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* The Hissho from ''VideoGame/EndlessSpace'' are the [[Franchise/MassEffect Turians]] but swap their Space Prussia sensibilities for Space Feudal Japan. A civilised and honourable alien race [[UpliftedAnimal artificially evolved]] from pteradactyl-analogues to serve as a SlaveRace for the Concrete Endless to fight in the gladiatorial arenas of Sykagoja, but a Virtual invasion allowed some of them to escape. Their culture revolves around a clan structure and is dominated by notions of tradition, bloodshed and vengeance, and like the United Empire they make no secret their desire to conquer the galaxy, though not for resources or xenophobia [[ProudWarriorRace but for the honour emerging victorious in such a conflict would bring them]].
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* Hatsu from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', obsessed with honor, glory and halbok, the Korean variant of {{Seppuku}}, and DualWielding [[KatanasAreJustBetter Katana.]]

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* Hatsu Hatz from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', obsessed with honor, glory and halbok, the Korean variant of {{Seppuku}}, and DualWielding [[KatanasAreJustBetter Katana.]]katana]].
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* ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' has Todo, [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]] [[DragonLady Koji's]] Samurai henchman.

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* ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' has Todo, [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses [[GratuitousPrincess Princess]] [[DragonLady Koji's]] Samurai henchman.
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** There's also Simon Blackquill, the main prosecutor of the fith game. He claims to be a samurai and certainly has the look and motif going on.
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* ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' is a game about modern-day high schoolers who are training to become idols. The cast, naturally, includes a character (Souma) who acts in every way like an Edo-period samurai, right down to carrying a katana with him everywhere he goes. It's explained that he comes from an ''incredibly'' old-fashioned family which is proud of its samurai heritage, but more than a few characters have noted how out of place he looks, as though he's [[GenreRefugee from a totally different genre.]]

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* Gakupo from Music/{{Vocaloid}}s is a Dancing Samurai.

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* Gakupo from Music/{{Vocaloid}}s Camui Gackpo the Music/{{Vocaloid}} is a Dancing Samurai.Samurai. No, seriously, that was the title of his first song.
** To elaborate, his design is samurai/traditionally-inspired, complete with shoulder armor, a ponytail, and a ''[[KatanasAreJustBetter musical katana]]'', and in fan depictions is often depicted talking like a samurai, sometimes with a giant [[TrademarkFavoriteFood eggplant]] steed to boot.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' features samurai as an alternate class for the core fighter class with a focus on combating single enemies and using discipline to enhance defense. In-universe, samurai come from Tian Xia, a FantasyCounterpartCulture {{Wutai}}.
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* NJPW trainee Osamu Matsuda took up the helmet and gimmick of "El Samurai" in 1991 while wrestling in Universal Wrestling Association (well, Lucha Libre Internacional, which was functionally the same thing). He'd later take the gimmick back to his native Japan and start the Samurai Gym with Ryusuke Taguchi, Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro.

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* NJPW trainee Osamu Matsuda took up the helmet and gimmick of "El Samurai" in 1991 while wrestling in Universal Wrestling Association (well, Lucha Libre Internacional, which was functionally the same thing). He'd later take the gimmick back to his native Japan and start the Samurai Gym with Ryusuke Taguchi, Tetsuya Naito Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito and Yujiro.


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** "Samurai Pizza Cat" one of Shotzi Blackheart's most common nicknames.
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[[caption-width-right:207:[-Man, wouldn't the movies have been even better with this?-][[note]][[WhatCouldHaveBeen And it almost happened in the early drafts]]. To an extent, Darth Vader's armour is based on samurai gear.[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:207:[-Man, [[caption-width-right:200:[-Man, wouldn't the movies have been even better with this?-][[note]][[WhatCouldHaveBeen And it almost happened in the early drafts]]. To an extent, Darth Vader's armour is based on samurai gear.[[/note]]]]

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* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', the Blades (or rather, the ineffectual royal-guard sub-set) take their armor style from the continent of [[{{Wutai}} Akavir]], mimicking Reman Cyrodiil's original Akavari bodyguard. Their lavishly decorated armor is highly reminiscent of samurai or ashigaru armor, they fight with katana, and their fortress is a "temple" high in the mountains that looks for all the world like a Japanese castle. Keep in mind that the rest of the province Cyrodiil is based off of medieval Europe and the Roman Empire.
** The [[http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Orcish_Armor#Orcish_Armor Orcish Armor set]] in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' is stylized after samurai armor, which is odd, as the Orcs otherwise have little in common with feudal Japan. The look ''does'' make it the perfect match for any of the "Akaviri-styled" swords (katanas, dai-katanas, wakizashis and tantos), however.

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In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', the Blades (or rather, 1st Era, the ineffectual royal-guard sub-set) take their armor style from the continent Tsaesci of [[{{Wutai}} Akavir]], mimicking Akavir]] attempted to invade Tamriel but were defeated by the forces of Reman Cyrodiil. The Tsaesci have [[FantasyCounterpartCulture significant Japanese influences]], including the use of [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]] and Samurai style armor. The surviving Tsaesci from the failed invasion were incorporated into Reman Cyrodiil's original Akavari bodyguard. fledgling Second Tamriellic Empire and brought these influences into Tamriellic (especially Imperial) culture.
** The Blades, descended from the Akaviri Dragonguard, serve the Emperors of Tamriel as both a PraetorianGuard and as SecretPolice. Uniformed Blades wear armor that is a mix of Roman lorica segmentata and Japanese-style lamellar.
Their lavishly decorated armor is highly reminiscent of samurai or ashigaru armor, they fight with katana, and their fortress is helmets are a "temple" high in the mountains that looks for all the world like cross between a Japanese castle. Keep in mind that the rest of the province Cyrodiil is based off of medieval Europe kabuto and the a Roman Empire.
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galea (legionnaire helmet). Their favored weapons are katanas, though in Western style, they are used in conjunction with shields. The [[http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Orcish_Armor#Orcish_Armor Blades are essentially a CultureChopSuey mix of Samurai and Roman Legionnaires. This style is most evident in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''.
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Orcish Armor set]] in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' armor is heavily stylized after samurai armor, which Samurai armor. This is odd, as an oddball in the Orcs otherwise have little in common with feudal Japan. The look ''does'' make it the perfect match for any of the "Akaviri-styled" swords (katanas, dai-katanas, wakizashis and tantos), however.series, as other games style Orcish armor quite differently.
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* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has a katana as an alternative melee weapon to the Soldier's [[ShovelStrike shovel]] and Demoman's [[GrievousBottleyHarm bottle]] alongside Samuraï armor and masks as cosmetic items.
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* Smile.dk loves this trope. Firstly used in the debut single "Butterfly", it was later [[ForcedMeme referenced]] [[SongofSongTitles in]] songs like "Doki Doki", "A Geisha's Dream", "Doo-Be-Di-Boy".

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* Smile.dk loves seems to love this trope. Firstly used in the debut single "Butterfly", it was later [[ForcedMeme referenced]] [[SongofSongTitles in]] songs like "Doki Doki", "A Geisha's Dream", "Doo-Be-Di-Boy".
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* Smile.dk loves this trope. Listen to "Butterfly", "Doki Doki", "A Geisha's Dream", "Doo-Be-Di-Boy".

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* Smile.dk loves this trope. Listen to Firstly used in the debut single "Butterfly", it was later [[ForcedMeme referenced]] [[SongofSongTitles in]] songs like "Doki Doki", "A Geisha's Dream", "Doo-Be-Di-Boy".
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* Smile.dk loves this trope. Listen to "Butterfly", "Doki Doki", "A Geisha's Dream", "Doo-Be-Di-Boy".
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* ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'''s setting features a mild DaysOfFuturePast tendency, and since Japan has also embraced its own variant of retrofuturism, the samurai ethos and ideal is strong with the Japanese officers encountered by the protagonists. Like typical CorporateSamurai, they make use of modern technology and even clothing, but also of (ceremonial) katana swords and ''bushido''.
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See also {{Wutai}}, GratuitousNinja, SamuraiCowboy.

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See also {{Wutai}}, GratuitousNinja, SamuraiCowboy.
SamuraiCowboy, WesternSamurai.
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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' added the Samurai class in its third expansion, ''Stormblood''. While the setting does contain a Japanese FantasyCounterpartCulture complete with ninja, it's somewhat odd that players learn to be samurai in Ul'dah ({{Qurac}}) instead of Ala Mhigo ({{Wutai}}).
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* ''VideoGame/EmpireEarth'' has a truly bizarre example in the expansion's Asian campaign, or more accurately the United Federation of Asian Republics, basically China and neighboring mainland countries. A few decades later, their leader Hu Kwan Do wears basically future-samurai armor with LaserBlades (that shoot laser beams)... yet Japan is still a separate country.
* ''VideoGame/EmpireEarth II'''s Samurai are unique to the Japanese civilization, but are only available in the first 5 epochs. Meaning you can see barely-dressed cavemen who've yet to master anything more sophisticated than rocks tied to sticks accompanied by fully armored warriors with katanas.
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* A particularly ironic example, Hamburgler from ''Literature/WarriorWolfWomenOfTheWasteland'' and ''Literature/BarbarianBeastBitchesOfTheBadlands'' was [=McDonaldland=]'s most deadly warrior, wielding a katana and an admiration for the samurai's method of killing, even making a sword from aluminum and killing someone with it in his youth. Later in life, he becomes the psychopathic leader of [=McDonaldland's=] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Gestapo]]-like police force the Fry Guys. He eventually had [[MagicPlasticSurgery plastic surgery]] done on him to look like the Hamburgler (the [[SatanicArchetype "Devil"-figure]] in [=McDonaldland=]'s national religion) to inflict fear in the public.


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* ''VideoGame/TrueCrimeNewYorkCity'': Lionel "Benjamin" Jones of the President's Club has adopted some Japanese culture from his gang working with the Yakuza before things started to go sour. He fights [[CowboyCop Marcus]] with a sharp katana and samurai armor in his Zen garden on the roof of his headquarters.
* Sodom from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' franchises is an American Japanophile obsessed with Japanese culture and philosophies and thus considers himself a native from that country. He could also count partially as a McNinja, since he uses both ninja and samurai aesthetics in an effort to come across as Japanese.


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* Bushido Brown from ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', an [[AfroAssKicker African-American karate expert]] who uses a katana sword on occasion.
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* ''Film/SixStringSamurai'' is an epic AfterTheEnd tale where the King, Music/ElvisPresley, has died, and samurai Music/BuddyHolly travels to "Lost Vegas" to take his place. Standing in his way are Bowlers, Communists, and the GrimReaper aka Slash from Music/GunsNRoses.

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* ''Film/SixStringSamurai'' is an epic AfterTheEnd tale where the King, Music/ElvisPresley, has died, and samurai Music/BuddyHolly travels to "Lost Vegas" to take his place. Standing in his way are Bowlers, Communists, and the GrimReaper TheGrimReaper aka Slash from Music/GunsNRoses.



* The webcomic ''Webcomic/SamuraiPrincess''. Not much more needs to be said.

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* The webcomic ''Webcomic/SamuraiPrincess''. Not much more needs to be said.






* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' has Hachiman, a samurai Mumra brought to Third Earth to defeat Lion-o, but who would become an occasional ally of the Thundercats.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' has Hachiman, a samurai Mumra brought to Third Earth to defeat Lion-o, Lion-O, but who would become an occasional ally of the Thundercats.
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* The ''Literature/DresdenFiles'' novel ''Literature/DeathMasks'' gives us Shiro Yoshimo, the Japanese Knight of the Cross -- perhaps not ''formally'' a samurai (it's never elaborated on), but certainly living up to the trope in being both a highly honorable person and an artist with the blade.
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*''Webcomic/BeneathTheClouds'' features samurai/samuru character Satake no Juro prominently in promotional art. He doesn't appear until a third of the way through the comic.
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The tendency of some writers to just throw in a {{samurai}} for the heck of it, even in modern urban Japan or a western world without a Japanese [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Counterpart Culture]]. And also the fact that people tend to dig the samurai. Who doesn't dig Sanger?

This is NOT the same as KatanasAreJustBetter, this refers to samurai, even when they appear without katana (Sanjuro, for instance).

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The tendency of some writers to just throw in a {{samurai}} for the heck of it, even in modern urban Japan or a western world without a Japanese [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Counterpart Culture]]. And also the fact that people tend to dig the samurai. Who doesn't dig Sanger?

[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Sanger]]?

This is NOT the same as KatanasAreJustBetter, this refers to samurai, even when they appear without katana (Sanjuro, ([[Franchise/DotHack Sanjuro]], for instance).



* In ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', Gaim himself and the main antagonist Rider, Zangetsu, are both modeled on samurai. A third Rider, Kurokage, is also based on a feudal Japanese warrior, though a soldier that would serve ''under'' a samurai rather than a samurai itself. Once the original Kurokage [[spoiler:is killed off]], the gear is even duplicated and Zangetsu gets Kurokage {{Mooks}}.

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* In ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', both Gaim himself and the main antagonist Rider, Zangetsu, Zangetsu are both modeled on samurai. samurai, and their {{Transformation Trinket}}s include a [[MixAndMatchWeapon katana-pistol]] as an extra weapon usable [[MultiformBalance in all forms]] (a feature that was [[SuperPrototype removed from later models]]). A third Rider, Kurokage, is also based on a feudal Japanese warrior, though a soldier that would serve ''under'' a samurai rather than a samurai itself. Once the original Kurokage [[spoiler:is killed off]], the ''footsoldier'', and his gear is even duplicated and Zangetsu gets Kurokage {{Mooks}}.later mass-produced for use by {{Mooks}}. Meanwhile, Gaim's [[TheRival rival]] Baron is themed on an English knight.



** Youmu sports a pair of katanas despite ''Touhou Project'' being mostly a BulletHell genre. She projects a following of the Bushido code, essentially being Yuyuko's samurai. Must be mentioned that her sword is highly capable of spewing bullets and ''slowing time''.

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** Youmu sports a pair of katanas despite ''Touhou Project'' being mostly a BulletHell genre. She projects a following of the Bushido code, essentially being Yuyuko's samurai. samurai, though officially her family serve Yuyuko as ''[[BattleButler gardeners]]''. Must be mentioned that her sword swordsmanship is highly capable of spewing bullets and ''slowing time''.
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* Meta Knight in ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'s'' [[Anime/KirbyOfTheStars anime]] [[TheAnimeOfTheGame of the game]] would talk about Musou ("peerlessness"). One time he stands to fight for Kirby, declaring [[IAmYourOpponent I WILL BE YOUR OPPONENT]] as leaves blow by.

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* Meta Knight in ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'s'' [[Anime/KirbyOfTheStars ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'s'' [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa anime]] [[TheAnimeOfTheGame of the game]] would talk about Musou ("peerlessness"). One time he stands to fight for Kirby, declaring [[IAmYourOpponent I WILL BE YOUR OPPONENT]] as leaves blow by.



* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' has John Belushi's recurring character Samurai Fatubi, doing an impression of Creator/ToshiroMifune's ronin characters in modern, American settings.

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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' has John Belushi's Creator/JohnBelushi's recurring character Samurai Fatubi, doing an impression of Creator/ToshiroMifune's ronin characters in modern, American settings.



* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' has the episode "The Samurai", where Duncan is shown to have been secretly mentored by a samurai during Japan's isolationist period. When it was discovered, the samurai commited ritual suicide and gave Duncan his sword.

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* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' has the episode "The Samurai", where Duncan is shown to have been secretly mentored by a samurai during Japan's isolationist period. When it was discovered, the samurai commited committed ritual suicide and gave Duncan his sword.



* Dirty White Boy's nemesis and the 1994 Wrestling/SmokeyMountainWrestling television champion, Kendo The Samurai.

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* Dirty White Boy's nemesis and the 1994 Wrestling/SmokeyMountainWrestling Wrestling/{{SMW}} television champion, Kendo The Samurai.



** He later jumps out of a bowl of corn chips at The Ugly One's birthday party and "lathes" a [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext rotating]] What's-Her-Face with a Naginata. [[Main/MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Again, don't ask.]]

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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Darth Vader's character design was heavily based off samurai armor.

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** Bandai took it one step further and released the Tamashii Nations Movie Realization figure line, in which Darth Vader was converted into a ''literal'' samurai. There're also Ashigaru Stormtroopers and Ronin Boba Fett.


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* Bandai released the Tamashii Nations Movie Realization figure line, which portrays movie characters in a feudal Japan aesthetic. It begins with ''Franchise/StarWars'' characters such as Boba Fett, Darth Vader and the Stormtroopers. Later on, the line extended to comic book characters such as Franchrise/SpiderMan.
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* Samurai Ryuma in ''Manga/OnePiece'', for anyone who's ever wanted a duel between a pirate and a samurai.
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* Samurai Ryuma in ''Manga/OnePiece'', for anyone who's ever wanted a duel between a pirate In the ''Manga/OnePiece'' world, "samurai" is the name given to warriors from Wa-no-Kuni (a FantasyCounterpartCulture island to feudal Japan). The first one to appear is Ryuma, and a samurai.
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** The [[http://powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/Samurai_Fan_Man Samurai Fan Man]] monster in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.



** There was also the [[http://powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/Samurai_Fan_Man Samurai Fan Man]] monster in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.

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* John Belushi as Samurai Fatubi in ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' has John Belushi as Belushi's recurring character Samurai Fatubi Fatubi, doing an impression of Creator/ToshiroMifune's ronin characters in ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.modern, American settings.


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* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'': The season 1 finale has several characters break into a wing of the Westworld park's backstage with samurai armor and weapons displayed and two samurai hosts dueling with katana. The "SW" logo on the walls teases that there is a Samurai World section of the park.
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* ''TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' has Todo, [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]] [[DragonLady Koji's]] Samurai henchman.

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* ''TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' has Todo, [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]] [[DragonLady Koji's]] Samurai henchman.



** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' mostly has a Pacific island feel for its characters, with a {{Goth}} and a tribal beastman thrown in. Then there's Auron, who's a walking gallery of ronin imagery to go along with all those BadAss tropes. And don't forget [[SummonMagic Yojimbo]].

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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' mostly has a Pacific island feel for its characters, with a {{Goth}} and a tribal beastman thrown in. Then there's Auron, who's a walking gallery of ronin imagery to go along with all those BadAss badass tropes. And don't forget [[SummonMagic Yojimbo]].
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* ''Franchise/TheTransformers'' G1 has Bludgeon, a Decepticon whose Pretender shell (in Marvel's run) and actual body (in IDW's) is modeled to look like samurai armor with a kabuto helmet and skull-like face. He's always depicted as fighting with a giant katana using the Cybertronian martial art Metallikato even though his action figure came with a gun. Also prone to calling his opponent [[YouFool "Fool!"]]

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