Lambada (ランバダ, Ranbada) is a character from the manga and anime series, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. He is the former B-Block leader of the Maruhage Empire's third era and the third strongest.
| Lambada | |
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| (ランバダ, Ranbada) | |
| Debut (Manga): | Chapter 131 |
| Debut (Anime): | Episode 55 |
| Appears in: | Anime and Manga |
| Seiyū (Japanese): | Hisayoshi Suganuma |
| Voice actor: | Mona Marshall (English) (Spanish) |
| Nickname(s): | None |
| Aliases: | None |
| Species: | Human |
| Affiliation | The Former Maruhage Empire |
| Classification: | Former B-Block Leader (Third Era) |
| Birthday: | June 11[1] |
| Age: | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Blood Type: | B[2] |
| Eye Color: | Black |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Fist Skill: | Polygon Shinken |
Background
Lambada is the Former B-Block Leader of the third era. He is a boy with black hair, and slightly tanned skin. He wears purple clothing with a large white beret.
Personality
Lambada has a serious but loving personality, and is a loner, as he likes challenging opponents by himself.
History
The Former Maruhage Empire
Lambada first appears in the series when the third era is awakened. They decide to make their base at an amusement park (conveniently built over Tokoro Tennosuke's old A-Block base). Their primary goal is to find and defeat the rebels in Bo-bobo's squad. Unlike the other block leaders, who are all stationed at a certain location, Lambada decides to roam around the park and search them out. He finds Dengakuman, and tries to fool him with an obviously fake disguise of Beauty. Though skeptic at first, the tiny creature believes that Lambada is Beauty, and is lured into a trap, where Lambada beats him up.
Afterwards, Lambada gets a message from former Z-Block leader, Rububa the Bubbles, who needs back up at the Life and Death Triple stage. Lambada arrives just in time to watch Rububa get defeated. Afterwards, Lambada sets his sights upon challenging Bo-bobo, but he winds up facing Rice instead. Though Rice puts up a good fight, Lambada ultimately defeats him, and turns his body into polygons.
After Rice's defeat, Lambada makes his way to Bo-bobo's location, right after D-block leader Rem has surrendered to the rebels. Lambada finally faces Bo-bobo, but just before the fight becomes serious, Softon interrupts the fight. The Babylon warrior reveals his new "Black Sun Technique" (courtesy of J), and begins to bombard Lambada with a string of punches from his goddess. At first, Lambada finds himself overpowered, but Softon's techinique gives out on him. Afterwards, Lambada is free to fight Bo-bobo's team again. He unleashes many of his polygon based attacks, and appears to be dominating the fight, until Bo-bobo discovers a fatal flaw in his shinken. Bo-bobo transports him into an old-school-style game arena, and since his polygons are too advanced for the game, he cannot use them. In the end, he is defeated by Bobopatchnosuke in a simulated scene from a Bo-bobo video game.
The Playoffs and the Reverse Maruhage Empire
Lambada is later seen at the fifth Maruhage New Emperor Playoffs, where the winner will become the new emperor of the Maruhage Empire. He appears alongside Halekulani, Giga, Shibito, and Haoh, all of whom want revenge on Bo-bobo's team more than they want the title. The rebels narrowly escape, but Lambada assures everyone else that they will get another chance to defeat Bo-bobo. He never got that chance, as he and Rem were dragged back to the lair of the Reverse Maruhage Empire, and were to be used as sacrifices for their vessel, the Yamiking. Still able to move, Lambada winds up stalling the empire so that Rem can escape. The empire then uses his unconscious body as a power source in order to raise the Yamiking, leaving his body in a poorly drawn condition! Luckily for Lambada, Bo-bobo and the other rebels decide to destroy the evil empire. After the reverse leader Hydrate is defeated, the Yamiking explodes, turning Lambada back into his original form. Afterwards, Lambada, Rem and Ujikin TOKIO go off on their own, never to cause problems for Bo-bobo again.
Shinsetsu
In Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Lambada winds up adjusting to life in the new century, and stays close to Rem most of the time. But this new found peace doesn't last; his former boss, Tsuru Tsurulina III, has started a new empire called the Neo Maruhage Empire, and announces on a world wide basis, that all those who have failed the empire in the past will be hunted down and forced to do pysical labor. Lambada is among the few who probably revolted, but winds up getting crushed by Princess Chinchiro along with Jeda the Wind God and Rububa the Bubbles. They get turned into dice blocks later, but it can be assumed that they reverted back to normal once Bo-bobo defeated her.
Video Games
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Escape!! Hajike Royale
In this game, Lambada shows up disguised as Bo-bobo to challenge the rebels. He works alongside with Shibito and a generic hair-hunt trooper.
Abilities & Powers
Lambada is the master of "Polygon Shinken" (ポリゴン真拳: Fist of Polygon). His powers center around using polygons to completely turn his enemies into irregular polygons, rendering most of their attacks useless, or to remove a small smiley-face from the opponent to render them defeated. He can also change the appearance of parts or all of his body to disguise himself or change his limbs into a usable weapon. In addition he can create various weapons through his multi-dimensional polygons.
Attacks
| Image | Technique Type | Name (Manga/Anime) |
US Name (Anime/Manga) |
Debut | |||
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Secret Technique | Aura of Polygons (オーラ・オブ ・ポリゴン, Ōra Obu Porigon) |
Aura Advance | Chapter 144 Episode 61 | |||
| Lambada unleashes an aura that turns anything it touches into polygons (also referred as "Fist of Angled Polygons"). | Used Against: Rice Bo-bobo Don Patch Tennosuke | ||||||
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Secret Technique | Texture Hunt (テクスチャー・ハント, Tekusuchā Hanto) |
Face-Off | Chapter 144 Episode 61 | |||
| After turning an opponent into polygons, Lambada grabs their face and removes it in the form of a smiley-face tile, leaving a grayed-out portion of where the face was and the opponent severely weakened. | Used Against: Rice | ||||||
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Secret Technique | Polygon Crusher (ポリゴン・クラッシャー, Porigon Kurashā): |
Polygon Lance | Chapter 148 Episode 63 | |||
| Lambada transforms his arm into spikes that he attacks the opponent with. Lambada can also use this attack to fire a shockwave. | Used Against: Don Patch Tennosuke | ||||||
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Secret Technique | Meteor Polygon (メテオ・ポリゴン, Meteo Porigon) |
Diamond Daggers | Chapter 148 Episode 63 | |||
| Lambada summons spear-shaped polygons to fall from the sky. | Used Against: Bo-bobo Don Patch Tennosuke | ||||||
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Secret Technique | Wine Red Juice (ワインレッドジュース, Wain Reddo Jyūsu) |
Purple Grape Juice | Chapter 149 Episode 64 | |||
| Lambada summons a giant wine glass filled with juice that turns anyone who stays in it for more than five minutes into polygons. | Used Against: Bo-bobo Don Patch Tennosuke | ||||||
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Secret Technique | Texture Face (テクスチャー・フェイス, Tekusuchā Feisu) |
Piggy Face | Chapter 149 Episode 64 | |||
| Lambada replaces someone's original face with that of a pig. However, Bo-bobo's pig face has a Bishounen appearance, while Tennosuke a dragon and Don Patch is a talk show host. | Used Against: Bo-bobo Don Patch Tennosuke | ||||||
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Ultimate Secret Technique | Polygonic Lucifer (ポリゴニック・ルシファー, Porigonikku Rushifā) |
Wicked Polygon Prince of the Dark | Chapter 149 Episode 64 | |||
| Lambada summons a demon made of polygons, who turns anything it touches into a single polygon. | Used Against: Bo-bobo Don Patch Tennosuke | ||||||
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Secret Technique | (ポリゴンチェンジ, Porigon Chenji) |
Chapter 136 Episode 57 | ||||
| Lambada can change into someone he's seen just once, though his accuracy suffers the more detailed the target's design is. | Used to Copy: Beauty Don Patch Tennosuke | ||||||
- Character Change (キャラクターチェンジー): Shibito and Lambada combine their Shinken to transform all the opponents and themselves into one of them.
Appearances
- Episode Appearances: 55, 57, 59, 60, 61-64, 70, 73, 75-76
- Manga Appearances:
- Original Series: 131, 148-150, 162, 168, 193 (flashback), 196
- Shinsetsu Bo-bobo: 39, 44, 46 (Dice Block)
Trivia
- Lambada's banquet art is face imitation.[3]
- According to Rem, Lambada is one of the Maruhage Empire's Three Major Powers (マルハーゲ3大権力者) of the third era, after Tsuru Tsurulina III and Hanpen [4].
References
- ↑ Bobobo-bo Bo-bobon
- ↑ Bobobo-bo Bo-bobon
- ↑ Bobobo-bo Bo-bobon
- ↑ Chapter 148; Episode 63
