Badtz Maru

Badtz Maru, or "bad penguin", is one of the many fictional characters produced by Japanese corporation Sanrio. He is a troublemaker: he likes to side with the villains and the bad boys. more...

Official profile of Badtz Maru

• Name: Badtz Maru
• Birthday: April 1, 1993
• Place of birth: Oahu, Hawaii
• Pet: Alligator named Pochi
• Friends: Pandaba, a Giant Panda who always wears a very short red skirt, and Hana Maru who is a little white boy seal.
• School: Gorgeous Academy, he goes to the 1st grade.
• Residence: Gorgeoustown, lives with mother and pinball-playing father.
• Description: "has dreams of greatness when he grows up, but for now he rolls his eyes at his humorous life in Gorgeoustown."

There is another meaning for his name: in Japanese "badtz" (batsu) is a term for X, the cross signifying a wrong answer. "Maru" is a term for O, or a correct answer. So, Badtz Maru not only means "bad penguin;" it is also a pun that means "wrong-correct," and is frequently represented by "XO".

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