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'''Okusan''' is [[King K. Rool|Baron K. Roolenstein]]'s wife, that was first mentioned in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' After [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] defeat the robot [[KAOS]], he laments that his wife is going to "kill him", as he built KAOS with her best pots and pans. In a Scribes column on Rare's website, [[Leigh Loveday]] states that this gag was merely a throwaway {{wp|Vic and Bob}} reference.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20000823214029/http://www.rareware.com/recent/scribes/dec2399.html|title=Scribes = December 23, 1999|publisher=Rarewhere|accessdate=June 5, 2024|language=en-gb}}</ref>
'''Okusan''' is [[King K. Rool|Baron K. Roolenstein]]'s wife, that was first mentioned in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' After [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] defeat the robot [[KAOS]], he laments that his wife is going to "kill him", as he built KAOS with her best pots and pans. In a Scribes column on Rare's website, [[Leigh Loveday]] states that this gag was merely a throwaway {{wp|Vic and Bob}} reference.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20000823214029/http://www.rareware.com/recent/scribes/dec2399.html|title=Scribes = December 23, 1999|publisher=Rarewhere|accessdate=June 5, 2024|language=en-gb}}</ref>


However, K. Rool's wife made a physical appearance in two ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' manga, from the ''[[4koma Gag Battle]]'' and the ''[[4koma Manga Ōkoku]]'' series. In both she is just called「奥さん」(''Okusan'', "wife"), and she is also called "beautiful" by the name tag and description. In both manga, she is depicted as a thin Kremling woman with light short hair, a small snout (much more similar to a lizard's, than a crocodile's), and she is seen wearing a dress, an apron, and headband. In the first manga, she briefly complains how her husband is enjoying a horror movie eating rice, despite claiming to be watching it for "research purposes" for his Kong-torture devices. In the second one, the Kongs bust in K. Roolenstein's lab catching him watching an {{wp|ecchi}} anime, for which the wife reprehends him not only for watching it, but also showing it to young children (supported by [[Dixie Kong]]).
However, K. Rool's wife made a physical appearance in two ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' manga, from the ''[[4koma Gag Battle]]'' and the ''[[4koma Manga Ōkoku]]'' series. In both she is just called「奥さん」(''Okusan'', "wife"), and she is also called "beautiful" by the name tag and description. In both manga, she is depicted as a thin Kremling woman with light short hair, a small snout (much more similar to a lizard's, than a crocodile's), and she is seen wearing a dress, an apron, and headband. In the first manga, she briefly complains how her husband is enjoying a horror movie eating rice, despite claiming to be watching it for "research purposes" for his Kong-torture devices. In the second one, the Kongs bust in K. Roolenstein's lab catching him watching an {{wp|ecchi}} anime, for which the wife reprehends him not only for watching it, but also showing it to young children (supported by Dixie).


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Revision as of 10:49, October 27, 2024

The title of this article is official, but it comes from a non-English source. If an acceptable English name is found, then the article should be moved to the new title.

Okusan
Baron K. Roolenstein's wife, who was previously mentioned by Baron K. Roolenstein in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Species Kremling
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996, mentioned)
Super Donkey Kong 3 - 4koma Gag Battle (1997)
Latest appearance 4koma Manga Ōkoku - Super Donkey Kong 3 (1997)
Donkey Kong Country 3 (2005, mentioned)
“NOOO! What have you done? My wife's going to kill me! I used all of her best pots and pans to make him... And then you just cast him aside as if he were a stack of empty tins!”
Baron K. Roolenstein, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

Okusan is Baron K. Roolenstein's wife, that was first mentioned in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! After Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong defeat the robot KAOS, he laments that his wife is going to "kill him", as he built KAOS with her best pots and pans. In a Scribes column on Rare's website, Leigh Loveday states that this gag was merely a throwaway Vic and Bob reference.[1]

However, K. Rool's wife made a physical appearance in two Donkey Kong Country 3 manga, from the 4koma Gag Battle and the 4koma Manga Ōkoku series. In both she is just called「奥さん」(Okusan, "wife"), and she is also called "beautiful" by the name tag and description. In both manga, she is depicted as a thin Kremling woman with light short hair, a small snout (much more similar to a lizard's, than a crocodile's), and she is seen wearing a dress, an apron, and headband. In the first manga, she briefly complains how her husband is enjoying a horror movie eating rice, despite claiming to be watching it for "research purposes" for his Kong-torture devices. In the second one, the Kongs bust in K. Roolenstein's lab catching him watching an ecchi anime, for which the wife reprehends him not only for watching it, but also showing it to young children (supported by Dixie).

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Names in other languages
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 奥さん美人[2]
Okusan bijin
Beautiful wife 4koma Gag Battle
奥さん(美人)[3]
Okusan (bijin)
(Beautiful) wife 4koma Manga Ōkoku

References

  1. ^ Scribes = December 23, 1999. Rarewhere (British English). Archived August 23, 2000, 21:40:29 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  2. ^ File:Miss K. Rool 4KGB.pngMedia:Miss K. Rool 4KGB.png
  3. ^ File:Miss K. Rool 4KMO.pngMedia:Miss K. Rool 4KMO.png