Kit Fish
| Kit Fish | |
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| Japanese Name | マナズーコ, Manazūko |
| Fan Name* | Kit Fish |
| Species | Catfish |
| Family | Fat Cat (father) |
| Affiliates | Starfy, Old Man Lobber |
| Location/Residence | Sea of Ice, Yo-Ho Mountains, Jungle, Gluglug Lagoon, Skydye Heights |
| First Appearance | Densetsu no Starfy |
| Latest Appearance | The Legendary Starfy |
Kit Fish (Manazūko in Japan) is a young female fish dressed like a kabuki dancer. She has small arms and an orange-colored tail with a white underside. She always appears in the company of her father Fat Cat and enjoys spending time at hot springs.
Personality
Like Starfy, Kit Fish sleeps a lot; even if she is trapped in a rock she will possibly be sleeping in it. She is stubborn but justified and is stereotypically like a tomboy. She is smart/knowledgable.[1] She can sometimes have bad manners, but Fat Cat says she is more behaved than he was at her age. When Kit Fish encountered Starfy and Moe, she was hurt by the rudeness of Moe's language and his intimidating appearance, so she falsely concluded that Starfy and Moe were villains. In a later form of covert self-deprecating humor, Moe laughed at Kit Fish, imagining himself as a cool (kakkoi) monster (bad guy).[2]
Kit Fish is obedient to her father Fat Cat; who is also like her, in terms of being stubborn and justified. (Fat Cat is a sumo wrestler; a profession that requires fortitude). When Moe was the one who rescued Kit Fish, it seems she refused to speak about the Jellato Sisters out of pride, so Fat Cat scolded her.
Kit Fish's personality is perhaps an interesting blend between Starfy and Starly, with Moe commenting that she reminds him of Starly in her Toys description in The Legendary Starfy. In the Japanese version, Moe said (maybe in fear of Kit Fish) she's even gutsier than Fat Cat but in the English version, this was changed to say that because she has been learning a lot about wrestling, and that he thinks she will overtake her father some day.
While not wanting to go outside of her comfort zone; it seems that Kit Fish tends to paradoxically end up in situations of hardship, and thrive in them ("おてんばだと くろうするよな！") ("For tomboys there will be hardships!").
Moe and Kit Fish's personalities naturally clash in some ways. Moe and Kit Fish are both vocal about what they believe in, but their own flaws may polarise, so they have difficulty forgiving each other. In Densetsu no Starfy 3, Moe processed a darker side to Kit Fish; acknowledging that while she may be justified, there is also an impertinent or selfish side to her, believing that she would value more her way of speaking only when it comes to Pearls (money); she might not want her abundance to be threatened.[3] So maybe in some ways, Kit Fish is also like Moe.
Kit Fish has a greedy streak during the post game of Starfy 2 and the events of Starfy 3, becoming aggressive when digging for treasure in both games (Pearls during Starfy 2’s Post Game in 7-2, and a rumored hidden treasure in 5-2).
In Densetsu no Starfy
Fat Cat and Kit Fish are introduced to Starfy and Moe at the Sea of Ice while trying to save The Jellato Sisters. She seems to know something of the whereabouts of the Jellato Sisters, but she believes both Starfy and Moe are the bad guys, according to Fat Cat. This is referenced in the lyrics of Becky's version of the Title Song.
Because of this, Starfy and Moe have to chase after her as she opts to run away and hide from them. Eventually, they manage to catch up with her (with Moe arriving before Starfy), but she refuses to tell either of them what she knows about the whereabouts of the sisters, prompting her father to scold her for misbehaving. She continues to distrust Moe because he "looks suspicious", but she agrees to tell Starfy what she knows, leading to a secret passage opening up. The two groups split ways after this, though Fat Cat wishes the two of them luck before they part.
In The Legendary Starfy
Kit Fish appears alongside her father, Fat Cat, in Gluglug Lagoon’s 4th stage, Big Squiddy Brawl. In the localization, her father introduces both himself and his daughter, while Kit Fish herself wants Starfy to “act like a prince” since she’s never met one before. She bombards Starfy with questions such as why he’s here and if that’s a clam with him before Fat Cat cuts her off. After Fat Cat gives Starfy information about a long-eared fellow and a Crystal Shard being taken by Big Squiddy, Kit Fish says that Starfy should go see a wise man with a white mustache in Hotcha Springs, but that he’d have to get through Big Squiddy First.
In the original Japanese, Fat Cat told Starfy to wait because it was too dangerous to go on ahead, with Kit Fish saying that a scary giant squid was further in. Starfy asks her if she’s seen a strange boy with a weird costume on, but she says hasn’t seen him, and asks her father. Fat Cat says that he did indeed see a small boy run further in, commenting that he seemed to be in a hurry. After being asked about a Crystal shard (or literally “shining stone” in JP), Fat Cat says that the strange boy dropped it, saying it was hot and then cold to the touch. Kit Fish then says that Starfy should go see the wise old man who’s in Hotcha Springs, since he may know about the shards.
Toy Description
- EN Description:
1) Hey! It's one of my favorite Gluglug residents. Say "Hi" to Kit Fish! 2) She's been learning a lot about wrestling! Someday she'll manage her dad, Fat Cat.
- JP Version:
1) This is Fat Cat’s daughter! You can find her in Gluglug Lagoon. 2) She’s gutsier than her old man… She kinda reminds me of Starly…
Gallery
Official artwork from the Game Boy Advance games.
Kit Fish and Fat Cat's Photograph.
Kit Fish's conversation icon in The Legendary Starfy.
Trivia
- Kit Fish uses the pronoun Watashi in Japanese.
- In each of the Game Boy Advance games, Kit Fish wears a hair pin shaped like the Latin Christian cross. In all versions of The Legendary Starfy, an additional piece was attached to the right end of the cross, making the pin appear more in the form of an elongated "H" shape than as a cross. This is probably a form of religious censorship.
- In the Japanese version of The Legendary Starfy, Kit Fish does not directly say Old Man Lobber’s name. She simply states that she and her father met a wise old man during their stay at Hotcha Springs, indicating that she may not actually know Old Man Lobber.
