinly-veiled allusion to the menstrual cycle. Or pooping.

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom.


13 - Gimme Five



Sanrio Bio: If it's a sport, these boys play it--from soccer to baseball! Decked out in matching uniforms, this lovable team of budding young athletes always gives 100% on, and off, the field: A true model of sportsmanship, and friendship!

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: "If it's a sport, these boys play it." Finally, an accurate and irrefutable definition to what constitutes a "sport." No professional DDR playing for these guys. You won't catch them wearing bloomers and chanting "READY. . . . OH KAY" and justifying it as a sport. They play softball. They play soccer. They bowl and play basketball. You won't find five boys piled into a stock car driving around two hundred Christian employees for the joy of twenty thousand outer circle Christians. And they won't endorse Viagra. At least until they get older. And then they'll be like GIVE ME FIVE, I've got a hot date! A hot old person date! So GIVE ME FIVE. GIMME FIVE. FIVE. And what's the deal with old people in airline food?

Extended thoughts by Emily: They've got a name like a boyband and are dressed like the cast of Eight Men Out.

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: Ben Folds Five.


12 - Twee Dee Drops



Sanrio Bio: These three mischievous little bunnies are bouncing bundles of pure energy! They love to dress up as pirates, and play from dawn to dusk. Ahoy, matey!

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: If I were a lamer person, I would cackle at the image of three bunnies dressed as pirates and shout, "HEY BUNNIES, I'VE STOLEN YOUR CARROTS, SAVVY?" But I am not at that level of lame. I am far below it. I say "savvy" to everyone I meet. People I see on the street, people I don't even know. I slapped my grandmother yesterday, right in the face, and then did an impression of my grandmother wondering whether or not she deserved that. I thought I had experienced pain when I broke my hand playing softball, but that could not compare to the pain of wearing a corset! That dopey-headed Evanescence girl is fucking Cactus Jack. And just yesterday I started believin' in ghost stories...because I was in one! Twee Dee Drops suck because they are pirates without eyeliner or Mexi-staches, so I have no desire to rattle their bones.

Extended thoughts by Emily: Playing "from dawn to dusk" is more more fun that playing "from dusk till dawn," in which you go around raping bank tellers and licking Salma Hayek's toe jam. And then you have to let Danny Trejo rip your arm off. And do you know how hard it is to get in touch with Danny Trejo every time you want to play? He usually only comes out for flag football, which is weird because you'd think he was tough enough for tackle.

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: One-eyed Willie. OMG did you know that sounds like something you'd call a penis????? HEEEEEEEEEEEY YOOOOOOOOOU GUUUUUUUUUUYS lololol


11 - Pochacco E. Dangerously



Sanrio Bio: In the world of Sports Entertainment, Pochacco E. Dangerously has carved quite a niche during his long career in the industry. He is a man you wish would go away, but also a man every organization needs to have. At some point in time, every major social communication organization has employed the services of Pochacco and he has succeeded at every turn. Now the General Manager of BestFriends! he is expected to enjoy the same success … even if he hears more than a few boos in doing so!

What makes them SukoSukoSucky:

Birthday: September 11th, 1965
Blood Type: Ham.

Extended thoughts by Emily: He's a prolific guy, but he's the guy responsible for turning Sanrio.com into a spotfest.

Comparable Pop Culture Icons:
Paul Heyman.


10 - Gentleman Dog and Stylish Rabbit
 


Sanrio Bio: Gentleman Dog is a very kind and considerate little boy dog who believes in hard work; he can usually be found slogging away at some project or problem. Generally a sedentary sort, he nonetheless enjoys shooting a few hoops once in a while. In fact, Gentleman Dog secretly aspires to join a regular basketball team someday...

A stylish and playful little girl bunny who loves to make carrot omelets, Stylish Rabbit is also an ardent student of the English language, and very popular on campus.

What makes them SukoSukoSucky:

RICK D. Well, I propose an NBA Game.

GARY. WTF. Rick D., you manjob, we don't make video games. We're Sanrio. We make forty dollar vinyl pocketbooks with cats on them. Besides, don't you remember the last time you proposed an NBA Game? It ended with us all dying.

RICK D. This wouldn't be your standard NBA game, Gary, this would involve mannerly dogs.

RICK B. Why can't we just make a mannerly dog?

RICK D. We can, he just has to be in a basketball game.

GARY. You're right, Rick B., we'll put the Gentleman Dog on watches and sell millions! Let me get out my loose leaf paper and write this...

RICK D. NO. It has to be in a basketball game!

RICK B. What's your deal? Why do you want a basketball game so much?

RICK D. I just do.

GARY. No, what's your reason.

RICK D. Because I want to motion capture Chris Mullin. He is my favorite player. He shoots three-pointers so well you would not believe how good he can shoot three-pointers!

GARY. You like Chris Mullin? lol faggot

RICK B. Did you know that faggot means "a bunch of sticks?" So what you said was "laugh out loud bunch of sticks?"

BRAVO #1. Hey guys, hats goin on in this board room?

BRAVO #2. I think we're early.

Extended thoughts by Emily: Do you remember that scene in "Higher Learning" where the black student athlete and his white girlfriend were dressed up like a salt and pepper shaker, and then they got the shit beaten out of them by Michael Rappaport? I hope that doesn't happen to Gentleman Dog and Stylish Rabbit :(

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: David Bowie and IMAN.


9 - Suihei



Sanrio Bio: Arrr, now ere's a big old salt for ye, matey! Fetches from far across the sea in Napoli, does he. Always natty, and puffin' his trusty pipe through a beard that'd put Blackbeard 'imself to shame. Folks back in Napoli call 'im their hero, they do!

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: "Give a big hello to the sailor!" I once gave a big hello to a sailor but all the sailor gave me was a clinical state arising from dietary deficiency of vitamin C. So at night when the bars close down, I walk through a silent town. And love a man who's not around. He told me I was a "fine girl," but I think he just wanted to fuck the ocean.

Extended thoughts by Emily: The whole poster looks like gay propaganda. Like "I'm a big old salt" is code for "I corrupt young boys." But if he's a "big old salt" he's handy to have around when I order "big old French fries."

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: Captain McAllister


8 - Boy and Girl



Sanrio Bio: In their simple but smart blue and red outfits, these two friends spread happiness wherever they go. Their perky, round-eyed faces are known and loved all around town!

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: This is the epitome of Japanese art serving as an exposition of their self-loathing as a culture. "Boy" and "Girl" are obviously representative of human master races. They're blonde, and their "round-eyed faces" are known and loved all around town! Like Sanrio is the Christina Aguilera of child role models. Much like little Hispanic girls, Japanese children can grow up to be blonde, round-eyed, and subsequently loved! And don't they remind you of that thing when you were five and you wanted a Ninja Turtles shirt and your grandma would try to be helpful but end up buying you shitty Osh Kosh B'Gosh clothes with nondescript boys and girls on them?

Extended thoughts by Emily: Is this the Freddie Prinze Jr. movie where he loves a girl with four supermodel roommates or the one where he knows all the porn stars and loves The Mummy? Who the fuck names their daughter "Imogen?" Some palsied John Lennon fan?

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: Aaron Carter and Hilary Duff. One wants candy. The other is "HILARY DUFF STAR OF CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN' -- boyfriend"


7 - Beverly Hills Kid



Sanrio Bio:

Real name: Philip Allen
Residence: the one and only Beverly Hills, USA.

Quite the thoroughbred pup, Philip comes from a proud bloodline: his dad is a sought-after film director and his mom is a popular actress! Intelligent and full of curiosity, he is also understandably a little spoiled.

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: Because he goes around sticking bananas in peoples' exhaust pipes. Who do you think his mom and dad are? Who would give birth to a Dalmatian puppy? I think McG is his dad and his mom is Anna Faris. B says his dad is Brian Robbins and his mom is Jennifer Coolidge, because she kept saying she wanted a hot dog real bad.

Extended thoughts by Emily: Why is he dressed like the fisherman's fish stick guy?

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: That kid from "Blank Check."


6 - Mokuba



Sanrio Bio: After the children and their parents have fallen asleep, the hobbyhorse gallops through the world of dreams on the loveliest of melodies. It's the beginning of a fantastical night!

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: This is one of those times I could've filmed Emmalene Lowers riding a hobby horse around inside of Walmart. It was animatronic, too, and when she'd ride it it would sing "I'M A PRETTY POOOONY, POOOONY, POOOONY, I'M A PRETTY PONY." And then afterwards Emma did her Dora the Explorer impression where she asks me an enthusiastic question ("how do we get to the blue tree?") and then opens her eyes really wide stares at me slackjawed for thirty seconds, making sure to say "blink" out loud every time she blinks. What a fun night.

Extended thoughts by Emily:
I think "Magic Stick" by 50 Cent and Lil' Kim is the loveliest of memories. But I had no idea it had hobbyhorses galloping through them!!!!!!

Comparable Pop Culture Icons:
PARIS HILTON lol


5 - KamoKamoCamwhoresuke



Sanrio Bio: Don't let the vacant expression fool you--this platypus is really quite sharp! KamoKamoCamwhoresuke's dream is to get lonely boys to buy her things from her Amazon wishlist if she shows them titty!

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: Stile charges me to look at her webcam history now. What the heck. If I want to relive the joy of seeing Pon Pon Hentai showing me the inside of his tummy ache I don't want to pay forty dollars to do so. How many times can you get off looking at a toneless girl standing up in her pajamas lifting up one side of her shirt? I don't want "Hello Kitty bent over backwards with one finger covering her butthole" to show up on my freaking credit card.

Extended thoughts by Emily:
My uncle works for Progressive Boink out in Florida and he told me that picture is real and is coming out in August.

Comparable Pop Culture Icons:
She Devil Vixen


4 - Duckadoo



Sanrio Bio: Don't diss this duckling, darling! Sporting a straw hat and her favorite backpack, she's got style to match her 'quack.' Although she can be a little precocious at times, and often tries to act a bit too grownup, she nonetheless looks great in her own "country" style.

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: Her bio sounds like it should be the blurb on one of those "American Girl" books. "Duckadoo is a twelve year old girl in Mississippi during the 1800's coming to terms with the fact that the negroid slaves aren't going to compliment her on her favorite backpack unless she whips them."

Extended thoughts by Emily: Since when does Sanrio make borders for my Mom's kitchen?

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: Duck Everlasting


3 - Flight of Fancy



Sanrio Bio: In this fantastical, magical dream world of fairies and unicorns, your wishes are sure to be granted!

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: From the ages of five to twelve, unicorns were my thing. I had unicorn posters on my walls, I had shelves and shelves of ceramic unicorns, and I had this huge stuffed unicorn that I got for Easter by praying to the Easter Bunny for a month. I'm not kidding. My Mom told me to pray for the Easter Bunny to bring it to me so I devoted a month to the act. But then in junior high I started to read Anne Rice novels and got really interested in the whole vampire thing, and started reading dirty Buffy fanfic and grew out of the unicorns. I guess I never totally grew out of the unicorns, but now I wear platform shoes and listen to The Smiths, and I'm really excited about Van Helsing. So what I'm trying to say is that it sucks that Flight of Fancy isn't eating poodles and shooting CGI wolfmen.

Extended thoughts by Emily: My wishes will be granted? Then I wish for an endless font of clever ways to reference vaginal pains! I hope I'm not attacked by killer bees during a Brazilian wax! OH WHOOPS THERE GOES ONE NOW WISH IS GRANTED LONG LIVE JAMBI

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: The pilot of Reba McEntire's personal jet, which totally should be called the "Flight of Fancy."


2 - The Vaudeville Duo



Sanrio Bio: Young Eddy aspires to be a stage director someday. In the meantime, he generally likes to get into mischief or go off exploring. Emmy, Eddy's closest friend from childhood, dreams of becoming a famous actress on Broadway. Cute and precocious, she's sure to be a hit!

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: Everybody knows that Nick and Jessica are the new Burns and Allen. Not these fuckers.

Extended thoughts by Emily:
That's a pretty shitty drawing, too.

Comparable Pop Culture Icons: Steve and Edie.


1 - Dachonosuke



Sanrio Bio: Entertainers to the core, this pair of engaging ostriches will never let go of the microphone once on stage. They are featured in the role of emcees in the yearly Strawberry News character popularity contest.

What makes them SukoSukoSucky: They are stand-up comedy ostriches made by a Japanese children's entertainment company. If I have to explain to you why this is sucky I want to KILL YOU WITH A NUCLEAR SPEAR WHILE THE INTERNET IS STANDING BEHIND YOU SO THAT I KILL BOTH YOU AND THE INTERNET AND ANYBODY AROUND YOU WHO MIGHT MISS YOU OR THE INTERNET BY SPEAR RADIATION~!

Extended thoughts by Emily:
What these ostriches did was really...give me a challenge, and it's a challenge that I am going to...accept. It's like in the olden days, in the...days of France, when men would slap each other with their gloves...say, y'know..."D'Artagnan!"...y'know, "how dare you talk to me like that, you!," and...smack 'em!

Comparable Pop Culture Icons:
Captain and Tenille.



TURMELL. Wow, Japan sure is a strange place.

RIVETT. We should tell more people who strange it is! I bet nobody knows!

AIRDOG. Hey guys wanna shoot some hoops?

CLINTON. I did not have sexual relations with that woman. I mean yes, I would like to shoot some hoops.
 


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